New Jersey Foodie, Beer and Wine Events for August 2022
Food! Wine! Beer! It’s Summer and festivals are popping up all over New Jersey. Whether it’s food truck festivals, restaurant weeks, beer festivals, or wine festivals…there’s plenty to do this August in 2022!
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New Jersey Foodie, Beer, and Wine Events for August 2022:
Sunset Sips & Sounds at Terhune Orchards
August 5, 12 & 26
Come join the fun at the historic apple orchard for Terhune wine, music, light bites, and friend-filled evenings every Friday night, June 4th through September 10th at Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery. What better way to unwind after a long week? Meet friends, bring your family, and enjoy a stunning farm sunset. Grab a glass of one of their award-winning wines, a tasting flight, or a wine slushy, sit back, relax, and enjoy live music from local artists each week. Styles range from Jazz and Blues to Folk and Rock. Wine and light fare including cheese platters and chips and homemade salsa, as well as a light dinner menu, are available. Sips & Sounds is the perfect way to kick off your weekend!
Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Rd., Princeton, NJ
Cost: Free to Attend
Highlands Annual Clam Festival
August 5 – 7
This three-day festival will feature seafood and other dishes from local restaurants, live entertainment, children’s activities and specialty vendors
Huddy Park, Shore Drive, Highlands, NJ
Cost: Free
Von Thun Farms Sunflower Food Truck and Music Festival
August 6, 11AM – 7PM
The Sunflowers, food, music and fun are back in 2022! Celebrate sunflower season with food trucks, live music, activities area and walk through the Sunflower Trail. Bring your lawn chair and blanket and join us for delicious food from our lineup of food trucks, live music, games, and activities for all ages! Your combo ticket this year includes the farm activity zone, Unlimited hayrides, , Giant Pumpkin Checkers, Rubber Duck Races, Pedal Karts, Straw Jump, Horseshoes, John Deere Trike Course, Barnyard Bouncers, Junior Pedal Karts, Straw Maze, Pumpkin Bowling, Corn Hole, , Barnyard Basketball, Connect Four, Giant Pumpkin TicTacToe, as well as the Sunflower trail! For a $6 upgrade you will be able to cut 3 Sunflowers and take them home with you!
438 NJ-57, Washington, NJ
Cost: $6+
Elmwood Park Food Truck Festival
August 6, 11AM – 7PM
Over 20 gourmet food trucks, DJ, vendors, beer, margarita & sangria garden, kid activities including pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, sand art, knocker ball, axe throwing, games, & so much more!
500 Mola Blvd, Elmwood Park, NJ
Cost: $5 admission, kids under 5 free
Around The World: An International Food Festival
August 6, 12PM
Have you ever wished you could take a year to travel the world and sample food from every corner of the globe? Well, now you can do that in one day! Monmouth Park’s newest event is Around the World: An International Food Festival. This can’t-miss event will feature local food vendors serving up a variety of diverse fare. South American, Asian, European – there promises to be something for everyone. Enjoy live music from 12-4pm from Pez Head.
Monmouth Race Track, Oceanport, NJ
Cost: $6
Manahopkin Craft Beer & Music Festival
August 6, 2 Sessions
This event features beers from local breweries, food trucks, live music, craft vendors and activities for children. Two tasting sessions: 12:00pm-4:00pm and 5:00pm-9:00pm.
Manahawkin Lake Park, Route 9 and North Lakeshore Road, Manahawkin section of Stafford, NJ
Cost: Tickets cost $30 for attendees who will be sampling beer; admission is free for those who will not be drinking. Food prices will vary by vendor.
Just Peachy Festival
August 6 & 7, 10AM – 5PM
The weekend will be filled with activities for kids, pony rides, games, and barnyard fun. Kids can enjoy rubber duck races, interactive, hands-on fun in the little tots’ Farm Store, junior mechanic Shop, Discovery Barn, a scavenger hunt, and old-fashioned games. Enjoy live music each day noon-4pm. Everything Peachy Food Tent will offer tasty summer fare. Barn Door Cafe will be scooping up Peach Ice Cream & peachy treats. Adults can enjoy the taste of summer in a glass with our award-winning Just Peachy wine, peach wine slush, or a flight of white, red, and fruit wines.
Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Rd. Princeton, NJ
Cost: $12,$15 at the gate 3 and under are free
New Jersey African Restaurant Week Festival
August 6 & 7, 12PM – 7PM
A Celebration of the Best of African/Black Diaspora Food and Culture – Come support Local Businesses and Entrepreneurs. Join foodies, culture enthusiasts, world travelers and chefs, restaurants with food and wine tastings – discover food from various parts of Africa and the Diaspora. Come support your local businesses and entrepreneurs – featuring vendors across food, fashion, beauty, wellness, design, arts, crafts and more. #africanrestaurantweek
Bisrate Gebriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, 1046 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ
Cost: $0 – $30
The Italian American Association of Ocean Township Annual Italian Festival
August 10 – 14
This four day Italian Festival annually attracts over 80,000 people with a taste for our traditional foods and wholesome family fun while celebrating Italian heritage and culture. There’s something for everyone from sampling the great taste of Italy’s delicious food, rides, games, music, and more!
