Summer 2026 concerts and festivals coming to New Jersey

The days have gotten longer, the temperature is slowly warming up, and the summer 2026 concert season is finally on its way!

From festivals, such as Asbury Park’s Sea Hear Now fest, to a stacked lineup of shows at the Garden State’s plethora of music venues, live music lovers in New Jersey have plenty to look forward to this summer.

Here’s a look at the current concert schedule for summer 2026 at a few of New Jersey’s hottest venues.

Summer 2026 concerts at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford

BTS, BTS World Tour Arirang: Aug. 1 and 2
Guns N’ Roses World Tour: Aug. 12
Bruno Mars, The Romantic Tour: Aug. 21, 22, 25, and 26
Ed Sheeran, Loop Tour, Sept. 4 and 5
AC/DC, Power Up Tour: Sept. 25

You can check out MetLife Stadium’s full event schedule here.

Summer 2026 concerts at Prudential Center, Newark

Carín León, De Sonora Para El Mundo: June 7
Joji, Solaris Tour: June 16
The Black Crowes and Whiskey Meyers, North to Shore Festival: June 20
Megan Moroney, The Cloud 9 Tour: July 10
A$AP Rocky, Don’t Be Dumb World Tour: July 11
Shinedown, Dance, Kid, Dance Act II: July 21
IVE, IVE World Tour “Show What I Am”: July 25
i-dle, 2026 i-dle World Tour [Syncopation]: Aug. 4
Bryan Adams, Roll With The Punches: Aug. 12
Banda MS, Somos MS Tour: Aug. 22
Juanes North American Tour 2026: Sept. 18

You can check out the Prudential Center’s full event schedule here.

PNC Bank Arts Center summer 2026 schedule, Holmdel

Kid Rock, Freedom 250 Tour: June 5
MGK, Lost Americana Tour: June 9
Riley Green, Cowboy as it Gets Tour 2026: June 18
Jack Johnson, SURFILMUSIC Tour 2026: June 21
Sammy Hagar, The Best of All Worlds 2026: June 22
Evanescence 2026 World Tour with Spiritbox and Nova Twins: June 26
Santana and The Doobie Brothers, Oneness Tour 2026: June 27
WDHA and WRAT Present: Godsmack – The Rise of Rock World Tour 2026: June 28
An Evening with Goose: July 2
The Guess Who, Takin’ it Back Tour 2026: July 5
Tim McGraw, Pawn Shop Guitar Tour 2026: July 10
Lindsey Stirling, Duality Untamed Tour: July 11
“Weird Al” Yankovic, Bigger and Weirder 2026 Tour: July 12
The Pussycat Dolls, PCD Forever Tour: July 15
Jason Aldean, Songs About Us Tour 2026: July 17
Toto + Chrostopher Cross + The Romantics: July 18
Ne-Yo and Akon, Nights Like This Tour 2026: July 19
Dirty Heads and 311, So Glad You Made It Tour: July 23
Train – Drops of Jupiter, 25 Years in the Atmosphere: July 24
John Mellencamp, Dancing Words Tour the Greatest Hits: July 25
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner, Double Trouble Double Vision Tour: July 26
Mötley Crüe, The Return of the Carnival of Sins: July 31
Five Finger Death Punch: Aug. 5
Kesha, The Freedom Tour: Aug. 19
Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson: Aug. 26
Empire of the Sun – Ask That God, Afterlife North American Tour: Sept. 2
Pitbull – I’m Back with special guest Lil Jon: Sept. 3
Breaking Benjamin: Sept. 6
Wu-Tang Forever, The Final Chamber: Sept. 11
TLC & Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue, It’s Iconic: Sept. 12
O.A.R. Three Decades Tour: Sept. 17

You can check out PNC Bank Arts Center’s full event schedule here.

The Stone Pony Summer Stage 2026 schedule, Asbury Park

David Lee Roth: June 5
Turnpike Troubadours, Wild America Tour: June 6
Young the Giant, Victory Garden Tour: June 11
Yellowcard, The Up Up Down Down Tour: June 12 and 19
Hot Mulligan: June 16
Streetlight Manifesto, The Long Summer Night 2026: June 26
The Bouncing Souls, Stoked for the Summer: June 27
Billy Currington & Kip Moore: July 18
Lucy Dacus: July 25
Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, and Spin Doctors: Aug. 6
Dogs in a Pile: Aug. 8
Yacht Rock Revue: Aug. 14 and 15
The Fray, Summer of Light Tour: Aug. 19

You can check out the Stone Pony’s full event schedule here.

Sea Hear Now, Asbury Park

As we near the close of the 2026 summer concert season, Asbury Park will once again host the annual Sea Hear Now fest.

The two-day festival will take place on Saturday, Sept. 19 and Sunday, Sept. 20, and will feature a number of popular artists including Mumford and Sons, The Strokes, The Offspring, Goo Good Dolls, and many more.