List of festivals in New Jersey
New Jersey Folk Festival on April 27, 2007
Souvlaki grilling at the 2011 Greek Festival in Piscataway on May 15, 2011
This is a list of festivals in New Jersey.
January[]
- KotoriCon - anime convention at Gloucester County College
February[]
- Black Maria Film Festival
March[]
- Garden State Film Festival
- Jersey City Chili Cookoff
April[]
- Branch Brook Park Cherry Blossom Festival
- International Festival - Princeton University
- Lambertville Shad Festival[1]
- Rutgers Agricultural Field Day and New Jersey Folk Festival - Rutgers in New Brunswick, held on the last Saturday of April
- Trenton Computer Festival
May[]
- Annual Greek Festival - in Piscataway, held the weekend after Mother's Day; the state's and longest running Greek festival
- Crayfish Festival - Augusta - [2]
- Hoboken Arts and Music Festival [3]
- Jersey Shore Music Festival - Seaside Heights[4]
- Montclair Film Festival - film festival in Montclair
- Munchmobile Hot Dog Showdown & Beer Festival - Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport
- (The New Jersey Greek Festival) - Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Westfield, held the first weekend after Memorial Day[5]
- New Jersey State History Festival - Washington Crossing State Park, held the first weekend in May
- Raritan River Music Festival [6]
June[]
- AnimeNEXT - anime convention in Atlantic City
- Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival
- Beardfest Music & Arts Festival - NJ Pinelands National Reserve
- Belmar Seafood Festival
- BIG GREEK FESTIVAL [1] - Randolph June 7–9
- Celtic Festival - Historic Cold Spring Village in Cape May
- Cuban Parade of New Jersey
- Flemington OPA Festival - St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church
- Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
- Hungarian Festival - New Brunswick
- Jersey Shore Wine Festival - FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, June 2 and 3
- McDonald's Gospelfest
- New Jersey Film Festival
- NJ Playwrights Festival
- Point Pleasant Summerfest in the Park - June 3[7]
- Portugal Day Festival in Newark
- Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival[8]
- Tri-County Fair (Thursday-Sunday Father's Day weekend)
July[]
- All Points West Music & Arts Festival
- FARM Music & Arts Festival - Vernon, July 24–26
- Macy's Fireworks Spectacular - Independence Day
- Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning - Thor Solberg Road in Readington, held the last weekend of July
- Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Outdoor Stage
- - Jersey Shore, held the last Saturday in July
- St. Ann's Feast - Hoboken
- XPoNential Music Festival[8]
August[]
- Chillfest
- Crab Cake Festival & Shore Chef Cook-Off - Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport
- Hambletonian Stakes
- Highlands Clam Festival - Highlands, held in the first week of August
- Jersey City Pride [9]
- Monmouth Film Festival[10]
- New Jersey State Fair[2]
- Newark Black Film Festival[11]
- - Meadowlands Exposition Center
- Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning
September[]
- BBQ, Bets & Brews Festival - Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport
- Black Maria Film Festival
- First Annual Roseland Greek Festival - St. Nicholas, Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church
- Flemington OPA Festival - St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church
- [12] - in Atlantic City
- Liberty Jazz Festival
- New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest - New Brunswick
- Revelation Generation
- Rib Rock, featuring B.B. King - PNC Bank Arts Center
- [13] - South Mountain Reservation in West Orange
- Water and Wings Festival[14]
- Youth Dance Festival of New Jersey[15]
- [16]
October[]
- AnimeNEXT
- Festival of Fine Craft, Millville, New Jersey - Millville, on the first weekend in October
- Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival
- Golden Door Film Festival
- Lima Bean Festival - West Cape May, on October 6
- MangaNEXT
- German American Volkvest[17]
November[]
- Teaneck International Film Festival
December[]
- First Nights - celebrated on New Year's Eve, found throughout the state, including Montclair[18]
Other[]
- The Bank of America New Jersey Fresh Seafood Festival - Atlantic City
- Cape May Strawberry Festival
- Navratri - India Square
- Slow Food Festival
- Ukrainian Festival
References[]
- ^ Shad Fest 2008, Lambertville Borough. Accessed March 4, 2008.
- ^ a b "Fair Info | New Jersey State Fair".
- ^ "City of Hoboken, NJ » Hoboken Arts & Music Festival 2018".
- ^ jerseyshorefestival.com
- ^ "NJ GreekFest".
- ^ "Raritan River Music".
- ^ "Point Pleasant Borough Chamber of Commerce - The voice of business and community in Point Pleasant Borough".
- ^ a b www.jerseyarts.com/festivals
- ^ "www.jclgo.org". Archived from the original on 2002-05-26.
- ^ "Monmouth Film Festival | Home".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-11-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ gardenstatefestival.com
- ^ southmountainbluesfestival.com
- ^ wetlandsinstitute.org
- ^ ydfofnj.org
- ^ justbeyouperformingarts.org
- ^ German American Volkvest Archived 2011-02-03 at WebCite
- ^ A New Year's Fete Of Art, Not Alcohol. New York Times. Retrieved on 2009-05-15.
External links[]
- New Jersey festivals at Foodreference.com
- New Jersey festivals
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