Montclair Bastille Day Weekend 2025
2025-07-11 - 2025-07-12 | Various Locations Across Town Montclair, NJ 07042, Montclair, 07042
Experience the best of Bastille Day in Montclair with a weekend of French-inspired fun for all ages! Festivities kick off Friday with a film premiere at The Clairidge, followed by French Shopping Day and a town-wide scavenger hunt on Saturday. Enjoy children’s outdoor story time at Watchung Park, and live music and French-themed activities on Church Street. Wrap up the weekend Saturday under the stars at the Van Vleck House & Gardens for our Bastille Day Garden Party! If you’re looking for more Bastille Day festivities, head to Manhattan on Sunday for the largest Bastille Day celebration outside of France on Madison Avenue!

Wildwood Crest Sand Sculpting Festival
2025-07-11 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | New Jersey
See sand creations come to life, or kids can grab a shovel and make their own castles at the Wildwood Crest Sand Sculpting Festival. This contest features amateur and semi-pro sand sculptors, and professional world-renowned sand sculptor Matt Long, a former cast member of the Travel Channel’s SandMasters, will host the event. There will also be live music and family-friendly activities.
Cost: Free
Heather Road, Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260

Cumberland County Fair
2025-07-11 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
It’s New Jersey’s oldest county fair. Enjoy amusement rides, games, Demolition Derby, livestock exhibits, pie-eating contests, and fireworks.
Cost: $5, and 5 and under and 65 and older are free
3001 Carmel Road, Millville, New Jersey 08332

Randolph Freedom Festival
2025-07-11 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
Celebrate America’s freedom with this three-day festival, featuring live music, amusements, carnival games, delicious food, fireworks, and a beer garden. The fireworks display is scheduled for Saturday, July 12, with a rain date of July 13.
Cost: Ticket prices vary
County College of Morris, 214 Center Grove Rd, Randolph, NJ 07869

Ocean County Fair
2025-07-11 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
The Ocean County Fair will feature musical acts, live entertainment, animal exhibits, games, activities, rides, food, and a variety of vendors. On Sunday, don’t miss Cowboy Larry, too.
Cost: $10, and parking is free.
Robert J. Miller Air Park, Route 530, Berkeley Township, NJ 08721

New Jersey State Barbeque Championship and The Angela Blues Festival
2025-07-11 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
Bring the family to experience mouth-watering food vendors and crafters, unique displays, a BBQ competition, and a Blues Festival with something for everyone.
Cost: Free to enter most areas
Olde New Jersey Avenue, North Wildwood, NJ 08260

Messy Play in Basking Ridge
2025-07-11 09:30 - 10:30 | Covenant Chapel, 127 W. Oak Street, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, 127 W. Oak Street, Basking Ridge, NJ, 07920, United States
Children and their grown-ups will enjoy an hour of Messy Play. Ideal for children ages 1.5 to 5 years old, classes are child-led with process art and sensory stations. Purposeful play stations, designed by an early childhood educator, foster your child’s natural curiosity while building cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. Children can play where they want, when they want, how they want. There’s no wrong way to play!

Lavender Festival
2025-07-11 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-12 10:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
Spend the day wandering through our lavender garden and enjoy the aromatic scent. We have multiple photo ops in the field for you to enjoy. Remember to bring your camera and feel free to take as many photos as you like!
-When-
June 14th to July 27th (weather permitting)
Wednesday through Sunday
Last entry 1 hour prior to closing
Fresh squeezed lemonade and shaved ices available to purchase. Our goats and chickens will also be available for feeding.
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-Cost-
$15 admission fee per person
Children 1 and under FREE
Lavender bunches are $8 each
Tickets are sold at the door only!
As cute as they are, no pets are allowed
106 Iron Ore Road, Manalapan NJ 07726
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Sunflower Festival
2025-07-11 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-12 10:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
Spend the day frolicking in the sunflower and zinnia fields. There are many unique photo ops throughout the field making each moment picture perfect. Make sure to bring your camera to capture each moment!
-When-
July 11th to August 17th (weather permitting)
Wednesday through Sunday
Last entry 1 hour prior to closing
Fresh squeezed lemonade and shaved ices available to purchase. Our goats and chickens will also be available for feeding. On weekends our general store will be open.
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-Cost-
$18 admission fee per person
Children 1 and under FREE
Sunflowers are $2.50 per steam
Zinnias are 2 for $1
Tickets are sold at the door only!
As cute as they are, no pets are allowed
106 Iron Ore Road, Manalapan NJ 07726
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Photography credits: (@Gayles_images)

