Princeton
New Jersey
Princeton Festival 2025
Arts and Entertainment
May 16, 2025
From: Princeton FestivalWelcome to the 2025 Princeton Festival!
Schedule of Events:
June 6, 2025
7:00pm - ICON: The Voices That Changed Music
$45 - $130; Youth 5-17 half-price
Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw return to the Princeton Festival stage with a brand-new program featuring songs by such iconic artists as Prince, Whitney Houston, Gladys Knight, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and many others, performing with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lucas Waldin.
Performers
Capathia Jenkins, vocals
Ryan Shaw, vocals
Calli Graver and Rajdulari, backup singers
Lucas Waldin, conductor
Princeton Symphony Orchestra
June 7, 2025
8:00pm - Renée Fleming with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Hear one of the most acclaimed singers of our time perform live with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. The 5-time GRAMMY® Award-winning soprano sings her favorite arias and songs during one unforgettable evening at this year's Festival.
Performers
Renée Fleming, soprano
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Location: Performance Pavilion - Morven Museum & Garden
June 8, 2025
9:00am to 3:30pm - Community Day
Free and open to the public.
There's something for everyone at the Princeton Festival Community Day! This family friendly day of music, art, food, and fun is not to be missed.
The day's activities include:
9am-10am – Yoga in the Garden (registration required)
10am-1pm – Festival Farmers’ Market
12pm-3pm – Instrument Petting Zoo
12pm-1pm – Community Drum Circle
featuring Stibol Music
12:15pm – Musical Storytime
featuring a Morven Horticulturalist and PSO musician
1pm – Conducting Booth
featuring the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ)
string quartet and conductor Kenneth Bean
1:30pm – Magic Show on the Colonial Lawn
featuring Bob Yorburg Magic
2pm – Student Listen Up! Art Exhibition Opening
in Stockton Education Center
2:30pm – Musical Storytime
featuring a Morven Horticulturalist and PSO musician
2:30pm – Magic Show and "Balloon-a-Thon"on the Colonial Lawn
featuring Bob Yorburg Magic
4pm – Sondheim in the City with Melissa Errico
(ticketed performance)
9:00am - Yoga in the Garden
Free 1-hour sessions available with sign-up.
Enjoy a morning of movement, music, and serenity in these guided, outdoor yoga classes in the picturesque setting of Morven Museum & Garden's colonial garden, behind the main Museum building.
Skilled instructors outfitted by lululemon will lead participants through an all-level yoga flow class, accompanied by live music. Yoga in the Garden is suggested for adults and children ages 10+, beginners and regular practitioners at all skill levels!
Location Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ
10:00am to 1:00pm - A Festival Farmers' Market
Free and open to the public.
We are pleased to partner with Edible Jersey magazine to present the first "Festival Farmers' Market" at this year's Princeton Festival as part of Community Day! Bring an appetite for tasty treats to this inaugural event featuring fresh produce from area farms, artisanal products, and local specialties for purchase. It all takes place on the front lawn of Morven Museum & Garden.
Location
The Front Lawn of
Morven Museum & Garden
55 Stockton Street
Princeton, New Jersey
Community day
9am – 10am: Yoga in the Garden
10am – 1pm: Farmers’ Market
12pm – 3pm: Family Fun
Instrument Petting Zoo
Student Art Exhibit
Community Drum Circle
Conducting Booth
Kid’s Activities & Treats
4pm – Performance:
Sondheim in the City with Melissa Errico
(ticketed event)
Location The Front Lawn of Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton Street Princeton, New Jersey
4:00pm - Sondheim in the City
$35 - $100; Youth 5-17 half-price
Melissa Errico's cabaret-style tribute to Broadway’s greatest songwriter, Stephen Sondheim, offers an outward-driven, kaleidoscopic street fair of New York scenes and moments – summoning back to life the poetic vision of a man who once confessed that his entire creative life had been spent in a twenty-block radius of Manhattan.
First known for her starring roles on Broadway, including My Fair Lady, High Society, Anna Karenina, White Christmas, Dracula, and Les Misérables, Melissa has had a wide-ranging career from television and film to recording.
Location: Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ 08540
June 12, 2025
7:00pm - Tessa Lark, Violin: Stradgrass
Solo Recital at Trinity Church
One of the most captivating artistic voices of our time, Tessa Lark is consistently praised by critics and audiences for her astounding range of sounds, technical agility, and musical elegance. Increasingly in demand in the classical realm, in 2020 she was nominated for a GRAMMY® in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category. She is also a highly acclaimed fiddler in the tradition of her native Kentucky, delighting audiences with programming that includes Appalachian and bluegrass music. This program will include works by Ysaÿe, Telemann, Bach, and Lark's own arrangements.
