Princeton NJ Events

21st Annual West Windsor Bike Fest, West Windsor Community Park

Sunday September 7, 2025
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Bernt Midland Boulevard, West Windsor

Multiple guided rides of varying lengths (1.5, 8, 20, and 40 miles) for every age and skill level. Lunch served to participants. Kid-friendly activities such as an obstacle course and scavenger hunt. Many routes pass by and stop at some local historic sites. Register. $20 per person or $45 per family.

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2025 RevolutionNJ Race Series, Princeton Battlefield State Park

Sunday September 7, 2025
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

500 Mercer Road, Princeton. runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Princeton/PrincetonBattlefield5K.

5K race or 1-mile fun walk participants cross the site of a crucial turning-point in the American Revolutionary War that capped the 10 days of fighting that began with General Washington crossing the Delaware River. All participants receive a t-shirt, and runners receive a finisher's medal. Awards given to the top three fastest runners in each ten-year age category. Register. $35 5k, $20 fun walk.

Early Childhood & Religious School Open House, Adath Israel Congregation

Sunday September 7, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Adath Israel Congregation invites you to our Early Childhood & Religious School Open House. Join us for a light breakfast & coffee. Meet Rabbi Adler and Hazzan Katlin. Celebrate Havdalah with music, singing & a special blowing of the shofar. Let us know you're doing! Call the office at 609-896-4977 or email jennifer@adathisraelnj.org

Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ

Hope's Herrontown Woods Community Collage Project Workshop

Sunday September 7, 2025
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Led by FOHW's Artist-in-Residence and Board Member, Hope VanCleaf, participants will embellish a 6x6 canvas tile in their own unique style. Please feel free to bring any media you want to use on your tile or just find some inspiration from the woods (flowers, twigs....) Each tile will become part of the collective collage to be permanently displayed in the Veblen House once fully restored, a living testament to creativity, community, and preservation. Please visit the link to order your tile online or purchase at the workshop.

The Barden Gazebo, Herrontown Woods, 600 Snowden Lane, Princeton, NJ 08542

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Open House, Adath Israel

Sunday September 7, 2025
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Open House and first day of Religious Schools. Activities begin at 9:30a-11:30. Coffee, Danish and Entertainment

Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Rd, Lawrenceville, NJ 609-896-4977

Open House - Adath Israel's Doorway Program

Sunday September 7, 2025
9:30 AM

1958 Lawrenceville Rd, Lawrenceville NJ 

Congregation membership is to required.

Doorways, Adath Israel Congregation's award-winning resource center, helps students access a meaningful Jewish education regardless of the diversity of their learning needs and challenges.Using graphic, manipulative, and/or creative arts as well as technology, audio-visual and multi-sensory methods, Doorways ensures ALL Jewish learners feel secure & comfortable to full participate in Jewish Life Cycle events, holidays and rituals regardless of physical, sensory, intellectual and/or emotional/behavioral challenges.

Click here or contact Rabbi Benjamin Adler at (609) 896-4977 or rabbiadler@adathisrael.org for more information.

21st Annual West Windsor Bike Fest

Sunday September 7, 2025
10:45 AM

On Sunday, September 7, West Windsor Recreation and Parks will present the 21st annual West Windsor Bike Fest! This beloved annual tradition, begun in 2004, will feature multiple guided rides of varying lengths for every age and skill level. Lunch will be served to participants. Families will enjoy kid-friendly activities such as an obstacle course and scavenger hunt, and many routes pass by and stop at some local historic sites.

The event will begin at the West Windsor Community Park pavilion (at the end of Bernt Midland Boulevard), where riders – whether solo or coming as groups – can register for rides of 1.5, 8, 20, and 40 miles long.

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Princeton History Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton

Sunday September 7, 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Princeton Battle Monument, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton 

Enjoy a walk around downtown Princeton and the University campus as you learn about historic sites in the area, including Nassau Hall, University Chapel and Palmer Square. Hear some of the classic history and lesser-known stories of Princeton’s diverse past.

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