Fall 2025 Concerts You Should Be Excited To See In New Hampshire

NEW HAMPSHIRE — Fall is always a peak time for concerts in Granite State as artists kick off or wind down national tours.

We’ve rounded up more than a dozen concerts in New Hampshire worth adding to your calendar — and there are plenty of concerts in the area that will have you dancing in your seat.

And speaking of calendars: Are you planning an event this fall? Feature it so nearby readers see it all across Patch — including in roundups like this!

Here’s what you need to know about upcoming performances:

• Guitar Monsters feat. Johnny A, Jon, Butcher, James Montgomery & Chris Anderson on Sept. 19 at the Tupelo Music Hall in Derry. It is also a fund-raising event for Rolling Thunder.
• Singer/songwriter Ben Laine will be performing a concert at the Souhegan Valley Christian Church in Amherst on Sept. 26.
• There will be several live bands playing at the Wicked Wine & Brew Fest on Sept. 27 at Mel's Funway Park in Litchfield.
• Symphony NH presents Unexpected Stories with music director finalist Tiffany Chang at the Keefe Center For The Arts in Nashua on Sept. 27.
• Rob Azevedo and friends, some of the best musicians in New Hampshire, will pay tribute to some of the greatest country music stars from the past and present, in Concord on Oct 1: The Grand Ole Opry Through the Years
• The Jersey Tenors will perform an all-new show, The Ultimate Tribute to the 1970s, on Oct. 25, at the Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium in Meredith.
• Jamelot is performing at Riley's Place in Milford for several dates this fall.

Also...

Vitamin String Quartet, Toad the Wet Sprocket, along with KT Tunstall and Vertical Horizon, and Monophonics, all play at either the Capitol Center for the Arts or the Bank of New Hampshire Stage in Concord in October. Symphony NH will also offer Halloween Pops: A Spooky Symphony.

The Wallflowers will be at the Nashua Center for the Arts on Sept. 14. Also playing in Nashua in October is the Robert Cray Band.

Concerts at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom continue for several more weeks. Upcoming shows include George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Collective Soul, Ziggy Marley with Burning Spear, ZZ Top, and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening.

Sophie B. Hawkins returns to Portsmouth on Sept. 12 (check out this story from March 2023, before her last appearance in New Hampshire). Superchunk also plays the 3S Artspace in Portsmouth on Sept. 13. Max Gomez and Shannon McNally perform at the Music Hall in Portsmouth on Sept. 16, while singer-songwriter Kendra Morris plays on Sept. 21 and Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory perform Sept. 23 at The Music Hall with opening guest TORRES.

Other shows at the Tupelo in Derry include Aldo Nova, Great White, Buckcherry, and Richard Thompson.

The BankNH Pavilion in Gilford is closing out its season with Breaking Benjamin, Alison Krauss & Union Station, and Billy Currington and Kip Moore.

The Colonial Theatre in Laconia hosts Lori McKenna on Sept. 20.

The Bacon Brothers perform at the Flying Monkey in Plymouth on Sept. 11, while the Adam Ezra Group performs Sept. 12.

Editor's note: This post was scripted by another Patch staffer, not New Hampshire's editor, for publication on New Hampshire sites.