Change of plans guys. We are going to try to do this on Saturday instead of Sunday.

Thanks to Karen for letting me turn this into an official group event! I'm thinking that I will tie a balloon to my wrist so everybody can find me at the Visitors' Center when we get there.

More details available from the Allaire website at this address: http://www.allairevil...

Garden State Wine Growers Association to Host
“Jazz It Up Wine & Food Festival” at Allaire Village
Admission $20 Per Person
Allaire State Park $5 Per Car Parking Fee Charged Memorial Day to Labor Day

Wine festival“Jazz It Up Wine & Food Festival”, New Jersey (statewide)…Spend Labor Day weekend soaking up history, listening to great jazz and sipping New Jersey wine. Come on outside, with The Garden State Wine Growers Association (GSWGA), a member organization of 28 wineries located across the state, as they present the third wine festival of their five festival season which runs from May through mid-October and garners more than 20,000 visitors.

The “Jazz It Up Food & Wine Festival” will feature hundreds of award-winning New Jersey wines and an array of great food. Artisan vendors and crafters will be selling hand made products, wine related items and other quality goods. There will be kids activities including arts & crafts, face painting and games. Discount advance sale tickets are available online at (www.newjerseywines.com) and group discounts are available by calling Kathy Bullock, Festival Manager at [masked].

DIRECTIONS:

From the North via Garden State Parkway:

From the Garden State Parkway get off at Exit 98. Follow signs for Interstate 195 West (toward Trenton) and Route 34 North. Merge onto Interstate 195 West. Travel on Interstate 195 West for 2.4 miles and get off at Exit 31B (Farmingdale - Allaire State Park exit.). Upon exiting you will be on County Route 547 North. At the first traffic light, 0.3 miles after exiting Interstate 195, turn right onto County Route 524 / Allaire Rd. Kelle Chevrolet will be on the right at the corner. Proceed on County Route 524 / Allaire Rd. for 0.7 miles and the entrance to Allaire State Park, The Historic Village at Allaire and Pine Creek Railroad will be on the right.

From the South via Garden State Parkway:

From the Garden State Parkway get off at exit 98 and follow signs for Route 138 and Interstate 195 West (Trenton and points west). Merge onto Route 138 West, heading toward Route 34, Point Pleasant, Interstate 195 West and Trenton. Route 138 West becomes Interstate 195 West. Travel on Interstate 195 West for 2.4 miles and get off at Exit 31B (Farmingdale - Allaire State Park exit.). Upon exiting you will be on County Route 547 North. At the first traffic light, 0.3 miles after exiting Interstate 195, turn right onto County Route 524 / Allaire Rd. Kelle Chevrolet will be on the right at the corner. Proceed on County Route 524 / Allaire Rd. for 0.7 miles and the entrance to Allaire State Park, The Historic Village at Allaire and Pine Creek Railroad will be on the right.

From the New Jersey Turnpike:

From the New Jersey Turnpike take exit 7A and merge onto Interstate 195 East toward Belmar, Lakewood and Shore Points. Travel 26.1 miles and get off at Exit 31B Farmingdale - Allaire State Park exit.). Upon exiting you will be on County Route 547 North. At the first traffic light, 0.3 miles after exiting Interstate 195, turn right onto County Route 524 / Allaire Rd. A Chevrolet car dealership will be on the right at the corner of the traffic light. Proceed on County Route 524 / Allaire Rd. for 0.7 miles and the entrance to Allaire State Park, The Historic Village at Allaire and Pine Creek Railroad will be on the right.