Blueberry Summer Fest
2025-07-11 16:00 - 22:00 | New Jersey
Pick blueberries, take a wagon ride, enjoy locally made blueberry pies, donuts, and cakes, tour the home of The Blueberry Queen, Elizabeth Coleman White, and shop handmade vendors while listening to music on the Whitesbog stage.
Cost: no fee, but donations are appreciated.
Whitesbog Preservation Trust, 120 West Whites Bog Road #34, Browns Mills, NJ 08015

Drive For A Dream – Christmas in July Toy Drive
2025-07-11 18:00 - 23:00 | New Jersey
Load your family in your car and take some parade laps around one of the renowned racetracks in NJ, all for a great cause. Bring a new, unopened toy for the families supported by the Holly City Family Success Center this year’s holiday season. All vehicles, except electric cars and motorcycles, are welcome.
Cost: Free with a toy
NJ Motorsports Park, 8000 Dividing Creek Road, Millville, NJ 08332

New Jersey Symphony: How to Train Your Dragon in Concert
2025-07-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South St, Morristown, NJ, 07960, United States
Lawrence Loh conductor
New Jersey Symphony
A winner with audiences and critics alike, DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon is a captivating and original story that combines humor, fire-breathing action and epic adventure! Hiccup is a young Viking who defies tradition when he befriends one of his deadliest foes – a ferocious dragon he calls Toothless. Together, these unlikely heroes must fight against all odds to save both their worlds.
How to Train Your Dragon in Concert features this acclaimed film presented in HD, with composer John Powell’s Academy Award®-nominated score performed live to picture by the New Jersey Symphony in a thrilling experience for all ages.
© 2010 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Speranza Theatre Company Presents PRINCESS PALS
2025-07-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Museum of Jersey City History, located at the historic Apple Tree House, 298 Academy Street, Jersey City, NJ, 07306, United States
Speranza Theatre Company, along with students from Speranza Studio’s Summer Acting Intensive, presents Princess Pals!
Happily Ever was just the beginning…turns out “after” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Bored and restless, princess frenemies must join forces to save their kingdoms- right as a jaw-dropping twist shatters their fairytale world.
Written and Directed by Nick Radu-Blackburn, the play features Donniee Barnes, Alexa Echeverria, Mack LeKnapp, Megan LeKnapp, Cassie Miller, Trey Radu-Blackburn, & Alicia Rivas. Introducing our student ensemble: Margaret Kelly, Mira Hernandez, Skylar Blake, Yi Anne Chew, Mira Dalvi, Gracie Galli, Rumi Salati & Ava Wahl!
Recommended for ages 10+
Performances outdoors-folding chairs provided. Concessions and Raffle prizes round out the fun!
Visit our website for tickets and full schedule-www.speranzatheatre.org
We’ll See You At The Show!

Dino Don Returns To Field Station Dinosaurs
2025-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
Dino Don Lessem, as seen on Shark Tank, Advisor to Steven Spielberg on Jurassic Park, returns for a fun-filled day at Field Station Dinosaurs. Discover how dinosaurs are portrayed in movies and explore fossils and movie props. Don’t miss Dino Don’s presentations that are filled with audience participation and plenty of entertaining science. Fun for all ages.
Cost: Free with Day Pass admission
Field Station Dinosaurs, 3 Overpeck Pk Driveway, Leonia, NJ 07605

Freehold Township Day
2025-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
Bring the whole family to this concert and festival in the park, featuring a variety of merchandise and food vendors. Kids can enjoy the rides, teens can hang out and dance to a DJ at the Teen Center, and the whole family can check out the car show.
Cost: Free
Michael J. Tighe Park, 65 Georgia Road, Freehold, NJ 07728

