Check out the top 13 New Jersey shows that we think are a "must-see" this summer here. If there isn't something on that list that sparks your interest, read below all the events happening in and around our area** in the next couple of months.
Prudential Center
165 Mulberry St., Newark, (973) 757-6000, prucenter.com
June 15
Journey and Def Leppard
June 23 and 24
KCON 2018
June 29
U2
July 28
Kevin Hart
Sept. 4
Fall Out Boy
Sept. 8
Sugarland
MetLife Stadium
Route 120, East Rutherford, metlifestadium.com
June 2
Luke Bryan
June 11
Summer Jam
July 20 through 22
Taylor Swift
Aug. 2 and 3
Beyonce and Jay Z
Aug. 18
Kenny Chesney
Sept. 21 and 22
Ed Sheeran
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 N. Van Brunt St., Englewood, bergenpac.org
June 1
Close to You: The Music of the Carpenters
June 2
Sinbad
June 12
Melissa Etheridge
June 15
Howie Mandel
June 16
Victor Manuelle
June 17
Boz Scaggs
June 18
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
June 19
Happy Together Tour
June 24
Stephen Stills & Judy Collins
June 30
The Orchestra
July 15
Dion
July 18
Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson
July 19
John Cleese and The Holy Grail
July 26
Ladies of Laughter 2018 National Competition
Aug. 7
Remembering John Denver
Aug. 8
Abba The Concert – Tribute
Mayo Performing Arts Center
100 South St, Morristown, mayoarts.org
June 7
Hollywood Medium Tyler Henry
June 8
Manhattan Comedy Night
June 17
David Crosby & Friends
June 18 and 19
Harry Connick, Jr.
June 23 and 24
Dirty Dancing
June 27
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
June 28
Happy Together Tour 2018
July 10
Dick Fox’s Golden Boys: Starring Frankie Avalon, Fabian, and Bobby Rydell
July 16
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
July 17
The Mavericks
July 18
Yanni
July 19
Brian Wilson
July 20
Adam Ant
July 22
Human Nature
July 31
Boy George and Culture Club
Aug. 2
Peter Cetera
Aug. 3
Dion
Aug. 7
Lyle Lovett
Aug. 25
Wayne Brady
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
1 Center St, Newark, njpac.org
June 4 and 5
Earth, Wind & Fire
June 9
Lea Michele and Darren Criss
*Read more about Lea Michele in our exclusive interview.
June 7 through 10
Shaham Plays Brahms
June 8
OMIRI and Birgada Victor Jara
June 15
Jersey New Moves!
July 16
The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cart Elwes
*This event is part of NJPAC’s Cinema With the Stars and will take place at the Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park.
June 17
Earthquake’s Father’s Day Comedy Show
June 22
Say Anything with John Cusack
June 27
Jill Scott
July 14
Dan & Phil World Tour 2018: Interactive Introverts
July 20
Bring It! Live
July 20
John Cleese and Monty Python and The Holy Grail
*This event is part of NJPAC’s Cinema With the Stars and will take place at the Convention Hall, Asbury Park.
July 22
Monsta X
Aug. 10
Beres Hammond & Friends
Sept. 7 and 8
Trevor Noah
Wellmont Theater
5 Seymour St., Montclair, wellmonttheater.com
June 2
Anthony Jeselnik
June 3
Ledisi
June 7
Gin Blossoms with Tonic & Vertical Horizon
June 8
Jessie’s Girl
June 15
Grizzly Bear
June 16
Dennis Miller
June 29
Best of the Eagles
July 7
Yes
Aug. 2
Glassjaw & Quicksand
The Stone Pony
913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park, stoneponyonline.com
June 6
Andrew McMahon
June 10
Too Many Zooz
June 15
Fitz and The Tantrums & X Ambassadors (Summer Stage)
June 16
Max Weinberg’s Jukebox
June 17
Dropkick Murphys & Flogging Molly (Summer Stage)
June 22
Trevor Hall
June 30
Umphrey’s McGee
July 6
Rebelution
July 7
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
July 12
Who’s Bad
July 20
Dispatch (Summer Stage)
July 26
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
July 29
Slightly Stoopid
Aug. 3
Boy George and Culture Club
Aug. 4
The Bouncing Souls
Aug. 5
Rise Against
Aug. 9
Donavon Frankenreiter
Aug. 10
Franz Ferdinand
Aug. 11
Dark Star Orchestra (Summer Stage)
Aug. 14
Band of Horses (Summer Stage)
Aug. 15
Cake & Ben Folds (Summer Stage)
Aug. 16
Billy Currington (Summer Stage)
Aug. 28
Classic Deep Purple Live
Performed by Glenn Hughes
BB&T Pavilion
1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, waterfrontamphitheater.com
June 1-2
Dead & Company
June 8
Kendrick Lamar, SZA & Schoolboy Q
*Grammy-nominated SZA singer grew up in Maplewood.
