Jon Bon Jovi will be at Montclair Film Festival this year. Here’s what he’ll be doing

Jon Bon Jovi doesn’t have the hair he once did.

But what he does have, he’ll be letting down on Oct. 26 — in a conversation with Stephen Colbert that is a just-announced addition to the 13th annual Montclair Film Festival.

Tickets for the event, 8 p.m. at Newark’s NJPAC, will go on sale Wed. Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. for Montclair Film and NJPAC members, and Friday Oct. 4 at 10 a.m. for the general public.

True, Newark isn’t Montclair: it’s nine miles away as the crow flies. And true, Jon Bon Jovi isn’t usually thought of as a movie person — and hence, a celebrity to be sought after for a film festival appearance.

Star of music and film

In addition to being — along with Boss Bruce — one of the twin pillars of Jersey’s music mystique, the Sayreville native who brought us “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “Bad Medicine,” and “Wanted Dead or Alive” has movies to his credit.

Whether “Moonlight and Valentino,” “The Leading Man,” “U-571,” “Pay it Forward,” or any of Bon Jovi’s other acting ventures will come up in the discussion with “The Late Show’s” Colbert — a Montclair resident and founding board member of the festival — remains to be seen.

There’s plenty for them to talk about. Not just movies and music, but also the new Hulu docuseries “Thank You, Goodnight,” which spans 40 years of Bon Jovi’s music career, and his work for progressive causes, such as feeding the hungry through his JBJ Soul Kitchen restaurants in Red Bank, Toms River and Newark.

“As an artist who embodies empathy and community, Jon’s work represents the values that inspire everything we do at Montclair Film,” said the festival’s artistic director, Tom Hall. “We look forward to a wonderful night.”

The 13th annual Montclair Film Festival, Oct. 18 to Oct. 27, will feature 130 films in four different venues, along with parties, panel discussions, and more. Tickets go on sale Oct. 4 at 10 a.m. (members can get theirs now). The full schedule was announced Friday.

Tickets for the Bon Jovi event can be purchased through www.njpac.org and ticketmaster.com, by telephone at 1-888 GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), and at the NJPAC Box Office at One Center Street in downtown Newark. montclairfilm.org.