Princeton NJ Events

Cafe Improv, Arts Council of Princeton

Saturday October 25, 2025
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

For the past 30 years, Café Improv has connected beginning and professional performers in the Arts Council of Princeton’s Solley Theater. Serving as a vibrant musical oasis for the Princeton community, Café Improv is a gathering place to share artistic ideas and provide inspiration to others. Attendees can expect an evening of exciting local music, poetry, comedy, and more! Café Improv is easily accessible to the public through affordable admission rates of $1 for ACP Members and $2 General Admission. Learn more.


 

'Oh God…Beautiful Machine', Patriots Theater at Trenton’s War Memorial

Saturday October 25, 2025
7:30 PM

The Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey (CPNJ) proudly presents the world premiere of Oh God…Beautiful Machine, a monumental symphonic jazz work which wrestles with the conundrum of loving the earth in a time of climate change. The collaboration features text composed by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa and music composed by Princeton University Composer-in-Residence, Vince di Mura.

Combining a full orchestra, jazz ensemble, traditional Chinese instrumentalists, and a women’s chorus, Oh God…Beautiful Machine is a genre-defying musical odyssey spanning ten movements and nearly 90 minutes. Featuring lyrics in multiple languages and influences from jazz, blues, samba, gospel, and folk traditions from around the world, this ambitious work bridges cultural and musical landscapes in a profound meditation on the environment, gratitude, and the human experience.

The evening will begin with a festival style event starting at 6:00 PM with a pre-concert performance, visual works by local artists, vendors and a lecture by the composer starting at 6:45 PM. The concert will be followed by a VIP reception open to Capital Philharmonic season subscribers, advertisers and sponsors.

Tickets and Information: www.capitalphilharmonic.org 

Actus Tragicus, La Fiocco @Christ Congregation

Saturday October 25, 2025
7:30 PM

La Fiocco, the Bucks County Baroque ensemble, will begin its 2025-2026 season with Actus Tragicus, a program consisting of J.S. Bach’s Cantata 106, and works by Bach’s predecessors. La Fiocco teams with Vocala Ensemble, a professional chamber choir for this concert of sacred and instrumental music by J. S. Bach and other lesser-known composers including David Pohle, Franz Tunder, Dietrich Becker, Matthias Weckmann, and Dieterich Buxtehude. This is a rare opportunity to hear the exquisite music of the North German tradition, in addition to Actus tragicus, also known as Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, still celebrated as one of Bach’s most moving cantatas with its haunting writing for vocal soloists, choir, recorders, violas da gamba, and organ.

6587 Upper York Road, Solebury, Pennsylvania

Tickets are $25 general admission in advance online at lafiocco.org, or $30 at the door, cash or check only. Student tickets are $10, and children 12 and under are free.

Dracula's Lair, Roxey Ballet

Saturday October 25, 2025
7:30 PM

7:30, 8:30, 9:30

Mill Ballet, 46 North Sugan Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. www.roxeyballet.org/riverdancefestival.

Fusion of haunted attraction and live dance-theater performance begins with a torch-lit walking tour through the haunted halls of Carfax Abbey, where you encounter ethereal dancers, haunted visions, and ghostly whispers as the story of his resurrection unfolds. Then, visit the Grand Chamber as the tale rises from the crypt in a dance of blood, desire, madness, and immortality. Told through gothic ballet and cinematic movement, this reimagined Dracula story explores the cost of eternal life and the hunger that never dies. Arrive 30 minutes early for a cocktail from the Blood Bar.