Fairs and Festivals in New Jersey
This season and beyond, the Garden State is host to tons 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!
2014 List of Fairs and Festivals in New Jersey
May
- May 1: Annual May Day Festival, Haledon
- May 2–4: Warren County Chamber of Commerce Spring Festival, Hackettstown
- May 2–4: Rakkasah Spring Caravan, Somerset
- May 3: Cape May's Spring Festival, Cape May
- May 3: Tenafly Street Fair and Craft Show, Tenafly
- May 3: Eco-fair, Millville
- May 3: Spring Fling Arts and Crafts Festival, Ocean Grove
- May 3: NJ Bluebird Festival, New Egypt
- May 3: Food Fest, Toms River
- May 3–24: 25th Raritan River Music Festival, Stockton
- May 4: Street Fair and Craft Show, Cranford
- May 4: Spring Craft Street Fair, Glen Rock
- May 4: Spring Fling Street Fair, Westfield
- May 4: 20th Hoboken Spring Arts and Music Festival, Hoboken
- May 7–10: Our Lady of Peace Country Fair, New Providence
- May 10: Spirit of the Jerseys State History Fair, Titusville
- May 10: 4th Annual Family Fun Day, Millburn
- May 10: Gloucester Craft and Home Fair, Mullica Hill
- May 10: Children's Festival, Smithville
- May 11: Azalea Festival, Hamilton
- May 12–17: Our Lady of the Valley Festival, Wayne
- May 13–18: St. Matthias Parish Carnival, Somerset
- May 14–18: Spring Fair, Deptford
- May 15–18: St. Athanasios Greek Festival, Paramus
- May 16–18: 2nd Annual Jersey Shore Music Festival, Seaside Heights
- May 17: Pitman Annual Spring Craft Show, Pitman
- May 17: Woodbridge Street Fair and Craft Show, Woodbridge
- May 17: Rutherford Multicultural Festival, Rutherford
- May 17: Clifton Street Fair, Clifton
- May 17: 25th Annual New Jersey State Chili and Salsa Cook Off, Toms River
- May 17: Gaelfest, Belmar
- May 17: Children's Book Festival: Meet Authors and Illustrators, Hillsborough
- May 17–18: 29th Annual Fine Art and Crafts Show, Verona
- May 17–18: 37th Bordentown Street Fair, Bordentown
- May 17-18: Mayfest, Smithville
- May 17-18: Fire on the Water Festival, Atlantic City
- May 18: Street Fair and Craft Show, Bernardsville
- May 23–25: Folk Project Spring Festival, Port Murray
- May 24: 6th Annual Rockfest, West Windsor
- May 24–26: Memorial Day Weekend Festival, Bradley Beach
- May 25: Summit Street Fair and Craft Show, Summit
- May 25: Maplewood Street Fair and Craft Show, Maplewood
- May 28–31: St. Vincent de Paul Spring Carnival, Stirling
- May 28–June 1: Square Mall Summer Fair, East Brunswick
- May 29–31: Carnival and Festival, Kinnelon
- May 29–June 1: Saint Michael Italian Festival, Stanhope
- May 29–June 1: NJ Greek Fest, Westfield
- May 30–June 1: Riverfest, Red Bank
- May 30–June 1: 25th Annual Crawfish Fest, Augusta
- May 30–June 1: Big Greek Festival, Randolph
- May 30–June 1: St. Henry’s Parish Festival, Bayonne
- May 31–June 1: Spring Chester Craft Show, Chester
- May 31: Garden State International Heritage Festival, Secaucus
- May 31–June 2: Montclair Food and Wine Festival, Montclair
- May 31–June 8: New Jersey Renaissance Faire, Bordentown
June
- June 1: Street Fair and Craft Show, Somerville
- June 1: Arts and Music Fest, Fort Lee
- June 1: Rotary Street Festival, Denville
- June 1: Montvale Street Fair, Montvale
- June 3–7: Feast of St. Anthony Festival, South Plainfield
- June 4–7: St. Therese Parish Carnival, Succasunna
- June 6, 13, 20, 27: Junebug Artfest, Metuchen
- June 7: 5th Annual Music Festival, Pitman
- June 7: Fine Arts Festival, East Brunswick
- June 7: Blues and Brews Fest, Asbury Park
- June 7: Street Fair and Craft Show, Westfield
- June 7: Summerfest in the Park, Point Pleasant
- June 7: Privateers and Pirates Festival, Tuckerton
- June 7: Strawberry Festival, Helmetta
- June 7: Country Fair and Craft Show, Roseland
- June 7–22: Annual Strawberry Harvest Festival, Chester
- June 8: Street Fair and Craft Show, Fair Lawn
- June 8: Garwood Festival, Garwood
- June 8: 44th NJ Irish Festival, Oceaport
- June 8: Funfest 2014, Hoboken
- June 11–14: Warren Lions Expo, Warren
- June 12–14: Tri-County Fair, Rockaway
- June 12–15: JuneTeenth Festival, Englewood
- June 14: Harborfest, Cape May
- June 14: Fisawack Festival, Chatham
- June 14: Second Pine Street Artsfest, Montclair
- June 14: Cultural Heritage Festival, Maplewood
- June 14–15: Skimmer Festival, Sea Isle City
- June 14–15: Morristown Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, Morristown
- June 14–15: Wings and Wheels Air Expo, Teterboro
- June 15: Father's Day Street Fair and Craft Show, Nutley
- June 15: Street Fair and Craft Show, Hackettstown
- June 16–21: St. Gregory the Great Parish Carnival, Hamilton
- June 16–21: St. Leo the Great Parish Carnival, Lincroft
- June 17–21: Holy Angels Parish Carnival, West Deptford
- June 20–July 6: State Fair Meadowlands, East Rutherford
- June 21: Summer Craft Fair and BBQ, Cresskill
- June 21–22: Baymen's Seafood and Music Festival, Tuckerton
