South Jersey Family Festivals and Events
2024 Edition

The top South Jersey festivals feature events with special themes and are known for having good music, food, entertainment, skilled artisans and performers, fun activities, crafts, and more!

Note: Sometimes conditions require cancellations or changes of dates, times and location which are not reflected in the original schedule. Before planning a trip to visit one of the listed events, it is suggested that you call the event sponsor to confirm the event schedule or for additional information on the event.

Multi-Date South Jersey
Family Festivals and Events

The New Jersey Renaissance Faire
Saturdays & Sundays, May 18-19, 25-26, & June 1-2, 8-9, 2024; 10am-6pm.
Burlington County Fairgrounds
1990 Jacksonville Jobstown Rd
Columbus, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Event Cost: $10-$30
This family-friendly festival feagures a jousting contest, human chess match, sword fighting, fire breathing, aerialists, comedy, artisans, live music and a full day of interactive entertainment.

Cape May Lighthouse Full Moon Climb
April 23, May 23, June 21, July 21, August 19, September 17, 2024: 8-10PM
October 17, November 15, 2024: 7-9PM
Cape May Point State Park
215 Lighthouse Ave.
Cape May Point, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
This family event features a full moon climb up the historic Cape May Lighthouse to enjoy the stunning evening sky that only occurs a handful of times a year.

April 2024 South Jersey
Family Festivals and Events

Daffodil Day in Moorestown
Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 10:00 am - 4pm
Main Street, between Chester Avenue and Church Street.
Moorestown, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
This spring event features daffodils, horse-drawn carriages, live entertainment, arts & crafts, sidewalk sales, and more.

Ocean City Doo Dah Parade
Saturday, April 13, 2024: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Ocean City, NJ
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The Doo Dah Parade Welcome in the Spring season with this comedy parade complete with over 300 basset hounds.
It begins Noon on Asbury Ave. from 6th Street to 12th Street and then up to the Boardwalk ending at 6th & Boardwalk.

Ocean City Sports Memorabilia Show
Saturday, April 20, 2024; 10am - 4pm
In front of the Music Pier.
Ocean City, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
The show will feature vendors showcasing sports memorabilia, in addition to sports stars who will conduct question-and-answer sessions and sign autographs.

Earth Fair
Sunday, April 21, 2024: 11 AM - 4 PM
Historic Smithville Park
Eastampton, NJ
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This event features a day of how to care for nature, plants, the land, while listening to live music, storytellers, and artists.

May 2024 South Jersey
Family Festivals and Events

Ocean City Spring Block Party
Saturday, May 4, 2024; 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
From 5th Street to 14th Street on Asbury Ave.
Ocean City, NJ
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This event features over 350 crafters, food vendors, music, and more.

Steel Mill Street Fair
Saturday, May 18, 2024: 10 am – 5 pm, (rain date of Sunday, May 19th)
Roebling Museum
100 2nd Avenue
Roebling, NJ
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Admission: Free
This family event features a day of outdoor fun with food, entertainment, shopping, & more.
A portion of the proceeds from the Street Fair go towards local High School business scholarships.

Wildwoods International Kite Festival
Friday, May 24, thru Monday, May 27, 2024
On the Beach at Rio Grand Avenue
and inside the Wildwoods Convention Center
Wildwood, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
FREE to spectators.
This event featues an all-inclusive Kite Festival world kite competition, for all ages.

43rd Annual May Fair
Saturday, May 25, 2024;10am to 5pm.
Business district along Haddon Avenue
Collingswood, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
This event features multiple stages of live music featuring blues, rock, folk and more with more than 200 artists and crafters, a children's "KidZone" with carnival games, and rides.

Fantasy AdventureFest
May 25 & 26, 2024
Historic Smithville
615 E. Moss Mill Rd.
Galloway, NJ 08205
Visit their site to learn more
Free admission
This event features Riddlesbrood's Wizard of Oz," magical outdoor spectacle. It's a fantastical journey along the yellow brick road, reimagined with a playful and family-friendly flair.

The New Jersey Renaissance Faire
Saturdays & Sunday, May 25-26, 2024; 10am-6pm.
Burlington County Fairgrounds
1990 Jacksonville Jobstown Rd
Columbus, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Event Cost: $10-$30
This family friendly event features a festival with a jousting contest, human chess match, sword fighting, fire breathing, aerialists, comedy, artisans, live music and a full day of interactive entertainment

Ocean City Memorial Beach Challenge
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Ocean City Music Pier
825 Boardwalk
Ocean City, NJ
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This annual event features a family day of competition and comradery, and the honoring of those who have served and support the heroes still in the fight.

June 2024 South Jersey
Family Festivals and Events

Wonder's Birthday Bash & Fireworks Display
Thursday, June 6, 2024; 6pm - 9:30pm
6th St. and the Boardwalk
Ocean City, NJ
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A fireworks display will be launched from the beach at 9 p.m. to Celebrate Wonder Bear's Birthday of Gillian's amusements on the Ocean City Boardwalk.

Stafford Twp Founders Day
Saturday, June 8, 2024; 10 am 9:30pm (rain date June 9th)
Doc Cramer Sports Complex
440 Doc Cramer Blv'd
Manahawkin, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
This celebration features a Parade kicking off @ 10am from the Stafford Avenue Firehouse and proceeding through the heart of historic downtown Manahawkin. @ 4pm, the festivities resume at the Doc Cramer Sports Complex with pageants, entertainment, food trucks, inflatables, mechanical rides, and the grand finale Fireworks at dusk.

July 2024 South Jersey
Family Festivals and Events

Ocean County Fair
July 10-14, 2024; Wednesday & Thursday: 5 PM to 11 PM Friday & Saturday: 11 AM to 11 PM Sunday: 11 AM to 5 PM
The intersection of Pinewald-Keswick Rd/Rt 530 and Mule Road
Bayville, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Admission: $10 | Parking is free
This popular annual fun, family event, with expected attendance of 50,000, features live music, rollercoasters, 4-H events, pony riding, pig races, food and commercial vendors, Cowboy Larry, and so much more.

Peach at the Beach
July 13th, 2024
Summer Concert Stage, at Island Waterpark
Showboat Resort
801 Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ
Buy Tickets: Ticketmaster | Vivid Seats
This concert will be headlined by Grateful Dead-adjacent band Joe Russo's Almost Dead and include Asbury Park jam band Dogs in a Pile, Trouble No More performing the Allman Brothers' 1972 album, flashy bassist Karina Rykman and her band, and Mykal Rose of reggae greats Black Uhuru.

The Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Monday, July 15 to Saturday, July 20, 2024
Mt. Carmel Society Hall
1 Mt. Carmel Lane
Hammonton, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
One of the longest running Italian Festivals in the United States and a Hammonton, NJ tradition since 1875.
This annual family event features Italian food, a wine and Beer Garden, live entertainment, and fireworks at duck on on Monday, July 16th.

August 2024 South Jersey
Family Festivals and Events

The 52nd Annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival
Labor Day Weekend, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, August 30, 31, September 1, 2024
Salem County Fairgrounds
725 Route 40
Pilesgrove Township, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
This family music festival features southern Appalachian old-time and bluegrass and related music styles. For kids, there is also a Children's Stage.
The festival site has plenty of room for camping for tenters as well as RVers, and unlike many other festivals, they do not charge extra for camping. Weekend ticket holders may camp on the grounds at no charge