Top 20 New Jersey Events October 21 – October 23, 2022
Well, well, well… October is here! We are falling for Fall and it’s MANY events. Featured events include Halloween Events, Oktoberfests, food, beer, and wine festivals, the Made in Jersey Festival , Boo at the Boardwalk, and much more. Let’s leave the house to explore what NJ has to offer (or not, you do you). These are my top 20 New Jersey Events for October 21 – October 23, 2022.
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Top 20 New Jersey Events for October 21 – October 23, 2022:
Halloween Light Show at Demarest Farms
Now – October 31
See the largest light show in NJ on a guided drive-through tour of brilliant Halloween light displays. Stop by the farm to enjoy goodies from the market and warm up by the fire pits with make-your-own s’mores and hot cocoa.
244 Wierimus Road, Hillsdale, NJ
Cost: $35 per car
Monster Bash
October 21, 6PM – 8PM
With Dracula, Mummy, Frankenstein, and Witch, it’ll be nothing short of a graveyard smash. There’ll be singing and dancing, music and crafts. Goodies, balloon art, and a whole lot of laughs! Spooktacular costumes are encouraged to take part in a costume contest. Tickets are required for children.
Moorestown Mall, 400 New Jersey 38, Moorestown, NJ
Cost: $10
Gardens Aglow Presby Memorial Iris
October 21, 6PM
View the gardens at dusk as they come to life with artfully carved jack-o-lanterns supplied by local high school art departments. Enjoy a glass of cider at sunset while watching the gardens glow! Activities, entertainment, a mad science show and refreshments will be on-going throughout the event.
474 Upper Mountain Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ
Cost: Free
Halloween Foodie Festival
October 21, 6PM – 11:59PM
Midnight Market is an exciting take on the classic night market scene. They are excited to pop up at 902 Brewing Co for an indoor/outdoor event in Jersey City. Bring your crew, bring a date, or just bring yourself. The most important thing is that you bring your appetite! Try food from 7 Tri-state Area Vendors, DJ and Dancing all night, Free Games & Activities, Food & Dance Party- Silent Disco TICKETS ONLY headphones & 3 DJs (9:15-Midnight).
902 Brewing Co . 101 Pacific Avenue Jersey City, NJ
Cost: $10 – $35
Night of Frights
October 21 & 22
Enjoy the village grounds and historic buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries…visit with our ghosts, ghouls, and monsters. Storytelling at the Chapel; a special night out at the Blacksmith Shop; the Manager’s House with fortune-telling for your entertainment; Mr. Allaire’s Macabre House; the Carriage House with legendary spirits; the towering four-story shadows of the General Store stocked with seasonal goods; and don’t forget treats at the Bakery plus our very own Haunted Food Truck! In the dark of the night, from woods to historic homes, the Historic Village at Allaire takes on a twist for the Halloween season. Costumed ghouls, Glow In The Dark Bubble Witch Show, & Fire Juggler. All with varied activities we welcome children, families, and adults of all ages
Historic Village at Allaire, 4263 Atlantic Avenue, Wall Township, NJ
Cost: Adult $15, Child $10
Fear In The Forest
October 21 & 22 (Open at dark, closes at 10pm)
This Family owned and operated Haunted Attraction is Hidden Deep in the woods of Pemberton Township, NJ. As you turn off of NJ State Route 70 and go through creepy dark cranberry bog roads, keep a look out for the Jersey Devil, and More! This DARK DARK ride through the bogs and into the woods will give you goosebumps, but keep an eye on the road one WRONG TURN will lead you into the middle of no where with no way out. Be sure to follow the bones to the CABIN IN THE WOODS where the Frights and Fears will begin. The Ghosts, and Ghouls of this Family Blueberry farm will come out of no where, so make sure you watch your back, you never know what’s about to attack. If you make it from your car to the ticket booth make sure you look out for RELLIK and CHAOS there is no holding them back. Once your group leaves with the tour guide there is NO TURNING BACK. As you walk even further in the woods watch you step and don’t leave your group or you may never see them again. If you survive the walk through be sure to gather at the Cabin for Music and Food.
182 City Line Road, Pemberton, NJ
Cost: General Admission $10, Fast Pass $20
Annual Ghoul Spring Village
October 21 & 22
This event is a a family-friendly haunted walk-thru for young and old alike. Proceeds benefit HCSV Foundation, a non-profit living history museum. Join in as they pierce the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead.
Historic Cold Spring Village, 720 US 9, Cape May, NJ
Cost: $4 for children and adults. $2 for hayride
Haunt O’Ween
October 21 – 23
Located at Bell Works, this family-friendly event features carnival rides, trick-or-treating, games, and nine worlds spanning 200,000 square feet. Twenty-five costumed characters will roam the grounds as immersive thematics flooded with interactivity, all built on the foundation of Halloween—trick or treating, pumpkins, costumes, candy for giveaways, and spooky fun.
Bell Works, 101 Crawford Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ
Cost: $40/person
Brookdale Haunted Theater
October 21 – 23, 7pm – 10:30pm
Brookdale’s annual Haunted Theater – designed, built and run by current and former students – is a delightfully scary, tormented trip through evil creatures, ghouls and ghosts, bloody body parts, and more. The popular Haunted Theater redefines “stage fright” for its many visitors during the walking tour of a maze of blood-chilling rooms.