June 13
Logic, NF & Kyle
June 15-16
Dave Matthews Band
June 17
30 Seconds to Mars, Walk the Moon & Misterwives
June 23
Foreigner
June 24
John Fogerty & ZZ Top
June 29
Chris Stapleton, Marty Stuart & Brent Cobb
June 30
Imagine Dragons, Judah and The Lion, AJR, Sir Sly & Missio
July 5
Jimmy Buffett
July 7
Foo Fighters
July 11
Steely Dan & The Doobie Brothers
July 13
Vans Warped Tour
July 14
Kevin Hart
July 17
Lindsey Stirling & Evanescence
July 18
Chris Brown
July 19-20
Zac Brown Band
July 21
Weezer & Pixies
July 24
Charlie Puth & Hailee Steinfeld
July 25
Kesha & Macklemore
July 26
Rascal Flatts & Dan and Shay
July 27
David Bryne & Sylvan Esso
July 28
The War on Drugs & Sturgill Simpson
Aug. 1
Chicago & REO Speedwagon
Aug. 3
Keith Urban & Kelsea Ballerini
Aug. 4
Jeff Beck, Paul Rodgers & Ann Wilson
Aug. 7-8
Phish
Aug. 9
Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson
Aug. 11
Counting Crows & Live
Aug. 14
Pentatonix
Aug. 15
Five Finger Death Punch & Breaking Benjamin
Aug. 18
Miranda Lambert & Little Big Town
Aug. 24
Salt-n-Pepa, Coolio, Biz Markie, Rob Base & 2 Live Crew
Aug. 25
Jason Aldean, Luke Combs & Lauren Alaina
Aug. 26
Shinetown & Godsmack
White Eagle Hall
337 Newark Ave., Jersey City, whiteeaglehalljc.com
June 1
The Slackers
June 12
Ani DiFranco
June 14
Real Estate
*Read our interview with Real Estate bassist Alex Bleeker.
June 16
Kurt Vile and The Violators
June 19
Aimee Mann
June 20
Superchunk
June 22
Nick Lowe’s Quality Rock & Roll Revue featuring Los Straitjackets
June 25
UP10TION
July 13
The Get Up Kids
July 27
Jenny Lewis
Aug. 1
Alex Cameron
Aug. 23
Allah-Las
Atlantic City Casinos
June 2, Tropicana
Tedeschi Trucks Band
June 2, Borgata Events Center
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band
June 2, Borgata Music Box
Ledisi
June 2, Golden Nugget
Johnny Mathis
June 8, Borgata Music Box
Ken Jeong
June 8, Harrah’s
Brian McKnight
June 9, Tropicana
Three Dog Night
June 8, Borgata Music Box
The Righteous Brothers
June 12-17, Harrah’s
Tenors of Rock
June 15, Tropicana
Train
June 15, Borgata Music Box
Aaron Lewis
June 16, Tropicana
Boz Scaggs
June 16, Borgata Music Box
Matisyahu
June 22-24, 29-30 and July 1, Borgata Events Center
Sebastian Maniscalco
June 22, Borgata Music Box
Vic Dibitetto
June 22, Tropicana
Brian Setzer
June 23, Tropicana
Stephen Stills & Judy Collins
June 23, Borgata Music Box
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, Round 2
June 24-26, Tropicana
Kevin & Caruso: Magique – Grand Illusions
June 27 to July 1, Caesars
Dirty Dancing
June 29, Borgata Music Box
Michael Che
July 6, Tropicana
Creedence Clearwater Revisited
July 7, Borgata Music Box
Michael Carbonaro
July 14, Tropicana
Yes
July 14, Bogata Events Center
Halsey
*Grammy-nominated Halsey was born in Edison.
July 14, Borgata Music Box
Kathleen Madigan
July 19-21, Borgata Events Center
Britney Spears
July 20-21, Borgata Music Box
Human Nature
July 24-Sept. 2, Harrah’s
Legends in Concert
July 27-28, Borgata Events Center
Jerry Seinfeld
Aug. 3, Borgata Events Center
Yanni
Aug. 3, Borgata Music Box
Craig Shoemaker
Aug. 4, Boardwalk Hall
Rod Stewart with Cyndi Lauper
Aug. 4, Borgata Events Center
Jim Gaffigan
Aug. 5, Borgata Events Center
Kings of Leon
Aug. 10, Borgata Events Center
Voodoo Threauxdown
Aug. 11, Boardwalk Hall
Kidz Bop Live 2018
Aug. 11, Borgata Music Box
Preacher Lawson
Aug. 11, Borgata Events Center
ThePianoGuys
Aug. 19, Borgata Events Center
3 Doors Down & Collective Soul
Aug. 23-24, Borgata Events Center
Impractical Jokers
Aug. 25, Borgata Music Box
Jim Breuer
Aug. 31, Borgata Events Center
Gabriel Iglesias
Sept. 2, Borgata Events Center
Earth, Wind & Fire
Sept. 7, Tropicana
Alanis Morissette
Sept. 8, Tropicana
Alice Cooper
Atlantic City Beachfest Concert Series
July 1
Sam Hunt
July 29
The Chainsmokers
**Ticket prices vary. Dates and times are subject to change. Please check website for most up-to-date information.
