
Live Music at Leggets
May 13
Free
Every day of the week there is live music at Legget’s with each day featuring a different act. Check out their calendar to see who is playing each night.
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The Jersey Shore has recently become a hot spot for film production. Don’t feel crazy when spotting a local landmark on a popular show or movie, because it’s not just editing magic — it’s almost always an actual shooting location in Monmouth or Ocean County. Most recently, the newest season of the Apple TV+ series Severance was filmed at Bell Works in Holmdel, New Jersey. Bell Works is an iconic and recognizable location that can be easily spotted in both the first and second seasons of the popular series. Read on to learn more about Severance filming at Bell Works in Holmdel, New Jersey.
The Details
Severance is an Apple TV+ series directed by Ben Stiller starring Adam Scott, Britt Lower, and Zach Cherry, featuring John Turturro, Patricia Arquette, and Christopher Walken. The show — known as a mind-bending, workplace thriller — is about a fictional company called Lumon Industries. The workers at Lumon Industries undergo a procedure that divides their memories from work and home, so when they are at work, they can't remember home and while they are home, they can't remember work.
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The Emmy-award-winning series was filmed at Bell Works in Holmdel, New Jersey in March 2021 and March 2024. According to the Asbury Park Press, Stiller scouted Bell Works before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but they were able to follow through with plans to film during spring 2021 despite the global outbreak. The pandemic gave the show’s production free rein of the space to shoot, as Bell Works employees were working from home. During the time of filming, one side of the building was designated for Severance production while the other was occupied by Monmouth County residents lining up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey.
The series returned to Bell Works in 2024 and only caused minor disruptions and limitations for employees and companies who were back on-site working at the complex. During filming, the glass windows of businesses inside Bell Works were blacked out. While some of the filming of Severance took place on the first floor, a lot of the show was shot on the upper levels. The exterior, the entrance, and the parking lot were also used for filming. According to NJ.com, the series spent $5.1 million while filming its first season in 2021, and the second season cost $24 million over three years of filming in New Jersey.
Severance is not the only big production that has taken place at Bell Works. Law & Order: Organized Crime and Emergence have both filmed there, along with commercials, fashion campaigns, and several music videos.
The building — which was once the corporate site AT&T's Bell Labs — is now a mixed-use, walkable development with office spaces, stores, and restaurants. Bell Labs is known for its striking architecture, size, and suburban location. It hosts many new corporations, start-ups, artisan markets, fitness events, concerts, retail sites, and the township library. Bell Works is open to the public year-round.
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The second season premiere of Severance was on Friday, January 17th on Apple TV+, but new episodes will premiere every Friday through March 21st, 2025.
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Details
- Date:
- May 13
- Series:
- Live Music at Leggets
- Cost:
- Free
- Event Categories:
- Entertainment, Food + Drink
- Event Tags:
- Entertainment, Food + Drink
Venue
- Leggett’s Sand Bar
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217 1st Avenue
Manasquan, NJ 08736 United States + Google Map