Warren County Wanderings

Starting August 3, 2022

Yes, it’s true we have been promoting the 84th Annual Warren County Farmers’ Fair featuring the Hot Air Balloon Festival for three weeks now, but to us, it’s a pretty big deal! The Fair runs through Saturday, August 6, so if you haven’t already visited, we encourage you to do so. If the sweet photo above isn't enough to convince you, here’s a little extra incentive: we have three pairs of admission passes up for grabs! Send an email to tourism@co.warren.nj.us with “Take me to the Fair” as the subject line, and include your name and phone number in the email itself. We will choose three random entries at 2pm tomorrow, Thursday, August 11 and inform the lucky winners soon thereafter. There is one slight catch: the winner will have to pick up the passes at the Wayne Dumont, Jr. Administration Building (165 County Rt. 519 South, Belvidere). Good luck!

But, of course, Warren County is no one-trick pony when it comes to happenings! Read on for more, and Happy Wanderings!

Coming Up

Centenary Stage Company’s Young Performers Workshop’s 2022 Summer Festival of Shows will feature performances of I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do!, A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, and Two for Four. Young Performers Workshop is dedicated to the enrichment of young lives through experience in the theatre arts, and serves as a venue for cultivating young theatre performers between the ages of eight and 18.

Get your volunteer on with Ridge and Valley Conservancy at Dark Moon Preserve. Tasks will include spreading woodchips near the trailhead and gravel in the parking lot.

Bring the family for kids' activities including fire trucks, face painting, and crafts with Dove Environmental.

Celebrate sunflower season with food trucks, live music, and a walk through the Sunflower Trail. Bring your lawn chair and blanket and join us for delicious food from our lineup of food trucks, live music, games and activities for all ages! Live music by Naughty Humphrey and Grand Theft Audio NJ.

This weekend Villa Milagro features Peachy Sangria made with local, freshly picked fruit and its popular "porch wine" - Rosita. Taste it on site, buy your Rosita and get some Jersey peaches to make more at home.

Come out for a jammin' good time at Four Sisters Winery with the Uptown Boogie Band! This well renowned blues, swing, and boogie band is made up of a talented team of creative musicians known for their technical abilities and musical versatility.

2022 Summer Concert Series on the Boat Stage continues with entertainment from The Nerds! Pure Energy from one of the best cover bands in Jersey! $15 cover.

Learn the history of the Manor, its people, and the local industrial history of Oxford. We are offering tours of the main floor of the building. The last tour begins at 3:30pm.

An interactive story-line is non-stop amusement from beginning to end. Can you identify the perpetrator as you and your fellow gumshoes enjoy a hilarious and equally mystifying evening?

Joe Cirotti describes his band as ‘An ensemble of working musicians and friends from various projects and musical backgrounds picking on Americana, roots, jazz, blues and bluegrass.’ Having performed throughout the country, Cirotti's outstanding musicianship ensures continued success on the way to international recognition.

Get your volunteer on with Ridge and Valley Conservancy. Like all other activities, we recognize that COVID concerns have had an impact on how individuals perform volunteer work.

Get your volunteer on with Ridge and Valley Conservancy. RVC will be doing some repair work on a wooden stream crossing bridge, in addition to invasive plants/shrub control within Beech Ridge Preserve.

Come out for a jammin' good time at Four Sisters Winery with the Uptown Boogie Band! This well renowned blues, swing, and boogie band is made up of a talented team of creative musicians known for their technical abilities and musical versatility.

Get your volunteer on with Ridge and Valley Conservancy. RVC will be doing some repair work on a wooden stream crossing bridge, in addition to invasive plants/shrub control within Beech Ridge Preserve.

This duo from Northwestern New Jersey share a love of American roots music and play an eclectic array of original and cover material that spans decades.

The Midnight Society delivers the sounds of jazz, blues, pop - sweet & hot from the 1920s-30s.

Celebrate sunflower season with food trucks, live music, and a walk through the Sunflower Trail. Bring your lawn chair and blanket and join us for delicious food from our lineup of food trucks, live music, games and activities for all ages!

This weekend Villa Milagro features Peachy Sangria made with local, freshly picked fruit and its popular "porch wine" - Rosita. Taste it on site, buy your Rosita and get some Jersey peaches to make more at home.

Having performed throughout the country with his band, Joe Cirotti's outstanding musicianship ensures continuing success on the way to international recognition.

This weekend Villa Milagro features Peachy Sangria made with local, freshly picked fruit and its popular "porch wine" - Rosita. Taste it on site, buy your Rosita and get some Jersey peaches to make more at home. ​

Continuing

Celebrating its 84th year of providing affordable family fun, the Farmers' Fair includes the 22nd Hot Air Balloon Festival and the return of the Traditional Arts Expo. Where else can you thrill to a hot air balloon ride, eat cotton candy on a carnival midway, watch traditional craftsmen at work, take in a Demolition Derby, and cheer your neighbor on in a tractor pull all in the same place? Yes, the Farmers' Fair, featuring one of New Jerseys' popular Hot Air Balloon Festivals, is truly a family affair. Enjoy the mass balloon launches each evening. Visit the Kids Corral, where all shows and activities are free of charge for fairgoers. Enjoy the Antique Stock/ Lightweight Tractor Pulls, for free, in the Main arena. The Fair has some great, free, musical entertainment lined up throughout the week, too.

