Fairs and Festivals in New Jersey
This season and beyond, the Garden State is host to tons of fairs and festivals for you and your family to explore.
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The Garden State is host to over 120 fairs and festivals for you and your family to explore. Many are annual events, while others are new establishments. From classic street fairs to niche parades, our list has something for every New Jersey family!
2016 List of Fairs and Festivals in New Jersey
September 2016
- Sept 2-5: St. Bartholomew’s Italian Festival, Scotch Plains
- Sept 2-5: Saint Joseph's Feast, Lodi
- Sept 3: West Cape May Tomato Festival, Cape May
- Sept 3-4: Bacon and Brew Festival, Farmingdale
- Sept 3-6: Boonton Fireman's Carnival and Parade, Boonton
- Sept 3: Riverdale's Annual Labor Day Street Fair, Riverdale
- Sept 3: 41st Annual Rutherford Labor Day Street Fair, Rutherford
- Sept 3-5: Monmouth Park Labor Day Weekend BBQ & Craft Beer Festival, Oceanport
- Sept 4: Scandinavian Festival, Budd Lake
- Sept 4-7: 19th Annual Airfest, Cape May
- Sept 5: Street Fair, Riverdale
- Sept 2-5: Annual Mendham Borough Labor Day Parade, Mendham
- Sept 8-11: 90th Annual Hoboken Italian Festival, Hoboken
- Sept. 8-11: St. Demetrios Greek Festival, Union
- Sept. 9-10: Waves and Wheels Festival, North Wildwood
- Sept 9-11: Flemington Opa! Greek Festival, Flemington
- Sept 9-11: St. Andrew's Carnival, Clifton
- Sept 10: Cranbury Day, Cranbury
- Sept 10: 13th Annual Insect Festival, Pennington
- Sept 10-11: The Atlantic City Seafood Festival, Atlantic City
- Sept 10-11: Apple Festival, Robbinsville
- Sept 10-11: Hefty Harvest and Scary Scarecrows Family Festival, Camden
- Sept 10: MAM Lawn Party, Montclair
- Sept 10: Fall Festival at Great Swamp, New Vernon
- Sept 11: 4th Annual Chatham Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, Chatham
- Sept 15-18: 7th Annual Italian Feast and Festival, Tappan, NY
- Sept 16-18: Harrison Fest, Harrison
- Sept 16-18: Central Jersey Jazz Festival, Flemington, New Brunswick and Somerville
- Sept 17: Trucktoberfest, Oceanport
- Sept 17: Fall Fest, Ridgefield Park
- Sept 17: Highlands Festival at Waterloo, Byram
- Sept 17: 34th Annual Family Hoedown, Pequannock
- Sept 17 - Nov 6: Great Pumpkin Festival, Vernon
- Sept 17-18: Camden County 4-H Fair, Blackwood
- Sept 17-18: Lakewood Lions 35th Annual Renaissance Fair, Lakewood
- Sept 18: 1920s County Fair and Harvest Festival, Morristown
- Sept 18: Edgewater Arts and Music Festival, Edgewater
- Sept 18: PlayDay South Orange, South Orange
- Sept 18: 24th Annual New Jersey Storytelling Festival, Hamilton
- Sept 18: Fannywood Day, Fanwood
- Sept 18: Kidzfest, Cherry Hill
- Sept 18: Champion of the Grill BBQ & Blues, Branchville
- Sept 22-25: St. Peter the Apostle Church Carnival, River Edge
- Sept 23-25: St. Stephen's International Festival, South Plainfield
- Sept 23–25: Mercer County Italian American Festival, West Windsor
- Sept 23–25: St. Barbara Greek Festival, Toms River
- Sept 23-25: Roseland Greek Festival, Roseland
- Sept 24: Union Township's Welcome Fall Festival, Union
- Sept 24: Franklin Day Festival, Franklin Township
