“Shrek the Musical” will be presented in Bernards Township, July 16-18 and 23-25; and Manasquan, July 17-19 and 24-26.
July 15: “Sleeping Beauty” at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Glassboro.
July 15-19: Ocean County Fair at Robert J. Miller Airpark, Berkeley Township.
July 15-19: “Peter Pan” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
July 15 and Aug. 22: New Jersey Symphony Chamber Musicians, Symphony in the Stacks series at Jersey City Free Public Library, Glen D. Cunningham Branch.
July 16-18 and 23-25: “Shrek the Musical,” presented by Trilogy Repertory at Pleasant Valley Park, Bernards Township.
July 16-19, 24-26 and 31 and Aug. 1-2: “Freaky Friday: A New Musical,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.
July 17-19: “The Little Mermaid,” presented by The Yardley Players at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
July 17-18 and 24-25: “The Little Mermaid” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
July 17-19 and 24-26: “Shrek the Musical” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
July 18: ViewerCon 2026 at NJPAC, Newark.
July 18: “A Toy’s Tale” at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
July 18: “Beauty & the Beats” featuring Disney music, Music Under the Stars Concert Series at Deer Path Park, Readington.
July 18-19: Grand Artistry Live arts festival at Plainfield Performing Arts Center.
July 21-25: Burlington County Farm Fair at Burlington County Fairgrounds, Columbus.
July 22: “Jungle Book” at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Glassboro.
July 22-26: Monmouth County Fair at East Freehold Showgrounds.
July 22 and Aug. 13: New Jersey Symphony Chamber Musicians, Symphony in the Stacks series at Jersey City Free Public Library, Priscilla Gardner Main Library.
July 22-26 and Aug. 12-16: “Disney’s Aladdin Jr.” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
July 23: Ron Albanese, Polka Dot the Elf, Thursday Family Fun at Southwest Resiliency Park, Hoboken.
July 23-24: “Shrek the Musical Jr.” at Liberty Middle School, West Orange.
July 23-26: Gloucester County 4-H Fair at 4-H Fairgrounds, Mullica Hill.
July 24-25: “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.
July 24-26: “Disney’s Descendants,” presented by Aspire Performing Arts Company at Barn Theatre, Montville.
July 24-26: Morris County 4-H Fair at High View Farms, Mount Olive.
July 25: Montclair Theater Festival at Brookdale Park.
July 25-26: Mercer County 4-H Fair at Howell Living History Farm.
July 25-Aug. 1: Warren County Farmers Fair and Hot Air Balloon Festival, Phillipsburg.
July 29 and Aug. 5: New Jersey Symphony Chamber Musicians, Symphony in the Stacks series at Jersey City Free Public Library, Earl Morgan Branch.
July 29-31 and Aug. 1-2 and Sept. 2-6: “The Little Mermaid” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
July 30: Mr. Magico, Thursday Family Fun at Southwest Resiliency Park, Hoboken.
July 31-Aug. 8: New Jersey State Fair at Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta.
July 31 and Aug. 1, 7-8 and 14-15: “Disney’s Aladdin KIDS” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
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