Mission Statement

Outpost in the Burbs is dedicated to building community through music and volunteerism. 

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We Are Unique

Outpost in the Burbs, located in Montclair, is unique in northern New Jersey. It's a place to enjoy live music on Friday and Saturday nights during the fall, winter and spring, and it's an organization that offers opportunities to serve others in the community. And all of this takes place thanks to our volunteers, about 100 of them.

Since its inception in 1987, the Outpost has produced more than 500 concerts by internationally known folk artists—Judy Collins, Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Richie Havens, J.D. Souther, Dar Williams—and more than 50,000 people have attended. Outpost volunteers have donated more than 35,000 hours of their time through our programs affiliated with Habitat for Humanity, Toys for Tots, Human Needs Food Pantry of Montclair, Toni's Kitchen, MESH, Community Food Bank of N.J., Dress for Success and the food pantry staffed by Outpost volunteers at Christ Episcopal Church in East Orange that feeds some 120 people a month.

A Brief History

In the spring of 1987, a group of young adults, meeting Sunday nights in the library of the First Congregational Church of Montclair, decided to open a coffeehouse as a means of drawing others into their group. The name "Outpost" was selected because it suggests a place that offers hospitality to those exploring the frontiers of their own lives and of society.
 

For over 35 years, the Outpost has been a place where people have enjoyed great folk music, found new friends and been exposed to personal growth opportunities trough volunteerism and community service.

The Outpost website details both the concert schedule and the activities calendar -- a mix of volunteer opportunities in the area and community-building activities such as hiking, touring and day-trips.

To expand the scope of its Mission, the Outpost became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation in 2001.