- Sept 24: Fall Harvest Festival at Historic Allaire, Farmingdale
- Sept 24: 30th Annual Hopewell Harvest Fair, Hopewell
- Sept 24: Essex/Hudson County 4-H Fair, Roseland
- Sept 24: Edison's Annual Family Fall Spectacular, Edison
- Sept 24: Italian Festival in Historic Smithville, Smithville
- Sept 24: Woodstown Fall Festival, Woodstown
- Sept 24: North Brunswick Heritage Day, North Brunswick
- Sept 24: Hungry Hollow Co-Op's 22th Annual Farmers Festival, Chestnut Ridge, NY
- Sept 24: Linden's September to Remember Street Festival, Linden
- Sept 24: Annual Fall Family/West End Festival, Rutherford
- Sept 24: Roselle Park Loves Arts, Roselle Park
- Sept 24: Carnival for Autism, Millstone
- Sept 24-25: Annual Apple Day at Terhune Orchards, Princeton
- Sept 24-25: Dearborn Annual Apple Festival, Holmdel
- Sept 24-25: Mountain Creek Annual Oktoberfest Celebration, Vernon
- Sept 24-25: Camden County 4-H Fair, Blackwood
- Sept 24-25: Oktoberfest Weekend, Chester
- Sept 24-25: Fall Funfest by the Bay, Margate
- Sept 24-25: HarvestFest, Bloomfield
- Sept 24-25: Pumpkin Festival, Robbinsville
- Sept 24- Oct 9: Morey's Piers Oktoberfest, Wildwood
- Sept 25: Hoboken Annual Fall Arts and Music Festival, Hoboken
- Sept 25: 6th Annual Maplewood Art Walk & Music Fest, Maplewood
- Sept 25: Montgomery FunFest, Princeton Airport, Princeton
- Sept 25: Longstreet Farm's Harvest Home Festival, Holmdel
- Sept 25: Arts in the Park, Highland Park
- Sept 25: Lincoln Park Day Festival, Lincoln Park
- Sept 25: BBQ Showdown, South Amboy
- Sept 25: Harvest Festival, Trailside Nature Center, Mountainside
- Sept 25: Westfield FestiFall, Westfield
- Sept 25: Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival, Red Bank
- Sept 25: Fall Arts and Music Festival, Hoboken
- Sept 25: Mercer County's 8th Annual Oktoberfest, Trenton
- Sept 25: 13th Annual Italian Heritage Festival of Gloucester County, West Deptford
- Sept 25: Raritan River Festival and Rubber Duck Race, New Brunswick
October 2016
- Oct 1: Annual Oktoberfest, Highlands
- Oct 1: 16th Annual Leonia Oktoberfest, Leonia
- Oct 1: 16th Annual TowacoFest, Towaco
- Oct 1: Fall Forestry Festival, Jackson
- Oct 1: Harvest Day Festival, Elmer
- Oct 1: KFest, Kinnelon
- Oct 1: Ales N' Tails Oktoberfest, West Orange
- Oct 1-2: Cranberry Festival, Bordentown
- Oct 1-2: Hamilton's Oktoberfest, Hamilton
- Oct 1-2: Oktoberfest, Smithville
- Oct 1-2: 13th Annual Italian Heritage Festival, West Deptford
- Oct 2: The Lord Stirling 1770s Festival, Basking Ridge
- Oct 2: Pumpkin Festival, Whippany
- Oct 1: Allendale Festival Day and Car Show, Allendale
- Oct 1-2: NJ Botanical Garden's Harvest Fest and Craft Fair, Ringwood
- Oct 1-31: Snyder's Farm Fall Festival, Somerset
- Oct 6-9: Deerfield Township Harvest Festival, Rosenhayn
- Oct 8-9: Bergen County 4-H and Master Gardner Fair, Paramus
- Oct 7-9: Ocean County Columbus Day Parade & Italian Festival, Seaside Heights
- Oct 7-9: 13th Annual Woodstowns Fall Festival and Famous Pumpkin Show, Woodstown
- Oct 8: Hometown Harvest Fair, Hightstown
- Oct 8: 35th Annual Oktoberfest and Craft Show, Demarest
