This list of major arts events scheduled for New Jersey will be constantly updated throughout the year, as new events are announced.
April 27: New Jersey Folk Festival at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. With Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise, Laki Bali, RU Bhangra, RaĂces Caribeñas, others.
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 Lake Street Dive, Gary Clark Jr., Bleachers, Band of Horsese and others — before moving to Atlantic City and Newark.
June 17-23: The North to Shore Festival will take place at various Atlantic City venues — with The B-52’s, Barenaked Ladies, Prince Royce & Wisin, Frankie Valli and others — 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 Matchbox Twenty, Kevin Hart, Stephen Colbert, Brothers Osborne, Samara Joy and others — 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 4: Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic with Bob Dylan, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Maren Morris, Mavis Staples and Celisse, at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden.
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.
May 30-31 and June 1, 2025: Crawfish Fest at Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta. Lineup TBA.
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