Lopatcong's weekly summer music series. Funding has been made possible, in part, by the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Division of Land Preservation.

September 15 - VooDudes
September 21 - Mark Hanning (reschduled from prior date due to rain cancelation)

The Hackettstown Business Improvement District (BID) is bringing back Late Night Thursdays each week in July through August. Over 30 businesses will be participating with sales and special events every week.

Barnyard Buddies is a program that was designed for kids ages 2-8 who have an interest in farm life and love the outdoors.

Enjoy live music, delicious food, ice-cold cocktails & beverages, all while enjoying gorgeous panoramic views from our bluestone patio!

Come out to Friday Nights on the Farm with Bombed Opera! Relax and enjoy outdoor dining and live music while surrounded by the stunning views of your local farm! A family-friendly event, James on Main collaborates with Donaldson Farms to create delicious farm-fresh and locally sourced cuisine for their guests and are proud to host their friends from Czig Meister Brewing Company.

Join Alba every Friday and Saturday evening for wine, food, and music!  All guests must be 21+

Upcoming performers:     
August 5 - Dan DeChellis, pianist
August 6 - Dave Roth, pianist

Brook Hollow continues live music.

Get ready for another summer of music at Flynn's!


August 5    Zaire
August 12  Harmony Garage Band
August 19  Truth & Soul
August 26  GruviTune

The Blairstown Farmers Market is in full swing! Come see your favorite local farmers and food producers at the Blairstown Farmers Market!

Every Saturday this summer, Waterloo is open and showcasing the Canal Museum and Highlands Boat Exhibit. In addition, the Gristmill and Smith Store will be open, and village tours will be given.

Other buildings will also be open, as well as the village Visitor Center.

Held each Saturday in downtown Washington borough through October 1, the market runs along Route 57, anchored in the Pocket Park located at 44 E. Washington Ave. 

 

Join Alba every Saturday and Sunday afternoon for wine, food, and music! All guests must be 21+

Live Music all weekend!

August 6 - Chuck Schubert 
August 7 - Allan Willcockson
August 20 - John Cain 
August 21 - Just Jeff

"What's Up in the August Sky?" presented by Lonny Buinis, RVCC.

Release stress, get exercise and view the swans, turtles and other birds and wildlife that call Allamuchy Pond their home. Canoes and single, and tandem kayaks will be available. An ACA-certified canoe and kayak instructor and lifeguard will be at the dock to provide assistance.

Phillipsburg's first open air market is starting in July and runs through October. There will be vendors, baked goods, farms and artisans.

After a late start, this market is back in full swing! A venue where local farmers, producers, and artisans come together to provide a variety of fresh produce and related products directly to the consumer, located in the parking lot of White Township School (corner of Rts.

Relax and enjoy outdoor dining and live music while surrounded by the stunning views of your local farm! James on Main collaborates with Donaldson Farms to create delicious farm-fresh and locally sourced cuisine for our guests.

Enjoy live music, delicious food, ice-cold cocktails & beverages, all while enjoying gorgeous panoramic views from our bluestone patio!

The Hackettstown Business Improvement District (BID) is bringing back Late Night Thursdays each week in July through August. Live music or a children’s activity at the Main Street Gazebo. Shop, eat and drink locally with business specials throughout the Hackettstown Business District.

Release stress, get exercise and view the swans, turtles and other birds and wildlife that call Allamuchy Pond their home. Canoes and single, and tandem kayaks will be available. An ACA-certified canoe and kayak instructor and lifeguard will be at the dock to provide assistance.

Relax and enjoy outdoor dining and live music while surrounded by the stunning views of Donaldson's. James on Main and Czig Meister Brewing Company will be on site as well.

Dinner/food schedule - 5pm-8:30pm, Music 6pm-9pm. Admission tickets are required for guests to attend the event.

Release stress, get exercise and view the swans, turtles and other birds and wildlife that call Allamuchy Pond their home. Canoes, single, and tandem kayaks will be available. An ACA-certified canoe and kayak instructor and lifeguard will be at the dock to provide assistance.

Relax and enjoy outdoor dining and live music while surrounded by the stunning views of Donaldson's. James on Main, Czig Meister and Va Fa Napoli Pizza Truck will be on site as well.

The Hackettstown Business Improvement District (BID) is bringing back Late Night Thursdays each week in July through August. Live music or a children’s activity at the Main Street Gazebo. Shop, eat and drink locally with business specials throughout the Hackettstown Business District.

Community Corner

In these workshops Elisa SolStar will help you tap into our creativity through various mediums such as painting, drawing and collage. She will teach about the history and practice of walking the Labyrinth as well as how to create your own.

This scholarship fund was established to help Belvidere High School seniors fund their post-secondary education in memory of Brian Duckworth, a long-time Warren County Buildings and Grounds employee who succumbed to cancer in 2013 at age 51.

This scholarship fund was established to help Belvidere High School seniors fund their post-secondary education in memory of Brian Duckworth, a long-time Warren County Buildings and Grounds employee who succumbed to cancer in 2013 at age 51.