Events

The 5th Annual Pork Roll Festival will be hitting downtown Trenton for a day full of food and fun on Saturday, May 26. Beginning at 10:00 am, the festival offers a variety of pork roll menu items and other delicious dishes from award-winning food trucks, restaurants, and caterers. The event also features live music and several pork roll-themed contests. Tickets to attend cost $5.

Bacon Lovers Festival Coming To Wildwood
Join us May 25th – 27 at Byrne Plaza, 3400 Pacific Ave. Wildwood, for an entire weekend for Bacon lovers! Food trucks & local tent vendors, artisan & bacon related vendors will crowd the Plaza.
Each day of the festival will bring you some of the Best Food Trucks from the tri-state area along with some far and near Artisan & Bacon Related Vendors, Free Family and Kids Activities ( to include but not limited to Corn Hole, Kam Jam, Lawn Jenga, Connect Four, and Face Painting and Bounce House for the kids. There will be Wine & Craft Beer Tasting & sale in Garden/Tent area.
A live Band and DJ Music will provided throughout the day and yes there will be a Bacon Eating Contest & Best Bacon Dish Contest on the Sunday of this 3 day weekend event. Check back as the event draws closer for the list of Food truck Vendors, Retail Vendors and Artisans and the Bands.
Sat: 2 p.m. – 10 p.m., Sun: Noon – 10 p.m., Mon: Noon – 6 p.m.

The festival will feature activities related to traditions and cultures of both nationalities. If you’re Irish, Italian, or just a fan of the foods, drinks, and cultural elements, then you can’t miss this unique festival.

The parade starts at noon from City Hall. Festival includes live performances, over 100 vendors, family zone and food court. FREE.

Grab your favorite green outfit and come celebrate at the 49^th Annual Irish Festival. Come see live Thoroughbred racing, Irish step dancing, crafters, food, a pipe and drum competition, two human horse races and so much more! Enjoy free Family Fun Day with face painting, pony rides, and a bounce house. General admission is $5, parking is $5 and children 12 and under are free. Doors open at 7:30am, first race is at 12:50pm.

Come celebrate Father’s Day at the Monmouth Park Race Track. All gentlemen receive FREE admission, all other admission is $5 and children 12 and under are free. Treat Dad to our Pre-Fixe Brunch or our Father’s Day Brunch Buffet. Enter into the Father’s Day Sports Ticket Drawing to win tickets to local sports teams. Parking is $5. Doors open at 7:30am, first race at 12:50pm.

You won’t want to miss this spectacular event with five hours of scrumptious samplings and cocktails at over twenty restaurants and eateries. Taste of Highlands will celebrate the best of the thriving hospitality of the many great restaurants in Highlands. Nowhere else will you find such an eclectic selection of cuisine served at over twenty restaurants and eateries in a half-square mile.

Marnie and Nate are a talented and versatile acoustic duo. They play rock, blues, country and folk songs and interpret them in a way that will leave you wanting to hear more. Marnie has a soulful, powerful voice that moves you, whether she’s singing a beautiful ballad or rockin’ a Janis Joplin classic. Nate is a fantastic guitar player who holds down great rhythm while he shines on fills and killer leads. His pitch-perfect harmonies add to their special sound.

Oceanfest combines the best parts of everyone’s favorite summertime memory — and caps it all off with the most spectacular fireworks display you’ll see anywhere along the Jersey coast. It’s an all-day, family friendly festival that brings together the most memorable sights, sounds and sensations of the summer season. Not just a music or food festival; much more than a craft sale or street fair, it’s all about the memories and the people you share it with. You wouldn’t want to miss out !

The Seaport will host 20 gourmet food trucks all over the East Coast, bringing a flavor blast to the Jersey Shore. Enjoy live music throughout the day and the craft beer garden with NJ’s favorites on tap, featuring local favorite Pinelands Brewing Co. The Garden State’s Laurita Winery will also be selling local wines by the bottle.

The Anglesea Night Market series is back for 2019. We start on a special day of the week. Sunday July 7 and then return on July 18, Aug. 1, and Aug. 15. This year the events run 5 to 10 pm. Food trucks, crafters, live music, and more down Olde New Jersey Ave. in North Wildwood!

Grab a drink from your favorite Monmouth Park jockeys as they take over the Beer Garden at the Blu Grotto! Monmouth Park jockeys will take over behind the bar serving up your favorite drinks. During that time, all tips and donations will go to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund. The party continues all night with live music, raffles and silent auction, food, photo opps and more.

We’ve got the Turf so we are adding in the Surf – with fresh seafood all weekend long at our Annual Surf & Turf Seafood Festival! Bring your friends and family and enjoy a summer day at beautiful Monmouth Park! Stop by the famous Monmouth Park sandcastle, then grab a crab cake and a refreshing beer and watch as your favorite horse breaks from the starting gate! enjoy FREE Family Fun Day featuring pony rides, face painting, a bounce house, and more! Perfect for some family fun.

General parking $5
Grandstand admission $5
Children 12 and under always FREE
Gates open 7:30am, First Race 12:50pm
No pets allowed

The Anglesea Night Market series is back for 2019. We start on a special day of the week. Sunday July 7 and then return on July 18, Aug. 1, and Aug. 15. This year the events run 5 to 10 pm. Food trucks, crafters, live music, and more down Olde New Jersey Ave. in North Wildwood!

The Anglesea Night Market series is back for 2019. We start on a special day of the week. Sunday July 7 and then return on July 18, Aug. 1, and Aug. 15. This year the events run 5 to 10 pm. Food trucks, crafters, live music, and more down Olde New Jersey Ave. in North Wildwood!

Discover the true meaning of “Succulent Seafood” at the Highlands Business Partnership’s 25th Annual Clamfest. The Clam Festival is a four-day action packed event featuring the freshest seafood, live entertainment, thrill rides, games, contests, retail vendors, beer and wine garden and more.

Admission and parking is FREE and the event takes place rain or shine.

Times vary each day:

Thurs 6pm-10 pm; Fri 6pm-11 pm; Sat 12 noon-11 pm; Sun 12 noon-8 pm.

Discover the true meaning of “Succulent Seafood” at the Highlands Business Partnership’s 25th Annual Clamfest. The Clam Festival is a four-day action packed event featuring the freshest seafood, live entertainment, thrill rides, games, contests, retail vendors, beer and wine garden and more.

Admission and parking is FREE and the event takes place rain or shine.

Times vary each day:

Thurs 6pm-10 pm; Fri 6pm-11 pm; Sat 12 noon-11 pm; Sun 12 noon-8 pm.