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The Rolling Stones will perform at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, May 23 and 26.

This list of major arts events scheduled for New Jersey will be constantly updated throughout the year, as new events are announced.

April 19-21: Exit Zero Jazz Festival, Cape May. With The Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Joey Alexander Quartet, The Christian Sands Quartet, Matthew Whitaker, Dayramir González, Camille Thurman, others.

April 24: The second annual American Music Honors event presented by The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch will honor John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne, Mavis Staples and Dion DiMucci.

April 27: New Jersey Folk Festival at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Artists TBA.

May 23 and 26: The Rolling Stones will bring their Stones Tour ’24: Hackney Diamonds to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.

June 10-16: The North to Shore Festival will take place at various Asbury Park venues, with artists to be announced, before moving to Atlantic City and Newark.

June 17-23: The North to Shore Festival will take place at various Atlantic City venues, with artists to be announced after a week in Asbury Park and before a week in Newark.

June 20-23: Barefoot Country Music Fest, Wildwood. With Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Kane Brown, Old Dominion, The Beach Boys, Bret Michaels and others.

June 24-30: The North to Shore Festival will take place at various Newark venues, with artists to be announced, after a week in Asbury Park and a week in Atlantic City.

June 28-30: Rock, Ribs & Ridges Festival at Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta. With Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Larkin Poe, Blackberry Smoke, The Outlaws, Molly Hatchet, The Artimus Pyle Band and others.

June 30: Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and Celisse, at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel.

July 13-14: Maplewoodstock at Memorial Park, Maplewood. Lineup TBA.

Aug. 30-31 and Sept. 1: Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival at Salem County Fairgrounds, Woodstown. With Del McCoury Band, Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Danny Paisley, Asleep at the Wheel, Gibson Brothers, The Seldom Scene, others.

Sept. 14: Montclair Jazz Festival. Lineup TBA.

Sept. 14-15: Sea.Hear.Now festival, Asbury Park. With Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Noah Kahan, The Black Crowes, The Gaslight Anthem, The Trey Anastasio Band, 311, Norah Jones, Kool & the Gang, Gogol Bordello, The Revivalists, The Hives, Grace Potter, The Robert Randolph Band, Larkin Poe, others.

Sept. 20-22: XPoNential Music Festival at Wiggins Park, Camden. With The Walkmen, Rosanne Cash, Phosphorescent, Pete York, Jade Bird, George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners, Blondshell, Bully, The Heavy Heavy, Lizzie No, Cedric Burnside, Grace Bowers, others.

Oct. 18-27: The 13th edition of the state’s largest film festival, The Montclair Film Festival, takes place at various locations.

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