- June 22: Firefly Festival, Princeton
- June 26: Soulsational Festival, Bayville
- June 27–29: Jersey Shore Greek Festival, Ocean Township
- June 28: Victorian Family Fair, Cape May
- June 28: Whitesbog Blueberry Festival, Browns Mills
- June 28: Festival de Aibonito, Puerto Rico Festival, Camden
- June 28–29: 5th Annual Rock, Ribs, and Ridges Festival, Augusta
- June 28–29: Red Bank Country Festival, Red Bank
- June 29: Red, White, and Blueberry Festival, Hammonton
July
- July 2–6: Leonia Sports Boosters Carnival, Leonia
- July 4: OceanFest, Long Branch
- July 4: Street Fair, Little Falls
- July 7–12: Cumberland County Fair, Millville
- July 8–13: Freedom Fest Fair, Allentown
- July 8–13: Ocean County Fair, Berkeley
- July 9–13: Summer Fair, East Brunswick
- July 9–13: Mount Olive Carnival and Community Week, Budd Lake
- July 9–13: Black Potatoe Music Festival, Clinton
- July 12: Crafts and Fine Art Festival, Haddonfield
- July 12: Beachfest, Beach Haven
- July 12: Celtic Festival, Toms River
- July 12–13: Lobsterfest, Bradley Beach
- July 13: Sundaes on Sunday Ice Cream Festival, Linwood
- July 14–19: Feast of Mount Carmel Fair Italian Festival, Hammonton
- July 15–20: Burlington County Farm Fair, Springfield Twp.
- July 16–August 2: Warren County Farmers’ Fair, Phillipsburg
- July 17–20: Morris County 4-H Fair, Chester
- July 23–27: Monmouth County Fair, Freehold
- July 25–27: Quick Chek Balloon Fesitval, Readington
- July 26–August 2: Farmers Fair and Hot Air Balloon Festival, Belvidere
- July 29–August 2: Manasquan’s Fireman’s Fair, Manasquan
- July 31–August 3: Clam Festival, Highlands
August
- August 1–10: NJ State Fair and Farm and Horse Show, Augusta
- August 2: Irish Festival, Bayshore
- August 2: Fine Arts and Peach Festival, Keansburg
- August 3: A Very Berry Festival, Manasquan
- August 4–10: Middlesex County Fair, East Brunswick
- August 6–10: Ocean Township Italian Festival, Oakhurst
- August 6–10: Totowa Fire Department Carnival, Totowa
- August 9: Butterfly Festival, Pennington
- August 9: Just Jersey Food Truck Festival, Randolph
- August 9: NJ Botanical Gardens Summer Craft Fair, Ringwood
- August 9: Salt Water Day, Laurence Harbor
- August 9–10: Peach, Princess and Pirate Festival, Camden
- August 12–17: Hillsborough Rotary Fair, Hillsborough
- August 16: 19th Annual Riverside Car Show and Artisan Show, Riverside
- August 18–23: Kenilworth Fire Department Carnival, Kenilworth
- August 20–24: Hawthorne Fire Department Carnival, Hawthorne
- August 20–24: Hunterdon County 4-H Fair: Ringoes
- August 22–30: Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair, Fair Haven
- August 23–24: Chocolate and Vanilla Festival, Camden
- August 24: Summer Street Fair and Craft Show, Cranford
- August 28–31: Boonton Fire Department Carnival, Boonton
- August 29–31: Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, Woodstown
- August 29–September 1: St. Bartholomew’s Italian Festival, Scotch Plains
- August 29–September 1: St. Joseph Church Feast 2014, Lodi
- August 31: Scandinavian Festival, Budd Lake
September
- September 1: Street Fair, Riverdale
- September 4: Italian Festival, Hoboken
- September 6: Wood Street Fair, Burlington
- September 14: Street Fair, Hackettstown
- September 13–14: Seafood Festival, Atlantic City
- September 20: Fall Fest, Ridgefield Park
- September 21: FestiFall, Westfield
- September 21: Fall Art and Craft Fair, Ridgewood
- September 21: Street Fair and Craft Show, Millburn
- September 25–28: St. Peter the Apostle Church Carnival, River Edge
- September 26–28: Mercer County Italian American Festival, West Windsor
- September 27: HarvestFest, Bloomfield
- September 27: Food and Music Festival, Lyndhurst
- September 27: Lincoln Park Day Festival, Lincoln Park
- September 27–28: Fall Funfest by the Bay, Margate
- September 27–29: St. Barbara Greek Festival, Toms River
- September 28: BBQ and Country Music Fest, South Amboy
- September 28: Italian Heritage Festival, West Deptford
- September 28: Fall Arts and Music Festival, Hoboken
- September 28: Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival, Red Bank
October
- October 4: NJ Botanical Garden's Harvest Fest and Craft Fair, Ringwood
- October 4–5: Cranberry Festival, Bordentown
- October 5: Arts and Crafts Fair, Somerville
- October 10: Deerfield Township Harvest Festival, Rosenhayn
- October 11: Fall Arts and Crafts Festival, Ocean Grove
- October 12: Fall Street Fair and Craft Show, Cranford
- October 12: Adorno Fathers Fall Country Fair, Ramsey
- October 18: Cranberry Festival, Chatsworth
- October 18–19: Fall Street Fair, Tenafly
- October 24: Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, Somerset
- October 25: Arts and Crafts Fair, Dumont
- October 26: Street Fair, Flemington
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