Venue Information

In 1997 small group of local professionals, who dubbed themselves “At The Tabernacle,” found a need for a venue with the spirit of ‘The Fillmore East’ and ‘The Bottom Line.’ They opened that spring with Kenny Rankin, in the historic 1885 edifice, an all wood octagon, with a central cupola 45' above the audience, located in the heart of Mt. Tabor, a small community of Victorian-era gingerbread cottages in central north New Jersey. Since then, ‘At The Tabernacle’ has been proud to host such outstanding talent as: Donovan, Hot Tuna, John Sebastian, Arlo Guthrie, Roger McGuinn, Richie Havens, Richard Thompson, Shawn Colvin and many, many others. “This building plays like a vintage guitar,” said John Sebastian, one evening as he shared the bill with fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ‘Hot Tuna’. Tuna has played the tabernacle each Thanksgiving weekend for the last eight years. Jorma Kaukonen reinforced, “ ...