Pop/Rock, October

Steve Hackett will perform in Collingswood, Oct. 17-18, and Red Bank, Oct. 21.

Oct. 1: Suicideboys, Bones, Night Lovell, Germ, Chetta at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden.
Oct. 1: Michael W. Smith at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 1: Melvins, Redd Kross at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
Oct. 1: Mushmouth, Fall Concert Series at Hall of Records, Freehold.

Oct. 2: Yes at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Oct. 2: Raphael Saadiq at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 2: Lightning Bolt at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.

Oct. 3: Seether, Daughtry, P.O.D., Kami Kehoe at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Oct. 3: The Rascals (60th Anniversary Fan Appreciation Show featuring Felix Cavaliere and Gene Cornish), Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Garden State Arts Foundation shows at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.
Oct. 3: Black Violin at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 3: The Alan Parsons Live Project at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
Oct. 3: Outlaws at Newton Theatre.
Oct. 3: Tom Keifer Band, L.A. Guns at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
Oct. 3: Jesse McCartney at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.
Oct. 3: Destinee, Red, The Grip Weeds, “Garden State Live! Emerging Pop/Rock Artists” at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Oct. 3: Bill Haley Jr. & the Comets at Nash Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.
Oct. 3: Petty People, Tom Petty tribute featuring Steve Ferrone at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 3: Eddie Testa Band with The Jukes Horns at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 3: Integrity, Earth Crisis, Judge at Williams Center, Rutherford.
Oct. 3: Back to the Garden, Woodstock tribute at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
Oct. 3: Strangelove, Depeche Mode tribute at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
Oct. 3: Hot4Robot, Red Vox, Roshambo at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.

Oct. 4: Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan and Stephanie Mills at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.
Oct. 4: The B-52’s, Devo, Lene Lovich at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.
Oct. 4: Yes at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Oct. 4: Seether, Daughtry, P.O.D., Kami Kehoe at Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park.
Oct. 4: Boyz II Men at Event Center at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
Oct. 4: Pink Martini All-Stars featuring Ari Shapiro, Edna Vazquez and Jimmie Herrod at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. 
Oct. 4: “Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 4: The Mountain Goats at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
Oct. 4: Adam Ezra Group at Avenel Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 4: Finger Eleven, Alien Ant Farm, BRKN LOVE at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
Oct. 4: Tommy Conwell at Randy Now’s Man Cave, Hightstown.
Oct. 4: Mary Cross at Resorts, Atlantic City.
Oct. 4: Super Trans Am at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 4: Home Is Where, Forests, Short Fictions at Asbury Lanes.
Oct. 4: Floyd Nation, Pink Floyd tribute at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.
Oct. 4: EagleMania, The Eagles tribute at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Oct. 5: TwoSet Violin with New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 5: Marianas Trench, The Summer Set, senses at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
Oct. 5: Soweto Gospel Choir at Wilkins Theatre at Kean University, Union.
Oct. 5: Naturally 7 at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 5: “Doo Wop Gold” featuring Emil Stucchio & the Classics, The Fireflies, The Chimes at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison.
Oct. 5: “The Rat Pack Together Again” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
Oct. 5: Step by Step, Johnny Maestro tribute at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.

Oct. 6: Violent Femmes at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Oct. 7: Joss Stone at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

Oct. 8: Amy Grant at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Oct. 8: Blues Traveler at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Oct. 8: Vitamin String Quartet, “Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton and Beyond” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 8: Almost Santana, Santana tribute, Fall Concert Series at Hall of Records, Freehold.

Oct. 9: Geoff Tate (“Operation: Mindcrime — The Final Chapter”) at Newton Theatre.
Oct. 9: Yächtley Crëw at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Oct. 9: A Lot Like Birds, Dwellings, Zeta, Mella at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

