The Local Girl There is never any shortage of summer festivals, carnivals, + fairs in New Jersey. From cultural food + music festivals to carnivals and parades, the summers are filled with fun, family-friendly events, perfect for any weekend. We’ve compiled a list of events throughout Jersey that include food, carnival rides, craft shows, live music, and even farm animals. Read on for a list of festivals, carnivals + fairs in New Jersey for summer 2026.
Atlantic County
Red, White + Blueberry Festival | Hammonton High School, 566 Old Forks Road, Hammonton
June 28th, 12 PM
Bergen County
Tenafly Night Market | Washington Street + W. Railroad Avenue, Tenafly
May 16th, 5 PM – 11 PM
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Bridgewater Spring Carnival + Touch-a-Truck | Bridgewater Commons, 400 Commons Way, Bridgewater
May 31st, 11 AM – 3 PM
Paramus 4th of July Fireworks + Food Truck Festival | Paramus High School, 99 E Century Road, Paramus
July 3rd, 2 PM – 9 PM
South Bergen PrideFest | Lincoln Park, 176 Park Avenue, Rutherford
June 6th, 12 PM – 5 PM
Spring Fling Street Fair + Food Truck Fest | 216 Boulevard, Hasbrouck Heights
June 7th, 10 AM – 5 PM
Fair Lawn Street Fair + Craft Show | Downtown Fair Lawn, Plaza Road + Fair Lawn Avenue, Fair Lawn
June 7th, 11 AM – 5 PM
Garfield Multicultural Food + Music Festival | 20th Century Field, 75 Elizabeth Street, Garfield
June 14th, 11 AM – 7 PM
Saddle Brook Street Fair + Craft Show | Mayhill Street + Market Street, Saddle Brook
September 20th, 11 AM – 5 PM
Burlington County
St. Mary of the Lakes Carnival + MusicFest | St. Mary of the Lakes School, 196 NJ-70, Medford
May 11th – 15th, 5 PM – 9 PM, May 16th, 4 PM – 9 PM
Roebling Carnival | Nyikita Field, Hornberger Avenue + 10th Avenue, Roebling
May 27th – 30th
Burlington County Farm Fair | Burlington County Fairgrounds, 1990 Jacksonville-Jobstown Road, Columbus
July 21st – 25th
Cape May County
Cape May County 4-H Fair | Cape May County 4-H Fairgrounds, 355 Court House South Dennis Road
July 16th, 3 PM – 10 PM, July 17th – 18th, 10 AM – 10 PM
Cumberland County
CCTEC’s Annual Food Truck Festival | 3400 College Drive, Vineland
May 15th, 4 PM – 8 PM
Essex County
Livingston Kiwanis Karnival | 66 E. Northfield Road, Livingston
May 12th – 14th, 6 PM – 10 PM, May 15th, 6 PM – 11 PM, May 16th, 3 PM – 11 PM
St. Thomas More Church Carnival | St. Thomas More Church, 12 Hollywood Avenue, Fairfield
May 13th – 16th, 6 PM – 10 PM
Bloomfield Food Truck + Music Festival | St. Thomas the Apostle School, 50 Byrd Avenue, Bloomfield
May 15th, 4 PM – 10 PM
Maplewood Street Fair + Craft Show | Indiana Street + Springfield Avenue, Maplewood
May 17th, 11 AM – 5 PM
Belleville Food Truck Festival | Belleville Municipal Stadium, 100 Passaic Ave, Belleville
June 6th, 12 PM – 8 PM
MAAHF 36th Annual Parade + Festival | Nishuane Park, 48 High Street, Montclair
June 6th, 10:30 AM – 6 PM
Montclair Pride Festival | 1 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair
June 13th, 12 PM – 8 PM
Garden State Comic Fest | 560 Northfield Avenue, West Orange
June 27th, 9:30 AM – 5 PM, June 28th, 9:30 AM – 4 PM
Gloucester County
Saint Margaret’s Carnival | St. Margaret’s School, 773 3rd Street, Woodbury Heights
May 18th – 21st, 6 PM – 10 PM, May 22nd – 23rd, 6 PM – 11 PM
Wine + BBQ Fest | Washington Lake Park, 626 Hurffville Cross Keys Road, Sewell
June 13th – 14th, 12 PM – 5 PM
Country in the Park Food + Music Festival | Washington Lake Park, 626 Hurffville – Cross Keys Road, Sewell
July 11th, 11 AM – 7 PM
Gloucester County 4-H Fair | 4-H Fairgrounds, 275 Bridgeton Pike Route 77, Mullica Hill
July 23rd – 26th
