New Brunswick Heart Festival Will Be Aug. 14

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — This August, State Theatre New Jersey presents its second annual New Brunswick Heart Festival, and this year it will be held in person Aug. 14 in New Brunswick.

The New Brunswick Heart Festival celebrates the arts and history of New Brunswick and Middlesex County, featuring live music and entertainment performances, crafts, family-friendly activities and more.

The festival will take place in New Brunswick in-person at Monument Square at 2 Livingston Avenue from 4-7 p.m. Aug. 14.

Here is the schedule of events and performances on Aug. 14:

4-5 p.m. Performances on the main outdoor stage

Tap Dancer Omar Edwards

New Brunswick Brass Band

Sonido Latino

5-6 p.m. Performances on the main outdoor stage/Monument Square/roaming performances

New Brunswick Vinyl Society and Silent Knight

Hearts of Oak Youth Pipes & Drums

Jazz Violinist Bri Blvck

6-7 p.m. Performance and dance class on the main outdoor stage and on the street

The Bilingual Birdies Trio

Salsa Dance Class Party with Elvis Ruiz

7-9 p.m. Live Art Battle at Above Art Studios

Live Art Battle at Above Art Studios (55B Morris St) – Seven contestants, three timed rounds, and one prize winner.

9 p.m. onwards: Ignite the Night! Live DJs at restaurants Across New Brunswick

Run The Fade at Roosterspin (120 Albany St)

New Brunswick Vinyl Society at Ani Ramen (37 Easton Ave)

Flygerian at Delta’s (19 Dennis St)

Other events and activities from 4-7 p.m. include a theater tour of the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC); a sneak peak of State Theatre New Jersey’s extensive renovations and preparations for their grand 100th anniversary fall reopening with hard-hat theater tours of State Theatre; steamroller art with the American Hungarian Foundation; an activity tent with Garden of Healing; ticket giveaway contests by George Street Playhouse and American Repertory Ballet; button-making with the New Brunswick Free Public Library; yoga with Sisterwork; Japanese black ink drawing with the Highland Park Arts Commission and more.

It will also be live streamed on YouTube. For more information, visit NewBrunswickArts.org.

The New Brunswick HEART Festival is presented by New Brunswick Cultural Center; State Theatre New Jersey; Above Art Studios; New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC). Parnters include Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University; Sisterwork; Hub City Jazz Festival; George Street Playhouse; Crossroads Theatre Company; American Repertory Ballet; Live Well-Vivir Bien New Brunswick; The Arts Institute of Middlesex County; the city of New Brunswick; New Brunswick Development Corporation; New Brunswick City Center; New Brunswick Community Arts Council; Elijah’s Promise; New Jersey State Veterans Chamber of Commerce; Mason Gross Community Arts; New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra; Y.S.S. (Youth Services System); Youth Advocacy Program (YAP); coLAB Arts; Civic League of Greater New Brunswick; AMARD - Artist Mentoring Against Racism, Drugs, and Violence program; NBAB NAACP; Metuchen-Edison NAACP; Perth Amboy Area NAACP; Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce; New Brunswick Jazz Project; Garden of Healing; New Brunswick Public Schools; the New Brunswick Free Public Library; Hidden Gems Emporium; Metuchen Arts Council; American Hungarian Foundation; MCFOODS and the Stress Factory.

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