Hot Tickets This Summer
Friday, June 15
Journey + Def Leppard
North American Tour
Prudential Center 7:00 pm
Don’t stop believin’…rock legends Journey & Def Leppard come to The Rock with their greatest hits and all-new productions. The groups boast 28 Top 40 singles between them.
Sunday, June 17
The Godfather
Classic Film Screening
UCPAC Mainstage 3:00 pm
Celebrate Father’s Day with Don Corleone and family at this showing of the original 35mm version of The Godfather. Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, James Caan and Robert Duvall. The 1972 film garnered 10 Academy Award nominations and three wins—including the Best Actor Oscar that was famously refused by Brando.
Amanda Ferrell
Friday, June 22
Terry Fator
Live On Stage
State Theatre 8:00 pm
The winner of America’s Got Talent in 2007, Terry Fator won millions of fans with his celebrity impressions and his entourage of off-the-wall puppets—led by Winston the Impersonating Turtle—and became a Las Vegas legend.
NJPAC
Wednesday, June 27
Jill Scott
In Concert
NJPAC/Prudential Hall 8:00 pm
Author, poet, actress and jazz songstress Jill Scott takes the Prudential Hall stage for an evening of music and storytelling. Her award-winning albums include The Light of the Sun and Who Is Jill Scott? while her poetry compilation The Moments, The Minutes, The Hours was a New York Times bestseller.
Daniel Hazard
Friday, June 29
U2
Experience + Innocence Tour
Prudential Center 8:00 pm
U2’s last worldwide tour was ranked the best of the year in 2015. The band comes back to Newark following the release of Songs of Experience, just before Christmas last year. The album was a companion piece to 2014’s Songs of Innocence.
UCPAC
Friday, June 29
Saturday, June 30
Les Paul from Start to Finish
UCPAC Fazioli Room
During James J. Wysocki’s three decades as a Mahwah police officer, he built a close relationship with guitar pioneer Les Paul. His presentation is a snapshot of their 29-year friendship—the honesty, the generosity, and shared laughter—followed by a showing of the guitars and personal items given to Wysocki. (6/29 @ 7:30 PM; 6/30 @ 6:30 PM)
Bollywoodhubgana.com
Saturday, July 7
Da-Bangg
The Tour Reloaded
Prudential Center 8:00 pm
The legendary Bollywood extravaganza comes to The Rock, featuring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and lots of surprise guests.
Friday, July 13
Girls Night
The Musical
UCPAC Mainstage 8:00 pm
Girls Night has been earning rave reviews since its sensational Off-Broadway debut. Think of it as Desperate Housewives meets Mamma Mia.
Gage Skidmore
Saturday, July 14
Dan & Phil
Interactive Introverts
NJPAC/Prudential Hall
7:30 pm
Internet sensations Dan and Phil present an unpredictable and outrageous interactive experience. It’s cutting-edge British humor at its very best.
Sunday, July 15
Chris Brown
Heartbreak On A Full Moon
Prudential Center 8:00 pm
The multi-platinum, Grammy-winning R&B singer returns to The Rock in support of his 2017 hit album Heartbreak On A Full Moon. He will be joined by hip-hop and R&B rising stars as well as special guests 6lack and H.E.R.
Lifetime Entertainment
Friday, July 20
Bring It!
Live On Stage
NJPAC/Prudential Hall 8:00 pm
Experience the elite world of hip-hop majorette competition live and vote for your favorite performances. Fans of Bring It! also get the behind-the scenes lowdown on the smash-hit series.
Hello, Dolly!
This classic musical—which starred Carol Channing on Broadway and Barbra Streisand on-screen— follows the exploits of matchmaker Dolly Levi as she pursues wealthy bachelor Horace Vandergelder.
UCPAC Hamilton Stage
Friday, August 10 8:00 pm
Saturday, August 11 2:00 & 8:00 pm
Sunday, August 12 2:00 pm
Bugaboo TV
Sunday, July 22
Monsta X
The 2nd World Tour
NJPAC/Prudential
Hall 8:00 pm
The Korean boy dance group comes through America again after the 2017 release of The Clan Pt. 2.5: The Final Chapter, their first studio album.
Rhino Records
Thursday, July 26
Vanilla Fudge, Badfinger, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
HippieFest 2018
State Theatre 8:00 pm
Flower power is back and it’s coming to New Brunswick with a nostalgic rock concert featuring Vanilla Fudge, Rick Derringer, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, and Badfinger featuring Joey Molland.
