Princeton NJ Events

Blue Moon Acres Farm Market

Friday June 12, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Blue Moon Acres Farm, 11 Willow Creek Drive, Pennington.

The farm market will be open on Fridays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. - 3p.m until December.

We accept cash, check, or Venmo at our Pennington Market

In season, our market is stocked with Certified Organic Produce, Microgreens, and Rice from our farms as well as hand curated goods from local vendors. Available this 2026 season: Cherry Grove Farm, Griggstown Farm, and Double Brook Farm meats, Cherry Grove Farm and Calkins Creamery cheeses, Bent Spoon and Owowcow Creamery ice cream, and many more locally-produced foods. Availability is posted on Blue Moon Acres’ Facebook page the day of the market. Shop our online market anytime for delivery or pickup at either of our farms.

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Miss Kim's Children's Concert, West Windsor Branch

Friday June 12, 2026
10:30 AM

333 North Post Road Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 609-799-0462

Are you ready for a rollicking good time with Miss Kim? She'll have your little one hoppin' and boppin' along to her music in no time! For ages 0-5 years, with a caregiver. Sponsored by the Friends of the West Windsor Library. Concert will be outside, weather depending. Registration is not required.

Pop-up Beer Garden & Summer Concert Series, Princeton Shopping Center

Friday June 12, 2026
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Bring a blanket or lawn chairs and join the annual summer concert series with a pop-up beer garden from Triumph Brewery.

Music 6-8pm.

McCarter Theatre's 2026 GALA

Friday June 12, 2026
6:00 PM

The McCarter Gala is our theatre’s most significant and highly anticipated annual fundraising event. At the 2025 event, Gala supporters raised almost half a million dollars for McCarter, including Stage Door Access —providing unparalleled opportunities for students and neighbors to access and experience McCarter’s premier arts and education programs.

Join friends of McCarter for a one-night-only Gala performance on Friday, June 12 featuring Tony and GRAMMY-award winning artist Kecia Lewis. Kecia Lewis is celebrating over 40 triumphant years as a dynamic storyteller on stage and screen. She can currently be seen as a Series Regular opposite Tracy Morgan in Crutch, a new comedy for Paramount Plus.

This year, McCarter is also honored to recognize Emily Mann, former Artistic Director and Resident Playwright, with the inaugural Roger S. Berlind Award recognizing immense leadership and a lifetime commitment to creating art and an environment for the arts to flourish.

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Illustrated Lecture: The History Behind the Paintings, Updike Farmstead

Friday June 12, 2026
6:30 PM

“Every picture tells a story.” Examine some well-known paintings depicting key people and local events from the American Revolution, then delve deeper into the stories behind them. Who painted them, and why? What did they intend to teach?

Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, Princeton

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Madama Butterfly, Princeton Festival

Friday June 12, 2026
7:00 PM

Puccini's Madama Butterfly explores themes of love, betrayal, and heartbreak. It is a tragic love story between a young Japanese woman, Cio-Cio-San, and an American naval officer, Pinkerton. After an impulsive, intercultural marriage to one another, Cio-Cio-San is soon abandoned by Pinkerton, but she remains faithful to their marriage and committed to a future with him and their child. Eventually, Pinkerton returns, but not alone. He is accompanied by his American wife. Cio-Cio-San is devastated and finds herself in a dishonorable position which leads to dire consequences.

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Dancing Under the Stars, Hinds Plaza @ Princeton Public Library

Friday June 12, 2026
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Members of Central Jersey Dance Society demonstrate basic steps and lead others in an evening of dancing to recorded music of all kinds on Hinds Plaza,

Join us from May to September for our 12th season of this collaborative dance event co-sponsored by the library and Central Jersey Dance Society. Dates for 2026 include: May 29; June 12,26; July 10,24; Aug 7, 21 and Sept 18. The Sept. 18 event will feature dances and music from Latin America for Hispanic Heritage Month. In case of rain or extreme heat, the event will be held in the Community Room. Indoor dances end at 9 pm. August and September dances are presented in partnership with the Mayors Wellness Campaign community health initiative.

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