Lots of celebrations this weekend.

Down in Cape May it’s the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts’ Spring Festival, Friday through Sunday. Look for craft and antique shows, food and wine events, Victorian house and garden tours. Check the schedule at www.capemaymac.org or call (800-275-4278).

Cape May is not Enn-Jay’s only Victorian treasure. The Salem County Historical Society (www.salemcountyhistoricalsociety.com) plans a Queen Victoria festival Saturday starting at 10 a.m. with tours of homes, businesses and churches built 1837 to 1901. Tickets $15. A candlelight reception kicks it off Friday at 6:30 p.m., $40. Order online or call 856-935-5004.

At Rutgers, they’re expecting 20,000 people for the 33d annual New Jersey Folk Festival, run by students as part of American Studies class. This year’s theme is music of the Dominican Republic; you’ll also hear bluegrass and traditional Irish song and visit crafts booths. On the lawn of Eagleton Institute at Douglass, (732) 932-5775 or www.njfolkfest.rutgers.edu.

Speaking of Latin American festivities…check out the Newark Museum’s “Mexicana: Discovering Mexican Popular Arts,” opening Saturday. The exhibit features painted earthenware pottery, glazed majolica, lacquer ware and textiles. www.newarkmuseum.org.

And speaking of Newark, celebrate the classics with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (www.njsymphony.org) in concert at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (www.njpac.org). They’ll play Schuman, Rachmaninoff and (Ta-da da-dummm) Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Friday 8 p.m. and Sun, 3 p.m., $22–$77

We are so festive that we are extending our Weekend Picks to Monday, when the Taste of the Nation (www.tasteofthenation.org) dinner tour arrives at the Westin Princeton, Forrestal Village. The tour has been making its way across the country with the participation of 4,000 top chefs serving great food and wine to support ending childhood hunger in America. Next New Jersey stop is May 7 at the Olde Mill Inn, Basking Ridge. $85 in advance, $95 at the door.