Oct. 9-12: ProgStock 2025 with h Natural (featuring Steve Hogarth), Pattern-Seeking Animals, IO Earth & the Orchestra of Sound & Emotion, Mike Keneally & Beer for Dolphins, Discipline, Orpheus Nine, The Cyberiam, Funhouse Mirrors, Peter Jones, Points North, Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear, Melanie Mau & Martin Schella, others, at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Oct. 10: Geoff Tate (“Operation: Mindcrime — The Final Chapter”), Fire and Water, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 10: Real Estate, Trace Mountains at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
Oct. 10: Pinkshift, LustSickPuppy, DoFlame at Asbury Lanes.
Oct. 10: Surfer Girl, Bikini Trill, Tessellated at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
Oct. 10: High Vis, Crush Your Soul, COLD GAWD at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
Oct. 10: Sage Thomas, Lilies of David, Johnny Zarfati at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.
Oct. 10: Lez Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin tribute at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 10: Duel of the Decades, ’90s vs. Y2K at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
Oct. 10: 4 (Foreigner tribute), Peace of Mind (Boston tribute) at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
Oct. 10: AF2K, Rush tribute at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

Oct. 10-11: Foreigner at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Oct. 10-11: Yächtley Crëw, at Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City.

Oct. 10-12: A Tribute to Elton John & Billy Joel at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

Oct. 11: Ludacris, Ashanti, Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Fat Joe at Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison.
Oct. 11: Toad the Wet Sprocket, KT Tunstall, Vertical Horizon at Cure Insurance Arena, Trenton.
Oct. 11: Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 11: The Ocean Blue at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Oct. 11: Peabo Bryson at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 11: Start Making Sense, Talking Heads tribute at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
Oct. 11: 40 Below Summer, Lions at the Gate, Ra, Dizneyfist at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
Oct. 11: The Frights, Remo Drive at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
Oct. 11: K.C. & the Sunshine Band at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Oct. 11: “Sinatra: A Man & His Music” featuring Michael Martocci with the JTole Jazz Orchestra, and guest star Brandon Tomasello, at The Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison.
Oct. 11: Heroes for Ghosts, Pink Floyd tribute at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Oct. 11: “A Marvelous Night: The Music of Van Morrison” featuring Rob Paparozzi, Pat Guadagno, John Tropea, others at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 11: Young Gun Silver Fox at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
Oct. 11: The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
Oct. 11: The Royal Scam at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
Oct. 11: Wild Night (Bon Jovi tribute), Best Shot (Pat Benatar tribute) at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
Oct. 11: Dead On Live, Grateful Dead tribute at Shea Center at William Paterson University, Wayne.
Oct. 11: Britishmania, The Beatles tribute at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Oct. 11: Dirty Deeds, AC/DC tribute at Newton Theatre.
Oct. 11: Tupelo Honey, Van Morrison tribute at Strand Center for the Arts, Lakewood.

Oct. 12: “American Harmony” with The Lettermen, The Association, The Vogues at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.
Oct. 12: Adam Melchior at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
Oct. 12: Celebrating Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Helloween with The Neverland Express featuring singer Caleb Johnson at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Oct. 12: The Linda Ronstadt Experience featuring Tristan McIntosh at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
Oct. 12: The Duprees at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Oct. 15: Gab Cinque Band, Fall Concert Series at Hall of Records, Freehold.

Oct. 16: 38 Special at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Oct. 16: The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Oct. 16: Yächtley Crëw at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 16: Joshua Radin, Brendan James at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 16: The Pietasters, The Kilograms, Lost in Society, The Vansaders at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

Oct. 17: Khalid at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Oct. 17: Remember Jones, tribute to Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell album at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 17: Mushroomhead, Mind Incision, Black Satellite, Psychostick at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
Oct. 17: Kings of Thrash (featuring David Ellefson, Jeff Young, Chaz Leon, Fred Aching) at Artie’s Bar & Grill, Frenchtown.
Oct. 17: Richard Clayderman at Ritz Theatre, Elizabeth.
Oct. 17: Yellow Brick Joel, Elton John/Billy Joel tribute at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 17: Forever Donna, Donna Summer tribute featuring Rainere Martin at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Oct. 17: Rumours, Fleetwood Mac tribute at Strand Center for the Arts, Lakewood.

Oct. 17-18: Steve Hackett at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.

