NJIB’s Guide to New Jersey Events January 10 – 12, 2025
New Jersey Isn’t Boring’s Guide to January 10-12, 2025 is your ultimate resource for fun and exciting events happening across the Garden State! Whether you’re looking for unique festivals, live performances, family-friendly activities, or winter fun, our guide has something for everyone. From local craft fairs and art exhibits to outdoor adventures and seasonal celebrations, discover all the top things to do in New Jersey this weekend. Explore new experiences, make lasting memories, and stay connected with the local community with New Jersey Isn’t Boring’s curated selection of events. Don’t miss out on the best of NJ in January!
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New Jersey Events January 9 – 12:
Princeton Farmer’s Market
January 9, 11 am – 3 pm
Offering a variety of goods including local, organic fruits and vegetables, free-range beef, poultry, pork, eggs, cheese, pickles, honey, baked goods, linens, nut butters, and more!
Hinds Plaza, 55 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ
Cost: Free
LSC After Dark: Latin Night
January 9, 6 pm – 10 pm
LSC After Dark is partnering with Segunda Quimbamba and Greenlight to bring you Latin Night. Greenlight is the new anti-online dating platform! This event will celebrate the rich culture and dance of Puerto Rico. Karol G and Bad Bunny will be lighting up the planetarium. Grab your tickets today. A great party, delicious bites and drinks, and a twist of science! Each event features a fun theme with a menu to match, a dance floor, a live DJ, a full bar (for guests 21+), and planetarium and laser shows. And all of the museum’s exhibits are open, too. When you purchase LSC After Dark tickets, you help the nonprofit Liberty Science Center provide even more programs for our community and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ
Cost: $25 at the door, save $3 buying online in advance
Let It Glow a Holiday Lantern Spectacular
January 9 – 12
Larger-than-life glowing lanterns have been installed creating 30+ glowing scenes. See animals real and imagined laid out throughout the zoo.
Let it Glow is a symphony of vivid glowing colors to tease your eyes and dazzle the mind. Come and enjoy an enchanting stroll throughout the zoo These larger-than-life lanterns are amazing in the picture but stunning in person. With over 30 scenes, these hand-made artistic wonders are more breathtaking than the last.
Bergen County Zoo at Van Saun County Park, 216 Forest Avenue, Paramus, NJ
Cost: Tickets available on Eventbrite
YMCA of Newark 54th Anniversary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast
January 10, 8 am
The YMCA of Newark and Vicinity has honored the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The breakfast allows us to take time to remember and reflect on Dr. King’s vision of a community and world of peace, love, and understanding. This is a wonderful opportunity to recommit ourselves to the high ideals that Dr. King personified. Proceeds from this event will directly impact those in need.
The Robert Treat Hotel, 50 Park Place, Newark NJ
Cost: $45
Wildwood Fishing & Boat Expo
January 10 – 12
This annual event features 13 boat dealers showcasing cabin cruisers, pontoons, skiffs, wave runners and more with over 100 vendor booths with everything you will need to make the 2025 Fishing & Boating Season a success. There will also be an additional 65 vendor booths offering everything including tow services, terminal tackle, rods and reels, custom rods, inshore-offshore, accessories, services, apparel, gifts, decor, and free seminars.
Wildwoods Convention Center, 4501 Boardwalk, Wildwood, NJ
Cost: $10 for adults. $3 for kids 6-13. 5 & under are free.
Montclair Farmers’ Market
January 11, 9 am – 1 pm
Shop fresh! From fruits and veggies to seafood, meats, eggs, bread, pickles, preserves, spices, wines, apple cider, and vibrant cut flowers—there’s something for everyone.
Walnut Street Train Station, 86 Walnut St, Montclair, NJ
Cost: Free
Snouts and Stouts Brewing Grand Opening
January 11, 12 pm – 9 pm
The grand opening of NJ’s latest brewery! Snouts and Stouts Brewing is a small batch brewery offering a diverse selection of 18 taps featuring Stouts, IPAs, Lagers, Ales, Seltzer Cocktails, and Seasonal Brews. More details can be found at their Facebook Event.
300 12th St unit B, Hammonton, NJ
Cost: Free to attend
Rahway Soup Stroll
January 11, 1 pm – 4 pm
This January beat the winter blues and warm up with some delicious soups during The Rahway Soup Stroll! On Saturdays, January 4, 11, 18, and 25, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, visitors can bundle up and stroll through participating restaurants to enjoy FREE 4oz samples of featured soups. No registration is required—show up ready to sip, stroll, and savor.
