Here's your guide to every New Jersey food truck festival in September
Last month, we dropped a story saying summer is the season of the food trucks. So now, then — with August in its twilight and pumpkin spice Chobani on grocery store shelves — the trucks must be getting ready to roll back to their parking lots for the winter, right?
Wrong. Because September (whether Jersey acts like it or not) is still technically summer.
So, before you lace up your wool-lined boots and head for the apple orchards, make a date to grab one last burger from a steamy food truck window.
Here's every food truck festival happening in New Jersey this September.
New Jersey's September 2023 food truck festivals:
Sept. 1
Glassboro Car Show and Food Truck Festival, Glassboro. 5 to 9 p.m., Town Square, 1 High Street West.
Sept. 2
Grape Stomp Food Truck Fest, New Egypt. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 2, 3, Laurita Winery, 85 Archertown Road.
Knowlton Township Labor Day Food & Music Fest, Delaware. Noon to 7 p.m., Knowlton Fire Dept. #1, 4 Roy Ace Street.
Sept. 3
Clifton Food Truck and Music Festival, Clifton. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Clifton Municipal Complex, 900 Clifton Ave.
Netcong's End of Summer Food Truck and Music Festival, Netcong. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Dominick Arbolino Memorial Park, 93 Koclas Drive.
Sept. 9
Food Trucktemberfest, Oceanport. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 9, 10, Monmouth Park, 175 Oceanport Ave.
Parsippany Food Truck Festival, Parsippany. Noon to 7 p.m., Veterans Memorial Park, 1839 US-46.
Food Truck — Wine and Beer Festival, New Gretna. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Veterans United Military Memorial Museum, 5576 Route 9.
Food Truck and Apple Festival at Duffield's Farm, Sewell. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Duffield's Farm Market, 280 Chapel Heights Road #9355.
NJ Taco Festival, Augusta. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sussex Country Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road.
Barrington Brews, Beats & Eats, Barrington. 3 to 10 p.m., St. Francis (Rosebud Academy) parking lot, 102 W Gloucester Pike.
Sept. 10
Ort Farms Food Truck Festival, Long Valley. Tentatively 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Ort Farms, 25 Bartley Road.
Sept. 16
End of Season Food Truck Fest, Ho-Ho-Kus. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Hermitage, 335 Franklin Tpk.
A Touch of Italy Food Truck Festival, New Egypt. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 16, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 17, Laurita Winery, 85 Archertown Road.
Food Truck and Music Festival in Ridgefield 2023, Ridgefield. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Veterans Memorial Park, 554 Shaler Blvd.
Comfort Food Festival, Toms River. noon to 6 p.m., Washington Street.
Sept. 17
Absecon Creekfest Food Truck and Music Festival 2023, Absecon. 2 to 8 p.m., Faunce Landing Boat Ramp, 527 4th Street.
Sept. 23
Hopatcong PBA Food Truck & Music Festival Plus Car Show, Hopatcong. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Hilltop Fields, 32 Lakeside Boulevard.
Sept. 30
Food Truck Festival — Middlesex Borough, Middlesex. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Borough of Middlesex Mountain View Park, 302 John F. Kennedy Drive.
5th Annual South Toms River Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival, South Toms River. Noon to 9 p.m., Mathis Plaza Park, 134 NJ-166.
Fair Lawn Food Truck & Music Festival, Fair Lawn. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Memorial Park, 2 Avenue of Heroes.
Bacon, Bourbon & Brews Festival, Medford. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sept. 30, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 1, Flying W Airport & Resort, 60 Fostertown Road.
Gloucester City Food and Craft Festival, Gloucester City. 2 to 8 p.m., Gloucester City Softball Complex, 2 S Johnson Blvd.
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, join our NorthJerseyEats Facebook group, and sign up for her North Jersey Eats newsletter.
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