Greater Morristown weekend preview: Summer of Love meets Shakespeare gone wild

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Summer’s not over yet.

Greater Morristown keeps the season humming this weekend with a Summer of Love, jazz on the Back Deck, songs around a mosquito-free campfire and Shakespeare going rogue. Also in the mix: a movie about runaway AI, live music in Madison, farmers markets, yoga, Qigong and a drag competition.

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


THURSDAY, AUG. 20, 2026:

Free yoga continues at the Morristown & Township Library at 10 a.m., upstairs in the F.M. Kirby Gallery. All levels are welcome; no registration is required. Bring your own mat and equipment. Morristown & Township Library, One Miller Road, Morristown. More info

Grammy-nominated vocalist Carla Cook performs in the Morris Museum’s Back Deck Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Cook blends jazz with swing, gospel, R&B and contemporary influences. Tickets are $63 for a block accommodating two patrons and $33 for a block for one. The concert moves indoors in bad weather. Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township. More info

Carla Cook. Source: MorrisMuseum.org

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents Rogue Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor at 7:30 p.m., kicking off the production’s final weekend. With no director shaping the action, the actors take charge of Shakespeare’s fast-paced comedy of schemes, disguises and revenge, as Sir John Falstaff discovers that Mistress Ford and Mistress Page are more than a match for his romantic plotting. Tickets are $25-$65. Additional performances are Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, 36 Madison Ave., Madison.
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Glen Burtnik’s Summer of Love Concert celebrates the music of the Woodstock generation at 8 p.m. at Mayo Performing Arts Center. Burtnik and the Summer of Love band perform music by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jefferson Airplane and more. Tickets are $45-$79. Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South St., Morristown. More info

Source: MPAC

FRIDAY, AUG. 21:

The Morris County Library presents a free screening of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. A “Man From the Future” arrives at a Los Angeles diner and attempts to recruit a group of patrons for a one-night quest to save the world from a rogue artificial intelligence. Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave., Whippany. More info

The Madison Community Arts Center’s free Summer Stage series presents Water Street at 6 p.m. Madison Community Arts Center, 10 Kings Road, Madison. More info

Rogue Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor continues at 7:30 p.m. at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. For more, see Thursday entry. More info

Campfire Night at the Troubadour begins at 7:30 p.m. with three performers singing unamplified in the middle of the audience by the glow of an electric campfire. The theater-in-the-round evening features music, stories and singalongs, with s’mores and hot cocoa served at the break. Admission is $20, $15 for Folk Project members; children 12 and under are free with an adult. Livestream: $10. Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township. More info


SATURDAY, AUG. 22:

The Morris Plains Farmers Market continues its season from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with fresh produce, baked goods, specialty foods and other local goods. Free. Merchant Block, 738 Speedwell Ave., Morris Plains. More info

Qigong returns to the Morristown & Township Library at 10:15 a.m. This traditional Chinese mind-body exercise system combines slow, flowing movements, breath work and meditation, and can be adapted for all ability levels. Free. Morristown & Township Library, One Miller Road, Morristown. More info

Rogue Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor continues at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. The 2 p.m. performance includes a symposium. For more, see Thursday entry. More info

Steal the Spotlight 2.0, a monthly drag competition show, returns to the Madison Community Arts Center. A comedy set by Kaitlyn Kocses begins at 7:50 p.m., followed by the show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. BYOB. Madison Community Arts Center, 10 Kings Road, Madison. More info


SUNDAY, AUG. 23:

The Morristown Farmers Market continues its summer season from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with produce, baked goods, specialty foods and more from local vendors. Morristown Parking Authority Lot, Spring and Morris streets, behind the Morristown Post Office. Free. More info

Rogue Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor concludes its run with a 2 p.m. performance at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. For more, see Thursday entry. More info

 

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