Cinco de Mayo Celebrations in New Jersey

Eat some tacos, drink some tequila and fiesta!

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Cinco de Mayo is Sunday, May 5, and there are plenty of Mexican restaurants that are offering specials. Here are a bunch worth checking out:

May 3

Viva Mexico Food Truck
Lone Eagle Brewing, Flemington
Order Mexican food from Viva Mexico’s food truck and beer from Lone Eagle Beverages.

May 4

Fiesta de Mayo
Huddy Park, Highlands
This cantina crawl includes a margarita contest, mariachi music and authentic Mexican food in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.

Cinco de Mayo Party
Chevys Fresh Mex, Clifton
DJ Moe Beats and DJ Uro start the party, followed by a Mariachi band.

Cinco de Mayo Party
Chevys Fresh Mex, Linden
Charanga Salsa band performs while Dos XX sampling team offers drinks.

Cinco de Silo
Sunken Silo Brew Works, Lebanon
Metropolitan Seafood’s “May the Fourth” Tent Event kicks off Cinco de Mayo a day early. Order from the grill, groove to cosmic music from High in the Mid ’80s, and drink stellar cocktails.

May 4-5

Jeeps & Cinco de Mayo Food Truck Festival
Laurita Winery, New Egypt
Aside from Mexican food trucks in honor of Cinco de Mayo, there will be lots of bacon options, making this event known as Cinco de Bacon and Bacon de Mayo complete with live bands, wagon tours of the vineyard, face painting, wine for the adults, plus a Jeep show.

May 5

Cinco de Mayo Cocktail Class
618 Restaurant, Freehold Borough
Learn how to make three margaritas, then have some food and go home with some swag.

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
Burlington County Fairgrounds, Columbus
Join 956 Events and Tails Up Paws Down Rescue for this family fiesta that includes food trucks; margaritas, piña coladas, and beer at the bar; and dancing with a DJ and a live Mariachi band. Dress up in your best fiesta attire.

Cinco de Mayo At The Farm
G and G Stables, Howell
Enjoy live Mexican music and dancing, a petting zoo, a hayride, a barrel ride, piñatas, games and donkey walking.

Spring on Tap Beer Festival
Cooper River Park, Westmont
There will be local craft beers, food trucks, live music, vendors, and a special performance by Lecompt to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

Cinco de Mayo Doggy Drag & Kitty Queens
Georgies, Asbury Park
There will be back-to-back drag shows held by the Monmouth County SPCA. During intermission get some food from the buffet, and meet therapy pets from the MCSPCA.

Cinco de Mayo Party
Chevys Fresh Mex, Clifton
The party goes from 1 pm to midnight. DJs will rotate inside and outside all day long. A Mariachi band performs around dinnertime. There will be an LED robot hanging around, too.

Cinco de Mayo Party
Chevys Fresh Mex, Linden
DJ AllstarSpotlight spins the tunes before a Mariachi band performs.

Cinco de Mayo Taco Crawl
McGinley Square, Jersey City
Beyond the Plate Food Tours will bring you to five spots serving both traditional and non-traditional tacos and other Mexican specialties, with select drink pairings.

Cinco de Mayo Pool Party
The Asbury Hotel, Asbury Park
Food, fun and sun includes live music, live embroidery, interactive vendors, a taco truck, 818 tequila + swag, DJ sets and the 95-degree heated pool.

Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall, Atlantic City
Mexico’s culture and traditions will be featured during a Tequila Dinner by Charles Soreth and Lee Sanchez in a secret location, or head over to the Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall for a more laid-back day full of tacos and margaritas.

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