- Oct 8: Fall Arts and Crafts Festival, Ocean Grove
- Oct 8: Seafood & Music Festival, Wildwood
- Oct 8: Just Jersey Fest Food Truck Festival, Stanhope
- Oct 8: West Cape May Lima Bean Festival, West Cape May
- Oct 8: 7th Annual Sussex County Harvest, Honey & Garlic Festival, Augusta
- Oct 8: Princetonkids Family Fun Day, Lawrenceville
- Oct 8: Rock the BBQ, East Rutherford
- Oct 8: Our Lady of the Lake Oktoberfest, Verona
- Oct 8-9: Irish Festival in Historic Smithville, Smithville
- Oct 8-9: Keyport Screamin Country Jamboree, Keyport
- Oct 8-9: 24th Annual Bloomfield Harvestfest, Bloomfield
- Oct 9: Annual Harvest Festival, Belvidere
- Oct 9: Adorno Fathers Fall Country Fair, Ramsey
- Oct 9: Dunellen Harvestfest, Dunellen
- Oct 9: Apple 'N Pumpkin Harvest Festival, Clinton
- Oct 9: Children's Harvest Festival, Glen Ridge
- Oct 11-12: Cape May Wine Festival, Cape May
- Oct 15-16: Cranberry Festival, Chatsworth
- Oct 15-16: Annual Harvest Celebration, Chester
- Oct 15: Fall Festival, Mays Landing
- Oct 15: Bordentown Riverfest, Bordentown
- Oct 21-23: Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, Somerset
- Oct 22: Hoboken Harvest Festival, Hoboken
- Oct 22: Clifton's Downtown Street Fair, Clifton
- Oct 22: Hungry Hollow Co-op's 22th Annual Farmers Festival, Chestnut Ridge, NY
- Oct 23: Montvale Street Fair, Montvale
- Oct 24: Food Truck Festival & Trunk-or-Treat Celebration, Manahawkin
- Oct 28: Family Fest, Butler
November 2016
- Nov 6: New Providence's Annual Fall Festival Street Fair, New Providence
- Nov 12-13: Train Celebration, Camden
December 2016
- Dec 2-28: 39th Annual Festival of Trees, Basking Ridge
*Please check back soon as we add more dates.
May 2016
- May 1: Annual May Day Festival, Haledon
- May 1: 20th Hoboken Spring Arts and Music Festival, Hoboken
- April 30-May 1: Hackettstown Spring Festival, Hackettstown
- May 1–3: Rakkasah Spring Caravan, Somerset
- April 28 - May 8: Cape May's Spring Festival, Cape May
- May 7: Eco-fair, Millville
- May 7: Children's Festival, Smithville
- May 7: 6th Annual Green Festival, Secaucus
- May 7: Mother Nature Festival, Lawrenceville
- May 7: Piscataway's 25th Annual Street Fair, Piscataway
- May 7-8: Gloucester Craft and Home Fair, Mullica Hill
- May 8: Azalea Festival, Hamilton
- May 10-15: St. Matthias Parish Carnival, Somerset
- May 14: Spring Fling Arts and Crafts Festival, Ocean Grove
- May 14: Bergen County EarthFest Overpeck, Leonia
- May 14: Washington School Country Fair, Summit
- May 14: Food Fest, Toms River
- May 14: Pitman Annual Spring Craft Show, Pitman
- May 14: Clifton Street Fair, Clifton
- May 14: New Jersey State History Fair, Manalapan
- May 14-15: Fine Art and Crafts Show, Verona
- May 14-15: Fairy & Pirate Festival, Budd Lake
- May 14-15: Mayfest, Smithville
- May 15: Summit Street Fair and Craft Show, Summit
- May 15: Flamenco Dance & Live Music Festival, Woodbridge
- May 18-21: Our Lady of Peace Country Fair, New Providence
- May 21: Rutherford Multicultural Festival, Rutherford
- May 21: Pedal for the Puzzle Family Festival, Bedminster
- May 21: Annual New Jersey State Chili and Salsa Cook Off, Toms River
