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BBQ & N.J. Craftt Beer Festival On Tap This Weekend From Saturday Through Monday At Monmouth Park
August 28, 2025

The always-popular BBQ & New Jersey Craft Beer Festival, featuring over 50 beers, 14 food vendors and live music, will complement the three-day holiday weekend of racing from Saturday through Monday at Monmouth Park.
The Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. all three days.
The available beers are a mix of New Jersey brands and national beers.
The list of food vendors includes The Baked Bear; Cold Stone Creamery; El Lechon de Negron; Enzo’s Pizza and Subs; House of Cupcakes; Hadez Food Truck; Joe Smoke Bar-B-Que; Local Smoke; Lola’s; Magic Mike’s Smoked Meats; NC Ribs on Wheels; NYC Mac Truck; Urban Burger
and. Wild Bill’s.
Cost each day is $15 for a wristband that for ten 2-ounce samples and includes a commemorative sample glass. Wristbands are $13 if purchased in advance on seatgeek.com.
Saturday’s band “On the Green” from noon to 4 p.m. is All That Roxx, with Big Hix performing on Sunday and Chris Morissey on Monday.
In addition, the Moroccan Sheepherders will perform in the Blue Grotto Beer Garden from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday.
Saturday and Sunday will also be Family Fun Days, with free clowns, face painters, a bounce house and pony rides.
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