Hoboken Arts and Music Festival Coming Up

It's time for the bi-annual musical event in Hoboken: the Arts and Music Festival.

The fall version of the popular festival will take place on Sunday Sept. 25 this year.

Admission is free to the event, which will be on Washington Street between Observer Highway and Seventh Street.

More than 300 artists, sculptors, photographers and craftspeople as well as rides, games, face painting, local businesses, restaurants, food vendors and much more.

There will be three stages with performances by:

Skanatra, Swingadelic (www.swingadelic.com/)
Hello Radio (www.helloradio.net)
Buzz Universe (www.buzzuniverse.com), The Romance Commandos, Frankie Morales & the Mambo of the Times Orchestra (www.thefrankiemorales.com), Specktrum, The Benson Ridge Project (http://bensonridge.com), Erin Lee & the Up Past Bedtime Band (www.erinleemusic.com), Big Jeff & the Bouncey People (www.bigjeffmusic.com), LiL Monstaz & much more.

The performance schedule is yet to be announced.

Other activities on the day include:

• Fine artists are located between 2nd & 3rd Streets, so if you are an art collector, this is the place to be. Oil paintings, watercolors, acrylics, sculpture, mixed media, etc.

• Children’s area on 3rd Street with rides, games, creative activities, puppet show, face painting, clowns, balloons, live performances and much, much more.

• Crafters display & sell handmade: pottery, metalwork, wood items, furniture, blown & fused glass, quilts, household items made from recycled materials, cementware, batik clothing, hand painted furniture, candles, jewelry, dried florals, soaps & lotions and much more.

• Food: Lots of great food throughout the fair. Hoboken restaurants will set up street cafes offering an eclectic variety of international foods including Thai, Indian, Greek, French, Mexican, Cajun and Italian.

Visitors are encouraged to take public transportation. Located just 3 blocks from all public transportation: PATH, NJ Transit trains & buses, NY Waterway Ferries & the Hudson Bergen Light Rail. For details, visit: http://www.hobokennj.org/visit/how-to-get-here