Must-See Events for Presidents Day Weekend in NJ

2025 Northern New Jersey President's Day (weekend) Events

Laser Queen
Saturday, February 15, 2025: @8:00 pm
Raritan Valley Community College
118 Lamington Road
Branchburg, NJ
Aged 10 to Adult
The legendary music of Queen transcends time, and this show might rock audience members right out of their seats. Did we mention the lead guitarist, Brian May, is an astrophysicist? Come rock the cosmos in a blaze of light, sound, and color. Some of Queen's hit songs in this show include "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," "Another One Bites the Dust," "Under Pressure," and "We Are the Champions."

Maple Sugaring at the Environmental Education Center
Saturdays & Sundays, February 15, 16, 2025
190 Lord Stirling Road
Basking Ridge
Cost: $6 per student/senior $7 per adult (Walk-in ticket sales only. Tickets for Maple Sugaring will be sold the day of the program inside the EEC building)
Visitors will learn how trees are tapped, view sap-collecting methods past and present, and see the boiling process that produces delicious New Jersey maple syrup. This 60-minute, outdoor program is conducted at our Sugar Shack, a ½-mile hike from the EEC. Please arrive at the EEC 30-40 minutes before the program start time to purchase tickets and hike to the Sugar Shack to meet your Naturalist. Please dress appropriately for the weather conditions. Boots are recommended as the trails can be wet, muddy, and/or covered by snow.

2025 Central New Jersey President's Day (weekend) Events

Slow Motion
Now until September 1, 2025( Friday – Sunday, Sunset – 10PM )
Grounds for Sculpture
80 Sculptors Way
Hamilton, NJ
Cost: $12 - $15, children under 5 free
Slow Motion, an indoor and outdoor art exhibition curated by Monument Lab at Grounds For Sculpture, reimagines the material possibilities of public memory. The exhibition will feature the work of artists who make their mark through unconventional materials and processes for sculpture. By experimenting with the life cycles of collective memory, the exhibition invites artists as well as visitors to play with the central question, "how can we remake our relationship with monuments?"

New Jersey Boat Expo
February 13th - 16th, 2025
New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center
97 Sunfield Avenue
Edison, NJ 08837
Cost: Adults:Adults: $15 Kids 12 and under FREE
This show has something for every age and interest with hundreds of new boats on sale from the top dealers in the state representing boating's most popular brands. Attendees will be able to board and shop all the top boat brands and models of all sizes. The show also has a Boater's Marketplace, FREE Seminars and Boating Safety Classes and the Kids Cove which includes "I Spy Scavenger Hunt," face painting, and the turtle tank.

Maple Sugaring
Saturday, February 15, 2025; 10 am - 11 am & 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
The Watershed Center
31 Titus Mill Road
Pennington, NJ .
Discover the history, folklore, and science of maple sugaring. Visit their maple trees, find out how they tap them using drills and spiles, and try a sample of sweet maple sugar. Learn about the evaporation process and how sticky sap transforms into sweet maple syrup. The operation of our outdoor evaporator is dependent on the amount of sap the trees produce and the weather. It may not be running during all program sessions.

Red, White & Brew Fest
Saturday, February 15th, 2025
CURE Insurance Arena
81 Hamilton Ave
Trenton, NJ
This President's Day holiday weekend beer festival features over 50 styles of craft beers, wines, and spirits.
There will be free samples, live music from Nine Deeez Nite, Interactive Games, Contests and more.

Parlor Games for Wintry Weather
Sunday, February 16 from 12-2:30 p.m.
Historic Longstreet Farm
44 Longstreet Road
Holmdel
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.

2025 Southern New Jersey President's Day (weekend) Events

Cape May Opens Up for Presidents Weekend!
If you've already had enough of winter and can't face the thought that it's only half over, you've come to the right place for a cure during Presidents Weekend in Cape May.
This charming year round Victorian resort town feaures tree-lined, gas lamp streets, quaint shops, authentic Victorian homes, and Bed and Breakfasts. One of it's claims is that it possesses the largest collection of authentic Victorian homes in the nation.This is the time of the year when many of it's popular activities and things to do begin to emerge.
Popular things to do on Presidents Day weekend include; The Ghosts of Cape May Trolley Tour, Underground Railroad tour, The Cape May Lighthouse, The Emlen Physick Estate, and more with Victorian B & B's and a good variety of restaurants.

Winter Warrior Challenge
Saturday February 15, 2025
The Civic Center
Ocean City, NJ
This Presidents Day Weekend event features four components: an obstacle course race for children, a "Winter Warrior" obstacle course race for parents and individuals, team challenges such as a fire truck pull, and an indoor festival for participants and spectators.
Show your grit, effort, resilience, courage and resolve on a cold 2.5-mile course with 10 obstacles along the way. Look for things like sand mounds, tire run, floating steps and cargo net climb along the way. This race is reserved for participants ages 14 and older. All survivors receive an exclusive Winter Warrior Challenge finisher shirt.

Winter Birding: Avalon to Cape May
February 16, 2025: @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
8th Street Parking Lot
Avalon, NJ
Cost: $20 members, $25 nonmembers.
February is a wonderful time of year to seek out various species of waterfowl, as lingering winterers are joined by northbound migrants. This special event will take you through the coastal and inland areas of Cape May County to find and enjoy a wide range of species, including scoters, mergansers, eiders, and many other ducks, plus a great array of shorebirds, cormorants, grebes. This birding break has something to offer birders of all skill and experience levels.