Oct. 18: Stevie Nicks at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.
Oct. 18: The Third Mind (featuring Dave Alvin, Jesse Sykes, Victor Krummenacher, Michael Jerome and Mark Karan) at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
Oct. 18: Cindy Blackman Santana at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 18: Dance Now America Tour with Corona, Real McCoy, Jenny Berggren (of Ace of Base), La Bouche, Daisy Dee (of Technotronic), Crystal Waters, CeCe Peniston, No Mercy, Ultra Naté, Jocelyn Enriquez, Turbo B (of Snap!) at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Oct. 18: The Pointer Sisters, The Spinners at Wildwoods Convention Center, Wildwood.
Oct. 18: Jason Scheff & Tommy DeCarlo at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Oct. 18: Everclear, Local H, Sponge at Asbury Lanes.
Oct. 18: Cannibal Corpse, Municipal Waste, Fulci at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
Oct. 18: The Bronx Wanderers at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
Oct. 18: Hairball, arena-rock tribute at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.
Oct. 18: Live Wire (AC/DC tribute) at Landis Theater, Vineland.
Oct. 18: That Motown Band, “Step by Step: Celebrating Johnny Maestro” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 18: School’s Out (Alice Cooper tribute), Rëd Höt (all-female Mötley Crüe tribute) at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.
Oct. 18: Sheldon Price at Resorts, Atlantic City.
Oct. 18: Peter Lemongello Jr. at The Concert Venue at Harrah’s, Atlantic City.
Oct. 18: The Jersey Four featuring Gerry Polci, tribute to Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison.
Oct. 18: Mamma Mania!, ABBA tribute at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Oct. 19: Melvin Seals & JGB at Newton Theatre.
Oct. 19: The Wanted at Celebrity Theatre at The Claridge, Atlantic City.
Oct. 19: Hairball, arena-rock tribute at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Oct. 19: Counterparts, thrown, split chain, 156/Silence at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
Oct. 19: Jake Miller, Neriah at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
Oct. 19: White Reaper, Lip Critic, World’s Worst at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

Oct. 21: Steve Hackett at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Oct. 22: Aaron Lewis & the Stateliners at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

Oct. 23: Hanson at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Oct. 23: Noah Reid at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 23: The Jersey Tenors at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.

Oct. 23-24: Dead on Live, Grateful Dead tribute at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Oct. 24: Cage the Elephant, Hey, Nothing, Vlad Holiday at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
Oct. 24: Remember Jones, tribute to Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell album at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 24: Mudvayne, Static-X, Vended at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
Oct. 24: Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
Oct. 24: Aaron Lewis & the Stateliners at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Oct. 24: Il Divo by Candlelight, with Simply Three at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Oct. 24: Shaun Cassidy at Newton Theatre.
Oct. 24: Clint Holmes at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison.
Oct. 24: The Matt O’Ree Band, Led Zeppelin tribute at The Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
Oct. 24: Blue Soul at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Oct. 24: David Maiocco, tribute to Liberace at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 24-25: Hanson at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.

Oct. 24-26: The Ultimate King of Pop Tribute Show featuring Bobby Miller as Michael Jackson at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

Oct. 25: Diana Ross at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
Oct. 25: Giveon, Sasha Keable, Charlotte Day Wilson, at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden.
Oct. 25: Air Supply at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Oct. 25: Warren Zanes, Cultural Arts Series at Van Vleck House and Gardens, Montclair. Author of “Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska.” Featuring readings and live music from the album.
Oct. 25: Black Pistol Fire, at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
Oct. 25: Late for the Sky, Jackson Browne tribute featuring Jake Thistle at The Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
Oct. 25, 2 p.m.: Splish Splash, Bobby Darin tribute at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.
Oct. 25, 8 p.m.: E Street Shuffle, Bruce Springsteen tribute at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.
Oct. 25: Let’s Hang On, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons tribute at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Oct. 25: Four Sticks, Led Zeppelin tribute at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison.
Oct. 25: The Wag, “Halloween Spectacular” at Strand Center for the Arts, Lakewood.

Oct. 26: Little Feat, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 26: Air Supply at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 26: Good Stuff, Steely Dan and Sting tribute at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Oct. 26: “Swingin’ With the Rat Pack,” works by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Marilyn Monroe at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 27: Diana Ross at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

Oct. 29: Bachman-Turner Overdrive at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Oct. 29: Born of Osiris at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

Oct. 30: Lawrence at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
Oct. 30: The Wrecks, Wall Carpets, echo plum at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
Oct. 30: Mania: The ABBA tribute at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Oct. 31: Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Starship at Event Center at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
Oct. 31: Los Straitjackets at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
Oct. 31: Dirty Heads at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
Oct. 31: Andy Bell of Erasure at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 31: The Soul Experience featuring Corey Glover of Living Colour at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

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