Count Basie Center for the Arts
The Count Basie Center for the Arts, originally Count Basie Theatre, is a landmarked performing arts center in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Entrance to Count Basie Theatre in 2018
The theater's marquee in 2018
View from the balcony
Fans arriving for a concert under the pre-naming rights marquee
Red Bank is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Incorporated in 1908, the community is on the Navesink River, the area's original transportation route to the ocean and other ports. Red Bank is in the New York metropolitan area and is a commuter town of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 12,936, an increase of 730 (+6.0%) from the 2010 census count of 12,206, which in turn reflected an increase of 362 (+3.1%) from the 11,844 counted in the 2000 census. In the 2020 census, Red Bank was the fourth-most-densely populated municipality in Monmouth County.
Aerial view of Red Bank in May 2007
Downtown Red Bank
New office building construction on West Front Street
The Count Basie Theatre, named for Count Basie, who was born in Red Bank