Princeton NJ Events

Red, White & Brew Fest, CURE Arena

Saturday March 7, 2026
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Patriotic sampling event featuring over 50 styles from featured craft breweries, wineries, and spirits. Live music, interactive games, contests, and more. Register. $70 general admission; VIP packages including early access available.

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Pysanky Egg Decorating Class, The Community Well

Saturday March 7, 2026
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Learn the ancient and beautiful tradition of Ukrainian Easter Eggs, called "pysanky." The word pysanka comes from the verb pysaty, "to write," since the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax and colored with dye. This class is specifically designed for Beginners. Only 10 spots available.

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Circus Quixote, McCarter Theatre

Saturday March 7, 2026
2:00 PM

2 and 7:30

Cervantes’ classic is reimagined in a dazzling new production from the creators of McCarter audience favorites, Lookingglass Alice and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Somewhere in La Mancha there lived a man who read so many books that his brains dried up…so he becomes a knight! As Don Quixote embarks on his impossible quest for justice, Lookingglass Theatre’s signature acrobatics, breathtaking visuals, and boundless imagination transport audiences into his wild, windmill-tilting world.

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Marquis de Lafayette, Robbinsville Branch

Saturday March 7, 2026
2:00 PM

42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road Robbinsville, NJ 08691 609-259-2150

In honor of America 250, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, join historical reenactor Richard Moody in his engaging portrayal of French aristocrat Marquis de Lafayette! This performance will detail Lafayette's "Welcome Home" tour of New Jersey at age 68 at the invitation of President Monroe. You will discover more about this hero and his role in the American Revolution and his significance to American history. Registration is required.

ARB'S 'CINDERRELLA', New Brunswick Performing Arts Center

Saturday March 7, 2026
2:00 PM

2 and 7pm

American Repertory Ballet (ARB) presents the World Premiere of Cinderella, the timeless fairytale of a young woman who rises above adversity to find hope, love, and her own happily-ever-after. Performances take place March 6–8, 2026 at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Audiences are invited into a world of enchantment as Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother alters her destiny, a Prince captures her heart, and kindness and courage prevail over cruelty. With choreography by Samantha Dunster, ARB’s recently appointed Artistic Director, this magical production features dazzling new sets and costumes, an international cast of professional artists, and 36 young students from Princeton Ballet School, the official school of American Repertory Ballet. A spellbinding experience for all ages, Cinderella is the outing for the whole family to enjoy!

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Clue - The Musical, Kelsey Theatre

Saturday March 7, 2026
2:00 PM

2 and 8pm

Step into a world of mystery, music, and mayhem with Clue: The Musical! This interactive whodunit features all of your favorite characters – Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Miss Scarlet, Mrs. Peacock and more – join them to solve a murder with countless possible outcomes.. The choices are totally up to you! $26/$24PG

1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor

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Opening Reception, Trent House Museum

Saturday March 7, 2026
3:00 PM

The Trent House in collaboration with the Trenton Puerto Rican Community & Friends organization and others is organizing a program of free demonstrations, workshops, presentations, and an exhibition during March 2026 on the theme of Fabric, Stories, & Memory. Most events will be at the William Trent House Museum, 15 Market Street in Trenton, New Jersey, located across William Trent Place from the Hughes Justice Complex. Free parking is available off William Trent Place behind the Museum property.

Fabric, Stories, & Memory will celebrate the long history of our city, state, and nation of embracing, preserving, and building on the material culture of the many groups who have enriched our country. Visitors can view the exhibition in the historic house of garments and other textiles from Latino, Liberian, and Ukrainian cultures as well as contemporary fabric art from March 8 through March 28. Fabric artists will offer hands-on workshops using fabric to create personal memory books or a collective artwork. A technique for creating two- and three-dimensional pieces from wool will be demonstrated and three illustrated talks describing traditional and modern ways fabric is used to tell and remember stories will be given.

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Lecture Recitals from the New School for Music Study, Princeton Public Library

Saturday March 7, 2026
3:00 PM

Faculty from the New School for Music Study (NSMS) in Kingston present a series of four lecture recitals, in which they play and discuss historic repertoire for the piano. Pianist Dr. Qin Ling offers an engaging lecture-recital exploring the depth and beauty of Chinese piano music. Through live performance and commentary, Dr. Ling will highlight traditional influences, modern developments, and the cultural significance of this evolving repertoire.

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Plein Air Plus Silent Auction, Lambertville Historical Society

Saturday March 7, 2026
4:30 PM

Ballroom at Lambertville Station, 11 Bridge Street, Lambertville, 609-397-0770. www.lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org.

More than 65 plein air and studio works in a variety of styles and mediums. Live music by the Lifters, hors d'oeuvres, and two drink tickets plus cash bar. Proceeds benefit Lambertville Historical Society and James Marshall House Museum. Register. $45 in advance; $55 at the door.

Chez Jeannine – The Fabulous Bistro Film, ACME Screening Room

Saturday March 7, 2026
5:00 PM

25 South Union Street, Lambertville. www.acmescreeningroom.org.

Tender and raucous portrait of an 80-year-old bistro owner whose rebellious spirit, sharp wit and immense generosity turn her tiny bistro in France into a refuge for life's outcasts. 15-minute video in which Gary Lee Kraut interviews the filmmaker, Pierrick Bourgault, then speaks about the social role of cafés and bistros in France, their decline and occasional resilience, and alcohol consumption as it relates to the type of bistro presented in the film, including his own relationship with bistro life, follows along with a lobby reception. $23.