Get Tickets Now for These 8 Popular Summer Concerts in Ohio

Everyone has their favorite singers and the genre of music they claim is king, but you can’t deny that some musical acts make a mark so big that everyone has felt their influence (or at least heard their tunes). Ohio’s concert schedule is stacked between now and the end of summer, and tickets are sure to go fast. So, check out our list of the big names who have already announced concerts in the Buckeye State for late spring and early summer. 

May 28: AC/DC | Huntington Bank Field, Cleveland
Whether you listened to them since the days of “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” or you grew up in a house with Guitar Hero on the game console, it‘s tough to escape the sheer rock power of AC/DC. See the legendary band on the sole Ohio stop of its Power Up Tour, which comes to Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland. Classics like “You Shook Me All Night Long,” “Thunderstruck” and “Back In Black” will make for a scream-along-at-top-of-your-lungs night along Lake Erie. 

May 30 & June 13: Dave Matthews Band | May 30: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls; June 13: Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati
Dave Matthews has seems to make a stop in the Buckeye State every summer, bringing his deep catalog of music to outdoor venues that sync perfectly with his energetic and immersive music. For 2025, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees make two stops in Ohio as part of their summer tour, hitting northeast Ohio’s Blossom Music Center in late May, before playing Cincinnati's Riverbend Music Center a couple weeks later.  

June 21: Buckeye Country Superfest | Ohio Stadium, Columbus 
One of the biggest days of country music in Columbus returns to Ohio Stadium with 2025 Buckeye Country Superfest. This year’s headliners include “Need a Favor” singer Jelly Roll and Kane Brow (known for his recent crowd-pleasing hit “Fiddle in the Band”). They are joined on the bill by rising country star and Country Music Association New Artist of the Year Megan Moroney along with Treaty Oak Revival, Dasha and Conner Smith.

June 21 & 22: Outlaw Music Festival 2025 | June 21: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls; June 22: Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati
He will be 92 years old by the time he takes the stage for his series of Outlaw Music Festival shows this summer, but Willie Nelson still reigns as one of country music’s most beloved and iconic singers. The legendary Bob Dylan, who was part of the festival last year, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats are on the tour as well. Those who see the show at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls will also be treated to special guests Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers and Myron Elkins, while those who go to Riverbend Music Center will see Trampled By Turtles and Myron Elkins. 

June 26 & 27: Keith Urban | June 26: Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati; June 27: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls 
Australian American country music star Keith Urban makes two Ohio stops as part of his High and Alive Tour. Urban, the multi-Grammy Award-winning voice behind country-radio hits such as “Long Hot Summer” and “Days Go By,” is joined for both Ohio shows by special guests Chase Matthew, Alana Springsteen and Karley Scott Collins.

July 25-26: Earth Wind & Fire and Janet Jackson at Cincinnati Music Festival | Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati 
Visit the home of the Cincinnati Bengals along the Ohio River for this two-night music festival. Paycor Stadium plays host to the Cincinnati Music Festival, which has been a summer favorite since 1961. The festival kicks off on Friday, with Earth, Wind & Fire headlining the show, followed by a Saturday performance by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Janet Jackson. The variety of special guests on the festival bill include Anthony Hamilton, After 7, Dave Hollister and others.

Aug. 15-16: Morgan Wallen | Huntington Bank Field, Cleveland 
Charging onto the music scene in 2018 with his debut album, “If I Know Me,” Morgan Wallen has been making noise in the country music community with hit songs like “Whiskey Glasses,” “Sand in My Boots,” and, most recently, his appearance on Post Malone’s award-winning country track, “I Had Some Help.” He comes to the home of the Cleveland Browns, Huntington Bank Stadium, for two nights this August.

Aug. 31: Nine Inch Nails | Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, Cleveland 
Ohio native Trent Reznor brings Nine Inch Nails back to the city where his pioneering industrial-rock act took its first steps as part of the band’s 2025 Peel It Back Tour. The tour comes 30 years after the one in support of “The Downward Spiral,” which sold over 4 million copies and brought the world hits like “Closer” and “Hurt.”

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