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

Join us Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27 for our annual Italian Festival & Wine Tasting.

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

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 for $15.

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

Live music 12-4pm. Saturday by Madison Ave Band and Sunday by Garden State Groove. 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: Bada Bing Bites, The Baked Bear, Bella Ciao Pizza, Cold Stone Creamery, Dellano’s Food Service, Enzo’s, L’Acquario Seafood Italiano, La Tradizione, Little Sicilian Riceballs, Pizza Veloce, Plaza House Coffee: Java & Gelato, Taste of Napoli, Tony’s Italian Sausage, Your Sister’s Balls, Lola’s and Wild Bills.