Calendar of Events for

November 2026 in New Jersey

November is stacked.

Between Rock The Bells bringing LL Cool J, Lil’ Kim, Method Man & Redman, and The LOX to Prudential Center on the 29th, and Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening hitting the Wellmont Theater in Montclair on December 2nd, this might be the best two-week stretch for live music in New Jersey all year.

But that’s just the headliners. There’s also A.R. Rahman’s film scores performed by the NJ Symphony at NJPAC, Dweezil Zappa playing his father’s catalog note-for-note in Red Bank, Marky Ramone doing a holiday Ramones set at the Stone Pony, and Capleton & Tarrus Riley bringing a full reggae production to Newark.

Comedy fans have Anthony Rodia at bergenPAC, the Thanksgiving Comedy Fest with Bill Bellamy and Luenell, and eight days of the Montclair Comedy Festival. Families can catch the Polar Express in Phillipsburg, the Pacific Southern Railway’s 47th Annual Holiday Train Show in Rocky Hill, or Dickens Days in Clinton — with the Christmas tree lighting on November 27th at 6:30pm.

And the holiday season officially kicks off with Holland Ridge Farms Winter Wonderland (opens November 13th), Magic of Lights at PNC Bank Arts Center (opens November 20th), and the Macy’s 100th Thanksgiving Day Parade — yes, the 100th — on the 26th.

Scroll through, use the filters to find what fits your crew, and go do something worth remembering.