Concerts on Old Stage on The Green at The Essex Experience feature a wide range of artists from reggae to rock, jam band to hip hop and country. Flash forward to today, with over 12,000 square feet of grass, and a capacity of 1500 at times, it has firmly planted itself as The Green at the center of all of our campus gatherings. It was less of a green, and more of a landscaping piece.

Each year it would be decorated with Christmas lights for shoppers to appreciate. The Green at The Essex Experience began its life as a small garden and gazebo in the center of a successful shopping plaza. THE OLD STAGE ON THE ESSEX EXPERIENCE GREEN

They are credited with releasing hip-hop's first single to find a mainstream audience beyond the hip-hop scene with their song 'Rapper's Delight,', the very first rap song to hit the Top 40.

The Sugarhill Gang is a hip-hop group from the 70s and 80s. When you mention LEGENDS in the HIP HOP, you have to mention “The Sugarhill Gang”. We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop with The Sugarhill Gang at The Old Stage Summer Series on Saturday, August 19

Summer pocketbooks