# [Two Nutcrackers: New Jersey Youth Symphony](https://wknd.app/r/n5629u/two-nutcrackers-new-jersey-youth-symphony)

- When: 2026-12-13 14:00-15:30 (America/New_York)
- Scarcity: one_day
- Cadence: once
- Where: Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC), 1601 Irving Street, Rahway, NJ 07065 (40.6110489, -74.2771442)
- Ages: all ages
- Price: free
- Category: concert
- Topics: winter-holidays, christmas, jazz, orchestra
- About: The New Jersey Youth Symphony plays two Nutcrackers in one free concert: Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's jazz reworking of the same score. The Youth Symphony, Youth Orchestra, and Jazz Orchestra all perform at UCPAC's Main Stage. The concert is part of the Wharton Arts free concert series at UCPAC.
- Source: https://ucpac.org/events/
- Feed: [Holiday events in North Jersey](https://wknd.app/f/mzfw82/holiday-events-in-north-jersey)

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