Event Details
Join us for Maifest in Hackettstown. This is the traditional German celebration of the arrival of spring! Various businesses will host an assortment of live entertainment, activities, cuisine, craft spirits, and beers! Enjoy the roaming Oompah band Peter and the Wolf-gang, as well as traditional Maypole dancers. Browse our local business specials. Support your local shops, eateries, distillery & beer brewers during the 2026 Hackettstown Maifest celebration!
ALL DAY | DJ Music, Prize Wheel, Free Bubbles and Bracelet Making for Kids while supplies last, Food/Drink Specials (Marley’s)
ALL DAY- $25 Blowouts all day, which include a scalp massage and a treatment! (KM Salon and Loft)
11:30 am Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting for Team Car Wash (203 Mountain Avenue)
12:30-3:30 pm -Oompah band Peter and the Wolf-Gang roaming through the festival area
12:30pm | Barrel Tapp with the Mayor (Czigs)
12:45-3:45pm Live Music from: Jimmy Pink & The Ego – (Czig Meister)
1pm – until they run out! -Build your own Maifest Snack Box with Cheese the Day Cart in the Lounge (Living Spirits Distillery)
1pm – 3pm Sip & Paint -Call Art-Stitution to register 973-901-0166. (Seating is limited, outside if the weather permits) (Marley’s)
1pm-11pm Special run of small batch Sour (Black Forest) Cherry Brandy & Sour Cherry Liqueur (Living Spirits Distillery)
1pm – 3pm | Free Face Painting (Marley’s)
2pm-5pm | Live Music by Joe K (Man Skirt)
2pm-5pm -Live Music by Six String Stories (Living Spirits Distillery)
4-4:30pm Steinhold Competition men’s & women’s- (starting with the women’s competition first) (Czig Meister)
4:30-5pm NJ CYB Maipole Dancers -(Czig Meister)
5:45-6:45 pm Live Music by Thaddeus MacBryde (Living Spirits)
6:30-9:30pm Live Music from: Uncle Stump- (Czig Meister)
7 pm | Best German Attire Competition (Living Spirits)
7:15pm | Beard/ Mustache Competition (Living Spirits)
7pm-9:30pm | Live Music by Chris Smith (Man Skirt)
7:30-10 pm Live Music by Peter Lister (Living Spirits)
9 pm – 1 am | DJ Spinning Music (Marley’s)