Super Bowl Sunday is great no matter what. If you love football, you got it made. If you don’t, stores and restaurants will be empty and waiting to take good care of you.

Besides, there is the rest of the weekend. Which happens to include Ground Hog Day. Punxsutawney Phil is in Pennsylvania, but Saturday on our side of the Delaware children might enjoy the, uhm, Ground Hog Day-related program activities at the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts (www.metc.org) in Madison and the Grounds for Sculpture (www.groundsforsculpture.org) in Hamilton.   

It’s also the week before Mardi Gras, and New Orleans comes to New Brunswick’s State Theater (www.StateTheatreNJ.org) for a concert by Buckwheat Zydeco (www.buckwheatzydeco.com), Saturday at 8 p.m. 

At the same time in Newark, an evening of classic ‘60s rockers at NJPAC (www.njpac.org). The lineup includes Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals (http://64.23.27.250/index.htm), The Turtles (www.theturtles.com), Melanie (www.melaniesmusic.com), plus the former lead singers of Country Joe and The Fish (www.countryjoe.com), The Moody Blues, and The Hollies.

Looking for a different kind of “classic”? Guitarist Manuel Barrueco (www.barrueco.com) and the New Jersey Symphony (www.njsymphony.org, where tickets may be purchased) perform Mozart, Strauss, and the U.S. premiere of Roberto Sierra’s (www.robertosierra.com) Danzas Concertantes. Four dates, four venues: Tonight at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, Friday at Richardson Auditorium in Princeton, Saturday at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, and Sunday at the Community Theatre in Morristown. Performances at 8 p.m. except Sunday’s, which is at 3 p.m.

A couple other daytime activities on Sunday might be fun — and let football fans be in front of the TV for the game. You can take the family to Fosterfields Living Historical Farm (http://parks.morris.nj.us/aspparks/ffmain.asp) in Morris Township to learn about maple tapping and assist with chores the way they were carried out a century ago, starting at noon.

And starting at 7 a.m., there’s the Cumberland County Winter Eagle Festival (www.moretooffer.com) in Mauricetown, one of the best places in the state to spot a Bald Eagle. Activities including wildlife walks and lectures. If you are an Eagles fan in South Jersey, maybe you’ll feel a better looking for the real bird.