Fall 2025 Concerts We’re Most Excited To See In New Jersey

Fall is always a peak time for concerts in New Jersey as artists kick off or wind down national tours.

Cheap Trick, Playboi Carti, gospel choirs, symphonies and more are set to visit New Jersey this autumn season, with even more concerts planned around the area that will have you dancing in your seat.

For this list, we’ve rounded up 12 concerts in New Jersey that are worth getting on the calendar.

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

The Catalyst Quartet

• Date: Sunday, Sept. 14
• Location: Trinity Episcopal Church (65 W Front Street, Red Bank)
• Details: The Catalyst Quartet will open the Red Bank Chamber Society’s new season with “Against All Odds,” a program that celebrates resilience and artistic brilliance in the face of adversity.

“Singers” of the Met Orchestra

• Date: Sunday, Sept. 14
• Location: West Side Presbyterian Church (6 S Monroe Street, Ridgewood)
• Details: The Palace Chamber Concert will showcase three of the Met’s principal instrumental “singers” (hornist Brad Gemeinhardt, bassoonist William Short and clarinetist Anton Rist) performing three of Mozart’s greatest wind concertos with colleagues from the Met Orchestra.

Sunday Showcase

• Date: Sunday, Sept. 21
• Location: The Stone Pony (913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park)
• Details: Hear some of NJ’s hottest bands as they perform at the Stone Pony’s Sunday Showcase in Asbury Park.

Alice Cooper & Judas Priest

• Date: Friday, Sept. 26
• Location: PNC Bank Arts Center (116 Garden State Parkway, Holmdel)
• Details: Prepare for a night of “macabre mayhem, metal madness, and horrors that’ll haunt you long into the night” when Alice Cooper and Judas Priest visit Holmdel on tour.

MusicForFood Inaugural Concert

• Date: Friday, Sept. 26
• Location: Nassau Presbyterian Church (61 Nassau Street, Princeton)
• Details: Enjoy the inaugural concert of a nationwide initiative from classical musicians to combat food insecurity. The concert is free, and organizers are asking attendees to bring donations to help neighbors in need of food and shelter.

1st Annual Fall Concert & Festival

• Date: Sunday, Sept. 28
• Location: Mater Dei Park (Cherry Tree Farm Road, Middletown)
• Details: Enjoy live music from Brian Kirk & the Jirks, The Wag and Rocket Academy at Mater Dei Park’s first Fall Concert & Festival. Attendees will be able to enjoy music, local food vendors, shopping and more, all while supporting youth scholarships in Monmouth County.

Troubadour Concerts: David Wilcox with Todd Dennison

• Date: Friday, Oct. 3
• Location: 21 Normandy Heights Road (Morristown)
• Details: Hear songs from folk music figure David Wilcox and multi-instrumentalist Todd Denison with special guest and multi-instrumentalist Craig Limey at this edition of the Troubadour Concerts in Morristown.

Soweto Gospel Choir

• Date: Sunday, Oct. 5
• Location: Wilkins Theatre (1000 Morris Ave., Union)
• Details: With their concert (entitled “PEACE”), the multi-Grammy and Emmy-award winning Soweto Gospel Choir is returning to North America to perform a joyful program of South African freedom songs, traditional spirituals and some classics.

Cheap Trick

• Date: Friday, Oct. 24
• Location: Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena (Atlantic City)
• Details: See Cheap Trick as they head out on tour with a stop in Atlantic City.

New Jersey Symphony: Beethoven x Beyoncé

• Date: Friday, Oct. 24
• Location: NJ Performing Arts Center (1 Center Street, Newark)
• Details: Enjoy the newest fusion production by Steve Hackman that celebrates and elevates all things woman by combining pop music’s queen Beyoncé with classical music’s king Beethoven.

Playboi Carti

• Date: Friday, Nov. 7
• Location: Prudential Center (25 Lafayette St., Newark)
• Details: Playboi Carti is bringing the Antagonist Tour to the Prudential Center with special guests Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely and more.

Candlelight: Tribute to Queen and The Beatles

• Date: Saturday, Nov. 15
• Location: Resorts Casino Hotel (Atlantic City)
• Details: Candlelight concerts aim to bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never before in Atlantic City. For this performance, attendees will be able to hear the music of Queen and The Beatles under the gentle glow of candlelight.