South Jersey Seafood + Music Festival | Washington Lake Park, 626 Hurffville – Cross Keys Road, Sewell
August 29th, 11 AM – 7 PM
Hudson County
Hoboken Arts + Music Festival | 94 Washington Street, Hoboken
May 17th, 11 AM – 6 PM
Hoboken Artisan Market | 770 Jackson Street Plaza, Hoboken
June 14th, July 12th, August 9th, + September 13th, 11 AM – 4 PM
Carrington Village Caribbean Festival | 459 to 467 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Jersey City
July 18th
St. Ann’s Feast | 704 Jefferson Street, Hoboken
July 22nd – 24th, 6 PM – 11 PM, July 25th – 26th, 1 PM – 11 PM
La Festa Italiana | 344 Sixth Street, Jersey City
August 5th – 7th, 5 PM – 11 PM, August 8th – 9th, 2 PM – 11 PM
Jersey City Pride Festival | 112 Newark Avenue, Jersey City
August 22nd, 1 PM – 9 PM
Hunterdon County
Clinton Township Food Truck + Music Fest | Bundt Park, 8 Red School House Road, Lebanon
May 17th, 11 AM – 7 PM
Hunterdon County 4-H + Agricultural Fair | Hunterdon County Fairgrounds, 1207 Route 179, Lambertville
August 19th – 23rd
Mercer County
New Jersey Seafood + BBQ Festival | Mercer County Park, 1638 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor
May 17th, 12 PM – 7 PM
Terhune Orchards Strawberry Festival | 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton
May 30th – 31st + June 6th – 7th, 10 AM – 5 PM
Middlesex County
St. George Greek Festival | St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 1101 River Road, Piscataway
May 14th, 4 PM – 9 PM, May 15th, 12 PM – 11 PM, May 16th, 12 PM – 12 AM, May 17th, 12 PM – 7 PM
Woodbridge Street Fair + Craft Show | Main Street + Amboy Avenue, Woodbridge
May 16th, 11 AM – 5 PM
New Jersey Jerk Festival | Middlesex County Fairgrounds, 655 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick
May 24th, 12 PM – 8 PM
Dunellen Street Fair + Craft Show | North Avenue + S Washington Avenue, Dunellen
June 28th + September 13th, 11 AM – 5 PM
Middlesex County Fair | 655 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick
August 3rd – 7th, 5 PM – 11 PM, August 8th, 11 AM – 11 PM, August 9th, 11 PM – 10 PM
Metuchen Street Fair | Main Street + Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen
August 16th, 11 AM – 5 PM
New Jersey Folk Festival | 42 Riva Avenue, North Brunswick Township
August 29th, 11 AM – 5 PM
Monmouth County
Keansburg 8th Annual Food Truck Festival | 1 Beachway Avenue, Keansburg
May 16th, 2 PM – 7 PM
Jersey Shore Food Truck Festival | Monmouth Park Racetrack, 175 Oceanport Avenue, Oceanport
May 23rd – 25th, 11 AM – 5 PM
Keyports Stars + Stripes Food Truck + Music Festival | Keyport Waterfront Park, American Legion Drive, Keyport
May 23rd, 11 AM – 8 PM
Bayshore Greek Festival | 20 Hillcrest Road, Holmdel
June 4th, 6 PM – 10 PM, June 5th, 5 PM – 11 PM, June 6th, 1 PM – 11 PM, June 7th, 12 PM – 7 PM
AsburyFest | Across from 1300 Ocean Avenue North, Unit C-4, Asbury Park
June 12th, 5 PM – 10 PM, June 13th, 11 AM – 10 PM, June 14th, 11 AM – 6 PM
Monmouth County Fair | East Freehold Showgrounds, Kozloski Road, Freehold
July 22nd – 24th, 4 PM – 11 PM, July 25th, 11 AM – 11 PM, July 26th, 11 AM – 6 PM
Atlantic Highlands Music + Food Truck Festival | Atlantic Highlands Marina, 2 Simon Lake Drive, Atlantic Highlands
August 2nd, 12 PM – 8:30 PM
Red Bank Street Fair + Craft Show | Monmouth Street + Broad Street, Red Bank
August 30th, 11 AM – 5 PM
Sea.Hear.Now Festival | 1300 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park
September 19th – 20th
Morris County
Country Jamboree Fest | Rockaway Borough, 144 Beach Street, Rockaway
May 16th, 11 AM – 8 PM
Corpus Christi Parish Carnival | Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, 234 Southern Boulevard, Chatham Township
