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
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 - Greek Orthodox Church of St. George in Piscataway, held the weekend after Mother's Day; the state's and longest running Greek festival
- Crayfish Festival - Augusta - Sussex County Fairgrounds[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
- NJ Greek Fest (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 - 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
- Hoboken Film Festival
- 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
- Soulsational Music Festival - 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]
- Philippine Fiesta - 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
- Garden State Country Music & Food Truck Festival[12] - Bader Airfield 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
- South Mountain International Blues Festival[13] - South Mountain Reservation in West Orange
- Water and Wings Festival[14]
- Youth Dance Festival of New Jersey[15]
- Just Be You Performing Arts Film & Theater Festival[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.
- http://www.newjerseystatefair.org/
- http://www.hobokennj.org/departments/human-services/cultural-affairs/arts-music-festival/
- jerseyshorefestival.com
- http://www.NJGreekFest.com/
- http://raritanrivermusic.org/
- http://www.pointpleasantchamber.com
- www.jerseyarts.com/festivals
- http://www.jclgo.org/
- http://www.monmouthfilmfestival.org
- "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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