Joe Palaia Park, Ocean Township, NJ
La Festa Itialiana
August 10 – 14
La Festa Italiana celebrates Italian heritage, spirituality and is an evening of music, dance and authentic Italian foods. It’s fun filled with games, an hourly 50/50, and terminates with the Super 50/50 raffle drawing. The festival will honor the Veneration of Our Lady of the Assumption and Saint Rocco. Each night Live Bands perform on the Mainstage. Perfect for grabbing a Sausage & Pepper Sandwich and a Beer and watching this great performance
344 Sixth Street, Jersey City, NJ
Angelsea Night Market
August 11, 5PM – 10PM
Food truck fun is back this summer in North Wildwood. The event includes some of the best food trucks in the Northeast, crafters, and the great shops and restaurants down Olde New Jersey Ave. Visitors are invited to go also into the surrounding restaurants to see all that they have to offer including great food and beverage menus. Some of the establishments in the area will also have their own live music.
Olde New Jersey Ave, North Wildwood, NJ
Vets Summer Fest 2022
August 13, 11AM – 8PM
Vets Summer Fest is an annual event that supports Operation Chillout, an all-volunteer outreach dedicated to ending the homelessness crisis for veterans across the states of NJ/PA/RI. It features live music, craft vendors, a kids zone, a bike run, and food. This is a Free Will Donation event, held at VASA Park in Hackettstown, NJ on August 113th from 11 AM – 7PM. Live ceremony events will begin at 12 PM to honor our veterans, followed by live music from 1 PM to 7PM. There will be food for sale and a cash bar available. The Kid Zone will have crafts and games offered all day. There will also be a motorcycle run which begins at the Hackettstown Elks Lodge 2331 (Registration from 8-10AM) and features a scenic ride through Warren County, ending at VASA Park for Vets Summer Fest.
VASA Park, 1 Vasa Dr. Hackettstown, NJ
Cost: Free to Attend
Chester Food Truck and Music Festival
August 13, 11AM – 7PM
Over 20 gourmet food trucks, DJ, vendors, beer, margarita & sangria garden, kid activities including pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, sand art, knocker ball, axe throwing, games, & so much more!
134 Main St, Chester, NJ
Cost: $5 admission, kids under 5 free
Flemington’s Corn, Tomato and Beer Festival
August 13, 12PM – 8PM
Held in Flemington’s Artisan District, this foodie and beer-lovers event will feature an expansive micro-brewery beer garden, live music, great food, and family entertainment — and of course, New Jersey’s finest corn and tomatoes! This is a family friendly event for all ages with an expanded kids zone and free entertainment.
Stangl Road, Flemington, NJ
Seltzerland
August 13, 1PM – 5PM
On Saturday, August 13th ShoreTown Ballpark will turn into a hard seltzer paradise. Guests will be able to enjoy this one-of-a-kind outdoor experience spending the afternoon tasting 100+ unique hard seltzers, indulging in delicious food, receiving tons of Seltzer swag, and capturing insta-worthy moments. Brands like White Claw, Mike’s Hard Lemonade Seltzer, Vizzy, Topo Chico Hard Seltzer, Happy Dad and many more will be available to sample. While you’re drinking your favorite bubbly there will be tons of entertainment. Play seltzer pong, lemonade ladder, golf and cornhole with your crew, dance to the DJ beats, take pics in the White Claw inflatable bubble booth, and go home with all the seltzer swag you could dream of. A portion of proceeds from all Seltzerland events are donated to Forage Forward, a national organization dedicated to supporting local and national non-profit organizations, with a specific focus on social justice, food banks, food sustainability and food education.
ShoreTown Ballpark | 2 Stadium Way, Lakewood, NJ
Cost: $39 – $59
Saltwater Day
August 13, 2PM – 10PM
The Old Bridge Township Department of Parks & Recreation is excited to announce the revival of Saltwater Day! The event will have arts, crafts, vendors, new rides, carnival game trailers, entertainment, food and conclude with a fireworks show. Live music will be played throughout the day. For 21 and older guests, the Laurence Harbor Fire Department will be hosting a Beer Garden for $10/person which includes a mug and two drink tickets. Additional tickets are $2 each, and proof of age is required.
