Greater Morristown weekend preview: Easing into 2020

Swingin' Tern contra dancing
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Happy New Year from MorristownGreen.com!

December was so jam-packed with entertainment that a breather feels well deserved.

Yet Greater Morristown still offers options for people looking for fun ways to start 2020.

Scroll down for details. Check our handy calendar for even more activities–and add your own events, too!


FRIDAY, JAN. 3:

Morning Yoga with Munah Hayes returns to the Morristown & Township Library at 9:30 am. Free. Bring a yoga mat. At One Miller Road, Morristown.

Metropolitan Saxophone Quartet

Grace Church in Madison presents the Metropolitan Saxophone Quartet at 6:30 pm, in a program ranging from Mozart to Glenn Miller to Pharrell Williams, and holiday offerings. Freewill donation at the door. A potluck supper precedes the show at 5:30 pm. At 4 Madison Ave., 973-377-0106 x17.

The Troubadour Acoustic Concert Series in Morris Township presents blues guitar wizard Toby Walker, with opener Matt Arons, at 7:30 pm.  Admission: $10; children 12 and under, free. At the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road.

Toby Walker

The Mayo Performing Arts Center presents Manhattan Comedy Night at 8 pm. Mature themes, language. Adults only. Tickets: $25-$30. At 100 South St., 973-539-8008.


SATURDAY, JAN. 4:

NJ Audubon presents Nature Infused Yoga, at 9:30 am at the Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary, 11 Hardscrabble Road in Bernardsville. Cost: $12 members, $15 non-members. No experience necessary; all levels welcome. For ages 15 years and older. Please arrive 10 minutes early, bring a yoga mat if you have one. Walk-ins are welcome. Register: 908-396-6386.

The Folk Project presents Swingin’ Tern contra dancing at 7 pm, featuring music by the Brooklyn Swing Ensemble. Admission: $5-$12. At the First Church of Hanover, 14 Hanover Road, 973-335-9489.

Swingin’ Tern contra dancing

SUNDAY, JAN. 5:

Grow It Green Morristown hosts the Seventh Annual Winter Farmers Market, from 10 am to 1 pm at the Alexander Hamilton School in Morristown. More than a dozen regional vendors will sell everything from pasture-fed meat to winter produce. Every Sunday through March 29, 2020.

The Mayo Performing Arts Center hosts the New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Xian Zhang and featuring pianist Inon Barnatan, in a program of Smetana, Clara Schumann and Prokofiev, at 3 pm. Tickets: $43-$92. At 100 South St., 973-539-8008.

Inan Barnatan

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