Top Ten New Jersey Events to Check Out October 16 – 18, 2020

Celebrate Autumn in all it’s glory! Whether you’re trick or treating in Hammonton, tasting different food at the Fall Food Truck and Music Bash in Woodbridge, or dining out for Collingswood Restaurant Week there is plenty to do this weekend. *Please remember to keep socially distanced and safe!

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Top Ten New Jersey Events to Check Out October 16-18, 2020:

DiDonato Family Fun Center Trick-Or-Treat Train
October 16 – 18
This little goblin-friendly Halloween outdoor train ride will leave the whole family laughing and gasping for more! Tricks, treats, and surprises are included for kids and grownups! Your admission includes:
A train ride through a little-goblin-friendly Halloween Town – as always at DiDonato’s every family has their own train car!
Halloween Hay Maze
Pumpkin from our Pumpkin Patch
Endless Fun on the 19′ tall Big Kahuna
Individually Wrapped Treat at the Snack and Toy Cottage
NEW Endless play, climbing, imagination-building, and fun on our custom-made, interactive train, and more!
DiDonato Family Fun Center; 1151 South White Horse Pike, Hammonton, NJ
Cost: Free to $13

Grayrock N Roll Fall Festival
October 17, 10AM – 4PM
Whether you want to hang out with horses, shop from vendors, or cheer your little ones on in a potato sack race, this festival has fun for all ages. And you’ll feel good doing good—all proceeds go to the care and feeding of the rescued Grayrock animals.
Grayrock Farm Sanctuary, 85 Grayrock Road, Clinton, NJ
Cost: Free. Parking $2

Fall Food Truck & Music Bash at Woodbridge Center
October 17, 11AM – 6:30PM
Up to 20 gourmet food trucks, Live Music from 2 bands, vendors, beer, margarita & sangria garden, kid activities including pony rides airbrush & glitter tattoos on the arms & legs, inflatables, games, sand art, spin art, & so much more! Food! Beer! Music! Fun! It’s a fun-filled family day!
250 Woodbridge Center Dr, Woodbridge, NJ
Cost: $5, Kids under 5 are Free

Hedge Field Fall Event
October 17, 12PM – 5:30PM
What is happening on the farm:
*walk our 3 acre corn maze (Pictures and Video to be posted soon!)
*Take a hayride around our 40 acre farm
*Farm Games
*Fall project for the kiddos
*Pumpkin Patch
*if you are lucky enough to be here when our sunflowers are in bloom you can have your picture taken in the flowers and pick some a long the way (additional costs will apply)
What is included in your ticket purchase:
*Parking
*Corn maze
*Hayride
*Farm Games
609 Garton Road Bridgeton, NJ
Cost: $8

Crafts and Drafts at Jersey Girl Brewing
October 17, 2PM – 7PM
Marketspace returns to Jersey Girl Brewing Company for a crowd-favorite handmade market: Crafts and Drafts. Due to COVID-19, this is now an outdoor craft market alongside the biergarten featuring local artisans. Patrons are welcome to bring or have delivered their own food into the biergarten. Free admission to the brewery and the market. Family-friendly event and beer is available for purchase.
426 Sand Shore Rd Hackettstown, NJ
Cost: Free

The Battleship is Back
October 17 & 18, 11AM – 3PM
The Board of Trustees of the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial announced that the ship’s re-opening for tours on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm. The tours include the forecastle (forward deck), 16-inch gun turrets, the navigation bridge, the Officers’ Wardroom, the interior exhibit areas, the 52-ft. Seahawk helicopter, the fantail and more! Guests can also add on extended free guided tours of the Engine Room and Turret II. The Battleship will continue to health screen all guests, staff and volunteers in the ship’s Visitors Center. Everyone must wear
a face covering and practice social distancing of one fathom – six feet – while aboard the ship, as well as when on the pier and in the Visitors Center.
62 Battleship Place Camden, NJ
Cost: $24.95 for adults, $19.95 for veterans, seniors and children age 12 and older.

Italian Festival at Bellview
October 17 & 18, 12PM – 5PM
For one weekend a year, Bellview Winery’s Italian heritage will be celebrated with an annual Italian Festival. With the sounds of traditional music, plus a spread of local Italian food, they’re ready to celebrate in true form! Whether you’re Italian or not, come be Italian for the day at Bellview Winery. This year the Italian Festival will look a little different, but they are still so happy to celebrate with delicious Italian food served up by Top Shelf Mobile Cuisine. Robert Polillo will be here singing the best of the Rat pack. Reservations are required for this event, as our seating is limited.
Bellview Winery, 150 Atlantic Street, Landisville, NJ
Cost: $15 – $20

Terhune Orchard’s Family Fun Fall Weekend
October 17 & 18
Experience the joys of fall with weekends filled with live music, pumpkin picking, corn maze. Children have fun in the hay bale maze, hippty hop corral, duckie races. Visit the barn yard, play area, and adventure barn. Take a family stroll on our farm trail or through the trail of sunflowers. Don’t miss farm treats of apple cider and cider donuts!
Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, NJ
Cost: $10 – children under 3 are free

Diggerfest
October 17 & 18
This is Diggerland’s exclusive fall festival where you can enjoy live music, specialty food, hayrides, and plenty of fun and games. Don’t miss it!
Diggerland; 100 Pinedge Drive West Berlin, NJ
Cost: Included in regular admission ticket price

Collingswood Restaurant Week
October 18 – 23
Collingswood Restaurant Week welcomes you to the Borough with a selection of Curbside Kits to share with family and friends. Kits inspired and created with sharing in mind, not individual plates. Grab a delicious, family-style meal filled with the best our restaurants have to offer. Curbside or sit down, discover a new favorite in Collingswood, it’s where you want to be. Participating restaurants offer specials designed to be shared. Menus created for groups, not individual plates, and enjoyed together in the comfort of your space or ours with friends and family. Guests should RSVP to participating restaurants directly if dining indoors or curbside. Reservations are limited. For participating restaurants and menus see below. Individual eateries determine prices and kit size. Make reservations early! Prix fixe menus for Collingswood’s fall event posted below as restaurants send us their specials.
Collingswood, NJ