This list of major arts events scheduled for New Jersey will be constantly updated throughout the year, as new events are announced.
May 16-18: The Exit Zero Jazz Festival takes place in Cape May. With Samara Joy, Terence Blanchard, Lisa Fischer and others.
May 22, 24-25 and 28-29: Beyoncé will bring her Cowboy Carter Tour to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.
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.
June 9-29: This year’s edition of the annual North to Shore Festival will feature events in Newark, Asbury Park and Atlantic City.
June 19-22: Barefoot Country Music Fest, Wildwood. With Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Rascal Flatts, Lainey Wilson, Boyz II Men, Jordan Davis, Megan Moroney, Colt Ford, others.
June 20: As part of the North to Shore Festival, The Prudential Center in Newark will host Hot 97’s annual Summer Jam concert with with A Boogie, Gunna, GloRilla, Muni Long, Asake, Ayra Starr, Ja Rule and others.
June 27-29: Rock, Ribs and Ridges Festival at Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta. With The Allman Betts Band, Grand Funk Railroad, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Black Stone Cherry, The Weight Band, The Artimus Pyle Band, Orleans, others.
Aug. 9: My Chemical Romance will perform its 2006 album The Black Parade in its entirety, and more, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, with Death Cab for Cutie and Thursday opening.
Aug. 16: Morristown Jazz and Blues Festival. Lineup TBA.
Aug. 29-31: Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival at Salem County Fair Grounds, Woodstown. With The Del McCoury Band, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Authentic Unlimited, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, John Jorgensen Bluegrass Band, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Don Flemons, more.
Aug. 31 and Sept. 1: Oasis‘ reunion tour will come to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, with Cage the Elephant opening.
Sept. 12: Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow, Waxahatchee, Madeline Edwards at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden.
Sept. 13: Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow, Waxahatchee, Madeline Edwards, at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.
Sept. 13: Montclair Jazz Festival. Lineup TBA.
Sept. 13-14: Sea.Hear.Now festival, Asbury Park, withy Blink-182, Hozier, Lenny Kravitz, LCD Soundsystem, Alabama Shakes, Sublime, Public Enemy, De La Soul, ZZ Top, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, TV on the Radio, Spoon, UB40, 4 Non Blondes, others.
Sept. 19-21: XPoNential Music Festival at Wiggins Park, Camden. Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, Courtney Barnett, Molly Tuttle, Richard Thompson, Greensky Bluegrass, Craig Finn, Spin Doctors, War, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tune-Yards, Kathleen Edwards, Southern Avenue and more.
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