NE-YO and Akon Bring the Nights Like This Tour 2026 to New Jersey for an Unforgettable Evening of R&B and Pop Hits New Jersey's summer concert season continues with one of the year's most anticipated R&B events as NE-YO and Akon bring their Nights Like This Tour 2026 to the Garden State. Scheduled for Sunday, […]
Chip and Gus Brings Award-Winning Comedy to The Thomas H. Kean Theatre Factory Before International Edinburgh Fringe Run New Jersey audiences will have a rare opportunity this summer to experience an acclaimed theatrical production before it reaches one of the world's most celebrated performing arts festivals. On Monday, July 20, Chip and Gus, the award-winning […]
Zootopia 2 Comes to New Jersey as a Free Summer Movie Event at State Theatre New Jersey, Expanding Family Film Experiences Across the Region New Jersey’s summer entertainment calendar continues to evolve with purpose, accessibility, and scale, and on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, State Theatre New Jersey will once again take center stage with a […]
Atlantic City Welcomes New Orleans Royalty: George Porter Jr., John “Papa” Gros and the Spirit of Dr. John Take Center Stage at Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk Every summer, Atlantic City's Boardwalk becomes more than a destination. It becomes a gathering place where music, culture, history, and community converge against the backdrop of the Atlantic […]
Metal Church Storms New Jersey with “Dead To Rights” Tour as Classic Heavy Metal Power Returns to the Stage New Jersey’s live music calendar continues to expand its reach across every genre, and this summer, the state’s reputation as a destination for high-impact touring acts takes another decisive step forward as Metal Church arrives on […]
Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music Launches Free Summer Concert Series at Monmouth University Thursday, July 16: Kicking off the series is Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez & The Wonderful Winos. Lopez is a legendary local figure known as the original drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Music has always been at the heart of […]
Detroit Soul Meets the Jersey Shore: Mac Saturn and Bobby Mahoney Bring Rock, Rhythm, and Summer Energy to Bradley Beach For more than twenty years, one of New Jersey’s most beloved summer traditions has transformed a stretch of sand along the Jersey Shore into an open-air concert venue where music, community, and ocean breezes come […]
Three Artists, Five Genres, One Night: The Middletown Arts Center's Summer Nights Concert on July 23rd The Thursday evening concert series that takes place in indoor theater venues across New Jersey during the summer occupies a specific and underappreciated place in the state's music culture. It is not the festival, with its logistics and its […]
Wildwood’s Music in the Plaza Concert Series Returns for Another Summer of Free Live Entertainment, Community Gathering, and Jersey Shore Tradition The full 2026 Downtown Wildwood Music in the Plaza lineup features 11 different bands performing free weekly outdoor concerts. The performances take place every Thursday night from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM at Byrne […]
Princeton Summer Theater Closes Its Season With Sam Shepard's "True West," American Theater's Definitive Study of Sibling Warfare There is a reason Sam Shepard's True West has never lost its grip on American theater since its 1980 premiere at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, and it is not nostalgia for the desert imagery or the era […]
Disney’s Descendants: The Musical Arrives in New Jersey as Aspire Performing Arts Company Elevates Youth Theatre with a High-Impact, Next-Generation Production New Jersey’s theatre scene continues to evolve with a level of ambition and creative depth that reflects the state’s growing influence in the performing arts, and the arrival of Disney’s Descendants: The Musical under […]
Magical Mystery Doors Redefines the Tribute Experience in New Jersey with a Genre-Blending Celebration of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors New Jersey’s live music scene continues to distinguish itself as one of the most creatively diverse and forward-thinking in the country, and on Friday, July 24, 2026, that distinction will be on full […]
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