Hoboken Fall Festival 2016 Will Feature 3 Music Stages, Food, Kid Activities

HOBOKEN, NJ — Summer may be gone, but the party doesn’t stop in Hoboken.

The 23rd Annual Hoboken Fall Arts & Music Festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, at Washington Street (between Observer Highway and 7th Street).

According to a city news release, the free festival will feature three stages of live music including a feature performance from Spyro Gyra, featuring Hoboken’s own Julio Fernandez. Other musical acts include: Swingadelic, The Amazing Incredibles, Hudson City Rats, Zydeco Revelators, Mya Hansen, Jeremy Beck & the Uptown Horns, Chrissy Roberts, Emily & the Ideals, Preschool of Rock, Jason Didner & the Jungle Gym Jam.

In addition, the festival will include more than 300 artists, crafters, photographers, food vendors and local businesses. Other attractions will include:

• Fine artists between 2nd & 3rd Streets, 5th & 6th Streets, and artists from the Monroe Center for the Arts between First & Newark Streets
• Children’s activities on 3rd Street with rides, games, creative activities, face painting, sand art, balloons and live performances
• Crafters display/sell handmade pottery, metalwork, wood items, furniture, blown & fused glass, quilts, household items made from recycled materials, batik clothing, hand painted furniture, candles, jewelry, dried florals, soaps & lotions and other handcrafted items
• Food such as Thai, Indian, Greek, French, Mexican, Cajun and Italian

Event sponsors include Suez, NJ Lottery, WFUV, The Hudson Reporter and This Is It Stage Productions, with additional support from Walgreens, Capital One Bank, Inserra Shop Rite of Hoboken, Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Anthony Davids and Losurdo Brothers Deli / Tony’s Italian Bakery.

For more information call (201) 420-2207 or click here.

Photo: Brian Friedman/B-Freed, via City of Hoboken

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