Metuchen on the Move It’s all in the details. When it comes to your social calendar, change is … not always good. But sometimes it’s inevitable. For updates pertaining to weather and other cancellations, visit the event organizer’s website the day of the event.
SUMMER 2022
Farmers Market
Metuchen’s farmers market on the plaza is held every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through the Saturday before Thanksgiving, at the intersection of Pearl and New streets.
Pride on the Plaza
Metuchen Downtown Alliance and Metuchen Human Relations Commission will hold Pride on the Plaza from 5-8 p.m. June 25.
Jazz Event
A free Community Chamber Music Concert featuring faculty from the Westerhoff School of Music will be held at the Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., at 7 p.m. on June 28 and on July 28. Art Exhibit “Everything at Once,” an art exhibit by Lisa Gordon Cameron, will be on display through June 30 in the Gallery at the Metuchen Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. Using digital photography, painting and collage, Cameron creates works that reflect on the human relationship with the earth.
Symphony Summer Concert
The New Jersey Symphony will bring its entire orchestra to the downtown plaza on July 2 for its first-ever concert in downtown. This Independence Day weekend celebration is part of the Symphony’s Free Summer Concert Series and features a tribute to Sondheim, Sousa’s ode to his time in New Jersey in “The Atlantic City Pageant” and more. A performance by the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Henry Lewis Concerto Competition winner rounds out this concert.
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Metuchen Rocks! Summer Music Concert
Metuchen Rocks! with the Lonesome Pines Band will perform on the Metuchen Town Plaza at 7 p.m. on Sept. 3.
Central Jazz Festival
The New Jersey Central Jazz Festival 2022 is planned for Sept. 9–11: Flemington Sept. 9, New Brunswick and Metuchen Sept. 10, and Somerville Sept. 11. The plans for Metuchen currently begin at 6 p.m. Sept. 10 in Downtown Metuchen at New and Pearl streets.
Cornerstone Jazz Series
The Cornerstone Jazz Series at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse in Metuchen continues on Sunday afternoons beginning at 3 p.m. on Oct. 16 and Nov. 13.
Artcycle Gallery
Ribbon cutting for Metuchen Arts Council’s Artcycle Gallery will be held on Oct. 22 at the Greenway Trail Head entrance on Middlesex Avenue. The Metuchen ArtCycle 2022 project is commissioning artists from Middlesex County to create small art installations made from discarded, recycled road signs. The individual works will be linked by themes or stories that promote sustainability, environmental awareness and the effect of climate change.
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