NJ Festivals & Fairs 2026

Comics, collectibles, and pop culture convention with celebrity guests.

Three-day festival of craft beer, blues music, and country at Wildwood Convention Center.

24th annual independent film celebration in Asbury Park with screenings and panels.

3-day youth entertainment festival with music, wrestling, and fashion at Showboat.

Craft beer festival with 100+ breweries and live music in Atlantic City.

200,000 tulips in bloom with garden tours, wine tastings, and trolley tours.

Cape May spring migration festival with guided walks, shorebird excursions and presentations.

Intimate jazz festival featuring Grammy-winning artists in Cape May venues.

Belmar's 36th annual free seafood festival with 30+ vendors and live music.

Kite festival with international flyers, night fly, and indoor exhibition.

30+ food trucks at Monmouth Park with live horse racing Memorial Day weekend.

Free military and aerobatic flying over the Atlantic City beach and boardwalk.

Cape May MAC's seaside classical and chamber music festival runs concerts through late June.

Festival celebrating local strawberries with food, crafts, music, and family fun.

Irish music, dance, food, and culture celebration at Monmouth Park.

18th annual film festival named among world's 25 coolest by MovieMaker magazine.

Four days of conservation films and meet-the-filmmaker sessions at Cape May Point.

Music, comedy, and arts across Asbury Park, Newark, and Atlantic City — extended to July 19, 2026.

Open-air juried arts festival with handmade jewelry, fine art, and specialty foods.

Craft beer and hot sauce festival with live music for the Jetty Rock Foundation.

Four-day country music festival on Wildwood Beach with 40+ artists.

A multi-day boardwalk craft vendor show with regional makers.

Free Juneteenth community festival with live music, food, vendors, and kids' activities.

City Pride Month festival with live entertainment, food and drink, and all-ages fun.

Evening festival with food, drink, balloon artists, and family entertainment.

Jersey-fresh seafood with a brew court, baymen demonstrations, and live music.

Boardwalk tasting festival with 100+ craft beers, wines, and spirits in Asbury Park.

Hands-on wildlife festival with live turtles, exhibits, and a "Diaper Derby."

Italian food, wine tasting, and live racing at Monmouth Park.

Christmas in July festival on Sunset Lake with live music, free Santa photos and a decorated boat parade of about 40 boats at 8:45 PM.

Three-day tattoo convention at Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch with artists, contests and live music.

Three-day Highlands seafood festival in Huddy Park with clams, food trucks, a beer garden and live music.

The Totally Tubular Festival 80s package tour stops at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena on Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM.

One-day craft fair on the grounds of St. Elizabeth's Chapel by the Sea in Ortley Beach, a block from the ocean.

Waterfront festival on Dock Road held alongside the Beach Haven White Marlin Invitational weigh-ins, with vendors, live music and food.

A new three-day Woodstock tribute festival on Showboat's Garden Pier, August 14-16, with ten tribute acts recreating the original 1969 sets.

Two-day seafood festival at Monmouth Park with lobster rolls, crab cakes and shrimp from a dozen shore seafood vendors.

Atlantic City's Assumption Day tradition: a 10 a.m. Mass at Hard Rock's Seminole Ballroom followed by a procession to the ocean and blessing of the waters.

Bayfront craft show at Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars with dozens of vendors, food and a crab race run by the local PBA.

Free communitywide environmental fair at the Music Pier with exhibitors promoting sustainable living, sponsored by the Environmental Commission.

Paranormal and horror convention with film screenings, panels and a vendor hall at Stockton University in Galloway on August 22, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Juried summer arts and crafts festival at Squan Plaza with roughly 100 exhibitors, gourmet food and kids' activities.

Townwide pirate-themed day in Bradley Beach paired with a reggae music festival, running all day on the third Saturday.

Inaugural Greek festival at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church with Greek cuisine, folk dancing, live music, a Greek DJ and market items.

Free juried handcraft festival at Stone Harbor Recreation Field featuring ceramics, jewelry, glass, fiber art, woodworking and photography.

BBQ food trucks and craft beer close out Monmouth Park festival season.

Free food and music festival at Byrne Plaza, downtown Wildwood.

Two nights of country music on the Seaport Pier, North Wildwood.

Six Flags’ Halloween season, select nights September 18 – November 1.

Two days of beach music featuring Mumford & Sons, The Strokes, and 25+ artists on Asbury Park oceanfront.

48th annual festival with 250 craft vendors, seafood, and live music.

Fresh seafood and wine tastings on Ventnor's Ski Beach.

Italian food court and music in downtown Spring Lake.

Comfort-food street festival in downtown Toms River. Free admission.

Free all-day art festival in Atlantic City’s Inlet.

Italian heritage festival at Historic Smithville.

Autumn beer festival on the Physick Estate lawn in Cape May.

Irish festival with music, dancing, boxing, and grand parade.

Three-day Greek festival in Toms River with food, music and dance.

Bayfront Irish festival at Seaside Park Marina. Free admission.

Wine, beer and food tasting festival along 96th Street, Stone Harbor.

Free Italian heritage festival at Fox Park, Wildwood.

LBI's fall food festival — free Saturday Merchant Mart, ticketed Sunday chowder cook-off.

Sea glass and coastal art festival on Long Beach Island.

Two-night comedy festival at Boardwalk Hall.

Farming-heritage festival in West Cape May built around the lima bean.

Two-day Irish festival at Historic Smithville.

Stafford’s harvest festival Saturday plus a two-day NJ wine festival at Heritage Park.

Four days of peak-migration birding field trips and talks in Cape May.

Juried fall art show on Washington Street in downtown Toms River.

Soup tasting and craft festival in Lavallette.

Free autumn festival at Fox Park in Wildwood.

Costumed dog parade and fall afternoon at Pier Village.

Rescheduled by weather: the Italian Festival's final day and the Columbus Day Parade are now Sunday, Oct 18 in Seaside Heights.

The autumn edition of the Exit Zero Jazz Festival in Cape May.

Chamber artisan market on Main Street, late October.