Presented by State Theatre New Jersey, New Brunswick Cultural Center, NBPAC, and I Am D. Muse, this annual FREE outdoor family-friendly festival celebrates the vibrant arts and history of New Brunswick and Middlesex County. The festival features live music and dance performances by The Suyat Band performing funk and motown hits, InSpira Performing Arts, New Brunswick Brass, Grupo de Danza Folklórica La Sagrada Familia, beats by DJ IZM, the American Repertory Ballet Dance Power Scholars, a poetry reading by Thinkery & Verse, and winners of STNJ's Jersey Talent show, the band, Crowfield! Plus, tap dancing star, Omar Edwards and an outdoor salsa dance class with Elvis Ruiz! Hosted by New Jersey Hall of Famer Bert Baron and Founder of TSO Productions, Sharon Gordon. The festival also includes dance classes for kids with American Repertory Ballet, an Arts Market, craft vendors, free balloon animals, free face painting by JazzyJ, a health & wellness tent hosted by Garden of Healing, and a history corner featuring historical interpreters hosted by East Jersey Old Town Village! Other activities include free arts & crafts with Dibble & Dabble, free caricatures by Matthew Many, free button making with the New Brunswick Free Public Library, free Henna by Rashmi, Japanese black ink drawing and affirmation rocks with the Highland Park Arts Commission, free print making with Frontline Arts, a community collaborative art project with the Zimmerli Art Museum, chalk art with Sharpened Mindz, ticket and swag giveaways, and so much more! 4pm-4:30pm | Beginning Dance for ages 4-8. This workshop explores rhythm and music through creative movement. A theme and story will inspire individuality and expression, with an introduction to classical ballet technique.
Come early to STNJ at 1pm for an amazing magic show for families featuring Bill Blagg! Learn more here.
5pm-5:30pm | Contemporary for ages 9-16. This workshop will explore interpretive dance that embraces innovation, blending techniques from various genres, including classical ballet, jazz, modern dance, and lyrical dance.
Open House – 2pm-6pm
Tour Princeton Ballet School’s studios at the state-of-the-art New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. Princeton Ballet School’s staff will be on hand to provide you with school information, schedule, and registration details. Also, look out for a special drawing to win Free tickets to an American Repertory Ballet performance coming to NBPAC this September!
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Kenny G The Miracles Holiday and Hits Tour 2025 (12/11/25-12/11/25)
Cirque Dreams Holidaze (12/12/25-12/13/25)
Holiday Spirits: Festive Night Out, Benefitting State Theatre New Jersey’s Community Outreach Initiatives (12/16/25-12/16/25)
The Nutcracker American Repertory Ballet (12/19/25-12/21/25)
Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert (12/31/25-12/31/25)
Randall Goosby Returns (1/8/26-1/8/26)
Sa Dance Company (1/10/26-1/10/26)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (1/22/26-1/22/26)
Lee Brice (1/23/26-1/23/26)
DRUM TAO—THE BEST (1/24/26-1/24/26)
Gabby's Dollhouse Live! (1/25/26-1/25/26)
So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience (1/30/26-1/30/26)
Freestyle Flashback Concert 2026 (1/31/26-1/31/26)
The Little Mermaid Sing-A-Long (2/1/26-2/1/26)
512: The Selena Experience (2/6/26-2/6/26)
Who's Bad (2/7/26-2/7/26)
Rent in Concert (2/19/26-2/19/26)
Dru Hill (2/20/26-2/20/26)
Les Ballets Africains (2/24/26-2/24/26)
Kinky Boots (2/27/26-3/1/26)
Brit Floyd: The Moon, The Wall and Beyond 2026 (3/4/26-3/4/26)
Blackberry Smoke (3/5/26-3/5/26)
Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra (3/15/26-3/15/26)
Dirty Dancing in Concert (3/18/26-3/18/26)
Diana Krall (3/20/26-3/20/26)
Direct from Rome: The Three Italian Tenors (3/21/26-3/21/26)
Dog Man: The Musical (3/22/26-3/22/26)
Stereophonic (3/28/26-12/29/25)
Mozart's Requiem (4/19/26-4/19/26)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi in Concert (5/31/26-5/31/26)
Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique (6/4/26-6/4/26)
Ben Folds with the New Jersey Symphony (6/14/26-6/14/26)
State Theatre New Jersey is at 15 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ.
Engelbert Humperdinck "A Winter World of Love" (12/9/25-12/9/25)
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis (12/6/25-12/6/25)
Sarah Brightman: A Winter Symphony (11/30/25-11/30/25)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (11/29/25-11/29/25)
Wicked Sing-A-Long (11/23/25-11/23/25)
The Sound Studio: Enriqueta Somarriba, Piano & Maria Brea, Sporano (11/23/25-11/23/25)
Tyler Henry (11/22/25-11/22/25)
Elf The Musical (11/14/25-11/16/25)
Rhapsody in Blue (11/9/25-11/9/25)
The Canine Stars Stunt Dog Show (11/8/25-11/8/25)
Videos
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The Wolves
Old Library Theatre (12/12 - 12/14) | |
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Randall Goosby Returns
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (1/10 - 1/10) | |
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Ebenezer Scrooge's Big Jersey Christmas Show
George Street Playhouse (12/2 - 12/21) | |
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Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (3/12 - 3/12) | |
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Handel's Messiah Part I
Christ Church in Short Hills (12/14 - 12/14) | |
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A Christmas Carol
McCarter Theatre Center (12/9 - 12/28) | |
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Jesse Garron - Christmas with Elvis
The Landis Theater (12/13 - 12/13) | |
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Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (3/28 - 3/28) | |
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