Your Ticket To Get Out And Enjoy NJ: August Event Playbook

The Garden State is known for its year-round capabilities to bring together fun events for all ages across a wide variety of outdoor backdrops and indoor adventures.

Whether you're looking to catch a free fair or score a ticket to your favorite band's next stadium show, Patch has you covered with a list of the concerts, conventions, fairs and more going on in August throughout New Jersey.

This list is constantly updated with new information and added events all throughout the month, so check back and stay "in-the-know" on the latest happenings around New Jersey.

Concerts and Other Live Acts

Aug. 8: Little Big Town at PNC Bank Arts Center (Holmdel)

Aug. 8 - Aug. 10: Lion Heart Music Fest Feat. Mike Love and More at Paradise Lakes Campground

Aug. 8: Styx, Kevin Cronin & Don Felder at the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion (Camden)

Aug. 9: Dave Attell at the Stress Factory (New Brunswick)

Aug. 9: The Avett Brothers at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (Atlantic City)

Aug. 9: The Black Keys with Gary Clark Jr. at Borgata Event Center (Atlantic City)

Aug. 9: My Chemical Romance at MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford)

Aug. 10: Jonas Brothers with Marshmello and The All-American Rejects at MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford)

Aug. 10: Monster Jam at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark)

Aug. 14: Jonas Brothers at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion (Camden)

Aug. 14: Katy Perry at the Prudential Center (Newark)

Aug. 31 - Sept. 1: Oasis at MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford)

Fairs and Carnivals

Aug. 5 - Aug. 11: Middlesex County Fair

Aug. 6 - Aug. 9: Kinnelon Carnival

Aug. 8 - Aug. 9: Atlantic County 4-H Fair

Aug. 9: Chester Summer Food Truck & Music Festival

Aug. 9: Egg Harbor City Food Truck Festival & Beer Garden

Aug. 9 - Aug. 10: Our Lady of Hope Parish Carnival

Aug. 11 - Aug. 16: Kenilworth Volunteer Fire Department Carnival

Aug. 12 - Aug. 16: Hillsborough Rotary Fair

Aug. 13 - Aug. 17: Leonia Sports Booster Carnival

Aug. 14 - Aug. 17: Passaic County Fair

Aug. 15 - Aug. 17: St. Margaret Parish Carnival

Aug. 17: Metuchen Street Fair & Craft Show

Aug. 20 - Aug. 22: Hunterdon County 4-H & Agricultural Fair

Aug. 21 - Aug. 24: Pompton Lakes Elks Carnival

Aug. 23: Westfield Street Fair & Craft Show

Throughout The Month: New Jersey State Fair Sussex County Farm and Horse Show

Conventions

Aug. 8 - Aug. 10: Wildwood Tattoo Beach Bash

Aug. 13: Cruisin' Downtown Classic Car Show (Downtown Toms River)

Other

Aug. 13 - Aug. 14: Dinoshore Dino Fossil Hunt at Jenkinsons Boardwalk