Blueberry Festival
2025-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
Celebrate everything blueberry at Mood’s Farm Market in South Jersey. While you are at the festival, make sure to enter the Blueberry Dessert Contest, where the desserts are judged on overall taste, originality, appearance, and ease of presentation.
Cost: Free to enter
901 Bridgeton Pike, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062

Blueberry Bash Festival
2025-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
Terhune Orchards will be celebrating everything blueberry this July. Pick your own blueberries in their pick-your-own blueberry patch, listen to some live country music, and stroll the farm trail. Tuckers’ Tale Puppet Theatre, NJ Bubble Parties, and blueberry treats will be there for the kids.
Cost: Prices vary per activity
330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, NJ 08540

Maplewoodstock
2025-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
Celebrating 20 years, the Maplewoodstock Music and Arts Festival features two days of musical acts, food, drinks, crafts, and community fun. There is even a Kid Zone.
Cost: Free
Memorial Park, 580 Valley Street, Maplewood, NJ 07040

Boardwalk Craft Show
2025-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
Head to the southern end of the boardwalk to find a one-of-a-kind gift, homemade treats, or a unique artwork. This event is rain or shine.
Cost: Free
Wildwood Boardwalk, Wildwood, NJ 08260

31st Annual Haddonfield Crafts and Fine Art Festival
2025-07-12 08:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
Bring the entire family to this lively concert and festival in the park. There will be lots of merchandise and plenty of food vendors. Kids can have a blast on the rides, and teens can chill and dance to a DJ at the Teen Center, and don’t miss the car show.
Cost: Free
Michael J. Tighe Park, 65 Georgia Road, Freehold, NJ 07728

Butterfly Festival
2025-07-12 11:00 - 17:00 | New Jersey
It’s your chance to learn all about the Bees and Pollinators, their importance to the environment, and how you can attract them to your yards. Enjoy tours of the Butterfly House, free classes, and a bug parade. The rain date is July 13.
Red Bank Battlefield National Park, 100 Hessian Avenue, National Park, NJ 08063

Storytime
2025-07-12 11:00 - 17:00 | Barnes & Noble – Woodland Park, NJ, 1156 US-46, Woodland Park, NJ 07424, Woodland Park, NJ, 07424, United States
Join us this Saturday for a special edition of the Storyteller Summer Series featuring a reading of The AWEsome Wonders of Your World, an interactive picture book that takes kids on a global adventure with SparkStar, a galactic pup guide. With fun activities and inspiring stories about the most amazing places on Earth, this event is perfect for curious young explorers aged 5–9!

31st Annual Haddonfield Crafts and Fine Art Festival
2025-07-12 11:00 - 2025-07-13 17:00 | downtown haddonfield, along Kings Highway between Washington Avenue and Haddon Avenue, along Tanner Street to Euclid Avenue, Haddonfield, NJ, 08033, United States
The 31st Annual Haddonfield Crafts and Fine Art Festival features more than 200 artists showcasing the best of fine art and craft from the region and beyond! This two-day outdoor festival, sponsored by Subaru, will be held Saturday, July 12 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sunday, July 13 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Visit artist booths, restaurants, and shops along Kings Highway between Washington Avenue and Haddon Avenue, along Tanner Street to Euclid Avenue, and the Emerging Artists Area on Kings Court. Learn more at www.rencrafts.com

IN HER FOOTSTEPS: a celebration of women in history
2025-07-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Museum of Jersey City History, located at the historic Apple Tree House, 298 Academy Street, Jersey City, NJ, 07306, United States
Step into history with, IN HER FOOTSTEPS, a fun, family-friendly, immersive theatrical experience that brings great women from the past to life through dynamic performances, multimedia displays, and hands-on activities.
IN HER FOOTSTEPS will be on Saturdays and Sundays in March 2025 at 1 PM and 4 PM at the Museum of Jersey City History, located at the historic Apple Tree House, 298 Academy Street, Jersey City, NJ. For more information, www.speranzatheatre.org.
