The three-day BBQ & N.J. Craft Beer Festival, featuring more than 50 beers, 15 food vendors and live music, will make its annual appearance at Monmouth Park starting on Saturday to help kick off the upcoming Labor Day weekend.

The beer garden is a mix of New Jersey brands and national beers.

The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. all three days, complementing the live racing schedule.

The list of food vendors for all three days is as follows: Blossom Sassa Bienne; El Lechon de Negron; Enzo’s Pizza and Subs; Joe Smoke Bar-B-Que; Local Smoke; Lola’s; Magic Mike’s Smoked Meats; NC Ribs on Wheels; NYC Mac Truck; Rhythm & Ribs Smokehouse; The Baked Bear; Urban Burger; Vagabond Kitchen & Tap House; Vampire Penguin and Wild Bill’s.

Patrons looking to sample beers can do so in the Festival Area only from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The $20 cost includes ten 2-ounce samples in the beer garden, a $2 betting voucher and a commemorative sample glass.

Anyone may enter the Beer Garden but beer samples are limited to adults 21 and older.

The final Family Fun Days of the meet will take place Saturday and Sunday, with free clowns, face painters, pony rides and a bounce house.

The live music schedule, which runs from noon to 4 p.m. “On the Green” all three days, is as follows: After The Reign will perform on Saturday, Southpaw will take over the stage on Sunday and Chris Morrisy will close out the holiday weekend on Monday.