- May 21: Art on the Avenue, Caldwell
- May 21: HappyFest Obstacle Course Run & Festival, Englishtown
- May 21: Butterfly Festival at Wagner Farm Arboretum, Warren
- May 21: Kearny Food Truck Festival, Kearny
- May 20-22: Jersey Shore Festival, Seaside Heights
- May 20-22: Greek Festival on the Hill, Clifton
- May 21-22: Bordentown Street Fair, Bordentown
- May 25: Spring Festival of the Arts, Far Hills
- May 27-30: Wildwoods International Kite Festival, Wildwoods
- May 27-29: Folk Project Spring Festival, Port Murray
- May 28-30: Jersey Shore Food Truck Festival, Oceanport
- May 28-June 12: New Jersey Renaissance Faire, Bordentown
- May 28- May 30: Bradley Beach Memorial Day Parade and Fair, Bradley Beach
- May 38-30: Memorial Day BBQ at Sesame Place, Langhorne, PA
- May 30: Woodland Park's Memorial Day Street Fair, Woodland Park
- May 30: Fair Haven Annual Memorial Day Parade, Fair Haven
- May 30: New Providence Memorial Day Parade, New Providence
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June 2016
- June 1: Garden State International Heritage Festival, Paterson
- June 2-5: Saint Michael Italian Festival, Stanhope
- June 2-5: NJ Greek Fest, Westfield
- June 3-5: Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest, Augusta
- June 3-5: Riverfest, Red Bank
- June 3-5: Saint Demetrios Greek Festival, Perth Amboy
- June 4: Downtown West Orange Fair and Edison Day, West Orange
- June 4: Appel Farm Music & Wine Festival, Elmer
- June 4: JerseyFest Food Truck Mash-Up, E. Rutherford
- June 4: 4th Annual Helmetta Strawberry Festival, Helmetta
- June 4: Moorestown Day, Moorestown
- June 4: Circus Dance Festival, Hillsborough
- June 4: East Brunswick Arts Festival Farmers Market & Food Truck Festival, East Brunswick
- June 4-5: Crawfish Festival, Augusta
- June 4-5: Crushin' Lemons Weekend, Robbinsville
- June 4-5: Spring Chester Craft Show, Chester
- June 4-5: Fido's Festival USA, Columbus
- June 4 - June 19: Annual Strawberry Harvest Festival, Chester
- June 5: OLG Funfest, Hoboken
- June 5: 6th Annual Stomp the Monster 5K Run & Festival, Marlboro
- June 5: Garwood Rocks, Garwood
- June 7-11: Feast of St. Anthony Festival, South Plainfield
- June 11: Gregory Elementary School Strawberry Festival, West Orange
- June 9-12: Lighthouse International, Long Beach Township
- June 9-12: Feast of St. Anthony Festival, Roselle Park
- June 10-12: Big Greek Festival NJ, Randolph
- June 11: Privateers and Pirates Festival, Tuckerton
- June 11: Groove in The Groove Songwriter Festival, Budd Lake
- June 13: Flag Day Festival, Somerville
- June 15-18: St. Ann 111th Annual Festival, Raritan
- June 16-19: Tri-County Fair, Rockaway
- June 17-19: Roebling Carnival, Roebling
- June 16-26: 20th Annual North Brunswick Youth Sports Festival, North Brunswick
- June 17: Culture Crawl, Rahway
- June 18: Hopewell Community Day Festival and Block Party, Hopewell
- June 18: Fair Lawn's Family Fun Day, Fair Lawn
- June 18: SwimJitsu & Health Fair, Vorhees
- June 18: Chasing Dreams for a Better Tomorrow - 5K Run & Block Party, Camden
- June 18-19: Raritan Native American Heritage Celebration & Pow Wow Festival, East Brunswick
