Jessica Vosk kicks off a new season at the Mayo Performing Arts Center on Friday, launching a weekend that brings plenty of star power to Morristown.
The Broadway performer is followed at MPAC by Cheap Trick on Saturday and Air Supply on Sunday, while The Rascals get the music started Thursday with their 60th anniversary tour.
Elsewhere, American history takes center stage with a Constitution Day tree planting, What the Constitution Means to Me, Revolutionary Newark and a Ulysses S. Grant exhibition tour. There’s also music at the Morristown & Township Library, dueling pianos in Madison, a Concert of Dreams in Gladstone and a fundraiser for Family Promise of Morris County.
And to our friends who observe the holiday, we wish you a meaningful Yom Kippur.
Scroll down for details. Check our handy calendar for even more activities–and add your own events, too.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 2026:
The Morristown & Morris Township Library offers Morning Yoga at 10 a.m. upstairs in the Gallery. All ability levels are welcome; no registration is necessary. Bring your own yoga mat and equipment. Free. One Miller Road, Morristown. More info
The Morris County Park Commission and New Jersey Arborists Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture commemorate America’s 250th anniversary with a tree planting ceremony at Central Park of Morris County in Parsippany-Troy Hills, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thirteen trees representing the original colonies will be planted on Constitution Day, along with a time capsule intended to be opened for the nation’s 300th anniversary in 2076. Rain or shine. Free. More info.
The Morristown & Morris Township Library continues its Muppet Film Fest with The Muppets Take Manhattan at 6:30 pm in the lower-level meeting room. The all-ages program includes singalongs and light refreshments. Free. One Miller Road, Morristown. More info
The Rascals celebrate their 60th anniversary at the Mayo Performing Arts Center, at 7:30 p.m. Original frontman Felix Cavaliere and company revisit hits including Groovin’, People Got to Be Free and Good Lovin’. Tickets: $57-$114. At 100 South St., Morristown. More info.
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at 7:30 p.m. Two couples collide over one volatile night in Albee’s darkly comic examination of marriage, illusion and the stories people tell themselves to survive. Tickets: $45-$85. Recommended for ages 15 and older. Run time: three hours, 15 minutes. The production runs through Sept. 27, 2026. At 36 Madison Ave., Madison.*** Read our review.*** More info
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18:
The Morris County Library in Whippany presents a free screening of Pressure (PG), at 2 pm: In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice: Launch the most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether. At 30 East Hanover Ave. More info.
Madison’s free Summer Stage Series concludes with Kate Dressed Up, Nematode and BLÜCRÜE starting at 6 p.m., at the Madison Community Arts Center. Rain or shine. At 10 Kings Road. More info
Family Promise of Morris County hosts its second annual Fall Into Giving fundraiser from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Morristown’s historic Kellogg Club. The evening features food and drinks, live music by Second Groove Jazz, artwork by Patti Kaufman and a raffle, benefiting families and individuals experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Tickets: $125. At 25 Colles Ave., Morristown. More info.
The Morristown & Township Library presents the Dolce Trio at 7 p.m., with music spanning 250 years of American history, from Colonial-era selections and Celtic tunes to fiddle, parlor and classical music. Loni Bach is on cello, Kris Lamb on flute, recorders and Irish whistle, and Dr. Lynn L. Siebert on violin. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. in the Media Wing. Free; all ages welcome. At One Miller Road, Morristown. More info.
The Troubadour Concert Series presents a double bill of award-winning drag queen Flamy Grant and singer-songwriter Kevin Neidig at 7:30 p.m. 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
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at 7:30 p.m. For more, see Thursday entry
Broadway performer Jessica Vosk opens the season at the Mayo Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Vosk is known for performances in Wicked, Hell’s Kitchen and Beaches, along with concert appearances around the world. Tickets: $45-$101. At 100 South St., Morristown. More info.
Video: An interview with Broadway star Jessica Vosk:
SATURDAY, SEPT. 19:
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
Road trip! Revolutionary Newark in the Park: History + Remembrance starts at 11 a.m. at the plaza in front of the Newark Museum of Art, opposite Harriet Tubman Square. Jim Coe will discuss Newark Academy’s Revolutionary War history, and Guy Sterling will explore J. Massey Rhind’s equestrian statue of George Washington. Free. Rain date: Sept. 26. RSVP by Sept. 17. More info.
