Things To Do

16 Fun Fairs Where You Can Play Around This Summer

Feel like a kid again as you hop on carnival rides, play boardwalk games and enjoy agriculture and livestock shows.

Mars Essex Horse Trials & Family Country Weekend

Family

June 23-24: The trials feature an equestrian triathlon, which includes dressage, crosscountry and show jumping. Additional events include shopping, a classic car show, food and children’s activities. 

Margate Beachstock

Family

June 30: Have fun in the sun at Margate Beachstock. Learn to limbo and hula, unwind with yoga, jam out to live music and enter the volleyball tournament.

Cowtown Rodeo

Family

May 26-Sept 29: Saddle up, cowboy! Travel back to the Wild West every Saturday night during the summer at Cowtown Rodeo, the oldest running weekly rodeo in the country, with bull riding, steer wrestling and barrel racing. 

25 Cool Music Festivals to Heat Up Your Summer

Sing along and get your groove on at these summer music festivals featuring live rock, pop, folk, jazz and more.

Rock, Ribs & Ridges

Festival

June 23-24: The party heats up with mouthwatering barbecue, craft beer and live music from the Outlaws, Poco and Travis Tritt. Serious fans can park their RV or set up a tent for the weekend.

Princeton Festival

Arts

June 9-July 1: The festival highlights the arts community with three weeks of workshops, lectures and performances in opera, music and theater. Times, prices and locations vary.

48 Blocks AC

Arts

The 48 Blocks AC festival is a celebration of all that Atlantic City has to offer: a rich history, vibrant communities, and diverse cultures. For the weekend of June 22-24, 2018, Atlantic City will present creative, artistic, performance projects and activities

Cape May Hops Festival

Festival

June 23: Kick off summer with some blues, brews and barbecue at the Cape May Hops Festival.

Battleship Beer Festival

Festival

June 23: Drink brews, rock out to music and eat some grub aboard Battleship New Jersey. 

Baymen’s Seafood & Music Festival

Festival

June 23-24: Dig into some fresh Jersey clams, crabs, scallops and shrimp while enjoying local craft beers at Tuckerton Seaport. 

Wine & Chocolate Festival

Festival

June 23-24: Horse racing, wine and sweets combine at this two-day Wine & Chocolate Festival. 

Eagle Theatre Presents: “The Last Five Years”

Musical

May 30-July 1: The Last Five Years is an intimate musical about a man and a woman who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The woman tells her story backwards, while the man tells his chronologically. 

Paper Mill Playhouse Presents: “Half Time”

Musical

May 31-July 1: Half Time is a true story that follows 10 ordinary seniors who audition to dance at halftime for a major basketball team. Only after making the cut do they learn they’ll bring down the house with a style that is entirely new to them: hip-hop. 

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Presents: “Titus Andronicus”

Drama

July 18-August 5: This unsettling portrait of a society drowning in violence and lacking in civil thought or action holds a disturbing resemblance to aspects of our current world. 

Two River Theater Presents: “Songbird”

Music

June 9-July 1: In the musical Songbird, fading country star Tammy Trip returns to the Tennessee honky-tonk where she got her start. She plans to help the son she abandoned launch his own singing career. But will her arrival do more harm than good? 

Kelsey Theatre Presents: “The Wizard of Oz”

Family

July 13-15, 21-22: Follow the yellow brick road to Kelsey Theatre and click your heels together three times to join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion on their journey to Oz.

SOPAC & the Light Opera Of New Jersey Presents: “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”

Kids

 July 13-15, 20-22: Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel about Quasimodo and Esmeralda comes to life with music from Disney’s 1996 animated version, performed by the Light Opera of New Jersey. 

Mana Contemporary Presents: “Please Touch: Body Boundaries”

Arts

Thru August 1: “Please Touch: Body Boundaries” is an exhibition of more than 50 artists who reference the human body in their work, making statements about identity, femininity and the male gaze.

New Jersey State Museum Presents: Nikon’s “Small World” Exhibit

Arts

The New Jersey State Museum is pleased to announce the Nikon “Small World” exhibition is on view through July 15, 2018. “Small World” is Nikon’s annual photomicrography competition, featuring stunning photographic images showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through a microscope.

Zimmerli Art Museum Presents: “Impressions: Prints of Mexico, 1930s-40s”

Arts

Thru July 31: Following the Mexican Revolution, numerous artists visited the country to witness the mural movement and flourishing printmaking community.