Dec. 27-28 and 31: Pitbull at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Dec. 28: Yiyo Sarante at Ritz Theatre, Elizabeth.
Dec. 29: Los Cintron Bros., Gypsy Kings tribute at Mompou Tapas, Newark.
Jan. 11: Stone Flower, tribute to Santana and more at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
Feb. 1: SOMI at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Feb. 6: Celia Vive, Celia Cruz tribute at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Feb. 8: Kumar Sanu & Sadhana Sargam at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Feb. 8: Celia Vive, Celia Cruz tribute at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Feb. 11: aespa at Prudential Center, Newark.
Feb. 12: Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Finding Home in Music” with Deborah Amos, moderator.
Feb. 13: Pimpinela at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Feb. 13: DoosTrio (Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh, Wu Man, pipa, and Sandeep Das, tabla) at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Ancient traditions of Iran, China, and India through a 21st-century lens.”
Feb. 14: Fernando Villalona, El Chaval de la Bachata, Alex Bueno at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
Feb. 14: Patrizio Buanne at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
Feb. 14: Jaffna, Perkins House Concerts series at Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown.
Feb. 15: Tito Nieves, Brenda K. Starr at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Feb. 16: Tito Nieves at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Feb. 28: Babymonster at Prudential Center, Newark.
March 1: DJ Adoni y sus Amigos at Prudential Center, Newark.
March 1: Eileen Ivers at Berrie Center at Ramapo College, Mahwah.
March 1: Poor Man’s Gambit at Citizens Bank Theater, Succasunna.
March 2: NCT 127 at Prudential Center, Newark.
March 6: The High Kings, Mary Black at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
March 7: KODO at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
March 7: Cherish the Ladies at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
March 8: Cherish the Ladies at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
March 8: Celtic Angels Ireland at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.
March 9: The High Kings, Mary Black at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
March 9: Sheridan Rúitín at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
March 11: The Irish Tenors at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
March 12-17: Andy Cooney, “Irish Celebration” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.
March 14: Tartan Terrors at The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.
March 15: Shamrock Tenors at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
March 21: Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair.
March 21: Poor Man’s Gambit, presented by Princeton Folk Music Society at Christ Congregation Church, Princeton.
March 22: Gusi at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
March 22: The Bronx Horns at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.
March 25: “Rhythm India: Bollywood and Beyond” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
March 28: Alejandra Guzmán at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
March 28: Las Guaracheras at Gia Maione Foundation Studio Theatre at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
March 29: Sal da Vinci, Arisa at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
April 4: Benise at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
April 5: Tito Puente Jr. & his Latin Jazz Ensemble at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.
April 10: J. Balvin at Prudential Center, Newark.
April 11: OPA!, Perkins House Concerts series at Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown.
April 27: “New York-New Jersey Salsa Weekend” with Roberto Blades, Javier Vásquez, others, at Ritz Theatre, Elizabeth.
May 7: “Harmonías del Caribe: Premieres of Dominican Classical Treasures,” presented by Music in the Somerset Hills with The Pan Global Music Initiative and Patricio Molina, at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.
May 15: Shakira at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford.
May 16: Ensemble Sangineto, presented by Princeton Folk Music Society at Christ Congregation Church, Princeton.
May 17: Intocable at Ritz Theatre, Elizabeth.
May 23: “Leyendas de la Bachata” with Zacarías Ferreira, Teodoro Reyes, Alex Bueno at Ritz Theatre, Elizabeth.
May 30: Camila at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
June 21: Skerryvore at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
July 14: The Wailers at Ocean City Music Pier.
Aug. 5: Ado at Prudential Center, Newark.
Sept. 5-6: Jersey City Latin Jazz Festival.
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