Events

A Wildwood’s tradition since 1909! Registration at Wildwood’s Convention Center from 4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. No entries accepted after 5:30 p.m. Judging occurs while participants are lined up in the circle in front of the Convention Center. Line-up begins at 5:30 p.m., parade steps off at 6 p.m. SHARP with final route TBD.  Baby Parade Winners are announced following the parade. FREE to register. PAID parking at the convention center’s daily rate. Rain date is Thursday.

Come see local artists show off their craft en Plein Air up and down the Main Street. Businesses will be open late for an evening of sales, socializing, dining, art, and shopping! Visitors are encouraged to post photos on social media using the hashtags #BoontonArtists and #BoontonFF!

Celebrate Jersey Fresh and one of our state’s favorite fruits by joining us for our annual Just Peachy Festival on August 4 & 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The weekend will be filled with plenty of activities for kids, including a ride through the orchards on our tractor-drawn wagons, pony rides, face painting, games and barnyard fun. On Sunday Aug. 5, Schafer’s Sports Center will be here with an interactive tumbling fun area. Enjoy live music each day noon-4pm.

Our “Summer Harvest Farm-to-Fork Tasting” features talented local chefs who will prepare creative dishes using peaches and produce from Terhune Orchards. Visitors can enjoy this special tasting event on Saturday and Sunday from 12-4 p.m. or as supplies last in our big red barn. The special tasting section is $12 per person. *Restaurant line-up TBD

Cooking demonstrations and lively discussions will be held on both days at 2 p.m. with two very special guest presenters. You will love the internationally inflected, peachy inspiration from these fun and tasty programs.

Event takes place from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. in front of the Ice House Restaurant, 4415 Park Blvd. in Wildwood, featuring a block party atmosphere with “crabby” fun for the entire family! Festival includes bushels of blue claw crabs, a beer garden, “must try” crabby bloody marys, vendors and exciting things for the kids including a crab race at 6 p.m.

A fun festival at Laurita Winery to celebrate Irish Heritage!

Celebrate Jersey Fresh and one of our state’s favorite fruits by joining us for our annual Just Peachy Festival on August 4 & 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The weekend will be filled with plenty of activities for kids, including a ride through the orchards on our tractor-drawn wagons, pony rides, face painting, games and barnyard fun. On Sunday Aug. 5, Schafer’s Sports Center will be here with an interactive tumbling fun area. Enjoy live music each day noon-4pm.

Our “Summer Harvest Farm-to-Fork Tasting” features talented local chefs who will prepare creative dishes using peaches and produce from Terhune Orchards. Visitors can enjoy this special tasting event on Saturday and Sunday from 12-4 p.m. or as supplies last in our big red barn. The special tasting section is $12 per person. *Restaurant line-up TBD

Cooking demonstrations and lively discussions will be held on both days at 2 p.m. with two very special guest presenters. You will love the internationally inflected, peachy inspiration from these fun and tasty programs.

Come to the Oak Tree Lodge this September graduating Wall High School class of 2018. The 10 year reunion of your class will be celebrated with picnic style food, soft drinks, and beer!

This event will only happen though if at least 100 people sign up, so tell your fellow classmates and bring members of your family with you!

Once again we will be closing Morris Avenue from Third to Fourth to turn the space into an Italian village. There will be live music with Julian & Dominique , Italian food provided by our member restaurants with a wine and beer garden to give us the al fresco food court that our visitors have come to love.

We are having Face Painting and Balloon Twisting and for the first time at the Italian Festival, a Petting Zoo –it was a big hit at the Irish Festival! The Spaghetti Eating Contest, a crowd favorite, will be back as well. New to the Italian Festival will be the Spring Lake School of Dance performing Italian folk dances – a tremendous draw for families and friends. Not new, but always a draw, is the festival Art Walk that will take place along Third Avenue. There will be music on Third too!

Come join the fun at Belmar Octoberfest with a German Beer Garden, Food Vendors, and live German music with the Jingleheimer Oompah Band. The event features crafts, performers, and fun for all ages!

Zombies of all ages will invade Highlands! Pre-parade, make-up artists will be available in Huddy Park at 10 am while DJ Johnny will be spinning some spooky tunes. Post-parade, there will be a costume contest in Veterans Park, followed by the pub crawl! There is something for ALL AGES!

Come explore all that Asbury Park has to offer while at the annual “Halloweekend” pub crawl! All of the best venues and specials in town will be explored, and the “zombies” will be running wild!

Please join us for our annual ceremony at 11:00. In addition to honoring our Veterans, we will induct Vietnam Veterans into our In Memory Program.

The Museum will remain open until 4:00 PM following the ceremony.

Santa rides the NJ Transit train into Red Bank for the annual Town Lighting & Holiday Express concert. Join Santa on the train in Little Silver or meet him at the Red Bank train station when he arrives. There’ll be festivities before and after the train arrives with the Kathryn Barnett dancers and the Pipes and Drums of the Atlantic Watch. Once in Red Bank, Santa will board a firetruck and lead the parade to Broad Street for the Holiday Express Concert & Town Lighting.

Over 40 artists and craft makers. Santa arrives by fire truck in Viking Village to 19th & Bayview Ave, at around 1pm. Bring your own camera for pictures with Santa. All shops are open, available seafood takeout, gourmet coffee bar, a fire pit for smores, lawn games, live music, and endless merriment!

A Charlie Brown Christmas is a classic holiday show that is well-worth seeing each year. Come to Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank to see the show live and hang out with Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, and Linus. The Peanuts are excited ro see you and your family there!

American Repertory Ballet brings the beloved classic Nutcracker to the stage with Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, thrilling choreography and a cast of more than 100. A holiday tradition for more than 50 years (1964), American Repertory Ballet’s Nutcracker is one of the longest, continuously running Nutcracker productions in the nation.

Dec 14: 7:30pm — 9:30pm 

Dec 15: 2:00pm — 4:00pm 

Dec 15: 7:30pm — 9:30pm  

Dec 16: 2:00pm — 4:00pm

American Repertory Ballet brings the beloved classic Nutcracker to the stage with Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, thrilling choreography and a cast of more than 100. A holiday tradition for more than 50 years (1964), American Repertory Ballet’s Nutcracker is one of the longest, continuously running Nutcracker productions in the nation.

Dec 14: 7:30pm — 9:30pm 

Dec 15: 2:00pm — 4:00pm 

Dec 15: 7:30pm — 9:30pm  

Dec 16: 2:00pm — 4:00pm

Struggling to make plans this year for Valentines Day? Come enjoy a wonderful evening full of great food, laughs, shopping and best of all ice skating with your significant other at Pier Village. Top it all off with a beautiful carriage ride through our wonderfully decorated town

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Come down to Asbury Park and join us for a wonderful food festival inside Asbury Park’s very own Convention Hall. Amazing food and fancy drinks will be provided. Please join us and partake in this wonderful winter snow ball party down by the shore!

Sample over 150 of the world’s most popular wines at Tropicana Atlantic City’s Wines From Around the World Festival. The festival features wineries from the United States, New Zealand, Italy, France, Argentina, Uruguay, Australia, South Africa and more. Featured wineries include, but are not limited to, Artesa, Ruffino, Kim Crawford, Simi, Francis Coppola, Ferrari-Carano, Masi, Vistalba, and Paul Goerg. Wines will be available for purchase by bottle or case. Live entertainment and food is available. Tickets are $30 if purchased in advance, and a souvenir wine glass is included in admission. Door tickets are $35 and designated-driver tickets are $10, will also be available at the door. Must be 21 to attend.