The New Jersey Fairs & Festivals Blog
Guides to planning your 2026 New Jersey fair and festival season.
New Jersey Craft Fairs 2026: Dates, Towns, and Overlaps
A month-by-month look at New Jersey's 20 craft and artisan fairs in 2026, including free-admission fairs, repeat host towns, and every weekend where two events overlap.
July 30, 2026 · 5 min read
New Jersey Fall Festivals 2026: Dates, Towns, and Overlaps
A month-by-month look at New Jersey's 16 fall festivals in 2026, including which town hosts three separate events and the weekend where five festivals overlap.
July 30, 2026 · 4 min read
Every New Jersey County Fair in 2026, With Dates and Towns
Seventeen county fairs, ten weeks, and one date in late July when six of them run at once. Dates, towns, and which fairs list a ride midway.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Southern Shore Festivals 2026: Cape May County, Wildwood and Ocean City
The southern shore runs the densest festival calendar in New Jersey. Ocean City alone lists six separate events, and Wildwood adds seven more.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read
New Jersey Food Festivals 2026: Dates, Towns and What Each One Is Built On
Two blueberry festivals nine days apart in June. Three food festivals on the same Saturday in September. New Jersey's 2026 food festival calendar in date order.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read
New Jersey Music Festivals 2026: Full Date List by Month
Jazz, blues, country and folk across six of New Jersey's seven regions. Two jazz festivals land on the same August Saturday, and eight of the twenty-one are free.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read