Top Ten New Jersey Events for April 12th – 14th, 2019

April 9, 2019 newjerseyisntboring

Cherry Blossoms! Craft Beer! Kites! Cats! This weekend in New Jersey has a fun mix of great events from the Jersey City Craft Beer Festival, Catsbury Park Convention, Kites at the Pier & more! Here are my top ten picks for New Jersey Events for April 12th – 14th, 2019.

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Top Ten New Jersey Events for April 12-14:

Rahway Taste of Spring 2019
April 12, 5:30PM – 9PM
Rahway’s Taste of Spring is one of the largest and best attended tasting events in New Jersey. This one-night event features the culinary delights of more than 40 regional food establishments, plus tasting stations of fine wine, aperitifs and boutique beer. Live entertainment fills the evening with a festive and fun atmosphere.
3 City Hall Plz, Rahway, NJ
Cost: $30+

New Jersey Wine & Food Festival
April 12 – 14
This prestigious showcase for top culinary talent, winemakers and distilleries from around the world is celebrating its 11th year with a weekend of dinners, wine and spirits tastings, chef demos and more. The weekend’s events offer something for everyone, from fun, interactive activities incorporating culinary elements such as Wine Yoga and Paso Paint and Sip, to tastings like Rose Champagne with Krug, Dom Perignon and Ruinart or 97 & Above, highlighting top-scoring wines (97 or more on a 100 point scale) to educational seminars such as The Art of Napa Cab to cocktail workshops like Mix it Up with Sagamore Spirits.
Crystal Springs Resort’s Clubhouse at Grand Cascades Lodge; 1 Wild Turkey Way in Hamburg, NJ.
Cost: Varies

Jersey City Craft Beer Fest
April 13, 2 Sessions
Harborside’s Waterfront Property will be hosting an eclectic local variety of superbly fermented beer and cider in all styles combining the best elements of a Beer Garden with the staggering array of choices found only at a Craft Beer Festival. Guests will enjoy craft beer samples for the entire evening paired with live entertainment, Food and Interactive Games.
Harborside Atrium, Jersey City, NJ
Cost: $15 – $70, Get $20 with Code NJISNTBORING

11th Annual Collingswood Green Festival
April 13, 9AM – 2PM
Celebrate spring and all things green by joining your friends and neighbors at Collingswood’s 11th Annual Green Festival, located just off Haddon Ave on Irvin Ave near the PATCO High Speed line. Enjoy Local sustainable food, organic gardening, water conservation, renewable energy, environmentally-friendly construction, and more. You will also get an opportunity to learn about smart green living from local activists and experts. Activities for kids include a Fun Zone featuring face-painting, sidewalk chalk drawing, games, arts and crafts, and more
Irvin Ave, Collingswood, NJ
Cost: Free

Made in Monmouth
April 13, 10AM – 4PM
Made In Monmouth is a program for both vendors to create useful new products that the public will want to buy and for visitors to find the best Monmouth made products to enrich their lives! Shop local by supporting local goods like kid friendly items, baked goods, art work, jewelry, pet items and more!
Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ
Cost: Free

Smithville Art Walk
April 13, 11AM – 5PM
More than 75 local artists set up shop on the Greene and showcase and sell their work. pecial Guest: Marvel Comic Book Artist Joe Del Beato. Live Music from local favorites 18th & Addison
Historic Village of Smithville, Galloway, NJ
Cost: Free

3rd Annual Hopped Up Scavenger Hunt Hackettstown Pub Crawl
April 13, 12PM – 8PM
Marketspace Vendor Events is partnering with Czig Meister Brewing and Hackettstown BID to bring a craft market to the 3rd Annual Hopped Up Scavenger Hunt Hackettstown Pub Crawl. The craft artisan market is free to the public. Pub Crawl tickets will be sold for this event. Tickets are required to participate in the scavenger hunt to win prizes and wrist band to receive discounts on craft beer and food during the event. 8 participating pub crawl bars and breweries include: Czig Meister Brewing Company, Jersey Girl Brewing Company, Man Skirt Brewing, Taphouse of Hackettstown, Enzos Pizza Budd Lake, Heath Village Retirement Community, Marley’s Gotham Grill, Pasta Grill by Enzo, and sponsored by New Jersey Highlands Coalition.
106 Valentine Street Hackettstown NJ
Cost: Free for Market, $30 in advance and $35 day of for Crawl

Catsbury Park Convention
April 13 & 14
Bringing together an all-star lineup from Cat World: Celebrity Cats, adoptable felines, DJs, games, activities, art, vendors, presentations, seminars, comedians, tattoos, tasty vegetarian food, CPCC will be ushering a much larger weekend event on April 13 and 14, 2019. With more venues to allow more attendees to interact with the cats for adoption, the goal of CPCC is to both find forever homes for our lovely feline friends as well as host seminars about rescue, kitten care, TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return), and more.
Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
Cost: $25 – $45

Kites at the Pier Festival
April 13 & 14, 9AM – 4PM
A day of great family fun featuring kite flyers from all areas of the eastern seaboard flying their most incredible creations! Every kind of kite imaginable will be at the annual Kites at the Pier Festival. Kites of all shapes and sizes – from inflatable flying creatures to traditional kites – will be flying high over the beach between Avenue and McLoone’s Pier House in Long Branch. A dazzling display of giant kites will be visible for miles and miles. Giant kite experts including the Dallmer family, Mike Pignolet and Don Petty, Jeff Burka, Paul & Tina Keeler, the Klopp family and others will be lofting some giant sea and land creatures.
Pier Village, Ocean Ave and Centennial Dr, Long Branch, NJ
Cost: Free

Bloomfest
April 14, 11AM – 5PM
Enjoy a family day in New Jersey’s pinkest park! A packed schedule of events includes Japanese cultural demonstrations, children’s activities, live music, a crafter’s marketplace, food and more!
Essex County Branch Brook Park, Cherry Blossom Welcome Center, Mill Street Entrance, Belleville + Prudential Concert Grove, Clifton Avenue Entrance, Newark, NJ
Cost: Free

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