Princeton NJ Events
Events for Friday October 17, 2025
Spirits on the Square, Palmer Square
Friday October 17, 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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Denim and Diamonds Gala, PEI Kids
Friday October 17, 2025
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Join us for a night to remember as we celebrate 40 years of impact at Denim & Diamonds: Celebrating Four Decades of Safety, Healing, and Hope! This milestone event brings together community leaders, partners, friends, and supporters who share in our mission to keep children safe and empower them to thrive.PEI Kids provides counseling and other services to children and youth who've been abused and to their families.
The gala will feature live music, a sit-down gourmet dinner, live and silent auctions, and inspirational stories of the work PEI Kids does. In addition to counseling, PEI Kids provides a broad array of related services aligned to the mission of Prevention, Education and Intervention (the P., E. and I. of PEI Kids). You can read more about these services at peikids.org/services.
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Festival of the Moon, American Repertory Ballet, Union County Performing Arts Center
Friday October 17, 2025
7:00 PM
Join us for an incredible evening of contemporary and classical works, including the iconic second act of “Swan Lake.”
Set against Tchaikovsky’s hauntingly beautiful score, “Swan Lake” transports audiences into the mesmerizing world of Odette, the swan princess, as she reveals her true form to Prince Siegfried. From the famous “Dance of the Cygnets” to the poignant and renowned romantic pas de deux, this fairytale scene promises to leave audiences of all ages spellbound. Also featured will be Ethan Stiefel’s “if”, a poignant solo that traces the contours of love and loss set to “If I Could Only Fly” by American singer-songwriter and poet Blaze Foley; and Lar Lubovitch’s “Something About Night,” a mesmerizing dreamlike quintet set to the ethereal voices of Franz Schubert’s male choral songs. ARB is honored to share these impassioned and evocative works with audiences at UCPAC.
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Aída Cuevas – 'The Queen of Mariachi', McCarter Theatre
Friday October 17, 2025
7:30 PM
Prepare for an unforgettable evening of passion, tradition, and the soul-stirring beauty of timeless music as Aída Cuevas, the unrivaled Queen of Ranchera Music, graces the stage for her monumental 50th Anniversary U.S. Tour 2025. With a voice celebrated as one of the most powerful and emotive in Mexican music history, Aída Cuevas invites you to embark on a journey through five decades of iconic hits, including “El Pastor”, “Quizás Mañana”, and many more all performed with her signature elegance, artistry, and heartfelt authenticity.
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Concert, Princeton Folk Music Society
Friday October 17, 2025
8:00 PM
Enjoy superb harmonies on classic country, bluegrass to contemporary folk, backed by instrumental virtuosity in this Princeton Folk Music Society event.
Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane
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South Pacific, Kelsey Theatre
Friday October 17, 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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