April

• Branch Brook Park Cherry Blossom Festival
  Branch Brook Park
  Branch Brook Park is a county park of Essex County, New Jersey in the United States, located in the North Ward of Newark, between the neighborhoods of Forest Hill and Roseville. At 360 acres , Branch Brook Park is the largest public park in the city of Newark...
  
  
• Lambertville Shad Festival, last on April 28
• Rutgers Agricultural Field Day
  Rutgers Agricultural Field Day
  Rutgers Agricultural Field Day is a farm-oriented event held at Rutgers University's Cook Campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey on the last Saturday of April. The event includes 4-H animal fairs, farm tours, plant sales, and department-specific exhibits such as the entomology department's cockroach...
  
   and New Jersey Folk Festival
  New Jersey Folk Festival
  The New Jersey Folk Festival is an annual folk music and cultural festival held on the Great Lawn of the Eagleton Institute of Politics on the Douglass Campus at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. It is a free, non-profit family event held every year on the last Saturday in April from 10am -...
  
   at Rutgers in New Brunswick, New Jersey
  New Brunswick, New Jersey
  New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
  
   are held annually on the last Saturday of April.
• International Festival at Princeton University
  Princeton University
  Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
  
   was last on April 29, 2007
• Taste of Hillsborough in Hillsborough, New Jersey was last held on April 29, 2007

May

• New Jersey State History Festival at Washington Crossing State Park
  Washington Crossing State Park
  Washington Crossing State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is part of Washington's Crossing, a U.S. National Historic Landmark area. It is located in the Titusville section of Hopewell Township in Mercer County, north of Trenton along the Delaware River...
  
   first weekend in May
• Greek festival
  Greek festival
  A Greek festival or Greek Fest is an annual celebration of Greek culture presented by many ethnic Greek American communities and organization in the United States and Canada, particularly Greek Orthodox churches. Typically, these events are intended for attendance by the general public. Attendees...
  
   at Greek Orthodox Church of St. George
  Greek Orthodox Church of St. George
  *Greek Orthodox Church of St. George *Greek Orthodox Church of St. George...
  
   in Piscataway, New Jersey was last held on May 13 through May 15, 2011
• Crayfish Festival in Augusta, New Jersey
  Augusta, New Jersey
  Augusta is an unincorporated area located within Frankford Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.Augusta is the home of the New Jersey State Fair and the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show....
  
   at the Sussex County Fairgrounds
• Munchmobile Hot Dog Showdown & Beer Festival at Monmouth Park Racetrack
  Monmouth Park Racetrack
  Monmouth Park Racetrack is an American race track for thoroughbred horse racing in Oceanport, New Jersey. It is owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and is operated under a five-year lease as a partnership with Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City.Monmouth Park's marquee event...
  
    in Oceanport, New Jersey
  Oceanport, New Jersey
  Oceanport is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 5,832.Oceanport was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1920, from portions of Eatontown Township , based on the results of a...
  
   monmouthpark.com

June

• NJ Greek Fest (The New Jersey Greek Festival) at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Westfield, New Jersey*
• Cuban Parade of New Jersey
  North Hudson, New Jersey
  North Hudson is the collective name of the municipalities of Weehawken , Union City , West New York , Guttenberg and North Bergen in Hudson County, New Jersey...
  
  
• Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival
  Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival
  The Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival, is an annual one-day festival held the first Saturday in June at Appel Farm Arts and Music Center located near Elmer, in Salem County, New Jersey, USA...
  
  
• New Jersey Film Festival
  New Jersey Film Festival
  The New Jersey Film Festival is New Jersey's largest continuing public film series devoted to "experimental, offbeat and influential cinema". It is held in New Brunswick, New Jersey.-History:...
  
  
• Hungarian Festival
  Hungarian Festival
  The Hungarian Festival is a one-day event held the first Saturday of June in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The festival is a street fair celebrating Hungarian culture, organized each year by the Hungarian Civic Association. Food available includes töltött káposzta, kolbász, pecsenye, and gulyásleves...
  
   in New Brunswick, New Jersey
  New Brunswick, New Jersey
  New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
  
  
• Hoboken Film Festival
• Belmar Seafood Festival
• Annual Celtic Festival at Historic Cold Spring Village in Cape May, New Jersey
  Cape May, New Jersey
  Cape May is a city at the southern tip of Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean and is one of the country's oldest vacation resort destinations. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States...
  
