Top Events in New Jersey This Season: Festivals, Concerts, and More!

January 2025 Festivals and Themed Events

Experience the Battle of Princeton
Sunday, January 5th, 2025; 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
500 Mercer Rd
Princeton, NJ
The Princeton Battlefield Society (PBS) will mark the 246th anniversary of Battle of Princeton fought on Jan. 3, 1777- with its signature educational event, "Experience the Battle of Princeton".

Diggerland Drive thru Holiday Light Show
Now until January 12th, 2025
West Berlin, NJ
This holiday event features a Drive a mile-length course through America's only construction theme & water park to witness hundreds of thousands of lights, tour their holiday displays, enjoy tasty treats, and listen to our very own radio station to fill your car with holiday spirit!

Let It Glow: A Holiday Lantern Spectacular
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sundays, thru January 12th, 2025
Bergen County Zoo at Van Saun County Park
216 Forest Avenue
Paramus, NJ
Larger-than-life glowing lanterns have been installed creating 30+ glowing scenes. See animals real and imagined laid out throughout the zoo.

The Garden State RV and Camping Show
January 17 – 19, 2025
New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center
(Raritan Center Expo Hall)
97 Sunfield Avenue
Edison, NJ
This show will feature over 150,000 square feet of the latest in recreation vehicles, camping supplies & services, accessories, and information on campgrounds.

Wildwood Comic Con
Saturday, January 18, 2025; 10 a.m. - 5 p.m
Wildwood, NJ
The event will feature numerous cosplay/costume groups, artists, writers, creators, vendors, crafts, and video games. Artists, writers, creators, and vendors will have art, books, comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, non-sport trading cards, Pokemon, gaming items, toys, Funko's, Lego, sci-fi, pop culture, comic themed crafts, collectibles, and much more!

Fire & Ice Festival
Saturday, January 25th, 2025: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
downtown Mount Holly
This free family friendly fun tradition features about a dozen professional ice carvers from up and down the east coast, an equal number of professional chili chefs plus a wide variety of interesting entertainment for young, old and everyone in between. The ice carvers transform 300 pound blocks of ice into beautiful crystalline works of art, right before your eyes, throughout town.

Wassailing the Apple Trees
Sunday, January 26th, 2025; 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Terhune Orchards
Princeton, NJ
Free Event - All ages
Enjoy dancing and singing and re-enactments of old English traditional rituals, as well as chanting and music making, toasts of hot cider and placing gifts of cider-soaked bread in the tree branches while chanting the lively words of praise for the New Year.

February 2025 Festivals and Themed Events

Cumberland County Winter Eagle Festival
February 4, 2025 @ 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Mauricetown, NJ
The festival celebrates raptors of south Jersey, including Bald Eagles, falcons, harriers, hawks, and owls featuring raptor-viewing sites, guided walks, and other activities. Cumberland County, NJ, has the largest number of nesting Bald Eagles in the state.

Pine Barren Bonfires
Wednesday, February 12, 2025: from 6-8 p.m.
Freehold, NJ
There's something about a bonfire that's so magical. The flames dancing in the night, the smell of wood smoke in the air, and the feeling of warmth and companionship around the fire. Enjoy a winter evening with us at Turkey Swamp's council ring. There will be games, s'mores, and a full moon!

New Jersey Boat Expo
February 13th - 16th, 2025
Edison, NJ
This show has something for every age and interest with hundreds of new boats on sale from the top dealers in the state representing boating's most popular brands. Attendees will be able to board and shop all the top boat brands and models of all sizes. The show also has a Boater's Marketplace, FREE Seminars and Boating Safety Classes and the Kids Cove which includes "I Spy Scavenger Hunt," face painting, and the turtle tank.

Laser Queen
Saturdays, February 15, 22, 2025: @8:00 pm
Branchburg, NJ
Aged 10 to Adult
The legendary music of Queen transcends time, and this show might rock audience members right out of their seats. Did we mention the lead guitarist, Brian May, is an astrophysicist? Come rock the cosmos in a blaze of light, sound, and color. Some of Queen's hit songs in this show include "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," "Another One Bites the Dust," "Under Pressure," and "We Are the Champions."

Maple Sugaring at the Environmental Education Center
Saturdays & Sundays, February 15, 16, 2025
Basking Ridge
Visitors will learn how trees are tapped, view sap-collecting methods past and present, and see the boiling process that produces delicious New Jersey maple syrup. This 60-minute, outdoor program is conducted at our Sugar Shack, a ½-mile hike from the EEC.

Winter Warrior Challenge
Saturday February 15, 2025
Ocean City, NJ
This Presidents Day Weekend event features four components: an obstacle course race for children, a "Winter Warrior" obstacle course race for parents and individuals, team challenges such as a fire truck pull, and an indoor festival for participants and spectators.

Atlantic City Boat Show
February 26 - March 2, 2025
Atlantic City, NJ
This annual event welcomes nautical novices, seasoned sailors and water lovers to discover why life is better with a boat. With more than 415,000 new boat owners taking to the water in the past 18 months, demand for boating remains at an all-time high.

Battleship New Jersey: Twilight Adult Guided Tour
Febreary 28, 2025: @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Camden, NJ
Experience an "adult-oriented" tour during the evening hours!
This adult tour, led by a member of our curatorial team, will take guests through rarely seen parts of the ship and will showcase the more mature sailor art created over the years, as well as share some adult stories. Guests can enjoy a cold beer, glass of wine or a soft drink after the tour on the Main