Bridgit Mendler Performing At Great Adventure [Video]
From the archive: published Aug 23, 2013, 13 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Throwback! Bridgit Mendler is doing a Great Adventure concert!
Now Bridgit Mendler fans get to experience what their parents did back in the 80s and 90s, and those parents get to endure what their own parents did when the great bands of the era drew tweens to the area’s biggest theme park in force.
The Bridgit Mendler Great Adventure show is this Sunday, August 25, and the star of “Good Luck Charlie” will perform for fans at the Jackson, New Jersey venue before heading to Albany.
If you haven’t heard of Bridgit, your kids probably have. She’s the bubbly, blonde big sister of baby girl Charlie on the Disney hit, but at 20, she’s also breaking into pop.
Disney stardom or no, however, Bridgit Mendler isn’t just a formulaic pop star — she explains that her album is real songwriting, and she had a specific vision for the work away from her tween sitcom:
“I really wanted this album to stand on its own… I wanted there to be a balance of sounds on this album. I wanted variety and to just make things really interesting. One point I want to make is that this isn’t just something that comes out of a machine. It came out of me. This isn’t just something that I’m doing when I’m not acting. I’m really passionate about music. This isn’t about product.”
Citing Bob Dylan and Florence And The Machine as favorite acts that inspire her, the actress cum singer says:
“I want to make music that stands the test of time… I’m just glad I have the opportunity to start with this and I just want to take it as far as I can.”
The Great Adventure gig (ticket giveaway here ) is fitting, as Bridgit Mendler commented earlier this month that her tour feels more like “a party.”