Attractions at the 75th Anniversary Party and Fundraiser

Starting at 11:30 am on August 16, we  will be serving pizza right right by the baseball diamond.  For $5, you can purchase  2 slices of cheese pizza and a water.   Tickets will be sold at Conte's leading up to the event as the number of tickets will help give us a sense of how many pizzas we need. Please note that you do not need to buy tickets  in advance but that pizza will be subject to availability beyond the ticket holders.  Note that you do not need a ticket to attend or to purchase the other food and drinks that will be sold from other vendors that day.  Although we plan to make hundreds of pizzas that day, the availability is still subject while supplies last.

Our 75th Anniversary provides a great opportunity to help raise money for a local nonprofit organization.  A portion of the proceeds from this event will go to Send Hunger Packing Princeton (SHUPP). About 15% of students in the Princeton Public Schools are eligible for free or reduced price lunches from the Federal Government.  However, this is limited to lunches during the week.  SHUPP helps fill the void over the weekend to help ensure the students maintain access to a nutritious lunch.  Please visit their website below to learn more about the organization.  SHUPP will have a table there at the event so please stop by to learn more!  

Mayor Mark Freda will be our guest of honor for the festivities.   Mark will kick things off be cutting the honorary first slice of pizza that day.  Mark has served as Princeton's mayor since 2020 and his current term runs until 2028.

In addition, Mark hosts the Princeton Podcast where he interviews members of the Princeton Community.  You can check out Mark's Podcasts at the link below.

We are so happy to share the day with one of our long term business colleagues in Princeton, Thomas Sweet ice cream.  What better way to follow your pizza with a delicious serving of Thomas Sweet ice cream?  For those hot August afternoons, ice cream will certainly keep you cool!  Please note the blend in options will not be available.  Look for the Thomas Sweet table near the Conte's table on the first base line of the PHS baseball field.

Enjoy a variety of music during the party as DJ Jeff will be working the turn tabes and playing a selection of songs from 1950 to today!  

For information on DJ Jeff, check out his website below:

As part of the entertainment provided by DJ Jeff, a pizza themed Photo Booth will be on site to capture you, your family, and friends, at the event.  A member of the DJ Jeff team will be at the Photo Booth to assist you in your picture taking.  A digital address will be provided to retrieve your free pictures online.

As part of the entertainment provided by DJ Jeff, a face painting booth will be available for kids to select patterns and objects to decorate their faces!  Perhaps a Conte's Pizza on one side and a 75 on the other side of the face?!

Come meet members of the Historical Society of Princeton who will have a table at the event. The Historical Society of Princeton develops signature programs of learning and discovery to connect the lessons of the past to the issues which inform our future. Using their historic sites and collections, they teach local and international visitors that history is relevant in daily life and can be used to explore a shared connection among people; to celebrate a love of place; and to promote conversations on creating a better future.

Find out what Princeton was like in 1950 when Sebastiano Conte founded Conte's Pizza.  Check out their website below.

Princeton historian, Shirley Satterfield, will host a table where you can meet her and find out more about the Witherspoon-Jackson  Historical and Cultural Society (see link below).  The organization is dedicated to the research, preservation, understanding, appreciation and celebration of the rich and proud history of African Americans in Princeton, New Jersey.  In addition, be sure to check out Mayor Mark Freda's podcast when he interviewed Shirley.  

To commemorate one of Conte's Pizza's most famous customers, Albert Einstein, Einstein re-enactor, Bill Agress, will be  meeting and greeting the guests.  Bill will have his own table where attendees will have the opportunity to speak and take pictures with "Albert Einstein".

Princeton Garden Statesmen Barbershop Chorus will be at the event and performing live!  Members of this acappella chorus and quartet can often be seen singing live while enjoying their pizza at Conte's. We are thrilled to have them at our anniversary celebration. Click on the link below to learn more about PGS.

Jerzland Printing will be at the celebration to sell customized t-shirts, pressed right in front of you!  Get your Conte's 75th Anniversary t-shirt with your name and other images to choose from (flags, etc).  There will also be action art instructor who can teach how to draw an action figure and then get your custom art pressed on a t-shirt!  More details to follow, including how to sigh up for the art class as limited spots are available.  Check them out on Instagram:  tri_state_tshirt_guru