Upcoming Festivals

What’s summer at the Jersey Shore without a great Italian Festival?!

Join us Saturday, July 27 and Sunday, July 28 for our annual Italian Festival & Wine Tasting, sponsored by Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace and The Asbury Park Press.

Enjoy mouth-watering Italian favorites from over a dozen of the area’s top restaurants, delis, and food trucks.  Pair your favorite dish with a sampling of great wines at our Italian wine tasting, presented by Opici Wines & Spirits.

Five 2-ounce samples plus a commemorative glass is just $15. Racetrack general admission and wine tasting tickets are available both in advance and day-of. Purchase in advance at seatgeek.com/monmouth to save 15%.

Wine tasting will go from 11:30am-5pm. Day-of sales and check-in will be from 11:30am-4pm. Day-of tickets are cash only.

Food trucks begin serving at approximately 11am.  Live racing begins at 12:50pm.

Live music Saturday by Pez Head, and Sunday by All That Roxx. Free family fun day activities in the picnic area on Sunday.

General parking is free and admission is just $6.  Kids 12 and under are always free.

Participating Food Trucks: Bella Ciao Pizza, Brooklyn’s Famous Pizza, Chanks, Chillin’ Out, Dellano’s Food Service, Dolato Espresso, Enzo’s, L’Acquario Seafood Italiano, Lola’s, Taste of Napoli, Little Sicilian Riceballs, Tony’s Italian Sausage, Your Sister’s Balls, and The Pasta Truck.