Show Times

• October 10, 2026 2:00 pm

• October 10, 2026 7:30 pm

Ticket Prices

$49.50 plus applicable fees

About The Show

Back by popular demand, Chris Ruggiero returns to the stage of the Avenel Performing Arts Center on October 10th. With him, he brings an all-new show featuring the greatest hits of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Ruggiero first rose to fame when he was featured on two nationally-televised PBS specials, which have since aired several thousand times coast-to-coast. He’s been featured on Good Morning America and in Rolling Stone Magazine, but what matters most to him is the music and the people it touches. In his new show, Ruggiero features songs from his 4 albums intertwined with his incredible story sprinkled with heart-warming messages of inspiration. Chris’s tour has already touched down in over 100 towns and cities across the United States, but New Jersey has always felt like home to him. As always, Chris does things the old-fashioned way, so his show features a live band, complete with brass.

There are the classics for which he has become known such as “Unchained Melody” and “This Magic Moment” but there are always new and exciting additions woven into the greatest hits of the last 60 years. Chris returns to the roots of rock and roll and features songs he’s always loved but hasn’t performed in years. The orchestrations are fresh and bright, a highly-acclaimed result of industry legends who’ve worked with Frankie Valli, Barry Manilow, Julio Iglesias, Tony Orlando, Neil Diamond, Laura Nyro and more.

Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers said, “Chris is so good at making the classics his own. I went to a show and loved every minute.”

Chris’s show inspires while delivering a musically uplifting experience that lives in the hearts of his audiences long after he leaves the stage.