May 1: Bruce Hornsby & yMusic at BergenPAC, Englewood,
May 1: The Damned, The BellRays at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 1: The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 1: Gold Rush, Neil Young tribute at Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, Atlantic City.
May 2: Ace Frehley, Mainline, Rahway, Ten Ton Mojo at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
May 2: Jefferson Starship at Newton Theatre.
May 2: Lane Moore & It Was Romance, The Hard Maybes at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 2: Neil Forever, Neil Diamond tribute at BergenPAC, Englewood.
May 2: YYNOT, Rush tribute at Debonair Music Hall, Teaneck.
May 2: RivetSkull, Ronnie James Dio at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
May 2: StevieMac, Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac tribute at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 2: Better Lovers, Split Chain, Human Error at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 2: Friends of Jerry, Grateful Dead tribute at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.
May 2: 2U, U2 tribute at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
May 2-4: Dark Force Fest at Sheraton Parsippany. With The Birthday Massacre, Orgy, Covenant, Suicide Commando, Aesthetic Perfection, Razed in Black, Calabrese, God Module, others.
May 3: “The Music of Led Zeppelin” featuring New Jersey Symphony and Windborne Music Group with conductor/arranger Brent Havens and singer Justin Sargent at BergenPAC, Englewood.
May 3: BoyWithUke, Ethan Bortnick at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
May 3: The Acacia Strain, Maul, Snuffed on Sight, Gates to Hell, Frozen Soul at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
May 3: Frank Turner at Crossroads, Garwood.
May 3: Steve Forbert at Parker Press Park, Woodbridge.
May 3: Brit Floyd, Pink Floyd tribute at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
May 3: Shayna Steele Band at Berrie Center at Ramapo College, Mahwah.
May 3: “Dare Goes Da DJ: The Concert” featuring Blazer One, Whiteboy KYS, Rob Lo, Frankie Cutlass, DJ O, Ralph McDaniels, Butch Rock, Lucho, Brivs at Carteret Performing Arts and Events Center.
May 3: Jesse Garron (Elvis Presley tribute) at Landis Theater, Vineland.
May 3: Classic Albums Live performing U2’s The Joshua Tree at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
May 3: Sugar Mountain, Neil Young tribute at Newton Theatre.
May 3: Tokyo Rose, Tug of War Machine, Vanity Score, Keep Your Distance at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 3: Ocean County College Concert Band, “The Music of Broadway, Movies and TV” at Toms River East Intermediate School Auditorium.
May 3: “Rolling Thunder Revue: 50th Anniversary Benefit” at Debonair Music Hall, Teaneck. Proceeds to go New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.
May 3: Jagged Little Thrill (Alanis Morissette tribute), The Vibrotones, Naska at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 3: Lounge Act (Nirvana tribute), Oceans (Pearl Jam tribute), Jar of Flies (Alice in Chains tribute) at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.
May 3, 10 and 17: Joe Regan at Carriage House at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
May 4: Vet Fest Music & Food Truck Festival with All Fired Up (Pat Benatar tribute), ’80s Revolution, Classic Skynyrd Live, Yacht Rock Gold Experience, Best of The Eagles, Frontiers (Journey tribute) at David Waks Memorial Park, Wayne.
May 4: Remember Jones, “Back to Black: The Amy Winehouse Celebration,” at Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair.
May 4: G Herbo at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
May 4: Joseph Arthur, 1adam12 at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.
May 4: Alexandra Jardvall at Transparent Clinch Gallery, Asbury Park.
May 4: “The Music of Led Zeppelin” featuring New Jersey Symphony and Windborne Music Group with conductor/arranger Brent Havens and singer Justin Sargent at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 4: DeSol at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 4: We May Be Right, Billy Joel tribute at The Bernie, Bernardsville.
May 4: American Girl, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers tribute at Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, Atlantic City.
May 5: Gene Simmons Band at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 5: Kishi Bashi, Oshima Brothers at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 5: Evan Honer at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 5: Pain of Truth, Sunami, Haywire, RBS, Years Spent Cold at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 6: Roger McGuinn at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
May 6: Gene Simmons Band at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
May 6: NARUTO: The Symphonic Experience at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 6: Brit Floyd, Pink Floyd tribute at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 7: Bad Nerves, Spiritual Cramp at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 7: Shakey Graves, Ruby Waters at Asbury Lanes.
