DOWN THE SHORE EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS
Monday, May 01, 2023
The 24th Annual Wildwoods Restaurant Showcase is scheduled for Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at The Blue Water Grille @ The Bolero Resort from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Enjoy a sampling of mouth-watering dishes and decadent desserts from dozens of the Wildwoods' finest restaurants and specialty shops. All proceeds benefit the Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce Foundation and scholarships for area high school students. An auction of fantastic prizes will be held.
JERSEY SHORE FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL – DAY 1
The moment we have all been waiting for…Food Trucks are finally back with the Jersey Shore Food Truck Festival Memorial Day weekend.
Come enjoy our most delicious event, May 27-29, with nearly 40 mouth-watering food trucks. Sample everything from Lobster Rolls to Mac & Cheese to Fried Oreos.
Live music 12-4pm all three days on two stages. Saturday music by Kickin Nash.
FREE Family Fun Day events – including clowns, face painters, pony rides and a bounce house, will take place from 12-4pm in the picnic area on Saturday and Sunday.
Participating Food Trucks: Ann’s Catering, Chimney Cake Factory, Cold Stone Creamery, Cousins Maine Lobster, Dellano’s Food Service, El Lechon de Negron, Empanada Beast, Empanada Guy, Enzo’s, Five Sisters Food Co., Four Boys Concessions, Highway 2 Ohana, House of Cupcakes, Joe Smoke Bar-B-Que, Johnny’s Pork Roll, Kutz Q BBQ, L’Acquario Seafood Italiano, Ma & Pa’s Tex Mex BBQ, Magic Mike’s Smoked Meats, Monticello on the Go, Mozzarepas, Nip N Truck, Point Lobster, Star of the Sea Seafood, Sweetpeppers Empanadas, Tacoholics, The Baked Bear, The Little Sicilian Riceballs, The Mexiboys, Tony’s Italian Sausage, Twelve, Twisted Steaks, and Sherri’s Crab Cakes.
Purchase your general admission and use promo code FoodTrucks23 to save 15%.
May 3 – 8 – Montclair Literary Festival (Montclair, Essex County)
May 5 & 6 – Jersey Devil Fable Festival (Asbury Park, Monmouth County)
May 5 – Movern in May Garden Party (Princeton, Mercer County)
May 5 – 7 – Hellp Dolly at the Kelsey Theater (West Windsor, Mercer County)
May 6 – New Jersey Walk with Us to Cure Lupus (East Rutherford, Bergen County)
May 6 – Bayonne Food Truck Fest (Bayonne, Hudson County)
May 6 – Prais in the Park (Cranbury, Middlesex County)
May 6 – Inaugural Spring Blossom Festival (Chester, Morris County)
May 6 – Chester Food Truck and Music Fest (Chester, Morris County)
May 6 – Highlands Fiesta de Mayo Cantina Crawl (Highlands, Monmouth County)
May 6 – Skylands Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival (Augusta, Sussex County)
May 6 – AAPI Food & Music Festival (Union Twp, Union County)
May 7 – The Monmouth Moms’2nd Annual Springtime Festival (Holmdel, Monmouth County)
May 7 – BBQ Jamfest (Point Pleasant, Ocean County)
May 10 – MINETTE’S ANGELS FOUNDATION Celebrating 20 Years of Acts of Kindness (Florham Park, Morris County)
May 10 – Wildwood Restaurant Showcase (Wildwood, Cape May County)
May 11 – Annual Plant Sale of the Maplewood Garden Club (Maplewood, Essex County)
May 12 – MTI’S Pure Imagination at the Kelsey Theater (West Windsor, Mercer County)
May 12 – Emily Grove (New Brunswick, Middlsex County)
May 12 – Concert: Forbidden Tropics~Afro-Peruvian Jazz (Woodbridge, Middlesex County)
May 13 – Vendor & Food Truck Festival (Toms River, Ocean County)
May 13 – Branchburg Food Truck and Music Fest (Branchburg, Somerset County)
May 13 – 5th Annual Brew by the Bay (Highlands, Monmouth County)
May 13 – Mother’s Day Pop Up at Holland Ridge Farms (Cream Ridge, Monmouth County)
May 13 – Bell Works Fresh Mother’s Day Market (Holmdel, Monmouth County)
May 13 & 14 – Asbury Park Spring Bazaar (Asbury Park, Monmouth County)
May 13 & 14 – Puchicon (Atlantic City, Atlantic County)
May 14 – Mother’s Day at Four Sisters Winery (Belvidere, Warren County)
May 14 – Long Branch Spring Bazaar (Long Branch, Monmouth County)
May 18 – 21 – Greek Festival (Piscataway, Middlesex County)
May 19 – 21 – The New Jersey Seafood Festival (Belmar, Monmouth County)
May 20 – Beer BBQ Bacon Showdown (Morris Twp, Morris County)
May 20 – Crash Test Dummies Live in Concert (Newton, Sussex County)
May 20 – Lake Hopatcong Block Party 2023 (Landing, Morris County)
May 20 & 21 – 2023 Asbury Park Vegan Food Festival (Asbury Park, Monmouth County)
May 21 – The Empire Strikes Back in Concert with New Jersey Symphony at the State Theatre (New Brunswick, Middlesex County)
May 21 – Verona Food Truck and Music Fest (Verona, Union County)
May 26 – 28 – Other Desert Cities at the Kelsey Theater (West Windsor, Mercer County)
May 27 – Saddle Brook Food Truck Extravaganza at St. Philips (Saddle Brook, Bergen County)
May 27 & 28 – Adjacent Festival (Atlantic City, Atlantic County)
May 27 & 28 – Peter Pan and the Pirates by Riddlesbrood Touring Theater (Smithville, Atlantic County)
May 27 – 29 – Jersey Shore Food Truck Festival (Oceanport, Monmouth County)
May 29 – Newton Memorial Day Parade (Newton, Sussex County)
May 29 – 2nd Annual Bernardsville Car Show & Food Truck Fest (Bernardsville, Somerset County)
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