Performing Arts & Music

A Perpetual Variety of New Performances

New Brunswick greatly values its arts and culture and has endless options for enjoying the performing arts: the State Theatre New Jersey, a premier regional venue; Crossroads Theatre Company, winner of the prestigious Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater; and the George Street Playhouse, a nationally-recognized theatre performing Broadway-caliber shows. Rutgers University's renowned Mason Gross School of the Arts and the American Repertory Ballet, also contribute to the vibrant arts scene.

Nowhere else but New Brunswick can you find such a concentration of amazing talent and award-winning shows.

Explore New Brunswick Art, Culture & Heritage with over 60,000 works of art. More information here.

Enjoy our year-round calendar of events here.

Upcoming Events

May 16 to May 19

Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

COMEDY OF ERRORS: a Tragedy written by William Shakespeare, produced by Thinkery & Verse A merchant caught in the crosshairs of a geopolitical spat, a suspicious wife and her naive sister, a...

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Sat May 18

Amos Lee Transmissions Tour with Julia Pratt

One of the shining stars of modern folk, Amos Lee creates the rare kind of music that’s emotionally raw yet touched with a certain magical quality. On his eighth album...

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May 17 to May 19

Stress Factory Comedy Club - Donnell Rawlings

Donnell Rawlings is an overnight success a decade in the making. You’ve seen him on Comedy Central’s award winning and critically celebrated Chappelle’s Show as ‘Ashy Larry’, the 70’s jheri...

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