It’s festival, fair and carnival season! There will be a lot of fun going on this Spring with plenty of entertainment for the family, a date night or even a mom’s night out. Here is your guide to Spring Festivals, Fairs & Carnivals in Central NJ.

Spring Festivals, Fairs & Carnivals in Central NJ

April 2024

• April 6-28: Tulip Festival at Holland Ridge Farms (Cream Ridge, NJ)
• April 13: Spring Craft Show (Tinton Falls, NJ)
• April 13: River’s Edge Artisan Festival (Lambertville, NJ)
• April 14: Art in Bloom  (Clinton, NJ)
• April 20: Kites at the Pier Festival (Long Branch, NJ)
• April 20: Grayrock N Roll Spring Festival (Clinton, NJ)
• April 20: Allentown Spring Stroll  (Allentown, NJ)
• April 20: NJ Blind Citizens Association Spring Artisan Market (Leonardo, NJ)
• April 20: TroutFest (Califon, NJ)
• April 20-21: Shad Fest (Lambertville, NJ)
• April 21: Green Fair (Bradley Beach, NJ)
• April 22-27: Middlesex Fire Department Carnival (Middlesex, NJ)
• April 27: Rutgers Day (New Brunswick, NJ)
• April 27: The Original NJ Empanada Festival  (Manville, NJ)
• April 27: New Jersey Folk Festival (New Brunswick, NJ)
• April 27: PorchFest (Princeton, NJ)
• April 28: Somerset County 4-H Spring Carnival (Bridgewater, NJ)

May 2024

• May 4: Kids Fest 2024 (Manalapan, NJ)
• May 4: Plainsboro Founders Day (Plainsboro, NJ)
• May 4-5: Kite Day at Terhune Orchards (Princeton, NJ)
• May 5: Earth Day Fair (Highland Park, NJ)
• May 5: Spring Street Fair (Highland Park, NJ)
• May 5: Bridgewater Spring Carnival (Bridgewater, NJ)
• May 11: Creative Arts & Music Festival (Lincroft, NJ)
• May 11: Branchburg Food Truck and Music Festival (Branchburg, NJ)
• May 11-12: Food Trucks Spring Fling (Wall, NJ)
• May 18: Woodbridge Street Fair and Craft Show (Woodbridge, NJ)
• May 18-19: World Food Extravaganza (Trenton, NJ)
• May 18-19: Asbury Park Vegan Food Festival (Asbury Park, NJ)
• May 19: Clinton Township Food Truck and Music Fest (Lebanon, NJ)
• May 24-27: Touch Mother Earth Festival (Farmingdale, NJ)
• May 24-27: Flemington Summer Book Fest  (Flemington, NJ)
• May 25:  Keyport Music and Food Truck FEASTival (Keyport, NJ)
• May 25-27: Jersey Shore Food Truck Festival (Oceanport, NJ)