Downtown Rahway, NJ
Cost: Free
Garden State Wedding Expo at Rutgers University
January 11, 12 pm – 3:30 pm
The Garden State Wedding Expo at Rutgers University is the ultimate wedding planning event, featuring vendors for reception venues, gowns, photographers, DJs, flowers, cakes, honeymoon planners, transportation, and more. Enjoy grand prize giveaways, door prizes, and exclusive show offers with thousands of dollars in savings. Whether starting your planning or finalizing details, this event is the perfect place to create lasting memories.
Rutgers–New Brunswick College Avenue Gym, 130 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ
Cost: Free. Reserve a spot in advance
Moonlight Walk
January 11, 7 pm – 9 pm
Come explore the village and the bogs by moon light, this special opportunity is scheduled on or as close to the full moon as possible. An experienced guide will share insights about Whitesbog and the nature that surrounds us. Meet your guide in the General Store before the start time and look around prior to the start. All walks are 3-5 miles in length. Trail paths are sandy and can be bumpy or wet. Dress is weather appropriate.
Historic Whitesbog Village, 120 West Whites Bogs Rd, Browns Mills, NJ
Cost: $10 per person suggested donation. Members of Whitesbog Preservation Trust $5
Winery with Music, Firepits & Mulled Wine
January 11 & 12, 12 pm – 5 pm
Terhune Orchards invites guests to celebrate holiday cheer at the winery and gather with family and friends to enjoy live music every Saturday and Sunday this winter. Seating is available indoors among the wine tanks in the cozy wine barn, as well as outdoors with firepits and outdoor heaters. Guests can savor hot mulled wine, tasting flights of Terhune’s favorite wines, and wine by the glass. All ages can join in the fun with s’mores and hot cocoa kits. Light bites, such as cheese plates and chips & salsa baskets, are available to enjoy with a glass of wine by the fire.
Terhune Orchards, Princeton, NJ
Cost: Free to attend
Patcong Valley Model Railroad Open House
January 11 & 12, 10 am – 3 pm Sat and 12 pm – 4 pm Sun
The event features highly detailed, museum quality, HO scale model railroad. They model a time period from the late-1940s to the late-1950s, the waning days of the steam engine and the expansion of diesel motive power.
Patcong Valley Model Railroad Club, Route 40 at Fir Avenue, Richland, NJ
Cost: Free
Morris County Winter Farmers’ Market – Grow It Green
January 12, 9:30 am – 1 pm
Grow It Green Morristown creates sustainable farms and gardens and educates communities on healthy eating and environmental stewardship. They feature more than 20 farmers and local food vendors like freshly grown produce, farm-raised beef, pork and poultry, fresh seafood, baked goods, farm eggs, and so much more.
Convent Train Station, Convent Road, Morris Township, NJ
Cost: Free
Ramsey Farmers Market
January 12, 10 am – 1 pm
The Ramsey Farmers’ Market in New Jersey operates year-round, offering a winter market from December through April. Held outdoors at the Main Street Train Station in Ramsey, the market is open on Sundays from 10 AM to 1 PM. Visitors can enjoy a variety of locally sourced produce, foods, beverages, and flowers, supporting local farmers and artisans even during the colder months.
Main St Train Station, Ramsey, NJ
Cost: Free
Winter FRESH
January 12, 10 am – 1 pm
Stay cozy this winter at this indoor food & farm market. Shop for farm-fresh produce, and unique handmade goods, and connect with the people who make it all happen.
Jersey Shore Arts Center, 66 South Main St Ocean Grove, NJ
Cost: Free
Denville Farmer’s Market
January 12, 10 am- 1 pm
The Denville Farmers’ Market comes alive every Sunday in the Bloomfield Ave. parking lot, in downtown Denville, NJ. With over 25 vendors, it’s your go-to spot for fresh produce, local farms, and artisan goods.
Downtown Denville, Bloomfield Ave, Denville, NJ
Cost: Free
Phillipsburg Farmers Market
January 12, 10 am – 1 pm
The Phillipsburg Farmers Market in New Jersey offers a Winter Edition from November through April, operating indoors every Sunday from 10 AM to 1 PM at 165 S. Main St. Shoppers can find winter produce, pastured frozen meats, farm-fresh eggs, pickles, herbal teas, baked goods, and more, supporting local farmers and artisans throughout the colder months.
165 Main St, Phillipsburg, NJ
Cost: Free
Parlor Games for Wintry Weather
January 12, 12 pm
Beat the winter blues and beat your opponent too! Strategize your best moves while playing Halma and Basilinda, two long-forgotten 1890s board games. They also have old-time favorites like Backgammon, Checkers, and Dominoes.
Historic Longstreet Farm, 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ
Cost: Free