May 8: Meshell Ndegeocello, “No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin” at Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University. Part of Peak Performances series.
May 8: Shallow Alcove, Lighthearted at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 8: Hollywood Nights, Bob Seger tribute at BergenPAC, Englewood.
May 8-9: Kendrick Lamar, SZA at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford.
May 9: Little Feat, Cris Jacobs at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
May 9: Will Downing at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
May 9: Hollywood Undead, Tech N9ne, Set It Off, Zero 9:36 at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
May 9: Dandy Warhols, Sister of Your Sunshine Vapor at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 9: LaMP at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 9: Chris Stamey at 503 Social Club, Hoboken.
May 9: The Weeklings at Randy Now’s Man Cave, Hightstown.
May 9: Kelli Baker featuring Noé Socha at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
May 9: Frank Viele at Stanhope House.
May 9: Chris Ruggiero at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison.
May 9: The Gathering Gloom (The Cure tribute) The Side Cars (The Cars tribute) at Landis Theater, Vineland.
May 9: Beginnings, Chicago tribute at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
May 9: Best of The Eagles at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.
May 9: The Mountain Jam Band (Allman Brothers Band tribute), James Dalton at Asbury Lanes.
May 9: Feelsgood, LVNA, Wring Me Out, Gimic at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.
May 9-10: Kelly Clarkson at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
May 10: WMMR’s MMR*B*Q with Alice in Chains, Three Days Grace, Mammoth WVH, Dorothy, Dead Poet Society, Octane, Return to Dust at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden.
May 10: Keith Sweat, Charlie Wilson, Jagged Edge, Jon B. at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.
May 10: Judy Collins, Madeleine Peyroux at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 10: The Dead Milkmen at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 10: Graham Bonnet Band at Landis Theater, Vineland.
May 10: Nazareth at Newton Theatre.
May 10: Super Trans Am, ’70s tribute at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 10: Capella Grey, DJ Wallah at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
May 10: Forever Motown featuring Theo Peoples, Glenn Leonard and Traci Robinson at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
May 10: Sticky Sweet, Def Leppard tribute at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 10: The Discoteks, disco/Motown tribute at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.
May 11: Oldies but Goodies Mother’s Day Concert with The Intruders, The Legendary Bluenotes, The Dramatics Tribute, The Temptations Revue featuring Paul Williams Jr., Blue Magic Revue featuring Stuart “Orlando” Morgan, The Chilites Revue at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
May 11: The Australian Pink Floyd Show at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 11: Jerry’s Middle Finger, Jerry Garcia Band tribute at Asbury Lanes.
May 12: Marilyn Manson, Black Satellite at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
May 13: Upon a Burning Body, Left to Suffer, King 810, Half Me, Bury My Demons at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
May 13: Graham Parker at Randy Now’s Man Cave, Hightstown.
May 13: Gridiron, Verses of the Bleeding, Wretched Rite, Disposed at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.
May 13: Leonid & Friends at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 14: Lake Street Dive, Katie Tupper at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
May 14: Carbon Leaf at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 14: Lucie Arnaz, presented by Garden State Arts Foundation at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.
May 14: Bit Brigade, performing “Super Mario World” and “F-Zero” live at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 15: Mammoth WVH at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.
May 15: Joey Harkum at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 15: Michaelini Petti & Coyote Jack Band at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
May 15-16: Shakira at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford.
May 16: NARUTO: The Symphonic Experience at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
May 16: Rickie Lee Jones at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
May 16: ’80s Rock Tour with Lou Gramm (formerly of Foreigner), Steve Augeri (formerly of Journey), John Payne (formerly of Asia) at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
May 16: Donna McKechnie, “Take Me to the World: The Songs of Stephen Sondheim” at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
May 16: Donna the Buffalo at Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair.
May 16: Crobot, Blud Red Roses at Artie’s Bar & Grill, Frenchtown.