- June 18-19: Skimmer Weekend Festival, Sea Isle City
- June 19: Spring Family Fun Day, Hoboken
- June 19: Nutley's Annual Father's Day Street Fair, Nutley
- June 23-July 10: State Fair Meadowlands, East Rutherford
- June 25: Ukranian Cultural Festival, Perth Amboy
- June 25: Mercer County Freedom Festival, West Windsor Township
- June 25: Beachfest 2016, Margate City
- June 25-26: Festival de Aibonito, PR, Camden
- June 25-26: Lobsterfest, Bradley Beach
- June 26: Firefly Festival, Princeton
- June 26: Giralda Music & Arts Festival, Madison
- June 26: Red, White and Blueberry Festival, Hammonton
- June 30- July 4: All American Celebration, Philadelphia
- June 30-July 2: Montville 4th of July Celebration, Montville
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July 2016
- June 30-July 4: Montville 4th of July Celebration, Montville
- July 1-10: Leonia Sports Booster Carnival, Leonia
- July 1-2: Randolph Freedom Festival, Randolph
- July 2: Tenafly Independence Day Celebration, Tenafly
- July 4: Oceanfest, Long Branch
- July 4: Little Falls July Street Fair, Little Falls
- July 4: Jersey City's Annual Freedom & Fireworks Festival, Jersey City
- July 4: Salute to Heroes, Newton
- July 4: 4th of July Fireworks Festival, West Orange
- July 4: Waterfront Freedom Festival, Camden
- July 4: July 4th Weekend Celebration, Sea Isle City
- July 4: Hackensack July 4th Celebration, Hackensack
- July 4: Fun on the Fourth, Collingswood
- July 4: Summit's 69th Annual Mayor's 4th of July & Food Truck Festival, Summit
- July 4: Milltown Fourth of July Festival, Milltown
- July 4: Independence Day Celebration on the Farm, Holmdel
- July 4: July 4th Jubilee, Princeton
- July 4-9: Annual Califon Fireman's Carnival, Califon
- July 5-9: Cumberland County Fair, Millville
- July 8-10: Anglesea Blues Festival, North Wildwood
- July 8-10: New Jersey State BBQ Festival, Anglesea
- July 8-9: Duke Farms Firefly Festival, Hillsborough
- July 9: Front Porch Bluegrass Festival & Pig Roast, Chester
- July 9: Celtic Festival Jersey Shore Piping & Drumming Classic, Toms River
- July 9: South Jersey Caribbean Festival, Camden
- July 9: Montclair Food and Wine Festival, Montclair
- July 9: Victorian Family Festival, Morristown
- July 9-10: Blueberry Bash, Princeton
- July 9-10: Bluebeary Festival & Celebrate NJ Family Day, Camden
- July 9-17: Blueberry Festival, Robbinsville
- July 9-17: Blueberry Festival, Chester
- July 13-16: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast, Lyndhurst
- July 13-17: Freedom Fest State Fair, Allentown
- July 13-17: Ocean County Fair, Berkeley
- July 13-17: Black Potatoe Music Festival, Clinton
- July 13: Newport Beach Party, Jersey City
- July 16: NJ State Crab Festival, Wildwood
- July 16: XRootsFest, Maplewood
- July 16: Summer in the Street, Toms River
- July 16: City of Water Day, Hoboken
- July 16-17: Surf & Turf Seafood Festival, Oceanport
- July 19-23: St. Ambrose Parish Carnival, Old Bridge
- July 19-24: Burlington County Farm Fair, Springfield
- July 20-24: Morris County 4-H Fair, Chester
- July 21-23: Cape May County 4-H Fair, Cape May
