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The Middlesex County Region's cultural scene offers a year-round schedule of musical, theatrical, artistic, and dance performances. There are several museums and art galleries located in the area, along with numerous historical sites. For those who prefer to be active, there are golf courses and riding stables. Do not miss out on all these attractions located throughout the Central Jersey Region!

Alfa Art Gallery
108 Church Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-296-6270
Located in the heart of New Brunswick, Alfa Art Gallery welcomes artists, fine collectors, and visitors. Open Tuesday - Saturday 12 - 8 pm. This space is also available to rent for your special occasion!

American Repertory Ballet / Princeton Ballet
80 Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-249-1254
American Repertory Ballet is New Jersey's leading dance company and one of the state's major arts organizations. Since 1987, it has been designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, also receiving a Citation of Excellence for 1998-2003 - the only dance company to receive both honors.

Barron Arts Center

582 Rahway Avenue

Woodbridge, NJ 07095

732-634-0413

Musical performances in a variety of styles, a forum for poets, readers and audience alike known as PoetsWednesday and art exhibitions by nationally artists and craftsmen in addition to the work of notable New Jersey artists have graced the gallery of the Barron Arts Center.

Cabaret Theater
Corner of Nichol and Suydam Streets
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-846-2134
The Cabaret Theatre is a non profit organization located on the Douglass Campus of Rutgers University. Entirely student managed, the Cabaret Theatre receives no financial assistance from the University, and is dependent upon receipts from previous events to fund its new productions.

Crossroads Theater Company
7 Livingston Avenue PO Box 238
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-545-8100
Crossroads Theatre Company, recipient of the 1999 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre in the United States, is the nation's premiere African American theater

Edison Memorial Tower and Menlo Park Museum
37 Christie Street
Edison, NJ 08820
732-549-3299
A 131-foot tower by a 13 1/2-foot-high electric light bulb stands at the birthplace of recorded sound. Museum contains some of Edison's inventions, including phonographs and light bulbs. Open (Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm).

Fairway Golf Center
1650 Stelton Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732-819-0111
Fairway Golf Center's Adventure Mini Golf features 18 holes of mini golf fun for the whole family. Also has a driving range and a 3-par golf course.

George Street Playhouse
9 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-846-2895
George Street Playhouse is a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and emerging theatre artists. Founded in 1974, the Playhouse has been represented by numerous productions both on and Off Broadway

Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
71 Hamilton Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-932-7237
$3.00 per person for adults who are not members of the museum. Entrance to the museum is free at all times for members, all children under 18, and Rutgers University students, faculty, and staff with a valid I.D. In addition, the first Sunday of each month will be free to all.

Lakeview, The Buckelew House
203 Buckelew Avenue
Jamesburg, NJ 08831
732-521-2040
This historic house has a rich magnificent history related not just to Jamesburg but to the state and the nation.

Mason Gross Performing Arts Center
33 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-932-9360
At Mason Gross School of the Arts, almost every night of the week is filled with performances and exhibitions: classical music, opera, jazz, and music of the 20th century; art exhibits by talented students, faculty, and guest artists; modern dance performed by talented faculty students and guest artists; and a theater series that rivals those of the best repertory theaters in the country.

Middlesex County Museum / Cornelius Low House
1225 River Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732-745-4177
The Cornelius Low House was built in 1741 by a prominent merchant, Cornelius Low. The house sits on a bluff overlooking what was the Colonial port community of Raritan Landing. The house was purchased by the County of Middlesex in 1979 from the last of 5 private families to own it since it was built. It remains today as it stood then and is one of two remaining structures from that commmunity. The Low House is used as a state and local history museum, displaying changing exhibits which run for 12-15 months.Info.html

New Jersey Museum of Agriculture
103 College Farm Road
PO Box 7788
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
732-249-2077
The New Jersey Museum of Agriculture's mission is to tell the story of the Garden State's agriculture - past, present, and future. The New Jersey Museum of Agriculture is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and on select Sundays for weekend programming. General admission is $4.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors, and $2.00 for children ages 4 to 12. Museum Members and children 3 and younger are free.

Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
348 Pension Road
Old Bridge, NJ 08857
732-446-1373
Old Bridge Township Raceway Park is a complex consisting of a 1/4 mile NHRA dragstrip, a 1/8 mile junior dragstrip, paved road courses and ovals for karts, offroad facilities for motocross and ATVs, and in the near future, a 1.35 mile 13 turn road course which is due to open in 2006. The facility is located near Englishtown, New Jersey.

Plays-in-the-Park
Stephen J. Capestro Ampitheater
Roosevelt Park
1 Pine Drive
Edison, NJ 08837
732-548-2884
Plays-in-the-Park has been cited for the excellence of its theatrical productions, making it the pre-eminent Community Theater in Middlesex County. The theater has produced three or four full-scale musicals each summer for 10 performances each, complete with large Union orchestras for 45 years.

Proprietary House / Royal Governor’s Mansion
149 Kearny Avenue
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
732-826-5527
Built between 1762 and 1764, this was the home to William Franklin, last Royal Governor of NJ, and is the only remaining official governor's residence in the original 13 colonies. Individual and group tours. Open all Year.


Somerset Patriots
Minor league baseball
1 Patriots Park
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
908-252-0700
The 6,100 seat ballpark is the home to 70 Somerset Patriots games during an Atlantic League season. Single tickets or group packages available, along with special theme nights to add to the fun.

State Theater
11 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-247-2700
The historic State Theatre is a magnificently renovated 1921 vaudeville and silent film palace that is today a premier nonprofit venue for the performing arts and entertainment. Credited as a major factor in New Brunswick’s return to economic vitality, the State Theatre offers something for everyone including: international orchestras, Broadway musicals, world-class dance, opera, stand-up comedy, Pop, Jazz, children's theater, world music, educational programs, and more—annually attracting some 300,000 patrons.

Stress Factory Comedy Club
90 Church Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-545-4242
Entertaining New Jersey for over 10 years with the best stand-up comedians the industry has to offer! Comedians such as Dave Attel, Jim Breuer, Kevin Pollack, Richard Lewis, Louie Anderson, Charlie Murphy, Brian Regan, Jim Norton, Bill Burr, Patrice O' Neal, Vinnie Brand, Gilbert Gottfried, Doug Stanhope, Aires Spears, Artie Lang, Chris Rock, Denis Leary, Rich Vos, Ralphie May, Gary Gulman, Andrew Dice Clay, and many other comedians you can't find anywhere else have performed here.

Washington Riding Stables
1701 S. Washington Avenue
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732-249-2471