UCPAC
Saturday, July 28
The Bacon Brothers
In Concert
UCPAC Mainstage 8:00 pm
Award-winning actor Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael come to the Mainstage in Rahway with bandmates Paul Guzzone, Joe Mennonna, Ira Siegel and Frank Vilardi.
Saturday, July 28
Kevin Hart
The Irresponsible Tour
Prudential Center 7:00 pm
The hardest-working man in comedy takes the stage at the Prudential Center. His 2017 film credits include The Upside and Jumanji, and he stars opposite Tiffany Haddish in the 2018 comedy Night School.
TheMcCartneyYears.net
Saturday, August 4
The McCartney Years
UCPAC Mainstage
8:00 pm
Dubbed “the best on the scene” by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Denny Laine and former Beatles promoter Sid Bernstein, this tribute band features Yuri Pool as McCartney in a period-true and technically stunning show.
NJPAC
Friday, August 10
Beres Hammond & Friends
In Concert
NJPAC/Prudential
Hall 8:00 pm
Grammy-nominated Beres Hammond presides over an evening of feel-good reggae, sharing the stage with a lineup of special guest artists.
Saturday, August 18
Bad Bunny
La Nueva Religion Tour
Prudential Center 8:00 pm
Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio—aka Bad Bunny— performs his signature Trap Latino singles live in Newark, including “Diles,” “Soy Peor” and “Tu No Vives Así.” His YouTube videos have amassed more than half a billion views.
Lindsey Turner
Tuesday, September 4
Fall Out Boy with Machine Gun Kelly
The Mania Tour
Prudential Center 7:00 pm
Pop punk icon Fall Out Boy celebrates the 2018 release of Mania, their seventh studio album, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in January.
The Hollywood Social Lounge
Friday, September 7
Saturday, September 8
Trevor Noah
Live On Stage
NJPAC/Prudential Hall 8:00 pm
The Daily Show host and sharpwitted stand-up comes to Newark following an award-winning 2017, which saw him capture an Emmy for his TV show and a pair of NAACP Image awards for his book Born a Crime.
Big Machine Records
Saturday, September 8
Sugarland
Still the Same Tour
Prudential Center 7:00 pm
Award-winning country duo Sugarland comes to The Rock as part of a 48-city tour. Singer-songwriters Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush released their sixth album (and first in eight years), Bigger, in 2018.
JoKoy.com
Friday, September 14
Jo Koy
Break the Mold Tour
NJPAC/Prudential Hall 8:00 pm
The Filipino-American comic— whose PF Chang greeter character is a side-splitter—achieved headliner status after more than a decade working comedy clubs and cable TV shows. His third comedy special in 2017 was one of the most popular on Netflix.
Miho
Saturday, September 15
Paul Simon
Homeward Bound: The Farewell Tour
Prudential Center 8:00 pm
Simon calls this tour a “fitting culmination” of a performing career that began in the early 1960s. “It feels a little unsettling, a touch exhilarating and something of a relief. I love making music, my voice is still strong, and my band is a tight, extraordinary group of gifted musicians.”
Lost80sLive.com
Thursday, September 20
Animotion, Wang Chung, A Flock of Seagulls & Friends
Lost 80’s Live
State Theatre 8:00 pm
The Lost 80s Live tour celebrates the New Wave and Pop radio hits that made the decade great, including “Obsession,” “Dance Hall Days” and “Always Something There to Remind Me.”
Joergens
Sunday, September 23
Gipsy Kings
In Concert
NJPAC/Prudential Hall
7:00 pm
An evening of salsa, flamenco, rumba and pop music awaits at NJPAC, courtesy of the heralded Gipsy Kings. The band introduced the world to progressive, poporiented flamenco 35 years ago and hasn’t slowed down.
September 26 to October 21
The Color Purple: The Musical
Paper Mill Playhouse (See web site for showtimes)
Based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning novel and the 1985 Steven Spielberg film, this musical features a book by Marsha Norman and a Grammy-winning score infused with jazz, gospel, ragtime and blues.
NJPAC
Thursday, October 4
James Comey
New Jersey Speaker Series
NJPAC/Prudential Hall
8:00 pm
The controversial former FBI Director has been in the spotlight this year—a situation that promises to be even more interesting come October.
