Warren County Farmers' Fair & Hot Air Balloon Festival
Celebrating its 80th year of providing affordable family fun, the Farmers' Fair continues through Saturday, featuring the Hot Air Balloon Festival and the 20th Annual Traditional Arts Expo as well. Highlights include carnival wrist band specials; motorized events (tractor pulls Wednesday and Thursday, Demolition Derby Friday, and the unique Mud Bog events Saturday); a hay bale rolling contest; pro wrestling; music; a reunion of past Fair Queens; Mass Hot Air Balloon Launches; and so much more!
Warren County Wanderings Prize Giveaways at the Farmers' Fair
Visit the Explore Warren display at the Warren County Farmers' Fair and enter our contest to win great prizes! We're located in the "Warren County & You" government exhibits building (behind the main grandstand) and you'll find lots of information about places to go in Warren County, too. Fill out your entry, drop it in the box, and after the fair we will pull names to give away: One-night stay plus breakfast for 2 at the Inn at Millrace Pond; A gift certificate for a choose-n-cut Christmas Tree at Woodsedge Tree Farm; Two ticket to the Jazz Summer Series concert at Rutherfurd Hall by James Tormé with the John Colianni Trio; A Family Pack of four tickets to Land of Make Believe (four prizes will be awarded); Two admissions to Lakota Wolf Preserve; A Half-Day Ride (three hours) with Top View Riding Ranch; A $10 Discount on a one-hour scenic Air Tour with Orlandi Flight Center, A Friday the 13th Gift Basket from Blairstown Museum containing the book On Location in Blairstown: The Making of Friday the 13th, a Crystal Lake t-shirt, Jason Ice Cube Tray and lots more items relating to the horror movie filmed locally; A $50 gift certificate to Wild Ridge Plants; and one of six pairs of tickets to shows at Centenary Stage Company. There are 18 chances to win. See you at the fair!
Bea McNally's Happy Hour hosted by Kevin DeFeo
Country Singer/Songwriter Kevin DeFeo performs on the porch for happy hour.
First Friday at Thisilldous
Bring the family to enjoy the music of SAGE. Fresh, local & friendly. Dinner served 5-9 p.m. with music from 6-9 p.m.
TGI Flynn's: Island Time
Island Time is a band from the Lehigh Valley that performs summer time music, covering bands such as Jimmy Buffett, Grateful Dead and more. Great food, cold drinks, and awesome entertainment.
Live Music at Rock Creek Tavern - Whiskey Mansion
A collective musical house, distilled in the Lehigh Valley, PA, and infused with Soul.
Tour de Blairstown
Marty’s Reliable Cycle and the Foodshed Alliance present the second Tour de Blairstown, in a beautiful town ready to share the secret of its unparalleled cycling with the rest of the world! Ride 25, 40 or 62 mile routes through Blairstown and the surrounding area on marked routes with rest stops along the way, to benefit the Foodshed Alliance. Check-in for registered riders on August 5, 6:30-9am, with Continental breakfast. Register online - $45 online and $50 the day of the event. Lunch after the ride is included in your registration fee and is being catered by Race Farm Cafe and Creamery. Following the ride, shop at the Blairstown Farmers’ Market and/or enjoy Blairstown Historic Day (see the next item).
Historic Blairstown Day
Dust off your bonnets and bowties ladies and gentlemen - and get ready to party like it's 1899! Sponsored by the Blairstown Museum, it's a celebration of Blairstown’s heritage on Main Street, where you'll spend the afternoon enjoying the ambiance of a bygone era with live entertainment; antique, craft and food vendors; antique/vintage car show; a mustache contest; a birthday celebration for Blairstown founder John Insley Blair and much more.
Canal Day at Historic Waterloo Village
The Canal Society of New Jersey offers a wide range of programming at Waterloo Village this year including the new Highlands Canal Boat Exhibit featuring the recently discovered remains of what may be the last Morris Canal Boat. Some of the historic buildings will be open, historic trades & crafts will be demonstrated, and there will be canal boat rides.
Peach Social
Come on out to taste our wines and enjoy a Peachy Sangria (Mom's recipe) made with locally grown peaches from Tadayesky Farm just across the Delaware River from us in Raubsville.
Alba Vineyard Music under the Arbor: Jeff Bellfy & Co.
Outdoor wine tastings and wine bar under our new arbor.
Live Music at Brook Hollow Winery - John Cain
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines! Wine for purchase by the bottle or glass at retail value.
Barefoot Grape Stomping at Four Sisters Winery
Stomp to the music and feel the sensation between your toes. Formal wine tasting, delicious spaghetti and meatballs dinner with tossed salad and homemade breads, wine cellar tour and ending with a dessert wine tasting. Includes wine glass to take home. Reservations required.
