New Jersey's Summer Festivals

Friday, May 1, 2015

Summer is almost here! Check out this list of NJ summer festivals!

May is finally here and flowers are starting to blossom (no thanks to April though). In light of this new month and it finally getting warmer and staying that way, NJ.com  has complied a much anticipated list of 60 Summer Festivals in New Jersey. This list only adds to the joy of what the changing of the seasons really bring… Warmth, light, and play time! If you are residing in New Jersey this summer, get out and enjoy the many festivals that are bestowed upon us. Isn’t summer the best?! The Butterfly Festival on August 8 is sponsored by the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association in Pennington. (Stony Brook Millstone Watershed)[/caption] Here are just a few of the many festivals. MAY 9 - For those who like a cold one, the Big Brew Sussex Beer Festival touches down at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta; bigbrewnj.com/sussex (Update: link no longer available) 16 - Get those spoons ready! The New Jersey State Chili and Salsa Cook-off is set to spice up Toms River; downtowntomsriver.com 16/17 - The Skate and Surf Festival in Asbury Park sparks up music festival season. Dropkick Murphys headline on Saturday and the Gaslight Anthem takes the stage on Sunday; skateandsurffest.com 30 - More food trucks will be congregating at Meadowlands Racetrack for JerseyFest, which will star a Jersey vs. Philly Food Truck Mashup, pitting N.J. trucks like the Empanada Guy and Callahan's hot dogs against Philly trucks like The Cow and the Curd and Rigatoni's Crab Cakes; playmeadowlands.com JUNE 4-7 - Like your flicks by the Shore? The Lighthouse International Film Festival docks at Long Beach Island; lighthousefilmfestival.org 6 - Point Pleasant SummerFest, with live music, rides for kids, food, beer and wine, celebrates its 25th year (rain date June 7); pointpleasantchamber.com 12-14 - The New Jersey Seafood Festival returns to Belmar for three days of fish and shellfish and more than 40 seafood vendors; visitbelmarnj.com 27 - The sixth installment of Margate's celebration of surf, sand and family, Beachstock, arrives with paddleboard races, a beach volleyball tournament, beer garden, kids' stage and movie on the beach, right in front of Lucy the Elephant. Rain date June 28; margatehasmore.com 27/28 - Lovers of meat, music and cowbell can mosey on over to the Rock, Ribs and Ridges Festival at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, where some wicked barbecue will be on offer and Blue Oyster Cult will play on Saturday; rockribsandridges.com JULY 4 - Oceanfest in Long Branch is one of the largest Fourth of July celebrations in the state. Look for live music, sand-sculpting and a grand fireworks display; oceanfestnj.com 10 - The music festivals continue as the Vans Warped Tour comes to the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, then PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on 18 - The New Jersey Crab Festival in front of Ice House Restaurant in Wildwood promises oodles of crabs, crab mallets and "crabby" bloody marys; njcrabfestivalicehouse.com 24-26 - It's liftoff for the 33rd QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning at Solberg Airport in Readington. Look for Darth Vader and Yoda-shaped hot air balloons; balloonfestival.com AUGUST 8 - There's more brew -- local and regional craft beers -- and seafood in store at Cape May's Craft Beer and Crab Festival; capemaymac.org 8 -  Children will dress up in their best wings to go butterfly-watching at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association's Butterfly Festival in Pennington; thewatershed.org 22 - Celebrate the Morris Canal with live music and kayak and boat rides at Wharton's Canal Day Music and Craft Festival; canalday.org 29 - The Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival comes to Long Branch's Promenade, with seven bands and food and craft vendors; jerseyshorefestival.org SEPTEMBER 4-7 - The Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum in Rio Grande hosts AirFest, with aircraft on display including the B-17 Flying Fortress, P-51 Mustang and B-24 Liberator; usnasw.org 6 - Grab a Swedish meatball at the 31st ScanFest, or Scandinavian Festival, at Vasa Park in Budd Lake. The annual bash celebrates the culture -- food, clothing, music and dance -- of Nordic nations; scanfest.org 10-13 - Looking for more Italian culture? The four-day Hoboken Italian Festival, or Feast of the Madonna Dei Martiri, comes to Sinatra Drive, with fireworks on Saturday; hobokenitalianfestival.com To check out the whole list, go here. Churchill New Jersey has New Jersey corporate apartments available whether your needs are short term or extended stay. Our award-winning customer service department is ready to assist you while we work hard to ensure you feel at home. Churchill also offers a wide range of furnishing styles from traditional to contemporary, all on flexible corporate rentals terms in NJ. For more information please contact us at 866-255-0593 or National@FurnishedHousing.com.