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BBQ & Craft Beer Festival

August 31, 2025 from 11:00am to 05:00pm

Food, live music and more!
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BBQ & NJ Craft Beer Fest
Refreshing beer samples!
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The annual BBQ & Craft Beer Festival, presented by Surfside, returns to Monmouth Park for three more mouth-watering days this Labor Day weekend.

Over 40 craft beers, nearly 20 of the area’s top pitmasters, three days of live music…

Sampling goes from 11:30am-5pm. Ticket sales/check-in 11:30am-4pm.

Beer garden sampling tickets are $15 for 10 two-ounce samples. Purchase tickets in advance at seatgeek.com/monmouth for $18 total ($13 for the beer sampling + $5 for racetrack general admission). Day-of ticket sales are cash only for $15 beer sampling ticket + $6 racetrack general admission ticket at the front gates.

Enjoy live music 12-4pm all three days.

FREE family fun day activities – featuring clowns, face painters, pony rides and a bounce house – on Saturday and Sunday from 12-4pm in the picnic area.

Participating Food Trucks: The Baked Bear, Cold Stone Creamery, El Lechon de Negron, Enzo’s, Garner’s Craft BBQ, Hadez Food Truck, House of Cupcakes, Joe Smoke Bar-B-Que, Kanto Filipino BBQ, Local Smoke BBQ, Magic Mike’s Smoked Meats, NC Ribs on Wheels, NYC Mac Truck, Urban Burger, Lola’s and Wild Bills.

General Information
Gates open 11am
First race is 12:50pm.
FREE Parking.
General Admission just $6. Children 12 and younger are FREE.
No pets allowed.
Coolers and BYO is only permitted in the picnic area.
Event is rain or shine.