Princeton NJ Events
Events for Friday October 10, 2025
Spirits on the Square, Palmer Square
Friday October 10, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Grab your ghoul-friends and head to the Square for an autumn evening of themed treats and wicked deals! Watch the Square come alive during this fall-themed Happy Hour, plus shops are open late until 8:30pm! Tune into live music the first three Fridays, the perfect soundtrack to wind down your week.
Yankee Doodle Tap Room: 555 Happy Hour
Princeton Soup & Sandwich: Complimentary Hot Apple Cider with purchase!
Faherty: Offering personal fall styling sessions!
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Talk: Sarah Prager on Queer History, Princeton Public Library
Friday October 10, 2025
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Author, historian and advocate Sarah Prager shares little-known stories from queer history and why they matter in celebration of Banned Books Week and LGBTQ+ History Month.
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Amazing Pumpkin Carve, Woolsey Park
Friday October 10, 2025
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Hopewell Valley Arts Council invites the community to celebrate a decade?plus of fall fun at the 11th Annual Amazing Pumpkin Carve, returning to Woolsey Park, October 9–12, 2025. Under the glow of a big top tent, 30 massive, 150?pound pumpkins will be transformed by local artists into jaw?dropping works of art—whimsical, spooky, and everything in between. Rain or shine, visitors can stroll through the tent to see the incredible displays, making the Carve a perfect autumn outing for families, friends, and neighbors.
New this year: Guests can sip local brews in the beer garden while enjoying live music at the Woolsey Park bandshell (Friday–Sunday, weather permitting). The festival also features a hay bale play area, pumpkin painting for kids, and storytelling by the firepits, creating a full weekend of fall festivities.
Tickets: Available online and at the gate. For tickets, food vendors, entertainment schedules, and the full list of sponsors + carvers, visit www.hvartscouncil.org/amazingpumpkincarve.
Giselle, American Repertory Ballet, New Brunswick Performing Arts Center
Friday October 10, 2025
7:00 PM
American Repertory Ballet’s 2025/26 season opens with the highly anticipated return of Ethan Stiefel and Johan Kobborg’s acclaimed adaptation of GISELLE. A haunting tale of love, betrayal, and the supernatural, GISELLE tells the story of a young woman who dies of a broken heart—only to forgive her beloved from beyond the grave. Featuring emotionally powerful and technically stunning performances, this moving production had its world premiere at the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2012 and has since captivated audiences around the world, including at its ARB Company Premiere at NBPAC in 2023. Step into the Halloween spirit with this hauntingly beautiful ballet!
Tickets for GISELLE range from $42 to $72, not including additional 4% NBPAC Ticket Fee. *Post-Show Reception ($50 add-on to ticket purchase) with ARB Dancers, artistic leadership, and VIPs immediately following the performance. Light bites and beverages will be served.
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I & You: The Musical, Berlind Theater at McCarter
Friday October 10, 2025
7:30 PM
A McCarter World Premiere, thrillingly adapted from Lauren M. Gunderson’s acclaimed and award-winning worldwide hit, with an electrifying new score by Ari Afsar. See it here first. Caroline—stuck at home with an illness—and Anthony—an earnest overachiever toting Walt Whitman and waffle fries—are classmates pulling an unexpected all-nighter. What starts as a reluctant assignment soon sets both their worlds spinning into a soul-searching exploration of fate, friendship, and the fragile wonder of being alive. Gunderson’s award-winning play has been produced over 200 times and translated into fifteen languages, leaving audiences surprised, filled with hope, and proclaiming it a “must-see” theatrical experience for over a decade.
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Celia Cruz – A Tribute to the Queen!, McCarter Theatre
Friday October 10, 2025
7:30 PM
Celebrate the legacy of the incomparable Celia Cruz with an electrifying evening of Afro-Cuban rhythms, high-energy performances, and a dynamic live band. Featuring acclaimed Cuban vocalist Xiomara Laugart, three-time GRAMMY-nominated jazz pianist and composer Axel Tosca, and special guest Tito Puente, Jr. Pre-Show Salsa Party in the lobby starting at 6:00PM!
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Lost Girl, Rider University
Friday October 10, 2025
7:30 PM
Long after Neverland, Wendy sets out to find Peter—and herself—in Lost Girl, a poignant coming-of-age tale of first love, growing up, and letting go.
For more information, visit rider.edu/arts.
South Pacific, Kelsey Theatre
Friday October 10, 2025
8:00 PM
THE MTM Players
Spend an Enchanted Evening (or afternoon) with The MTM Players as they whisk you away to The South Pacific with this beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein classic featuring Bali Hai, Younger Than Springtime, You Have to Be Taught, I’m in Love with a Wonderful Guy, and of course Some Enchanted Evening. Based on the anecdotes of a real-life U.S. Navy commander who was stationed on an island, South Pacific follows two intercultural love stories: Nellie, a spunky Navy nurse from Arkansas, and Lieutenant Cable who both find themselves struggling to reconcile their own cultural prejudices with their amorous feelings, all while under the dark cloud of a war that is coming ever closer to their island paradise.
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