Summer Streets 2026: Lynette Sheard Motown Revue in Maplewood Village

Lynette Sheard brings her powerhouse voice to Maplewood Village’s Summer Streets series for a Motown Revue closing out the season’s outdoor music series. Sheard is a versatile vocalist, award-winning actor, producer, director, vocal coach, and mental health advocate who performs jazz, blues, R&B, gospel, soul, and pop music, with theater credits including principal roles in Dreamgirls, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and Ragtime. Broadway World has declared she is fabulous with a voice that shakes the rafters, and she’s featured in the Encyclopedia of Newark Jazz. This Motown-themed set brings the classic sound of the label’s golden era to downtown Maplewood, closing out a summer of free community music with soulful favorites the whole crowd can sing along to.