Every Major Concert Coming to New Jersey in 2026 (The Full List)

Updated March 7, 2026

If you are someone who loves going to concerts in New Jersey, 2026 is shaping up to be an absolutely amazing year for live music.

Not only do we have some spectacular venues here, but the scope of musical talent visiting the Garden State is really incredible.

Below is a running list of every major concert for every major venue announced (so far) for New Jersey in 2026. We’ll keep this list updated as more shows are announced.

To make it easy, you can navigate within our north-to-south list using these links:

• MetLife Stadium
• Prudential Center in Newark
• PNC Bank Arts Center
• Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden
• Atlantic City casinos
• Atlantic City beach concerts
• Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City
• Barefoot Country Music Fest in Wildwood
• Cape May Convention Hall

MetLife Stadium — Meadowlands

• August 12th — Guns N' Roses World Tour

• August 21st & 22nd — Bruno Mars "The Romantic Tour"

• September 4th & 5th — Ed Sheeran: LOOP Tour

• September 25th — AC/DC "Power Up Tour 2026"

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Prudential Center — Newark

Prudential Center in Newark hosts several major 2026 concerts, including Cardi B and others.

• March 10th — Bad Omens - DO YOU FEEL LOVE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

• March 13th — Silvestre Dangond & Juancho De la Espriella - El Ultimo Baile Tour USA

• March 28th — Cardi B - Little Miss Drama Tour

• April 5th — Boys 4 Life Tour featuring B2K & Bow Wow

• April 17th — Alejandro Sanz - ¿Y ahora qué? Tour 2026

• April 22nd — Romeo Santos & Prince Royce - Mejor Tarde Que Nunca Tour 2026

• May 8th — Bruce Springsteen - 2026 Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour

• July 10th — Megan Moroney - The Cloud 9 Tour

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PNC Bank Arts Center — Holmdel

PNC Bank Arts Center will be hosting great concerts this year -- scroll through to see the complete 2026 lineup.

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Freedom Mortgage Pavilion — Camden

• Saturday, May 9 — Godsmack, Alice Cooper, The Hooters, and more

• Thursday, May 28 — TRIUMPH: The Rock & Roll Machine Reloaded Tour

• Saturday, June 20 — Evanescence 2026 World Tour with Spiritbox and Nova Twins

• Saturday, June 27 — HARDY: THE COUNTRY! COUNTRY! TOUR!

• Tuesday, July 21 — Chicago & Styx: The Windy Cities Tour

• Thursday, July 23 — Tim McGraw - Pawn Shop Guitar Tour

• Sunday, July 26 — Train - Drops Of Jupiter: 25 years in the Atmosphere Tour

• Monday, July 27 — The Return Of The Carnival Of Sin - Mötley Crüe

• Saturday, August 8 — 5 Seconds of Summer: EVERYONE'S A STAR! World Tour

• Thursday, August 13 — Riley Green: Cowboy As It Gets Tour 2026

• Friday, August 14 — Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte: North American Tour 2026

• Thursday, August 20 — Lynyrd Skynyrd x Foreigner: Double Trouble Double Vision Tour

• Friday, August 28 — Chris Stapleton's All-American Road Show

• Friday, September 25 — Mt. Joy 2026: Celebrating 10 Years Of Mt. Joy

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All Atlantic City Casinos — Various Venues

Hard Rock

• March 7th — Rod Stewart

• April 3rd — Dierks Bentley

• April 10th — Bailey Zimmerman: Different Night Same Rodeo Tour 2026

• April 17th — Ricardo Arjona: Lo Que El Seco No Dijo

• April 24th — Kane Brown

• June 6th — YUNGBLUD: Idols - The World Tour

Ocean Casino Resort

• March 28th — Smokey Robinson

• April 11th — Puscifer

• April 17th — Aaron Lewis and The Stateliners

• May 1st — UB40

• May 16th — America

• May 30th — Iration

• June 12th — Happy Together featuring The Association, The Troggs, Jason Scheff, Gary Puckett, The Fortunes, Ron Dante, The Vogues, and The Cowsills

• June 27th — Joe Bonamassa

Caesars Atlantic City

• June 6th — The Righteous Brothers

Tropicana

• April 23rd — The Spinners

Borgata

• March 6th — Sheena Easton

• March 13th — John Oates

• April 18th — Paul Anka

• May 9th — Alter Bridge – What Lies Within Tour

• July 17th — “Weird Al” Yankovic: Bigger & Weirder 2026 Tour

• October 3rd — Micky Dolenz - 60 YEARS OF THE MONKEES

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Atlantic City Beach Concerts 2026

• August 29th — Rufus Du Sol

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Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall — Atlantic City

• March 28th — Fantasia & Anthony Hamilton

• May 9th — 17th Annual Mother's Day Festival featuring Jodeci, XSCAPE, and Kenny Lattimore

• May 23rd — Journey's Final Frontier Tour 2026

• September 2nd — Ricardo Montaner: El Último Regreso Tour

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Barefoot Country Music Fest — Wildwood

• June 18th-21st — Post Malone, Eric Church, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, Cole Swindell, Tracy Lawrence, Shaboozey, Chase Rise, Tucker Wetmore, and dozens of other country singers and bands on the beach in Wildwood. Check our separate article for the full schedule.

Cape May Convention Hall

• June 28th — Mac McAnally

• July 12th — The Stylistics

• July 26th — Joan Osborne

• August 2nd — The Spinners

• August 7th — A.J. Croce

• August 9th — The Legendary Wailers

• August 23rd — Blue Öyster Cult

Know of a big 2026 concert we missed? Bookmark this page and we'll keep updating it as new shows are announced!

Chris Coleman, a South Jersey native, is the brand manager for WPG Talk Radio 95.5 FM and afternoon on-air personality on WPUR Cat Country 107.3 in Atlantic City, NJ. He joined the station in February 1998 and covers news, events, and stories of interest across Southern New Jersey for Townsquare Media. Story tips can be sent to chris.coleman@townsquaremedia.com .