May 16: Spyne!, Jarod Clemons, Punch Drunk, Brendan McGreevey, Samantha Rodriguez at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 16: Chi-Town Transit Authority, Chicago tribute at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
May 16: EagleMania, Eagles tribute at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
May 16: Leonid & Friends at BergenPAC, Englewood.
May 16: The THE BAND Band, “Last Waltz” tribute at Newton Theatre.
May 16: Brian Kirk & the Jirks at Resorts, Atlantic City.
May 16: Strangers Stopping Strangers, Grateful Dead tribute at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 16: Bad Karma, Doug Vizthum, The Slugger at Randy Now’s Man Cave, Hightstown.
May 16: Statesboro, Allman Brothers Band tribute at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 16: Peach Project, Allman Brothers Band tribute at Stanhope House.
May 16: Blue Soul at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
May 17: Primus, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.
May 17: David Foster and Katharine McPhee at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 17: George Street Playhouse Gala with Ariana DeBose at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
May 17: Vitamin String Quartet, “The Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton & Beyond” at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
May 17: Roger McGuinn at Newton Theatre.
May 17: Paula Cole at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
May 17: John Eddie, Steve Forbert & the New Renditions at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 17: Tokyo Rose, Days Like These, The Beautiful Mistake, Steven Lemon at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.
May 17: Freestyle Jersey Jam with TKA/K7, Judy Torres, Noel, The Cover Girls, Cynthia, C-Bank, Pretty Poison, Sammy Zone, Joe Zangie, more at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
May 17: “Jersey Fest,” presented by Radio Garden State and featuring Reality Suite, Emerson Woolf & the Wishbones, Connor Bracken & the Mother Leeds Band at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 17: “Oh What a Night of Rock ‘n’ Roll” with Jay Siegel’s Tokens, Chris Montez, The Capris, Brian Hyland, Joey Dee, The Fireflies, The Excellents, Merrilee Rush at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 17: Melissa Errico, “Sondheim in the City” at Chase Room at NJPAC, Newark.
May 17: Louie DeVito at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
May 17: Cro-Mags, Sworn Enemy, Brick by Brick, XL Bully at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 17: Liv Bec, Best Dressed Ghost, Lilies of David, MONTE at Asbury Lanes.
May 17: Dueling Pianos at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
May 17: Bowie and Beyond, David Bowie tribute at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
May 17: Chi-Town Transit Authority, Chicago tribute at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown. Hackettstown Rotary Club Fundraiser.
May 17: Street Survivors, Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
May 17: Sensational Soul Cruisers at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 17: Looks that Kill (Mötley Crüe tribute), Ancient Mariners (Iron Maiden tribute), Ultimate Live Evil (Ronnie James Dio tribute) at Landis Theater, Vineland.
May 18: Johnny Mathis at BergenPAC, Englewood.
May 18: Hoboken Arts & Music Festival with Brenda K. Starr, Coro, Allison Strong, The Young Picassos, Dallas Connor, Allie Sandt, Alyx Astryx, 3 Dollars, Finn Douglas & Friends, more.
May 18: Tom Hamilton at The Homestead, Morristown.
May 18: Ray Sheehan & the Midnight Players, Starlight Barfight, Johnny Zarfati, Miss Morning, Raw Milk, Toy Shark at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 18: Juliet’s Not Dead at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 18: Chris Pinnella, Billy Joel tribute at Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, Atlantic City.
May 19: Asbury Park Beach Badge fundraiser with Via Ripa, The Foes of Fern, American Girlfriend, Dana Why at Asbury Lanes.
May 21: Joywave, Little Image at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 21: OK Computer, Radiohead tribute at The Homestead, Morristown.
May 21: Animal House Duo at The Point, Somers Point.
May 22: Omar Hakim & the Sonic Boom Squad at Newton Theatre.
May 22: Arm’s Length, Prince Daddy & the Hyena, Riley!, Bike Routes at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 22: Billy Walton Band at The Point, Somers Point.
May 22-23: Between the Buried and Me, Protest the Hero at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
May 22, 24-25 and 28-29: Beyoncé at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford.