- July 22-26: St. Ann's Italian Festival, Hoboken
- July 23: Asbury Park Blues and Brews Festival, Asbury Park
- July 23-31: Sweet Corn Festival, Robbinsville
- July 26-30: Manasquan Fireman's Fair, Manasquan
- July 27-31: Monmouth County Fair, Freehold
- July 28–31: Gloucester County 4‑H Fair and Peach Festival, Mullica Hill
- July 29-31: QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, Whitehouse Station
- July 30: Annual Fairy Festival, Pennington
- July 30: Art Star Craft Bazaar, Asbury Park
- July 30: Soulsational Festival, Bayville
- July 30: Bayonne Renaissance Festival, Bayonne
- July 30-31: Just Peachy Festival, Princeton
- July 30-31: 98th Annual Mercer County 4-H Fair, Howell Farms, Lambertville
- July 30 - Aug 6: Warren County Farmers' Fair and Balloon Fest, Phillipsburg
- July 30-August 14: Peach Harvest Festival, Chester
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August 2016
- Aug 1-7: Middlesex County Fair, East Brunswick
- Aug 4-7: 22 Annual Clamfest, Highlands
- Aug 5-14: New Jersey State Fair, Augusta
- Aug 5-14: Sussex County Horse and Farm Show, Augusta
- Aug 6: Fine Arts & Peach Festival, Riverton
- Aug 6: Printmaking and Food Festival, Branchburg
- Aug 6: Craft Beer and Crab Festival, Cape May
- Aug 6-7: Tomato, Squash and Eggplant Festival, Robbinsville
- Aug 6: Hub City Theatre Festival, New Brunswick
- Aug 7: KingstonFest, Kingston
- Aug 8-13: 50th Annual Keyport Fireman’s Fair, Keyport
- Aug 9-12: Salem County Fair, Woodstown
- Aug 10-12: Somerset County 4-H Fair, Bridgewater
- Aug 10-14: Italian American Festival, Oakhurst
- Aug 11-13: Atlantic County 4-H Fair, S. Egg Harbor
- Aug 12: Women's Community Club Peach Festival, Cape May
- Aug 13: Butterfly Festival, Pennington
- Aug 13: Food Trucks on the Waterfront, Toms River
- Aug 13: Montclair Jazz Festival, Montclair
- Aug 13: Alfresco at the Farm, Morristown
- Aug 13: 18th Annual Spanish-American Festival, Keyport
- Aug 13-14: "Truck"erton Food Truck & Brew Fest, Tuckerton Seaport
- Aug 14: Jersey Fresh Festival, Vineland
- Aug 17-21: Brunswick Square Mall Summer Fair, East Brunswick
- Aug 18-21: Passaic County Annual Fair, Woodland Park
- Aug 20-21: Latin Fiesta Days, Oceanport
- Aug 20-21: Nectarine and Peach Festival, Robbinsville
- Aug 20-21: Jersey Fresh Harvest Festival, Chester
- Aug 20: Beachfest Arts and Crafts Festival, Beach Haven
- Aug 20: Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival, Morristown
- Aug 21: Summer Street Fair and Craft Show, Cranford
- Aug 21: Heirloom Tomato Tasting Festival, Hoboken
- Aug 21: Corn and Tomato Festival, Flemington
- Aug 26- Sept 3: Fireman's Fair, Fair Haven
- Aug 24-28: Hunterdon County 4-H & Agricultural Fair, Lambertville
- Aug 27-28: Historic Cold Spring Village's Seafarer Weekend, Cape May
- Aug 27-28: Sweet Corn and Tomato Festival, Vernon
- Aug 27-28: Watermelon Festival, Robbinsville
- Aug 27: Rock the Farm! Music and Food Truck Festival, Lincroft
- Aug 28: Maywood's Semi-Annual Summertime Street Fair, Maywood
*If you have a fair or festival you'd like to add to this list, please email us.
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