Randolph’s 20th Annual Country Fair returns to Veterans Community Park from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., with food, games, live music, vendors and a patriotic card-writing station for veterans. Rain date: Oct. 3. At 100 Calais Road, Randolph. More info.
The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms celebrates the fall harvest and the property’s agricultural history with its 14th Annual Fall Family Day, from noon-4 p.m. The family festival features a petting zoo, pony rides, pumpkin painting, games and races, handcraft demonstrations, scavenger hunts, crafts and performances by the Denville String Band. Food will be available for purchase, and the Log House will be open for self-guided visits. Free; advance registration recommended. At 2352 State Route 10, Morris Plains. More info.
Pioneer Productions and the Morris Museum present an encore run of Heidi Schreck’s acclaimed What the Constitution Means to Me, at 2 p.m. in the museum’s Bickford Theatre. Tickets: $20-$38. At 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township. Also Sunday at 2 p.m. *** Read our review.*** More info.
Grow It Green Morristown hosts Alfresco at the Farm, from 3-6 p.m. at the Urban Farm, with live music, local food, farm exploration, education stations, face painting, caricatures, games and family activities. A Gazpacho Tasting Contest features entries from local chefs and restaurants, with celebrity judges and festival-goers choosing their favorites. Free. Rain date: Sunday, Sept. 20. More info.
Dueling Pianos, featuring Piano Mike and Piano Pete, comes to the Madison Community Arts Center at 7 p.m. The interactive, family-friendly show ranges across classic rock, pop, country, jazz, Broadway and contemporary hits, with audience requests and sing-alongs. Tickets: $20-$25. At 10 Kings Road, Madison. More info.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church presents a Gala Organ Concert at 7:30 p.m., featuring international concert and recording artist Dr. Anthony Hammond on the church’s historic 1930 Skinner organ. Reception follows. Free. At 121 South St., Morristown. More info.
Peapack Reformed Church presents Concert of Dreams at 7:30 p.m., featuring 16 professional singers and a chamber orchestra performing 15 selections inspired by dreams, imagination and possibility, including When You Wish Upon a Star, The Impossible Dream and I Dream a World. At 224 Main St., Gladstone. See link for ticket details. More info.
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. For more, see Thursday entry.
Cheap Trick brings its All Washed Up Tour to the Mayo Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m., with opening act James Hatem. The rock veterans’ catalog includes I Want You to Want Me, Dream Police, The Flame and Surrender. Tickets: $91-$169. At 100 South St., Morristown. More info.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 20:
The Morristown Farmers Market continues from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with produce, baked goods, specialty foods and more from local vendors. Free. Morristown Parking Authority lot at Spring and Morris streets, behind the Morristown Post Office. More info
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum offers a Tour With the Curator: Thomas Nast’s American Hero, Ulysses S. Grant, at 1 p.m. F.M. Kirby Curator of Collections Ryan Hyman leads a behind-the-scenes exploration of the museum’s newest exhibition, examining Grant’s career through historic artifacts and Thomas Nast’s images. Free for members; $15 adults, $10 seniors and $5 children for non-members, including museum admission. At 45 Macculloch Ave., Morristown. More info.
The Domestic Blockade; Thomas Nast (1840-1902); Hand-Colored Lithograph; Currier & Ives; 1863. Courtesy of Macculloch Hall Historical Museum.
Pioneer Productions and the Morris Museum present What the Constitution Means to Me at 2 p.m., followed by a discussion hosted by ACLU-NJ Policy Counsel DaWuan Norwood. For more, see Saturday entry.
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at 2 p.m. For more, see Thursday entry.
Air Supply performs at the Mayo Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m., with romantic hits including Lost in Love, All Out of Love, The One That You Love, Making Love Out of Nothing at All and Every Woman in the World. Tickets: $91-$169. At 100 South St., Morristown. More info.
Chabad of Morristown hosts Yom Kippur services at the Hyatt Regency Morristown on Speedwell Avenue. RSVP is requested. More info
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