Air Shows, Wine Festival, Italian Feast Top Events In New Jersey This Week!
Wow – tomorrow is September! How did that happen?!?! Well, it’s the “unofficial” last week of summer in New Jersey and many of us will be spending it at the Jersey Shore, but there are a lot of great events happening all over New Jersey this week! Here are the top 5 picks for things to do in New Jersey this week…
1. Thunder Over The Boardwalk – Atlantic City Air Show
September 2nd, 2015
11:00am – 4:00pm
Atlantic City Beach & Boardwalk
Atlantic City, New Jersey
The 13th Annual Atlantic City Air Show, Thunder Over the Boardwalk, is the largest free event on Atlantic City’s summer calendar, and the largest air show of its kind! This year’s spectacular show features the US Navy Blue Angels, the US Army Golden Knights elite parachute jump team, a US Coast Guard Search and Rescue Demonstration, as well as some of the best aerobatic pilots in the country!
2. Jazz It Up Wine Festival
September 5th & 6th, 2015
Rain date Sept 7th (only in the case of extremely foul weather)
12:00pm -5:00pm
Admission: $25 at the Gate or $20 advance ticketing
Two Day Pass – $40
Spectators and those under 21 – Free
Price includes souvenir wine glass and sampling
$5 Parking fee
Allaire State Park
4265 Atlantic Avenue
Wall Township, New Jersey
Visit the Jazz It Up Wine Festival at Allaire Village for two days of fine wine and cool jazz! Stroll the streets of a 19th-century metal-working living history town as you sample wine from seventeen of New Jersey’s finest wineries and enjoy music performed by some of the finest jazz acts on the East Coast. Food trucks and artisan crafters will be on hand as well. Visit the Garden State Wine Growers online to purchase advance tickets.
3. AirFest at NASW Aviation Museum
September 4th – 7th, 2015
Admission: Adults-$14, Children (3-12)- $10, 2 and under – Free
NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum
Cape May Airport
500 Forrestal Road
Rio Grande, New Jersey
Visit the 19th Annual AirFest at the NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum for a once in a lifetime opportunity to view, explore and even take a flight in World War II aircraft such as a B-24 Liberator, P-51 Mustang, and a B-17 Flying Fortress . The event will also feature music, living history exhibitors, food, vendors, and more. There will be lots of fun things to do and see for visitors of all ages! Additional fees apply for fighter and bomber flight experiences. For flight reservations, visit the Collings Foundation online or call 800-568-8924.
4. Laurita Grape Stomping
September 5th, 2015 – 11:30am – 10:00pm
September 6th, 2015 – 11:30am – 8:00pm
Admission: $8 (includes parking, shuttle service, souvenir glass)
Free Admission for kids 12 and under
Laurita Winery
35 Archertown Road
New Egypt, New Jersey
It’s Grape Stomping time at Laurita Winery! Celebrate the New Jersey grape harvest and kick off your shoes to experience the wine-making process feet first! Ladies are encouraged to dress up like Lucy for memorable photo opps. This popular Laurita event will be filled with live entertainment all weekend fun activities for kids and adults for a wonderful family-friendly event.
5. Wildwood Block Party & Music Festival
September 6th, 2015
12:00pm – 11:00pm
Fox Park
Ocean Avenue between Burk & Montgomery Avenues
Wildwood, New Jersey
Celebrate the end the summer season at Wildwood Block Party & Music Festival this weekend. This family-friendly festival will feature tons of fun things to do including games, crafts, rides, awesome food, and continuous free live entertainment featuring Purple Reign, The Jeremiah Hunter Band, Tonna Sacca & Denise Clemente, The Comets, Joe Montello, and Georgie Young. To top it all off a special appearance by musical icon Chubby Checker is scheduled to celebrate the 55th anniversary of “The Twist” first being introduced to the world right here in Wildwood, NJ at the Rainbow Club!
Looking for more things to do in New Jersey in September? Check out Things To Do In New Jersey’s Calendar of Events for September 2015!
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According to that link, the Hoboken Italian Festival is next weekend. Sept 10-12.
Wow- You are right! So sorry about that – the original material that I received had this weekend’s dates. Those must have been the dates for LAST year. Thank you for bringing my attention to this. I’ve updated the post and included Grape Stomping at Laurita Winery instead which is another fantastic New Jersey event.