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Grunin Center for the Arts presents The Jane Austen Playlist on Valentine's Day

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Grunin Center for the Arts presents The Jane Austen Playlist: Love and Music of Regency England on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 2:00pm. Discover the music that Jane Austen played and loved.





 

Will Downing to Perform at UCPAC on Valentine's Day

(RAHWAY, NJ) -- New Jersey resident and former Angela Bofill Manager Rich Engel is teaming up with old friend and fellow Jersey resident Will Downing this Valentine's Day (Saturday, February 14, 2026), with a love fest not to be forgotten at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway.



Vivid Stage to Hold Annual Fundraising Gala on Valentine's Day

(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Vivid Stage will hold its annual gala fundraiser on Saturday, February 14, 2026. This special Valentine's Day celebration will be held at the Oakes Center in Summit from 6:00pm-10:00pm.



Asbury Park Theater Company moves Remember Jones' 20-Piece Mad Dogs & Englishmen Celebration to Count Basie Center

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Join Asbury Park Theater Company as they celebrate Joe Cocker's groundbreaking live album and tour, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, on Saturday, February 14, 2026 on the Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre stage at the Count Basie Center for the Arts. The show, previously announced as a two-night event at Ocean Grove's Jersey Shore Arts Center, makes a sudden surprise move to the Basie due to special demand and limitations for audience and production at the OG venue. An exciting move for the growing and evolving theater company, this is the first time Remember Jones will bring this show to the Basie stage.



Algonquin Arts Theatre presents "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

(MANASQUAN, NJ) -- Algonquin Arts Theatre continues its powerful 2025–2026 season with Ken Kesey's electrifying stage adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, running for four performances only from February 14-21, 2026. A gripping and deeply human drama, the play is set inside a state mental institution where individuality clashes with authority.





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Will Downing Bring His Romantic R&B to UCPAC on Valentines' Day

by Jay Sweet
published 2026-02-01

(RAHWAY, NJ) -- On Valentine's Day, while couples scramble for dinner reservations and last-minute roses, Will Downing has a better plan. He'll be taking the stage at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, NJ, offering an evening of songs built on romance, memories, and that unmistakable sultry baritone that has soundtracked jazz-infused R&B songs about relationships for more than three decades. For the men unsure how to impress on February 14, he keeps it simple. "You don't gotta say nothing," he laughed. "Just sit there, nod your head, act like you like the guy on stage. Your lady will be happy." It's classic Will Downing - charming, self-aware, and conversational.



Stangl Stage presents BStreetBand on Valentine's Day

(FLEMINGTON, NJ) -- BStreetBand returns to Stangl Stage in the Historic Stangl Factory on Valentine's Day (Saturday, February 14, 2026). If you've never been to a show at the historic Stangl Pottery Factory, this is a perfect one to start with. It's the kind of night that has people on their feet, singing along, and yes, dancing in the dark.



Dunbar Repertory Company presents "A Raisin In The Sun" at Middletown Arts Center

(MIDDLETOWN, NJ) -- Dunbar Repertory Company presents A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry across two weekends from February 14-22, 2026 at the Middletown Arts Center. Set on Chicago's South Side, Hansberry's celebrated play concerns the divergent dreams and conflicts in three generations of the Younger family: Son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis and matriarch Lena.



Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena presents Chelsea Handler: The High and Mighty Tour on Valentine's Day

(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena presents Chelsea Handler: The High and Mighty Tour on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 8:00pm. Chelsea brings her bold, unfiltered comedy to Atlantic City on Valentine's Day.



Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club presents Bobby Collins on Valentine's Day

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club presents Bobby Collins on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 8:00pm. Bobby Collins is always the funniest guy in the room. With more than 200 stand-up performances around the country each year, he is a show-business institution who has made millions laugh.