Laurence Harbor Beachfront, Laurence Harbor, NJ
Surf & Turf Seafood Festival
August 13 & 14
Lobster rolls, crab cakes, and calamari…oh my! The Jersey Shore’s freshest seafood festival is at Monmouth Park. Join us as nearly 20 of the Shore’s best seafood establishments converge for our annual seafood celebration. This two-day festival will feature live music all weekend from 12-4pm, plus FREE family fun day activities from 12-4pm on Sunday. Enjoy live music by Soulstirs on Saturday and Madison Ave Band on Sunday. Participating food vendors: Cousins Maine Lobster, Four Boys Concessions, Kiersten’s Creations, Highway to Ohana, Sherri’s Crab Cakes, Point Lobster, Green Dog Mobile, Playa Bowls, Star of the Sea Seafood, Strollo’s Lighthouse, Sweetpepper Venezuelan Specialties, L’Acquario Seafood Italiano, Wild Bill’s Old Fashioned Soda.
Monmouth Race Track, Oceanport, NJ
Cost: $6
Paramus Food Truck Festival
August 14, 11AM – 7PM
Over 20 gourmet food trucks, DJ, vendors, beer, margarita & sangria garden, kid activities including pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, sand art, knocker ball, axe throwing, games, & so much more!
700 Paramus Park, NJ
Cost: $5 admission, kids under 5 free
Burlington County Restaurant Week
Sunday August 14 – Saturday, August 20, 2022
More than 35 restaurants will be participating all over the region, from Bordentown to Medford.
Brigantine Food Truck Festival
August 19 – 21
The Brigantine Beach Food Truck Festival will be taking place at the 38th street beaches in Brigantine Friday, August 19th through Sunday, August 21st, 2022. The show begins at 11am each day and will feature delicious foods from almost 2 dozen of the best food trucks in the tri-state area.
38th Street Beach, Brigantine, NJ
Snyder Farms Food Truck and Music Festival
August 20, 11AM – 7PM
Over 20 gourmet food trucks, DJ, vendors, beer, margarita & sangria garden, kid activities including pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, sand art, knocker ball, axe throwing, games, & so much more!
586 S Middlebush Rd, Somerset, NJ
Cost: $5 admission, kids under 5 free
Edison’s Food Wine & Beer Festival
August 20, 4PM – 10PM
This annual family event features Wine & Craft Brewers including Edison’s Cypress Brewery, face painting and activities for the kids, live entertainment, local vendors, artists, and more.
926 Amboy Avenue, Edison, NJ
Cost: $5, Kids under 10 are Free
Food Trucks On The Ave
August 21, 11AM – 7PM
Come feast on food from over 22 food trucks, lets the kids play at Kid’s Korner and enjoy 8 hours of live entertainment.
W Landis Ave & SW Blvd, Vineland, NJ
Swedesboro Food Truck Festival & Dancing in the Park
August 25, 7PM
Dancing in the Park will be held in conjunction with Food Truck Thursdays. Enjoy some tasty food and drink from a variety of area food trucks and vendors! This is a family friendly foodie event! There will be some games and background music to enjoy as you dig in and enjoy the music! Food Truck Festivals & Dancing in the Park.
Swedesboro Auction Park, 101 Leahy Ave, Swedesboro, NJ
Chatham Food Truck and Music Festival
August 27, 11AM – 7PM
The Food Trucks are coming back to Chatham! The 3rd Annual Food Truck and Music Fest will be held again at the Chatham Middle School. Bring your lawn chairs, your apatite, and your 4-legged family members for a day of great food, great music and a celebration of life! In addition to 15+ food vendors the family will enjoy some great activities including boardwalk Style Games, bounce house, air soft shooting gallery painters, and more!
480 Main St, Chatham, NJ 07928, Chatham, NJ
Cost: $4 – $6
Wine Down Summer at the Riverwinds
August 27 & 28, 12PM – 5PM
Wine Down Summer at RiverWinds is featuring 12 of New Jersey’s best wineries, gourmet food trucks, artisanal crafters, kids activities and live music!
Riverwinds Community Center, West Deptford, NJ
Cost: $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Netcong End of Summer Food Truck Festival
August 28, 7AM – 7PM
Get ready Netcong and surrounding towns…. food trucks, fun, games, vendors, and live music are coming to town as saying goodbye to Summer! Bring your appetite, lawn chairs, and of course your 4 – legged family members as we party one more time before school starts….Sunday, August 28th at Arbolino Park Netcong! In addition to some great food, your family will enjoy some great activities including Airsoft shooting range, Extreme Grand Prix racing, inflatables, Sand Art, Extreme Bubble Ball, Henna Tattoo, and more! Portions of all ticket sales go to benefit the Netcong Recreation Department.
93 Koclas Dr, Netcong, NJ
Cost: $4 – $6
