New concerts and shows are continuously added. Use the convenient links to listing websites for new events. For smaller concert venues, see listings under Arts–Music & Dance.
The Bamboozle Festival
North Beach, Asbury Park.
Three day ocean-front festival with a main stage on the beach and eight other stages covering mainstream pop, rock, metal, comedy and more. Three-day wristbands and day passes on sale.
May 18
Skrillex, Incubus and more, from 5:30pm.
May 19
Foo Fighters, Blink 182 and more, from 2pm.
May 20
Bon Jovi and more, from 2pm.
Big Apple Circus
Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, 800-922-3772, 888-541-3750. Intimate, classical one-ring circus at Lincoln Center Nov.-Jan. and other locations throughout the year.
Mar 3-18
Dream Big, Bridgewater, NJ.
Beacon Theatre
74th & Broadway, New York, 866-858-0008. Group sales 800-223-7565. Concerts and a variety of special events are presented in a renovated 2,800-seat landmark building.
Mar 23
MythBusters.
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
At the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival, 200 Hurd Rd., Bethel, NY, 866-781-2922. A diverse selection of popular artists, educational and community programs are presented in a 15,000-capacity outdoor performing arts venue and indoor gallery space. The museum tells the story of the Sixties and the unique experience of the Woodstock Festival through film, interactive displays, text panels and artifacts.
On & Off Broadway
www.ticketmaster.com; www.telecharge.com; www.DisneyOnBroadway.com.
Open
The Addams Family, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Anything Goes, Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
The Berenstain Bears LIVE! in Family Matters, the Musical,
Majorie S. Deane Little Theater.
Billy Elliot: The Musical, Imperial Theatre. Closing Jan. 8.
Blue Man Group, Astor Place Theatre.
Evita, Marquis Theatre. Opens March 12.
Freckleface Strawberry the Musical, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center.
The Gazillion Bubble Show, New World Stages.
Godspell, Circle in the Square Theatre.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
The Lion King, Minskoff Theatre.
Mamma Mia, Winter Garden Theatre.
Mary Poppins, New Amsterdam Theatre,
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The Phantom of the Opera, Majestic Theatre.
Pinkalicious, the Musical, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center.
Sister Act, Broadway Theatre.
Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, Foxwoods Theatre.
Stomp, Orpheum Theatre.
Wicked, Gershwin Theatre.
Garden State Exhibit Center
50 Atrium Dr., Somerset, 732-469-4000. Many shows offer free admission for children.
Jan 20-22
Greater NJ Golf Show.
Jan 27-29
The Fly Fishing Show.
Feb 10-12
Garden State Home Show.
Feb 17-19
Sports & Memorabilia Show.
Feb 24-26
Woodworking Show.
Mar 1-4
The Quilt Festival.
Mar 9-11
Sugarloaf Craft Festival.
Mar 16-18
Salt Water Fishing Expo.
Mar 23-25
Paddlesport 2012.
Apr 21-22
New Jersey Kids Expo. Statewide event features entertainment, activities and good old fashioned fun for the kids and access to services, products, entertainment and education all in one place.
Apr 25-29
Sports & Memorabilia Show.
Jun 8-10
Animenext 2012.
Jun 29-30
Scrapbooking Expo.
Izod Center
Rt. 3, East Rutherford. Box office: 201-935-3900; group sales 201-460-4370.
Selected Events
Feb 3-4
Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam.
Feb 17-20
The Harlem Globetrotters 2012 World Tour.
Mar 2-3
Nuclear Cowboyz Freestyle Motocross.
Mar 7-18
Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey presents Dragons.
Apr 21-22
Disney's Phineas & Ferb–The Best Live Tour Ever.
Jambase.com
Guide to live music, concerts and festivals, nationwide.
Live Nation
From the website of Live Nation, one of the largest producers of live concerts in the world, you can search concerts by artist or venue and purchase tickets.
