New Jersey Events this Weekend: Dec 18th – 20th, 2015
Below is a list of New Jersey Events for this weekend, December 18th – 20th, 2015. If you need additional information on these events, please make sure to click on the titles! Also be sure to view my list of Winter Events in New Jersey for additional events going on this weekend including Christmas Lights, Santa Cons, and hand picked Winter events.
Follow the Star: Holiday Concert – Dec 17 & 18
North Jerseys largest Christmas Concert performed at Christ Church, 140 Green Pond Rd. Rockaway. Two nights Thursday Dec. 17th and Friday Dec. 18th at 8:00pm (doors open at 7:00pm). This is a Night of Instrumental Celebration, Gospel Singing and Contemporary Music. A 70-member Gospel Choir, Professional Band and Solo Artists will perform. Come and enjoy the spectacular music of the season.
This is a free adult event; all are welcome.
Date: December 17th & 18th, 2015; 8pm
Address: Christ Churchl 140 Green Pond Rd, Rockaway, NJ
Cost: Free
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Hoboken Santa Con – Dec 19
Mark your calendars ladies and gentlemen! SantaCon is coming (back) to town all day on December 19th, 2015!! This year promises to be bigger, better, and more fun, with new drink specials, events, giveaways and an AFTERPARTY for those Santas still out and about!
Date: Saturday, December 19th, 2015; 11am to 11pm
Address: See Facebook page for participating locations
Cost: GA $25. Purchase Here
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Santacon Seaside Heights – Dec 19
Santacon is a non-denominational, non-commercial, non-political and non-sensical Santa Claus convention that occurs once a year for absolutely no reason. It’s your chance to spread holiday cheer in the most magical and absurd way possible.
Date: Saturday, December 19th, 2015; 12pm
Address: See Schedule
Cost: Free to attend. Donations accepted
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Market on Market St – Dec 19
Market on Market is a fun and exciting new monthly Art/Flea Market in Downtown Newark, NJ. Modeled after many other fantastic markets in Trenton, Brooklyn, Beacon and Philadelphia; Market on Market offers handmade, upcycled, recycled and antique items as well as workshops and events.
Date: Saturday, December 19th, 2015
Address: 73 Market St., Newark, NJ
Cost: Free
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Kwanzaa Festival – Dec 19
Celebrate the Nguzo Saba with NJPAC in its 17th year of the Kwanzaa Children’s Festival and Marketplace. Create and participate in the Arts and Crafts Village, dance, sing and explore the rhythms and culture from the African tradition and celebrate Cameroon as our featured Country of Honor.
Date: Saturday, December 19th, 2015; 12pm
Address: New Jersey Performing Arts Center; 1 Center St., Newark, NJ
Cost: Free
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– Dec 19
A Christmas Parade along the Boulevard in Seaside Heights. Event is open to all Ocean County, NJ residents with gifts, giveaways, Santa’s Workshop, and a special Santa’s send-off with live entertainment as we light Santa’s way back home to the North Pole.
Date: Saturday, December 19th, 2015; 12pm to 5pm
Address: Seaside Heights Boardwalk, Seaside Heights, NJ
Cost: Free
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Grinchfest – Dec 19
***LIVE MUSIC
***DJ DON
***UGLY SWEATER CONTEST
***PICTURES WITH SANTA
***FOOD AND DRINK SPECIALS
PLUS A SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE/REUNION OF THE ONE, THE ONLY WHIRLING DERVISHES TO PLAY “YOU’RE A MEAN ONE, MR. GRINCH!”
Date: Saturday, December 19th, 2015; 1pm to 4pm
Address: Hailey’s Harp & Pub; 400 Main St, Metuchen, NJ
Cost: Free to Attend
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A Night of Hope: A Christmas Concert – Dec 19
RSVP space is limited: libertychristmas.eventbrite.com. A night to benefit the Union Food Pantry. Bring nonperishable food items. Raffle tickets will be given for each item of food donated. The more you bring the more chances to win
Date: Saturday, December 19th, 2015; 7pm
Address: Liberty Church; 953 West Chestnut St, Union, NJ
Cost: Free
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10th Annual Morristown Santa Con – Dec 19
The official Morristown Santa Pub Crawl has been a Morristown tradition for the past 10 years. The spectacle started with a mere 30 Santas in 2006 and has experienced tremendous annual growth – with well over a thousand jolly participants last year! Santa is expecting the best turnout yet for Morristown Santa Pub Crawl 2015
Date: Saturday, December 19th, 2015; 8pm
Address: Morristown locations. See Facebook page
Cost: Free to Attend
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Hopewell Valley Vineyard’s Ugly Holiday Sweater Party – Dec 19
Date: Saturday, December 19th, 2015; 5:30pm to 9:30pm
Address: 46 Yard Rd, Pennington, NJ
Cost: Free to Attend
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Sharrott Winery Ugly Sweater Weekend – Dec 19 & 20
Come to the Tasting Room to view their outstanding staff in their ugliest Holiday Sweaters. Of course, they expect you to do the same. Prizes and just plain holiday fun for everyone who participates.
Dates: December 19th & 20th, 2015; 12pm to 5pm
Address: Sharrott Winery; 370 S. Egg Harbor Rd, Hammonton, NJ
Cost: Free to Attend
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Annual ‘Open House’ & Christmas Tour of the Inn – Dec 20
Visit Main Street Manor Bed & Breakfast for the inn’s annual Christmas Tour . Ken & Donna Arold, owners of the 1901 Victorian Manor House invite visitors to tour the inn and enjoy the collections of Christmas memorabilia, some items dating back to the 1930’s. The inn’s common space will be festively-festooned w/fresh greens, twinkling lights, live evergreens and tinsel trees with collections of Christmasses – gone by. The inn will be open to visitors the Sunday before Christmas from 3 – 6 pm.
This year will be the 11th consecutive year hosting this informal Holiday house tour. A donation of $10 per person will allow visitors to tour the inn in a self-guided fashion, enjoy live holiday music, partake of refreshments, sweets and holiday treats provided by the hosts. This year’s tour donations will support the Kimi Goetz Olympic Fund, to aid this Olympic hopeful and Flemington hometown hero, in pursuing her dream as part of the 2018 Olympic speed-skating Team.
Date: Sunday, December 20th, 2015; 3-6pm
Address: Main Street Manor Bed & Breakfast Inn; 194 Main St., Flemington, NJ
Cost: $10 donation