Location: Trinity Church 33 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ 08540
June 13, 2025
7:00pm - Tosca
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
$45 - $135
Puccini's beloved masterpiece compacts a tumultuous day of political turmoil and love torn asunder into an operatic tour de force. With stage direction by Eve Summer, scenic design by Ryan McGettigan, and score performed by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov.
Location: Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ 08540
June 14, 2025
7:00pm - An Evening of Pas de deux
American Repertory Ballet and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra
$25 - $90; Youth 5-17 half-price
Dancers from the American Repertory Ballet perform stunning pas de deux to music played by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra led by Rossen Milanov. The program includes selections from beloved ballets Swan Lake and Don Quixote as well as Delibes Duet, a work by Ethan Stiefel, Artist in Residence at American Repertory Ballet, and George Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux.
Performers
American Repertory Ballet
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Location: Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ 08540
June 15, 2025
9:00am - Yoga in the Garden
FREE – Multi-Level Instruction & Live Music
Free 1-hour sessions available with sign-up.
Enjoy a morning of movement, music, and serenity in these guided, outdoor yoga classes in the picturesque setting of Morven Museum & Garden's colonial garden, behind the main Museum building.
Skilled instructors outfitted by lululemon will lead participants through an all-level yoga flow class, accompanied by live music. Yoga in the Garden is suggested for adults and children ages 10+, beginners and regular practitioners at all skill levels!
Location: The Colonial Garden at Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ
4:00pm - Tosca
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
Puccini's beloved masterpiece compacts a tumultuous day of political turmoil and love torn asunder into an operatic tour de force. With stage direction by Eve Summer, scenic design by Ryan McGettigan, and score performed by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov.
Location: Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ 08540
June 17, 2025
7:00pm - Tosca
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
Puccini's beloved masterpiece compacts a tumultuous day of political turmoil and love torn asunder into an operatic tour de force. With stage direction by Eve Summer, scenic design by Ryan McGettigan, and score performed by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov.
$45 - $135
Location: Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ 08540
June 18, 2025
3pm and 7 pm - The Sebastians: Baroque Brilliance
Early music ensemble The Sebastians returns to the Princeton Festival with another stellar program in beautiful Trinity Church, featuring works by Corelli, Telemann, Vivaldi, Galuppi, and Handel.
The Sebastians, baroque ensemble
Program
Arcangelo CORELLI / Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 3 in C Minor
Antonio VIVALDI / Concerto for Violin in G Major, RV 308
Baldassare GALUPPI / Concerto a quattro in G Minor, IBG 22 (Grave e Adagio; Spiritoso)
Georg Philipp TELEMANN / Sinfonia Spirituosa in D Major
Antonio VIVALDI / Concerto for Four Violins and Cello in B Minor, RV 580
George Frideric HANDEL / Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 11 in A Major
Performance Length: 70 minutes with no intermission
Location: Trinity Church 33 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ 08540
June 19, 2025
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
June 20, 2025
7:00pm - Viva Vivaldi!
with Daniel Rowland and Maja Bogdanovi?
$35 - $100; Youth 5-17 half-price
Internationally-renowned duo Daniel Rowland, violin and Maja Bogdanovi?, cello, join an ensemble of PSO musicians for this scintillating program highlighting works by Antonio Vivaldi, Osvaldo Golijov, and Max Richter.
Program
Antonio VIVALDI / La Follia, RV 63
Antonio VIVALDI / Concerto for Violin, RV 253 "La Tempesta di mare"
Osvaldo GOLIJOV / Tenebrae for String Orchestra
Antonio VIVALDI / Concerto for Violin and Cello in B-flat Major, RV 547
Max RICHTER / Vivaldi's Four Seasons Recomposed
Performers
Daniel Rowland, violin and conductor
Maja Bogdanovi?, cello
Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Location: Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ 08540
June 21, 2025
7:00pm - Arrival from Sweden: the Music of ABBA
All of their biggest hits – LIVE!
ARRIVAL from Sweden is one of the world’s most popular ABBA show bands. It was founded by ABBA Original Musician Rutger Gunnarsson and the Swedish artist Vicky Zetterberg in 1995. The band has toured in over 70 countries, done 82 successful USA tours, and has appeared all over the world. This production has all the features a great ABBA show needs: lovely costumes, extremely talented musicians, and breathtaking singers. Millions of people all around the world celebrate this show as the best ABBA show in the world; this production is the closest you will ever get to seeing ABBA!
Program
Hits like: "Dancing Queen," "Mamma Mia," "Does Your Mother Know," "Take A Chance," "SOS," "The Winner Takes It All," "Super Trouper," "Money Money Money," "Waterloo," "Honey Honey," "Fernando," "Chiquitita," "Knowing Me Knowing You," "Thank You For The Music," "Lay All Your Love On Me," "Gimme Gimme Gimme" and many more are delivered with such accuracy that it’s hard to believe that it’s not the real ABBA on stage.
Location: Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ 08540
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Date: June 6 - 21, 2025
Location: Various Venues in Princeton, NJ