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Weekend Picks: A New Jersey Day-cation PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 14 August 2008

There are music or food festivals in just about every part of the state.

 

Start at the Shore. More than a dozen bands play at the 33rd Annual Clearwater Festival Saturday and Sunday at Sunset Park in Asbury Park. Or indulge your sweet tooth in Beach Haven’s Long Beach Island Historical Museum at “All Things Chocolate,” with demonstrations and tastings of the good stuff, tonight 6-9 p.m.

In Wildwood, watch the Wildwoods Classic Cup XXIV Hobie Cat Races Saturday and Sunday. Or look for cool gifts: at the hand-made crafts show on the boardwalk, or at the Sport Card, Comic Book and Toy Expo at the Convention Center.

ImageIn South Jersey, more collectable toys — dolls, specifically. On Sunday more than 50 dealers will be at the Yellow Brick Road Doll & Toy Museum in Mullica Hill’s historic downtown filled with gift and antique stores.

Another old South Jersey town, Burlington, is celebrating its Festival of Lights on the Delaware River Promenade. Children’s rides, live music, food and a lighted boat competition with a fireworks finale.

Enn-Jay’s countryside is busy too. In the Warren County town of Delaware Knowlton Riverfest features more than a dozen bands from Friday through Sunday, plus family-oriented crafts, games, exhibits and food. Quaint Chester brings the Black River Music Festival on Saturday to its shopper-haven Main Street.

ImageThere are also Family Fun Days at Four Sisters Winery in Belvidere, Saturday and Sunday, with hayrides and a barefoot grape stomp for the kids, wine tastings and vineyard and cellar tours for you. And at Peaceful Valley Orchards in Pittstown on Saturday, parents can attend a tasting and cooking demos of Jersey Fresh produce while kids play in a maze of straw bales then sit down for story-time.

How about the great Northeast? The Puffin Cultural Forum in Teaneck hosts a jazz jam with local piano prodigy Alex Collins and his band (here’s a listen). At Broookdale Park in Montclair-Bloomfield, Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge play Friday at 7:30 p.m., part of the Essex County free summer concert series.

Wherever you are this weekend, there is plenty to keep you occupied — and fill up your “day-cation!

 
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