Community Calendar

All are welcome to compete for cash prizes in the third annual Noyes Gingerbread Village Competition! Your creation will be on display at the 2025 Noyes Holiday Market and Gingerbread Village and throughout the month of December.
Prizes will be awarded to those with the highest amount of votes during the event weekend. First place award is $500!

The theme of the competition is famous global monuments.

The Noyes Holiday Market & Gingerbread Village will be back this year on Saturday, December 6 & Sunday, December 7 from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Enjoy shopping, live music, craft activities, and more! Local artists and craftspeople will sell their wares throughout the event weekend. The vendor application will open in mid-August.

This year's theme for the Gingerbread Village: soon to be announced

Vote on your favorite gingerbread house!

Register your young baker (ages 8 through 12 years old) for a cookie decorating workshop.

Each child will receive hands-on instructions, tricks, and tips for decorating sugar and gingerbread cookies throughout the duration of the workshop. Each attendee will work on 12 cookies in class: 6 Gingerbread and 6 sugar cookies. All tools and materials are provided.

Yates Musical Theatre for Children returns for another year of tradition with A Christmas Carol.

This show is a musical adaptation of the tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who hated Christmas. On Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a journey. During his nighttime reflection into the past, the present, and the future, he witnesses the lives of his poor office clerk, Bob Cratchit, and the crippled Tiny Tim.

Yates Musical Theatre has brought these unforgettable characters from the page to the stage. They’ve added a melodious score and wrapped it all up in a beautiful holiday present of a production. Join us for this heartwarming theatre experience that will put everyone in a holiday spirit.

Please note that it is the Grunin Center Policy for all Family Shows that all attendees, regardless of age, require a ticket.

Celebrate the Holidays with the NJ Festival Orchestra and Three Award Winning Holiday Tenors.
Under the direction of Maestro David Wroe, the NJFO’s festive holiday celebration is a symphonic spectacular that brings the magic of the season to life. With a touch of Broadway and a few popular classics, the concert will delight people of all ages!

The Kelsey Players

The excitement and wonder of the long-awaited midnight visit by Santa Claus, made famous in Clement Moore’s beloved poem, is brought to life in a fun and enchanting musical perfect for even the littlest ones. Bring the whole family for this joyous Kelsey holiday tradition. Stay and take a photo with Santa!

Sat. Dec. 6 at 1pm & 4pm                                                                                                             
Sun. Dec. 7 at 1pm & 4pm

Special daytime show for groups Mon. Dec. 8 at 10:00am

Conner Gray Covington conductor
New Jersey Symphony

Buddy was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. This holiday season, relive this heartwarming holiday classic on a giant screen as every note of John Debney’s wonderful score is played live to picture in: Elf in Concert!

Presentation licensed by CineConcerts. Rated PG. ELF and all related characters and elements © & ™ New Line Productions, Inc. (s25)

Teen bakers (ages 13 through 17 years old) can enjoy a cookie decorating workshop.

Each attendee will work on 12 cookies in class: 6 gingerbread and 6 sugar cookies. All tools and materials are provided. The sugar cookies that will be decorated all represent different snowy scenes.

The Trenton Children's Chorus, comprised of choristers in grades K-12, will present a free cocncert featuring festive music of the season.

Join us for our winter celebration of old European tunes, selections from the Nutcracker and more! WHE Concerts are free will offering - great fun for the family.