Madison Square Garden
The Stadium or WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden, 7th Ave. at 33rd, 866-858-0008. Groups: 212-465-6080. Check website for new events. Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com.
Selected Events
Feb 13-14
136th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Feb 16-20
Sesame Street Live: 1-2-3…Imagine! with Elmo & Friends.
Feb 18
The Harlem Globetrotters.
Mar 3
AT&T American Cup, gymnastics.
Apr 3-5
Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil.
Apr 5-10
Disney's Phineas & Ferb.
Winter
New York Rangers and New York Knicks home games.
Mt. Laurel Pocono Mountains Performing Arts Center
Bushkill Falls Rd. (Rt. 80 exit 309), Bushkill, PA, 570-588-4025. Outdoor concert venue in the Pocono Mountains presents summer concert season.
New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center
Raritan Center (Rt. 287 exit Rt. 514W), 97 Sunfield Ave., Edison, 732-417-1400.
Jan 20-22
NJ Winter RV Show.
Jan 27-29
Country Folk Art Craft Show.
Paramount Theatre
1300 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park, 732-897-8810. Tickets: 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com. On the State and National Register of Historic Places, the Paramount hosts concerts and other events in a 1,600 seat theater on the Boardwalk in Asbury Park.
PNC Bank Arts Center
Parkway exit 116, Holmdel, box office: 732-203-2500. Outdoor concert season May-Sept. with seating in open-air pavilion and on lawn. Free heritage festivals and classical performances presented by Garden State Arts Foundation, 732-442-9200.
Prudential Center
165 Mulberry St., Newark, 973-757-6000. Tickets: 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com.
Ongoing
New Jersey Devils, Nets, New York Liberty and Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball.
Feb 18
Harlem Globetrotters.
Mar 1-4
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents Dragons.
Mar 30-Apr 1
Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil.
Radio City Music Hall
Rockefeller Center, 60th St. & Ave. of the Americas, 866-858-0008. Groups: 212-465-6100.
Jan 21
Kelly Clarkson.
Feb 17-18
Aretha Franklin.
Mar 9
Big Time Rush Live.
May 3-4
Lady Antebellum & Darius Rucker.
St. George Theatre
35 Hyatt St., Staten Island, 718-442-2900. Call box office or Ticketmaster for tickets, www.ticketmaster.com. Restored 2,800-seat 1929 movie and vaudeville house presents concerts, comedy, Broadway touring companies, small and large scale children's shows, and school-time performances.
Feb 12
Pinkalicious, The Musical.
Mar 9
Alice in Wonderland, American Family Theater.
Apr 17-18
Disney's Phineas & Ferb: Best Live Tour Ever!
Sun National Bank Center
81 Hamilton Ave. at Rt. 129 (Tnpk. exit 7A), Trenton, 609-656-3200, 888-SBA-TIXX. Hotline: 609-656-3222. Tickets: www.comcasttix.com. Home for Trenton Steel football and Trenton Devils hockey as well as concerts and special events.
Ongoing
Trenton Steel football, Trenton Titans hockey.
Jan 25-29
Disney On Ice presents Mickey & Minnie's Magical Journey.
Mar 10
Harlem Globetrotters.
Susquehanna Bank Center at the Waterfront
1 Harbour Blvd. (Tnpk. exit 4), Camden, 800-745-3000. Outdoor amphitheater with huge lawn during the summer months converts to a fully enclosed theater in the fall and winter.
Ticketmaster
800-745-3000. One of the largest suppliers of tickets globally to music, sports, arts and theater events consolidates kid-friendly shows in the area under the “Family” heading.
Wells Fargo Center
3601 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, 800-298-4200. Event hotline: 215-336-3600. Sports-entertainment complex. Tickets: www.comcastTix.com
Ongoing
Philadelphia Flyers, 76ers, Wings Lacrosse and college basketball.
Feb 22-27
Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey.
Mar 11
Harlem Globetrotters.
Apr 10-11
Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour.
