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Get Out: Flea Market, Flower Sales and Kids Day

Local events for May 6-8

It’s Thursday, and you’ve got no idea what you’ll do for the weekend.

Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time. Check our picks for the activities to hit

Friday-Sunday

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, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 112 Ryders Ln, New Brunswick. Come out and browse trees, shrubs and perennials for your yard.

Friday

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Fifth Annual Big Band Dance, 7 p.m., , 23 N Main St, Cranbury. Hear Big Band era greats played by the award-winning Princeton High School Studio Band and the Cranbury School Jazz Orchestra. 

Free live music, 6-9 p.m., , 116 N Main St, Hightstown

Saturday

Kids' Day at Von Thun's Farm Market, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 505 Ridge Rd, Monmouth Junction.  Admission is Free.  This fun-filled event is traditionally held the Saturday before Mother’s Day with flowering Mother’s Day gifts available and lots of activities for the kids.  The greenhouses are open with thousands of flowering Mother’s Day gifts as well as the everyday selection of annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs and hanging baskets.  Each child is given a farm coloring book, a magnet and a flower pot and take home for Mom!  Additional Activities…Purchase tickets  for only those activities you choose to participate in.  Pony rides, straw maze, pedal courses, sand art, rubber duck races, paint a pot and additional activities that may vary with the weather.

, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.,, 124 New Rd, Monmouth Junction. The event will be held rain or shine.

, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., , 148 N Main St, Hightstown. Homeowners throughout town will be participating in the annual borough-wide garage sale.

, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., , 301 N Harrison St., Princeton. Bring the kids and enjoy free pony rides and a petting zoo. There will be several events for children, and merchants throughout the shopping center will be offering special discounts and deals.

, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., , 64 Phillips Ave. There will be fun, food, ice cream, a Moonbounce, Italian ices, dunk a firefighter and Flashy the Firedog.

Saturday and Sunday

, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Rd, Princeton. Bring your own kite or purchase one in the store onsite. Watch sheep getting shorn (on Sunday), sample our food, and enjoy a tractor ride.

Sunday

, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., , 142 Sand Hills Rd, Monmouth Junction. Hanging baskets, and half and full flats of flowers will be available for sale.

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