Brookdale Community College Performing Arts Center, 765 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft, NJ
Cost: $20
Cranford’s Great Pumpkin Carve Out
October 22, Rain Date: Oct 29
Everyone is invited to come to Hanson Park from 5:30 pm-9 pm to stroll along the pumpkin-lit garden paths and see the carved pumpkins wonderfully displayed. Cash awards will be given for the funniest, scariest, and most original carved pumpkin grouped by ages; 4-8, 9-16 and 17 and up. This year will feature a family category so families can submit a group effort. Note this year’s event starts at 5:30 PM, a half hour earlier than in past years, to accommodate those who may prefer an earlier viewing of the displays. Additionally, a big-screen outdoor showing of a surprise favorite movie will start at dark. Bring your blankets! The movie, stroll, and contest are all free. Hot cider and cookies will be available for purchase.
Hanson Park, 38 Springfield Avenue in Cranford, NJ
Cost: Free
St. Thomas The Apostle Church Food Truck and Music Festival
October 22, 11AM – 7PM
Food …Beer…live music, family fun celebrating the unofficial start of the holiday season. Celebrate Halloween weekend 6+ Food Trucks, craft vendors, Biergarten, Hatchet tossing, face painting, cornhole and shop for local crafts.
Saint Thomas the Apostle Church, Old Bridge, NJ
Cost: $8 for adults and $5 for children 4-10 at the door, $6 for adults and $4 for children in advance. Children under 3 are always free!
Oktoberfest – A 75 Year Celebration
October 22, 1PM – 5PM
Join Oktoberfest and celebrate 75, now 76, years of volunteer service to the community. This event is part of the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Greenwich Township Emergency Squad. Event is rain or shine. Your 21+ ticket includes festival access, entertainment from live bands, unlimited 4oz. pours from participating breweries, and a tasting glass.
Thomas Stewart Park, 112 Greenwich Street, Stewartsville, NJ
Cost: $10 – $30
Made In Jersey Festival
October 22, 11AM – 6PM
The Made In Jersey Festival is a celebration of all things New Jersey. Join us on October 22, 2022 at the Wiggins Waterfront Park and Marina in Camden from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM for a taste of our state. From tomatoes, peaches, and corn to beers, wines, and spirits, farm fresh food, and world class artisanal products, New Jersey is home to the best in the country. We will be featuring producers, vendors, and crafters from all over the state. Enjoy live music, family fun, and Jersey made wine, beer, and spirits.
Wiggins Waterfront Park, Camden, NJ
Queen City Fall Fest
October 22, 12PM – 4PM
Enjoy live music, a vendor village (with local shops and crafters), a kids zone (complete with an inflatable obstacle course) and so much more.
Veteran’s Bicentennial Park, Beach Haven, NJ
Fall Fest at Lambertville Station Restaurant & Inn
October 22 & 23, 10AM – 6PM
Experience two days full of fall fun along the banks of the Delaware River at the Lambertville Station Restaurant & Inn Fall Fest. Take in the brilliant foliage and breathtaking views as you browse through vendors featuring local artisans, crafts, games, family activities, food trucks, beer garden, and live music. Join us on Saturday, October 22nd and Sunday, October 23rd, 10 am to 6 pm, rain or shine.
11 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
Boo at the Boardwalk
October 22 & 23, 12pm – 4pm
There will be crafts, face painting, beach maze, underwater pumpkin carving, limited kiddie rides & more! Featured events include The Perky’s Pumpkin Derby: 10/22 at 2pm (rain date 10/23), Howl-O-Ween Canines & Cocktails on October 22nd, and Underwater Pumpkin Carving daily at 3pm (included with aquarium general admission)
Jenkinson’s Boardwalk, 300 Ocean Ave, Point Pleasant, NJ
Historic Smithville’s Monster Bash
October 22, 10AM – 6:30PM (rain date Oct. 29th)
This Halloween event features the areas largest Zombie Walk. That’s not the undead walking the streets of Galloway Twp.. it’s Smithville’s annual Zombie Walk!, People from south Jersey and the surrounding areas find their way to Smithville either in full zombie gear or ready to be painted to look like a zombie (for a small fee)
Historic Smithville, 615 E. Moss Mill Rd, Smithville, NJ
Storybook Land Trick or Treat Weekends
October 22, & 23
Dress up in your Halloween best and get ready to collect treats throughout the park. Littles will love hopping on the fun rides in their costumes and gathering goodies with special Trick or Treat bags (included with admission).
6415 Black Horse Pike (Routes 40/322), Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Cost: Price of Admission
Fall Festival at Whitechapel Projects
October 22 & 23, 12PM – 5PM
The annual Long Branch Fall Bazaar will take place at Whitechapel Projects, a beautiful arts, food and cultural venue in Long Branch, NJ. There is plenty of outdoor space to social distance and enjoy shopping from local vendors and makers, a kids costume parade, trick or treating, kids workshops, costume contest for pets and adults, and fun Fall and Halloween-themed activities for families, friends and all ages.
Whitechapel Projects, 15 Second Ave, Long Branch, NJ
Witches Day Out
October 23, 2PM
Wear your witch’s hat and enter our hat contest; registration is from 12pm-2pm at the Smithville Inn. Parade and judging will take place between 3:30 and 4:30. Winners announced thereafter at the Smithville Inn. Food and drink specials will be offered. Please stop into our Shoppes with your hat and see what deals await you! Historic Smithville offers 60 Shoppes, 7 eateries, carousel ride, train ride, paddle boats and arcade, on site lodging at the Colonial Inn and over 26 free weekend events!
615 East Moss Mill Road, Galloway, NJ
