Enjoy family-friendly performances this holiday season. Here is your guide to Family-Friendly Holiday Theater, Concerts and Musicals in Central NJ.

Family-Friendly Holiday Theater, Concerts and Musicals in Central NJ

2025 Events

A Playhouse Christmas
November 5 – December 21, 2025
Hunterdon Hills Playhouse (West Hampton, NJ)

The Nutcracker
November 28 – 30, 2025
McCarter Theatre (Princeton, NJ)

Charlie Brown Christmas
November 29, 2025
State Theatre (New Brunswick, NJ)

Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet
December 5, 2025
Raritan Valley Community College – Edward Nash Theatre (Branchburg, NJ)

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
December 5, 6 & 7, 2025
Kelsey Theatre (West Windsor, NJ)

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis
December 6, 2025
State Theatre (New Brunswick, NJ)

Frosty & Rudolf
December 6 – 21, 2025 (Multiple Dates)
Music Mountain Theatre (Lambertville, NJ)

Christmas in Neverland
December 6, 7, 13 & 14, 2025
Main Street Theatre Company (Old Bridge, NJ)

Elf in Concert
December 7, 2025
Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank, NJ)

A Christmas Carol
December 9 – 28, 2025
McCarter Theatre (Princeton, NJ)

A Christmas Carol
December 11-14, 2025
Brook Arts Center (Bound Brook, NJ)

Cirque Dreams Holidaze
December 12 & 13, 2025
State Theatre (New Brunswick, NJ)

The Nutcracker
December 12, 13 & 14, 2025
Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank, NJ)

Holiday Express
December 16, 2025
Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank, NJ)

The Nutcracker
December 18 – 21, 2025
State Theatre (New Brunswick, NJ)

The Nutcracker
December 19, 2025
Kelsey Theatre (West Windsor, NJ)

Darlene Love
December 19, 2025
Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank, NJ)

Polar Express
December 20, 2025
Brook Arts Center (Bound Brook, NJ)

Cocoa Cabaret
December 20, 2025
Brook Arts Center (Bound Brook, NJ)

Black Nativity
December 28, 2025
Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank, NJ)

Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert
December 31, 2025
State Theatre (New Brunswick, NJ)