May 28th – 29th, 6 PM – 10 PM, May 30th, 5 PM – 10 PM
Randolph Food Truck + Music Fest | County College of Morris, 214 Center Grove Road, Randolph
May 31st, 11 AM – 7 PM
12th Annual Tri-County Fair | Christ Church Rockaway, 140 Green Pond Road, Rockaway
June 18th, 6 PM – 11 PM, June 19th, 5 PM – 11 PM, June 20th, 2 PM – 11 PM, June 21st, 1 PM – 7 PM
Morris County 4-H Fair | High View Farms, 416 Sand Shore Road, Mt. Olive
July 24th – 25th, 10 AM – 8 PM, July 26th, 9 AM – 4 PM
Ocean County
Spring Craft Fair + Food Truck Festival | Southern Regional High School, 90 Cedar Bridge Road, Stafford Township
May 16th, 10 AM – 4 PM
Pickle Palooza Food Truck + Music Festival | Laurita Winery, 85 Archertown Road, New Egypt
May 17th, 12 PM – 7 PM
Berkeley Township Food Truck + Music FEASTival | Veterans Park, 489 Bill Zimmerman Jr Way, Bayville
May 23rd, 11 AM – 7 PM
Ocean County Fair | Robert J. Miller Airpark, 901 Route 530, Bayville
July 15th – 16th, 5 PM – 11 PM, July 17th – 18th, 11 AM – 11 PM, July 19th, 11 AM – 5 PM
See More: 25+ Festivals, Carnivals, + Fairs in New Jersey for Summer 2026
Passaic County
Our Lady of the Valley Family Festival | Our Lady of the Valley Church, 630 Valley Road, Wayne
May 12th – 15th, 6 PM – 10 PM, May 16th, 2 PM – 10 PM, May 17th, 1 PM – 8 PM
Pompton Lakes Spring + Summer Stroll | Wanaque Avenue, Pompton Lakes
May 21st, June 18th, + July 16th, 4 PM – 8 PM
West Orange Downtown Thursday Market | Main Street + Alden Street, West Orange
June 25th, July 9th, + August 6th, 4 PM – 8 PM
Kezus Food Fest | Hofstra Park, 106 Brown Avenue, Prospect Park
June 27th, 12 PM – 6 PM
Salem County
Salem County Fair | Salem County Fairgrounds, 735 Harding Hwy, Woodstown
August 3rd – 7th
Somerset County
South Bound Brook Food Truck + Music Fest | Memorial Park, 78 Elizabeth Street, South Bound Brook
May 30th, 11 AM – 7 PM
2026 International Street Fair | Downtown Somerville, Somerville
June 7th, 12 PM – 6 PM
Warren Lions EXPO | Warren Municipal Building, 46 Mountain Boulevard #2, Warren
June 10th – 13th, 6 PM – 10 PM
Bernardsville Street Fair + Craft Show | Downtown Bernardsville, Mine Brook Road + Mount Airy Road, Bernardsville
June 14th, 11 AM – 5 PM
Branchburg America250 Celebration | 227 Baird Road, Branchburg Township
July 5th, 12 PM – 9 PM
Somerset County 4-H Fair | North Branch Park, 355 Milltown Road, Bridgewater
August 5th – 7th, 10 AM – 10 PM
Sussex County
Wyckoff + Franklin Lakes Lions Club Carnival | McBride Field, 800 Franklin Lake Road, Franklin Lake
May 13th – 14th, 6 PM – 9:30 PM, May 15th, 6 PM – 10 PM, May 16th, 2 PM – 10 PM, May 17th, 3 PM – 8 PM
Sparta Food Truck + Music Festival | White Lake Road, Sparta
July 18th, 11 AM – 7 PM
The New Jersey State Fair + Sussex County Farm + Horse Show | Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road, Augusta
July 31st – August 8th
Union County
JC’s Annual Kenilworth Street Fair + Classic Car Show | 567 Boulevard, Kenilworth
May 17th, 10 AM – 4 PM
Springfield’s Annual Food Truck Festival | 44 Morrison Road, Springfield
May 17th, 11 AM – 5 PM
Cranford Spring Street Festival | North Union Avenue + Alden Street, Cranford
May 17th, 11 AM – 5 PM
Westfield Street Fair + Craft Show | Westfield Train Station, S Avenue W, Westfield
June 6th + August 22nd, 11 AM – 5 PM
Warren County
8th Annual Donaldson Farms Food Truck + Music Fest | Donaldson Farms Farm Market, 358 Allen Road, Hackettstown
June 6th, 12 PM – 7 PM
Hot Air Balloons, Arts + Crafts Festival | 475 Route 57, Washington
June 6th – 7th, 1 PM – 8:30 PM
Warren County Farmers Fair Featuring the Hot Air Balloon Festival | 1350 Strykers Road, Phillipsburg
July 25th – August 1st
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