  
• Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival
  Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival
  The Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival is a music festival that takes place the first weekend in June each year in Red Bank, New Jersey. Sited at Marine Park along the Navesink River, the festival has been in operation since 1987....
  
  
• Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
  Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
  Gay and Lesbian Pride Month is celebrated each year for the month of June. The last Sunday in June is celebrated as Gay Pride Day. On June 2, 2000, President Bill Clinton declared June "Gay & Lesbian Pride Month". In 2009, 2010, and 2011 U.S...
  
  
• NJ Playwrights Festival
• Portugal Day Festival in Newark
  Portugal Day Festival in Newark
  The Portugal Day Festival in Newark, New Jersey is a street festival celebrating the Portuguese people, language, and their culture. First organized in 1979 by the Bernardino Coutinho Foundation, since 2010 the Festival has been organized by the Union of Portuguese American Clubs of New Jersey ,...
  
  

July

• All Points West Music & Arts Festival
  All Points West Music & Arts Festival
  The All Points West Music & Arts Festival was an annual music and arts festival held at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. First held in August 2008, it is hosted by Goldenvoice/AEG Live events, the same company that hosts the similar annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival...
  
  
• Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning
  Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning
  The Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning has been held annually at the Solberg Airport in Readington Township, New Jersey since 1983. Its lead sponsor is Quick Chek Food Stores. In 2007, the festival hosted around 125 special shape and sport hot air balloons. It also had music concerts,...
  
   at Thor Solberg Road in Readington, New Jersey last weekend of July
• St. Ann's Feast in Hoboken, New Jersey
  Hoboken, New Jersey
  Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 50,005. The city is part of the New York metropolitan area and contains Hoboken Terminal, a major transportation hub for the region...
  
   last held on July 19–26, 2008
• "Macy's Fireworks Spectacular"
  Macy's
  Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
  
  , Independence Day
  Independence Day (United States)
  Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain...
  
  
• Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Outdoor Stage
  Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
  The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is an independent, professional theatre company located on the Drew University campus. One of the leading Shakespeare theatres in the USA — serving 100,000 adults and children annually — it is New Jersey's only professional theatre company dedicated to the...
  
  
• XPoNential Music Festival

August

• Chillfest
• Highlands Clam Festival in Highlands, New Jersey
  Highlands, New Jersey
  Highlands is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 5,005. It is the home town of film maker, director, and comic book writer Kevin Smith. The eastern part of the town is built on a high bluff that overlooks Sandy...
  
   in first week of August
• Hambletonian Stakes
• Jersey City Pride
• Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning
  Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning
  The Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning has been held annually at the Solberg Airport in Readington Township, New Jersey since 1983. Its lead sponsor is Quick Chek Food Stores. In 2007, the festival hosted around 125 special shape and sport hot air balloons. It also had music concerts,...
  
  
• New Jersey State Fair
  New Jersey State Fair
  The New Jersey State Fair is a non-profit agricultural fair held every August at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, New Jersey. The fair has been held in conjunction with the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show since 1999 and draws 220,000 residents annually. The Augusta-based event was...
  
  
• Newark Black Film Festival
• Philippine Fiesta
  Philippine Fiesta
  The Philippine Fiesta is a Filipino cultural festival and trade show held every August at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. The two-day Philippine Fiesta is one of the biggest indoor gathering of Filipino Americans in the East Coast...
  
   at Meadowlands Exposition Center
  Meadowlands Sports Complex
  The MetLife Sports Complex is a sports and entertainment facility located in East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority...
  
  
• Crab Cake Festival & Shore Chef Cook-Off at Monmouth Park Racetrack
  Monmouth Park Racetrack
  Monmouth Park Racetrack is an American race track for thoroughbred horse racing in Oceanport, New Jersey. It is owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and is operated under a five-year lease as a partnership with Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City.Monmouth Park's marquee event...
  
   in Oceanport, New Jersey
  Oceanport, New Jersey
  Oceanport is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 5,832.Oceanport was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1920, from portions of Eatontown Township , based on the results of a...
  
   monmouthpark.com

September

• Black Maria Film Festival
• Liberty Jazz Festival
  Liberty State Park
  Liberty State Park is located on Upper New York Bay in Jersey City, New Jersey, opposite the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The park opened in 1976 to coincide with bicentennial celebrations and is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.-Geography and...
  
