New Brunswick Heart Festival This Saturday: All-Ages Festival Of Music And Culture

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — This Saturday, there will be a free outdoor festival for all ages in the city of New Brunswick.

It's the New Brunswick Heart Festival and it runs Saturday, August 9 from 2 - 6 p.m. The festival will be held in the heart of New Brunswick in front of the theaters at Monument Square (2 Livingston Avenue).

This FREE family-friendly festival features live music and dance performances; free dance classes for kids; craft and art vendors; free face painting, arts & crafts, Henna, caricatures, and balloon animals; a health & wellness area hosted by Garden of Healing; a history corner featuring historical interpreters by the Arts Institute of Middlesex County’s East Jersey Old Town Village & Cornelius Low House and much more.

Here is the schedule of events for the day:

1 p.m. — State Theatre New Jersey LUMIA: A Futuristic Cirque Show

An amazing laser light cirque show featuring a cast of acrobats, jugglers, dancers and daredevils — fun for the entire family! Not free, must buy tickets: https://www.stnj.org/events/de...

ALL DAY—2-6PM

DJ IZM and hosts Sharon Gordon & Bert Baron
Outdoor Stage

Open House at Princeton Ballet School Studio
60 Bayard St.

History & Art Studio space at State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue

Visit the STNJ studio for an art installation by Melissa Pepin, a visual display of a historic timeline of New Brunswick's music scene, set models from Plays-In-The-Park, and East Jersey Old Town Village's history display, including a printing press.

2PM-3PM — Outdoor Stage

New Brunswick High School Cheerleaders

New Brunswick Brass Band

Jersey Talent winner, pianist Elias Nicozisis

Bollywood Zumba by Navrang Dance Academy

3PM-4PM — Outdoor Stage

Grupo de Danza Folklórica La Sagrada Familia

George Street Playhouse musical performance

4PM-5PM — Outdoor Stage

Tap dancer Omar Edwards

National ACT-SO Bronze Medalist and singer Myles Cherett

Afro-Peruvian music and dance by Socabón Peru Cultural Association with Special Guest Mariela Valencia

5PM-6PM — Outdoor Stage

Hustle dance instruction with Amy Garcia Phillips and the Contento Dancers

Motown and Disco hits with The Discoteks

Also, be sure to stop by and check out their food vendors including Mozzarella Italian & Mexican Cucina, Crazy Korn, Flavor Savior, Algie Mae's Grill, Jamaican Patty Wagon and more.