Summer Jamfest at Centenary Stage: Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra
The thrilling era of silent films comes alive again with the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra as part of Centenary Stage Company’s 2017 Summer Jamfest. Travel back to the early 1900s as they screen three of the greatest silent comedies ever made, Charlie Chaplin’s One A.M. (1916) Buster Keaton’s Cops (1922) and Laurel & Hardy’s Big Business (1929) with their historic orchestral scores.
Acoustic Kitty Project at Rock Creek Tavern
Whether playing as a solo acoustic act, or as part of a 5-piece band, Acoustic Kitty Project delivers a gutsy, passionate performance every time.
Live Music at Bea McNally's: Viagra Falls
This three-piece quintet (three musicians doing the work of five) cover everything from the likes of the Kinks, the Beatles, the Stones, the Doors, Kiss & many more.
Health & Wellness Fair at Rutherfurd Hall
It's time to make your health the priority!
Alba Vineyard Music under the Arbor: Catmoondaddy
Catmoondaddy performs Music under the Arbor at Alba Vineyard on Sunday, with outdoor wine tastings and wine bar under our new arbor.
Live Music at Brook Hollow Winery - George Baier
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!
StoneHearth Bluegrass Band - Free Lawn Concert at Shippen Manor
Bring lawn chairs or a blanket, pack a picnic if you like, and relax and enjoy a variety of live musical performances - FREE- all summer long on the lawn of Shippen Manor.
Moonlight Paddle at White Lake
Join us for a moonlight paddle on the placid waters of White Lake. A limited number of kayaks will be available on a first-come first-serve basis.
CSC's Young Performers Workshop Summer Festival of Shows: Brighton Beach Memoirs
Neil Simon’s hysterical coming of age comedy is part one of Simon’s autobiographical trilogy. Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley. Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche and her two young (but rapidly aging) daughters and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style.
Warren County Farmers' Fair & Hot Air Balloon Festival
Celebrating its 81st year of providing affordable family fun, the Farmers' Fair continues through Saturday, featuring the Hot Air Balloon Festival and the 21st Annual Traditional Arts Expo as well. Highlights include carnival wrist band specials; motorized events (tractor pulls Wednesday and Thursday, Demolition Derby Sunday and Friday, and the unique Mud Bog events Saturday); a hay bale rolling contest; pro wrestling; music; Mass Hot Air Balloon Launches; and so much more!
Free Open Kayaking at White Lake
A limited amount of kayaks are available on a first-come, first-serve basis for the public to enjoy. Life vests and paddles are included.
Group Reservations available with a one week minimum notice. Please contact our Preserve Manager at 973-937-8748.
Music at Lopatcong Park - School of Rock
All events will be held at the Veterans Rally Point at Lopatcong Park, weather permitting. Bring your lawn chair, blankets and friends!
Phillipsburg Summer Concert Series - Inch & the Echoes
Travel back in time with the old time rock n' roll band Inch & the Echoes.
Summer Nights on the Farm at Donaldson's
A neighborhood favorite! Relax and enjoy delicious farm fresh food, live music, and fun. The kids will sleep great after pony rides, lawn games, and other activities.
Astronomy Talk & See the Evening Stars at UACNJ Observatory
The United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey weekly free public program is "What's up in the August Sky?" with Lonny Buinis, RVCC. The astronomy presentation begins at 8pm in the lecture hall regardless of the weather, and is followed by stargazing on the observatory's telescopes until 10:30pm, weather permitting, in Jenny Jump State Forest.
Live Music Every Night at Cafe Baci
Mama's Cafe Baci offers live entertainment seven nights a week, including Monday Acoustic Cafe; Local Artists Tues.- Thurs.; George Baier on Friday; Faded Genes (Yeager & Boccito) and Lite Jazz on Saturdays (and a new late night menu, relaxing cocktails & tapas in their new 201 Fifth bar); George Baier again on Sunday; and more.
Time for Peaches!
It's peach season! They're ripe and ready at farmstands and markets throughout Warren County, including Brook Hollow Farm (their orchard is pictured here) in Knowlton, Best's Fruit Farm in Independence, Mackey's Orchard near Belvidere, Tree-Licious Orchards in Mansfield and others. New Jersey is a top peach growing state, and Warren County peaches are not to be missed!
COPS on the R.U.N. 5K
This fun, fast course at Meadow Breeze Park gives runners, walkers and their families a time to shine with a 5k race, 5k fun walk and a 1k youth run. Why Support this Race?
Hop Fest!
This 2nd Annual HopFest features more than 30 hop-forward brews all created by Czig Meister Brewing!
Murder Mystery Dinner at Four Sisters Winery
The Vintners room will be set for that very special evening including a formal wine tasting, dinner and the Murder Mystery.
First Anniversary Pig Roast
Rock Creek Tavern celebrates its one-year anniversary with a Pig Roast and the Bobby Clark Play it Hard Band.
Notte Italiana at Alba Vineyard
Delight in classic Italian cuisine under the stars in our spectacular estate vineyard.