May 22 and 29: “Bootleg BobFest: Rare & Unreleased,” Bob Dylan tribute featuring Pat Guadagno & Tired Horses at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 23: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Grateful Dead tribute at Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park.
May 23: Sean Chambers & the Savoy Brown Rhythm Section at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
May 23: Jessie’s Girl, “Back to the Eighties” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 23: The E Street Shuffle, Bruce Springsteen tribute at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 23: Yachty by Nature at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
May 24: Alice Cooper at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
May 24: The Wood Brothers at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 24: Carole J. Bufford, Broadway series at Cape May Stage.
May 24: Thee Sacred Souls at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 24: Uncured, Northvale, Twist It at Artie’s Bar & Grill, Frenchtown.
May 24: Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell tribute at Roy’s Hall, Blairstown.
May 24: Billy Walton Band at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
May 24: Eddie Testa Band at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 24: The Exceptions, Ricky Stevens at Ski Beach, Dorset and Burk avenues, Ventnor.
May 24: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
May 24: Street Hassle at Stanhope House.
May 24-25: Ice Nine Kills at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
May 25: Mayday Parade, Microwave, Grayscale, Like Roses at Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park.
May 25: Annie DiRusso, Squirrel Flower at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 25: Frankie Mermaid, Dirt Birth, Linus Blanket, Youth at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.
May 25: Dead Zep, tribute to The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan at Claridge, Atlantic City.
May 28: Tab Benoit at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 28: Forever Donna (Donna Summer tribute featuring Rainere Martin), The Chiclettes (Divas Through the Decades tribute), presented by Garden State Arts Foundation at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.
May 28: Alan Schorr & the One Voice Ensemble, “A Musical Journey to Civil Rights & Social Justice” at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.
May 28: “Speed the Whispers” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 29: Back to the Garden 1969, Woodstock tribute at BergenPAC, Englewood.
May 29: The Best of Clapton at Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, Atlantic City.
May 29: “The Tony Bennett Songbook” at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.
May 30: One OK Rock, Stand Atlantic at Prudential Center, Newark.
May 30: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, The Infamous Stringdusters, Melt at Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park.
May 30: “Glen Burtnik Plays the Music of Styx” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 30: Lynyrd Skynyrd at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
May 30: Don McLean at BergenPAC, Englewood.
May 30: Stanley Jordan, Jimi Hendrix tribute at Roy’s Hall, Blairstown.
May 30: Murphy’s Law at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.
May 30: James Maddock at Spanish Pavillion, Harrison.
May 30: Latewaves, Earth Telephone, The Superweaks, Gripper at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 30: The British Invasion Years at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 30: Fool House, ’90s tribute at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
May 30: Resilient Voices at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
May 30: Kaonashi, Sabella, Rakuyo at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 30: Jenny Barnes Band at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
May 30-31: Tusk, Fleetwood Mac tribute at Newton Theatre.
May 30-31: The Fab Four, The Beatles tribute at Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City.
May 30-31 and June 1: Crawfish Fest at Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta. With Marcia Ball, Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Southern Avenue, Bonerama, Rockin’ Dopsie & the Zydeco Twisters, Corey Harris, Carolyn Wonderland, others.
May 31: Heart at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
May 31: The Bongos, The Grip Woods at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 31: The Fab Faux, The Beatles tribute at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 31: ’70s Soul Jam with The Stylistics, The Delfonics, Blue Magic, The Blue Notes, Heatwave at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
May 31: “Sinatra Meets the Sopranos” featuring singer Michael Martocci with his Blue Eyes Orchestra, and actors Vincent Curatola, Federico Castelluccio and Jason Cerbone at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 31: Martin Sexton, “Abbey Road Show” at Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair.
May 31: Za Zu Zaz at At the Tabernacle series at Mt. Tabor Tabernacle, Parsippany.
May 31: California Guitar Trio at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
May 31: Dead On Live, Grateful Dead tribute at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
May 31: Solar Federation, Rush tribute at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
May 31: Tramps Like Us, Bruce Springsteen tribute at Resorts, Atlantic City.
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