Welcome to the 2025 Princeton Festival!

Schedule of Events:

1:00pm - Juneteenth Flag Raising
Municipality of Princeton

Join the Municipality of Princeton for a special Juneteenth flag raising ceremony leading off Juneteenth Celebration events at the Princeton Festival!

Free and open to the public

Location: Monument Plaza 1 Monument Hall Princeton, NJ

4:00pm - The Motown Sound
Music of Motown's Impact on Civil Rights

Free and open to the public.

As part of the Princeton Festival's Juneteenth Celebration, we'll take a look at the music of Motown and how the record label helped further the cause of the Civil Rights movement in America.

Dr. Rochelle Ellis will trace the origins of Motown and how this distinctive sound affected American pop music, spotlighting some of the major groups on the Motown label in advance of the ticketed evening concert, Masters of Soul.

Location: Morven Museum & Garden Stockton Education Center 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ

7:00pm - Masters of Soul

$35 - $100; Youth 5-17 half-price

Treat yourself to the incredible harmonies and smooth moves made famous by legendary artists such as Gladys Knight, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, James Brown and more in this electrifying concert featuring the talented performers making up Masters of Soul!

Masters of Soul performs:
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Temptations - The Four Tops - Diana Ross & The Supremes - Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - Barry White - Sam & Dave - James Brown - and many more!

Location: Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ 08540

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