Princeton NJ Events

2022 FIFA World Cup Final, Princeton Public Library

Sunday December 18, 2022
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Continuing a longstanding tradition, the library will host a community viewing for the final game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The Community Room will open at 9:30 a.m. for the 10 a.m. game, so come cheer on your favorite team! Entry to the event will be via the Community Room doors on Hinds Plaza.

The Nutcracker, Kelsey Theatre

Sunday December 18, 2022
1:00 PM

1 and 4pm

Young Clara sneaks downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favorite present – a Nutcracker – when she is suddenly confronted by the menacing Mouse King! Her Nutcracker prince comes alive, saves her and whisks her away to the Land of The Sweets where Snow Queen & King, snow fairies, dancing sugar plums and toy soldiers all await her. This classic ballet, set to Tchaikovsky’s magical score, is abridged and fully narrated! Family and friends of all ages can celebrate the holiday season together at this delightful performance. Special Event $16/$14

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The Nutcracker, American Repertory Ballet @State Theatre of New Jersey

Sunday December 18, 2022
1:00 PM

1 and 5pm

Celebrate this annual Nutcracker tradition with your family! Featuring a live orchestra! This holiday favorite tells the magical story of Clara and her Nutcracker Prince as they battle toy soldiers and larger-than-life mice, and travel through a whirlwind of dancing snowflakes to the Land of Sweets. Greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier, Clara enjoys a suite of brilliant and joyful dances before opening her eyes to the familiar sights of her home, wondering if it was all a dream.

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A Christmas Carol, McCarter Theatre

Sunday December 18, 2022
2:00 PM

Dec 7 - 24

1 and 5:30pm

This McCarter tradition is back and just as spectacular as you remember!

Create memories with the ones you love at Princeton's Tony Award-winning theatre. Follow Ebenezer Scrooge on a magical journey through Christmas past, present, and future and watch as this story comes to life around you! This annual holiday tradition will usher you into the spirit of the season with all the joy, wonder, and generosity that Scrooge himself discovers.

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Local Theatre Productions

Sunday December 18, 2022
2:00 PM

A Christmas Carol, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Follow Ebenezer Scrooge on a magical journey through Christmas past, present, and future. $35 to $65. 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Actors' NET, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, PA, 215-295-3694. www.actorsnetbucks.org. A witty, romantic holiday comedy about family, awkward love, and personal growth that serves as a follow-up to Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice." $24. 2 p.m.

Million Dollar Quartet Christmas, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. www.bcptheater.org. Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley come together at Sun Records, now festively decorated with a Christmas tree, garland, and mistletoe, and ringing with sounds of the season. The gang is up to their usual antics as we journey through stories of Christmas past, present, and future. $70 to $75. 2 p.m.

Joy, George Street Playhouse, Elizabeth Ross Johnson Theater, 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-545-8100. www.georgestreetplayhouse.org. Biographical musical based on the life of Joy Mangano — the entrepreneur, inventor, best-selling author, and self-made millionaire. Preview performance. 2 p.m.

Odd Man Out, Bristol Riverside Theater, 201 Cedar Street, Bristol, PA. www.brtstage.org. Play that takes place in complete darkness immerses audiences in the life story of Alberto, a blind musician returning to Argentina after years of self-exile. $35 and up. 3 p.m. show is in Spanish. 3 p.m. and 6p.m.

Winter Wonderland Concert, The Princeton Brass Band and Eastern Wind Symphony

Sunday December 18, 2022
2:00 PM

The Princeton Brass Band and Eastern Wind Symphony are coming back to Richardson Auditorium for an afternoon of holiday favorites and exciting instrumental music!

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The Great British Baking Tour: Holiday Edition, Princeton Public Library

Sunday December 18, 2022
3:00 PM

Join UK travel/relocation consultant and former UK resident Claire Evans via Zoom for a delightful culinary tour of the UK inspired by “The Great British Baking Show” television series, aired on PBS.

Learn about making a proper cup of tea, regional specialties, their origins, and the particular parts of the UK they hail from. As it’s the holidays, she’ll focus on festive baking in particular. She’ll translate the trickiest parts of British recipes for Americans so you can try them in your own kitchen. Pick up useful travel tips as well, just in case you’d like to create your own tour!

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Choral Reading of Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors and Britten Ceremony of Carols, Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs

Sunday December 18, 2022
4:00 PM

Conductor: Tyler Weakland

Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, Rt 206 at Cherry Hill Road, Princeton NJ

Choral singers welcome. No auditions. Vocal scores provided. $10 admission for singers (or annual membership). Free for students and non-singing guests. Members of the community gathered together for the common and joyful enterprise of making music, to sing through for their own pleasure the great works in choral literature, with chorus, orchestra, and soloists as the works require. The meetings are informal readings in which any musically interested person may join the chorus. There are no separate rehearsals and no auditions. Conductors usually do some preparation with the chorus before the sing-through. This varies from minimal snatches for well-known pieces to a complete review for unfamiliar works. For further information email musical.amateurs@gmail.com

Lessons & Carols at All Saints Church

Sunday December 18, 2022
5:00 PM

We invite you to come and be gladdened and refreshed by the readings, prayers, anthems and carols of the season! In our annual tradition, based on the Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols from King's College in Cambridge, our choir will tell the story, beginning with the prophecies and concluding with the Nativity of Jesus.

Congregational carols will feature familiar arrangements by Sir David Willcocks; anthems and choir carols are composed by women from across the centuries, including Hildegard von Bingen, Elizabeth Poston, Eleanor Daley, Jessica Nelson, Elaine Hagenberg, and Cecilia McDowall. A festive reception will follow.

A free-will offering will be received to benefit the music program at All Saints' Church