  
• New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest
  New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest
  Established in 2007, New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest is based in New Jersey and dedicated to South Asian independent films. The annual festival is produced by the Asian American Film and Theater Project, a 501 tax exempt US based non profit organization committed to the promotion,...
  
   at New Brunswick
  New Brunswick
  New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
  
  , New Jersey
  New Jersey
  New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
  
  
• Water and Wings Fesitval
  The Wetlands Institute
  The Wetlands Institute is a non-profit organization started in 1969 by WWF executive director Herbert Mills. The Wetlands Institute sits on 6,000 acres of protected wetlands in Stone Harbor, New Jersey...
  
  
• Revelation Generation
  Revelation Generation
  Revelation Generation is an annual Christian music festival in Frenchtown, New Jersey. The festival was first held on August 13, 2005, but is currently annually held on the Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend.-Philadelphia Stage:...
  
  
• Youth Dance Festival of New Jersey
• BBQ, Bets & Brews Festival at Monmouth Park Racetrack
  Monmouth Park Racetrack
  Monmouth Park Racetrack is an American race track for thoroughbred horse racing in Oceanport, New Jersey. It is owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and is operated under a five-year lease as a partnership with Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City.Monmouth Park's marquee event...
  
   in Oceanport, New Jersey
  Oceanport, New Jersey
  Oceanport is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 5,832.Oceanport was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1920, from portions of Eatontown Township , based on the results of a...
  
   monmouthpark.com
• Rib Rock featuring B.B. King at PNC Bank Arts Center
  PNC Bank Arts Center
  The PNC Bank Arts Center is a modern amphitheatre located in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, USA. About 17,500 people can occupy the amphitheater; there are 7,000 seats and the grass area can hold about 10,500 people. Concerts are from May through September featuring 35–45 different events of...
  
    http://www.livenation.com

October

• AnimeNEXT
  AnimeNEXT
  AnimeNEXT is an annual three-day anime convention held on a weekend in the New York / New Jersey metropolitan area, and is the ninth largest convention in the US. The first event was held in 2002 in October, but later moved to June in 2004...
  
  
• Lima Bean Festival in West Cape May, New Jersey
  West Cape May, New Jersey
  West Cape May is a Walsh Act borough in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 1,095....
  
   on October 6 every year
• MangaNEXT
  MangaNEXT
  MangaNEXT is a fan convention focused exclusively on Japanese manga. It is organized by Universal Animation, Inc., the organization behind AnimeNEXT which was launched in 2002. MangaNEXT took place on October 6, 2006 at the Crowne Plaza Meadowlands in Secaucus, New Jersey. This was the site of the...
  
  
• German American Volkvest
  Schuetzen Park
  Schuetzen Park is a privately owned park in North Bergen, New Jersey, USA that has existed since 1874 and is located on the ridge of the Hudson Palisades at Kennedy Boulevard and Bergen Turnpike just north of the Marginal Highway...
  
  
• Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival
  Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival
  The biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival is the largest poetry event in North America.-Background:The four-day celebrations of poetry have been called “poetry heaven” by the 1995–1997 US Poet Laureate Robert Hass, “a new Woodstock” by the Christian Science Monitor, and “Wordstock” by The...
  
  
• 4th Annual Fido's Festival USA at Salem County Fairgrounds in Woodstown, New Jersey
  Woodstown, New Jersey
  Woodstown is a Borough in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 3,136.Woodstown was established on July 26, 1882, from portions of Pilesgrove Township based on the results of a referendum held that same day...
  
   http://fidosfestivalusa.com/

December

Other

• Navratri at India Square
  India Square
  India Square also called Little India or Little Bombay is a neighborhood in Jersey City, New Jersey. The neighborhood is centered around Newark Avenue between Tonnelle Avenue and JFK Boulevard, and is considered to be part of the larger Journal Square district...
  
  
• The Bank of America New Jersey Fresh Seafood Festival in Atlantic City
• Cape May Strawberry Festival
• Slow Food Festival
• Ukrainian Festival

External links

• NJ Greek Fest
• New Jersey Festivals at Foodreference.com
• New Jersey Festivals
• http://www.jerseyarts.com/festivals/