Warren County Wanderings

Starting August 2, 2017

The Farmers' Fair is underway! Read on for details, plus our special Warren County Wanderings giveaways at the fair.  And lots more is happening this weekend, so let's get to it. We hope you get out to enjoy this beautiful place at this gorgeous time of the year. And we extend a special welcome to all of our new Wanderers who signed up at the fair! Happy Wanderings!

Coming Up

Celebrating its 80th year of providing affordable family fun, the Farmers' Fair now includes the Hot Air Balloon Festival and the 20th Annual Traditional Arts Expo.

Visit the Explore Warren display at the Warren County Farmers' Fair and enter our contest to win great prizes!

Country Singer/Songwriter Kevin DeFeo performs on the porch for happy hour.                                      

 

Always a great night at Bea McNally's! 908-813-1900.

Bring the family to enjoy the music of SAGE. Fresh, local & friendly. Dinner served 5-9 p.m. with music from 6-9 p.m. 

Island Time is a band from the Lehigh Valley that performs summer time music, covering bands such as Jimmy Buffett, Grateful Dead and more. Great food, cold drinks, and awesome entertainment. Admission is free, family friendly event, and the band plays from 6 - 9:30pm under the pavilion.

A collective musical house, distilled in the Lehigh Valley, PA, and infused with Soul.

Marty’s Reliable Cycle and the Foodshed Alliance present the second Tour de Blairstown, in a beautiful town ready to share the secret of its unparalleled cycling with the rest of the world! Ride 25, 40 or 62 mile routes through Blairstown and the surrounding area on marked routes with rest stops along the way, to benefit the Foodshed Alliance. Check-in for registered riders on August 5, 6:30-9am, with Continental breakfast. Register online - $45 online and $50 the day of the event. Lunch after the ride is included in your registration fee and is being catered by Race Farm Cafe and Creamery. Following the ride, shop at the Blairstown Farmers’ Market and/or enjoy Blairstown Historic Day (see the next item).

Dust off your bonnets and bowties ladies and gentlemen - and get ready to party like it's 1899!

The Canal Society of New Jersey offers a wide range of programming at Waterloo Village this year including the new Highlands Canal Boat Exhibit featuring the recently discovered remains of what may be the last Morris Canal Boat. Some of the historic buildings will be open, historic trades & crafts will be demonstrated, and there will be canal boat rides.

Come on out to taste our wines and enjoy a Peachy Sangria (Mom's recipe) made with locally grown peaches from Tadayesky Farm just across the Delaware River from us in Raubsville.  This is a private, organic farm.

Outdoor wine tastings and wine bar under our new arbor.

Admission $15 per person, 21 and older (includes wine tasting and an etched Alba wine glass) - Complimentary for Gold Club Members - No Reservations

Food for purchase from Osteria Morini

Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines! Wine for purchase by the bottle or glass at retail value.

Stomp to the music and feel the sensation between your toes. Formal wine tasting, delicious spaghetti and meatballs dinner with tossed salad and homemade breads, wine cellar tour and ending with a dessert wine tasting. Includes wine glass to take home. $35/person plus tax and service fee.

The thrilling era of silent films comes alive again with the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra as part of Centenary Stage Company’s 2017 Summer Jamfest. Travel back to the early 1900s as they screen three of the greatest silent comedies ever made, Charlie Chaplin’s One A.M. (1916) Buster Keaton’s Cops (1922) and Laurel & Hardy’s Big Business (1929) with their historic orchestral scores.

Whether playing as a solo acoustic act, or as part of a 5-piece band, Acoustic Kitty Project delivers a gutsy, passionate performance every time.

This three-piece quintet (three musicians doing the work of five) cover everything from the likes of the Kinks, the Beatles, the Stones, the Doors, Kiss & many more.

 

More info at 908-813-1900

 

It's time to make your health the priority!

Catmoondaddy performs Music under the Arbor at Alba Vineyard on Sunday, with outdoor wine tastings and wine bar under our new arbor.

Admission $15 per person, 21 and older (includes wine tasting and an etched Alba wine glass) - Complimentary for Gold Club Members - No Reservations

Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!

Bring lawn chairs or a blanket, pack a picnic if you like, and relax and enjoy a variety of  live musical performances - FREE- all summer long on the lawn of Shippen Manor.

Celebrating over 20 years of acclaimed musical theatre training for young thespians, the Centenary Stage Company’s Young Performers Workshop returns to the Little Theater August 4 through August 13 with the annual Summer Festival of Shows.  These talented young thespians between the ages of

Celebrating its 81st year of providing affordable family fun, the Farmers' Fair continues through Saturday, featuring the Hot Air Balloon Festival and the 21st Annual Traditional Arts Expo as well. Highlights include carnival wrist band specials; motorized events (tractor pulls Wednesday and Thursday, Demolition Derby Sunday and Friday, and the unique Mud Bog events Saturday); a hay bale rolling contest; pro wrestling; music; Mass Hot Air Balloon Launches; and so much more!

Continuing

FREE Open Kayaking
Fridays 4:00 - 7:00 pm
Wednesdays 9:00 - noon
Sundays 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Second Saturday of each month 9:00 am - 12:00 noon

All events will be held at the Veterans Rally Point at Lopatcong Park, weather permitting. Bring your lawn chair, blankets and friends!

Travel back in time with the old time rock n' roll band Inch & the Echoes.

A neighborhood favorite! Relax and enjoy delicious farm fresh food, live music, and fun. The kids will sleep great after pony rides, lawn games, and other activities.  Live music, featured chef TBA. No entrance fee. Food and activities priced individually.

The night sky as seen from the United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey observatories

The United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey provides free public programs at the UACNJ Observatory in Jenny Jump State Forest from April through October on Saturday evenings. This week's program is: "What's up in the August Sky?" with Lonny Buinis, RVCC.

Mama's Cafe Baci offers live entertainment seven nights a week, including Monday Acoustic Cafe; Local Artists Tues.- Thurs.; George Baier on Friday; Faded Genes (Yeager & Boccito) and Lite Jazz  on Saturdays (and a new late night menu, relaxing cocktails & tapas in their new 201 Fift