Princeton NJ Events

Mercer County Household Hazardous Waste Event

Saturday September 11, 2021
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

The Mercer County Improvement Authority is sponsoring a household hazardous waste collection and electronics recycling event on Saturday, June 5, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mercer County residents can bring materials to the Dempster Fire School located at 350 Lawrence Station Road in Lawrence Township.

Click here for a full list of accepted materials.

10th Annual Sourland Spectacular Bike Event

Saturday September 11, 2021
8:00 AM

Join us at the 10th Annual Sourland Spectacular bike riding event! This year the event will also feature options to run or hike through the gorgeous Sourland Mountain Region. There will be an in-person group event on September 11th and self-paced cycling, hiking and running from September 12–19. The in-person event will have staggered start times to prevent the gathering of too many people at once. For more information and to register, visit www.sourlandspectacular.com.

Flea Market, Yardley Friends Meeting

Saturday September 11, 2021
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Yardley Friends Meeting (65 N. Main Street in Yardley) will host their 65th Annual Flea Market on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 from 8 AM to 3 PM (rain date Sept 18). Free parking on site!

Over 55 vendors will be selling antiques, crafts, collectibles, clothing, ceramics, jewelry and much more! Other fun things for the whole family - live music, book sale, food and baked goods. Locals and those from a distance come especially for good finds and a fun time. We continue today with shopping the wares of many vendors, good food and good music in a beautiful outside setting.

Computer/Tech Collection Drive, Princeton YMCA

Saturday September 11, 2021
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Do you have computers or computer accessories you no longer need? You can protect the environment while helping folks who don’t have access to technology! Donate your technology to TDI Connect, who can refurbish and provide technology to underprivileged families or recycle the technology if it can’t be used.

Collection point: Princeton YMCA (follow signs in the parking lot) 59 Paul Robeson Pl, Princeton, NJ 08540 Date: September 11, 2021 | 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET

New Jersey State Button Society Show and Competition

Saturday September 11, 2021
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Celebrating its 80th birthday, the New Jersey State Button Society (NJSBS) will open its Fall Show and Competition to the public, for free, on Saturday, September 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Union Fire Company and Rescue Squad hall, 1396 River Road in Titusville.

For information on “Together Again,” the first in-person button show in the tri-state area since Covid, go to NewJerseyStateButtonSociety.com, email ButtonsInNewJersey@gmail.com, or call 609-759-4804. For this show, no admission will be charged.

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West Windsor Community Farmers Market

Saturday September 11, 2021
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Opening Day of the West Windsor Community Farmers Market’s eighteenth year begins Saturday, May 1. To keep everyone safe and distanced, the entrance to the market has changed to 877 Alexander Road through the upper Vaughn Lot. The Market will run each and every Saturday, rain or shine from 9am-1pm until Thanksgiving featuring seventeen farms and twenty artisan food makers and a knife sharpener, all from within fifty-miles of West Windsor. 

Joining the roster this year are three farms: Moonshot Farms, Snapping Turtle Farm, and SpiceBush Farm along with Catalina Empanadas, Pure Indian Foods, River Horse Brewery, Sourland Mountain Spirits, Tea-For-All. Look for more organic produce, East Asian vegetables, beer, local spirits, and grass-fed ghee. Mask wearing continues to be required by all, and hand sanitizer stations are located throughout.

Pre-ordering options available and more info on the website: wwcfm.org

Pennington Farmers Market

Saturday September 11, 2021
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

The Pennington Farmer’s Market is located at: Rosedale Mills 101 Route 31 North Pennington, NJ 08534

We are open every Saturday, 9 a.m. through 1 p.m. beginning in June and ending in October.

The mission of the Pennington Farmers Market is to provide growers and producers within fifty miles of Pennington, New Jersey an opportunity to sell directly to the public; to promote the nutritional, environmental, and community health benefits of sustainable living; and to create a unique atmosphere in which to appreciate the agriculture, arts, culture, and character of Hopewell Valley. Click the link below to see list of vendors.

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Historic Stony Brook Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton

Saturday September 11, 2021
10:00 AM

Before there was a “Princeton,” Quaker families established a community on the fertile ground along Stony Brook. This part-lecture, part 2-mile hike explores the lives of the early settlers and the community they established, while following a portion of the trail George Washington took from Trenton to the Princeton Battlefield. Stops include the Stony Brook Meeting House and Burial Ground, walking a portion of the “hidden” back road into Princeton, and a view of the Battlefield.

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Back to School, Howell Farm

Saturday September 11, 2021
10:00 AM

During this interactive program, school-age youngsters (5 & up) will ride in a horse-drawn wagon to the one-room schoolhouse where hundreds of Pleasant Valley children once learned their ABCs. The unique history lesson includes doing before- and after-school farm chores, playing games in the school yard during recess, and of course learning arithmetic, English, and social studies under the tutelage of a schoolmarm. At 1:00, visitors will have an opportunity to meet Larry Kidder, author of an award-winning book about the school itself, and participate in a 'box social' in which homemade pies are auctioned to benefit the purchase of period furnishings for the school.

Howell Living History, Farm 70 Woodens Lane (609) 737-3299 | howellfarm.org

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Sourland Spectacular, Sourland Conservancy

Saturday September 11, 2021
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Otto Kaufman Community Center, Skillman Road, Skillman - https://www.sourlandspectacular.com/

Lunch, ice cream sundaes, and staggered starts to bike rides, hikes, and runs, on courses covering trails or paved roads. Register. $60. Courses will remain marked through September 19 for those who wish to complete the course solo.