Top Ten New Jersey Events to Check Out May 14 – 16, 2021

May 11, 2021 newjerseyisntboring

This weekend looks amazing! With the return of the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, the Beer, BBQ, Bacon Showdown, and Skylands Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival plus Springfest at Tranquility Farm and a lot more…be sure to put these events on your calendar.

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Top Ten New Jersey Events to Check Out May 14 – 16:

Virtual Paperweight Fest 2021
May 14 – 16
An All-in-One Experience Available Nowhere Else! Submerse yourself in knowledge with Paperweight Presentations by Gay LeCleire Taylor, Angela Bowey, Marek Kordasiewicz, and Andy Dohan. Watch live demonstrations by Don Friel, David Graeber, & Skitch Manion as they attempt to create the World’s Largest Millville Rose Paperweight! Engage with Loren Stump as he demonstrates the making of a Millville Rose Murrini. Slices of the Murrini will be sold to support WheatonArts. Join Meet the Artist Break Out Sessions with Paul Stankard, Damon MacNaught, Cathy Richardson, Clinton Smith, Mayauel Ward, Chris Sherwin, Alison Ruzsa, or Melissa Ayotte, as well as a 50th Anniversary Exhibit Tour with Kristin Qualls. Shop & Visit with Artists & Dealers: Tad McKeon’s Paperweights for Collectors, Cathy Richardson, Ken Rosenfeld, William Pitt Paperweights, and the A.G. Paperweight Shop.
Virtual Event
Cost: $45

Toms River Card Show
May 15, 8AM – 3PM
Trading card show featuring 40+ tables of sports, nonsports, Pokemon, and other collectible card game trading cards. Vintage, modern, and current; graded and raw, wax boxes wax packs, premium and junk wax.
Clarion Hotel & Conference Center 815 Route 37 West, Toms River, NJ
Cost: $3 (kids free with paid adult) Early Bird 8 AM: $10

Vintage Day: Costumes, Vendors, Flea Market
May 15, 11AM – 3PM
Join Whitesbog Preservation Trust in a vintage dress, bring out your classic car, truck, bike or tractor and check out the old bottles, antiques, junk, and music in the 1920’s era Historic Farm Village! Cranberry & Blueberry Museum will be open for exploring and they have a band or two playing on the outdoor stage!
Costume Contest: Judging and Prize at 1 pm
Audience Choice Award for Best Vehicle
Antique Displays in 1900’s-1920’s era Farm buildings and Barns
Vintage and Classic vehicles welcome!
Whitesbog Preservation Trust, 120 West Whites Bogs Road, Browns Mills, NJ
Cost: Free

Skylands Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival
May 15, 12PM – 7PM
Spend a special day enjoying the outdoors, delicious food, craft beer, music, and more! With over 100 craft beers and beverages, more than 20 popular food trucks, live music from local talent, and an assortment of backyard activities, our event truly has entertainment for all ages. This Sussex County event will take place rain or shine. Parking and admission for kids 38″ and under is free, with adult admission at only $5 per ticket. This open-air event will follow all CDC, state, and local guidelines. Event logistics are regularly evaluated for enhanced health and safety protocols. Visit skylandsstadium.com for more updates and information.
Skylands Stadium, 94 Championship Place, Augusta, NJ
Cost: $5

BEER BBQ BACON SHOWDOWN!
May 15, 1PM – 5PM (VIP starts at 12)
The Beer BBQ Bacon Showdown is New Jersey’s first festival, featuring only New Jersey Beer, coupled with restaurants, gourmet food trucks & Chefs, offering a delectable array of mouth-watering BBQ & Bacon creations, all available for purchase. There will be a competition to showcase their culinary skills, with a panel of celebrity judges choosing the best of the best, along with People’s Choice awards for Best Dish & Best Beer. 30 New Jersey Breweries will be in attendance, each bringing 3 styles of Beer. One of these styles will be either a rare Beer or a Brew created specifically for this event. The event will take place outdoors and in tents, with some fantastic Music! This is destined to become a New Jersey Spring classic.
Mennen Field Arena, 161 Hanover Ave., Morristown, NJ
Cost: $20 – $90, Must be $21+

Main Street Wellness Walk
May 15, 1PM – 4PM
Go on a wellness journey from 1:00-3:00, visit the Merchants on Main Street to get your clues for the wellness mystery hunt message. At 3pm head to The Center, Life in Balance, 45 S Main, and go on their wellness walk lead by intuitive spiritual guides using sage and crystals to energetically cleanse ourselves & Main Street. Finally, join in a gathering circle to let go of any unwanted energies in a healing release & burn ceremony! All are welcome! Tickets Required. Ages 4 -15 will receive an amethyst crystal, ages 15 and up will receive sage to burn.
Main Street, Medford
Cost: $5 per person (Early ticket sale price!) Children under 4 are free

Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market
May 15 & 16, 10AM – 5PM
The TPRFM is proud to share that they are back for 2021! After several postponements and two very safe and successful events in 2020, the TPRFM returns for their annual Spring Fling market on May 15-16, 2021 at the Cure Insurance Arena Parking Lot located at 81 Hamilton Ave, Trenton, NJ! Although smaller than the standard market due to Covid forcing them to find a new, temporary, outdoor home… this get down will still feature more than 140 different DIY (socially distant) vendors each day, several of the area’s finest food trucks both days and plenty of socially distant high fives!
Cure Insurance Arena Parking Lot, 81 Hamilton Ave, Trenton, NJ
Cost: $7

Springfest at Tranquility Farms
May 15 & 16, Sat. 11AM to 3PM | Sat. 4PM-8PM | Sun. 11AM – 3PM
Springfest at Tranquillity Farms features Czig Meister Brewing (beer & hard seltzers), James off Main, LIVE MUSIC, and over 45+ vendors from Marketspace Vendor Events. Join in celebrating/kicking off Tranquillity’s garden & flower season! More info at their Facebook Event.
47 Decker Pond Rd, Green Township, NJ
Cost: $10 adults, Kids $5

Arts in Bloom
May 15 & 16, 10AM – 5PM
Arts in Bloom is an event where artists from all over Salem County come together to share their studios with the public for a two-day, county-wide event. “Salem County Arts in Bloom”, the free two-day art event spans many locations throughout Salem County, NJ (towns such as Alloway, Canton, Elmer, Elsinboro, Lower Alloways Creek, Monroeville, Pedricktown, Pennsville, Pittsgrove, Salem, and Woodstown). Guests enjoy open studio and gallery tours featuring local artists, with activities including pottery demonstrations, painting, fiber arts, puppetry, and much more. Some tours will be in-person following social distancing guidelines, and others will be virtual.
Salem County, NJ
Cost: Free

Bloom Festival
May 15 & 16, 12PM – 5PM
Spring is upon us! The vineyard is waking from its winter slumber, and so begins the budding of the next vintage. To celebrate, they’re announcing their annual Bloom Festival: May 15-16 from 12-5PM. Bring your family and friends to spend the day by the lake enjoying live music, fresh food, and your favorite Autumn Lake wine. Admission is $15.00 per person, which includes: parking, souvenir glass, wine tasting & entertainment. Food will be available for purchase, provided by Big Papa Jai’s, Top Shelf Mobile, and Mary’s Mobile Diner. Music by PoorMouth Henry on Saturday, with Grass ‘n Gravel on Sunday. Please bring your own chairs and blankets. Friendly dogs on leashes (with waste bags) are also welcome! Elderly and handicap drop-off area. Outside alcohol prohibited by law.
Autumn Lake Winery, Williamstown, NJ
Cost: $15

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