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- As the summer heat fades, food truck season continues in New Jersey.
- Here are 24 food truck festivals to check out locally this September.
New Jersey is home to a garlic knot slider food truck, rainbow bao buns on wheels, a mobile mozzarella maker and ice cream that’ll pull up to your door on demand.
On a street corner in Teaneck, you’ll find authentic Caribbean cuisine (in dishes like jerk chicken sandwiches and oxtail over rice); while, in downtown Montclair, you just might run into personal pizzas being sold through a window.
It’s rare, though, that you’ll discover many of those concepts in the same place at the same time — unless, of course, some local high schools, PBAs and recreation departments arrange for them all to meet in a massive, empty parking lot.
This month, that’s precisely what’s going down.
Here is every food truck festival happening in New Jersey this September.
Sept. 6
- Food Trucktemberfest, Oceanport – 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monmouth Park, 175 Oceanport Ave.
- Liberty Corner Fire Food Truck and Music Festival, Liberty Corner – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Liberty Corner Fireman’s Field, 95 Church St.
- Maywood Food Truck & Music FEASTival, Maywood – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Myron Manufacturing Parking Lot, 205 Maywood Ave.
- NJ Taco Festival, Augusta – 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road.
- Raritan Borough Food Truck & Music Fest, Raritan – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Washington School Park, 600 1st Ave.
- Wildwoods Food and Music Festival, Wildwood – 2 to 8 p.m., Byrne Plaza, 3400 Pacific Ave.
Sept. 7
Sept. 13
- 25th Annual Pet Palooza & Food Truck Festival, Livingston – Noon to 6 p.m., Livingston Gazebo, 7 Civic Center Road.
- Bacon, Bourbon and Brews Festival; Lumberton – 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Flying W Airport & Resort, 60 Fostertown Road.
- Donaldson Farms Sweet Corn & Garlic Festival, Hackettstown – Noon to 6 p.m., Donaldson Farms, 358 Allen Road.
- Downbeach Seafood Fest, Ventnor – Sept. 13 (11 a.m. to 7 p.m.) & Sept. 14 (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.), Ventnor Ski Beach, 5899 Burke Ave.
- Food Truck & Apple Festival, Sewell – 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Duffield’s Farm, 280 Chapel Heights Road.
- Grape Stomping Food Truck Festival, New Egypt – Sept. 13 (Noon to 9 p.m.) & Sept. 14 (Noon to 7 p.m.), Laurita Winery, 85 Archertown Road.
- Ringwood Food Truck Festival, Ringwood – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., CVS Lot, 115 Skyline Drive.
- Voorhees Food Truck and Music Festival, Vorhees – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Connolly Park, 605 Centennial Blvd.
Sept. 20
- Comfort Food Festival, Toms River – Noon to 6 p.m., Downtown Toms River, 33 Washington St.
- Hopatcong PBA 149 Food Truck & Music Festival & Car Show, Hopatcong – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Veterans Field, 388 Flora Ave.
- Middlesex Borough Fire Dept Food Truck & Music Fest, Middlesex – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Mountain View Park, 300 John F. Kennedy Drive.
- PittsgroverFEST, Pittsgrove – Begins 4 p.m., Green Branch Park, 299 Upper Neck Road.
- Ridgefield PBA 330 Food Truck Festival, Ridgefield – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Veteran’s Field, 599 Edison St.
Sept. 27
- Bergen County Fall Harvest Festival, Ridgefield Park – Sept. 26 (6 to 9 p.m.), Sept. 27 (Noon to 10 p.m.) & Sept. 28 (Noon to 8 p.m.); Overpeck County Park, 199 Challenger Road.
- Galloway End of Summer Food Truck Festival, Galloway – 2 to 8 p.m., Municipal Complex, 300 E. Jimmie Leeds Road.
- Hanover Twp. PBA Food, Wine & Brew Festival, Whippany – Noon to 6 p.m., Bee Meadow Park Brickyard Field, 111 Reynolds Ave.
- Union Catholic High School Food Truck Festival, Scotch Plains – Noon to 5 p.m., Union Catholic High School, 1600 Martine Ave.
Kara VanDooijeweert is a food writer for NorthJersey.com and The Record. If you can’t find her in Jersey’s best restaurants, she’s probably off running a race course in the mountains. Catch her on Instagram: @karanicolev & @northjerseyeats, and sign up for her North Jersey Eats newsletter.
