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Category Archives: Festivals

RED BANK: OPEN-AIR OKTOBERFEST SLATED
RED BANK: After a year without an outdoor food festival, RiverCenter plans to debut a new one next month: Red Bank Oktoberfest.
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August 30th, 2023 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: A COOL, SUNNY CLASSIC 5K
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RED BANK: Sunshine and cool temperatures set ideal stage for 1,100 participants in Saturdays's Classic 5K. We've got photos galore.
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June 19th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: CLASSIC 5K TO TAKE NEW ROUTE
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RED BANK: The Classic 5K returns Saturday with a new course, and possibly, rainfall.
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June 15th, 2023 @ 1pm
RED BANK: HALLOWEEN PARADE SHINES
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RED BANK: Photos galore from the 74th annual Halloween parade, a sun-kissed event that drew hundreds of colorfully costumed participants.
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October 31st, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: HALLOWEEN PARADE POSTPONED
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RED BANK: The 74th annual Halloween Parade, scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed because of rain in the forecast.
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October 21st, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: PORCHFEST ROCKS TOWN
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RED BANK: Porchfest goes off "flawlessly," says Portman, as more than 80 musical acts draw audiences at 22 homes across town.
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October 10th, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: PORCHFEST TO FILL EARS & HEARTS
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RED BANK: More than 70 acts on 21 porches over five hours: here's your guide to the town's first-ever Porchfest music festival.
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October 6th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: ROMCOM FILMING IN PARK
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RED BANK: What's with all the film production trucks in front of Riverside Gardens Park? Click here for the answer.
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September 19th, 2022 @ 1pm
RED BANK: CLASSIC 5K BACK ON THE ROAD
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RED BANK: After two-year hiatus, Classic 5K returns with nearly 1,100 runners, walkers, wheelchair racers, muscle flexers and jogglers.
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June 20th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: RIVERCENTER TAPS DOWNTOWN PRO
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RED BANK: RiverCenter taps a downtown-management professional with extensive experience in New York and New Jersey as executive director.
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May 23rd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: Continuing restaurant staff shortages and other issues cited as RiverCenter cancels spring food festival slated for May 15.
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March 23rd, 2022 @ 12pm
RED BANK: 5K RACE, SYMPHONY TO RETURN
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RED BANK: Classic 5K and New Jersey Symphony plan returns after two pandemic cancellations. Here's a look at how the major-events calendar is shaping up.
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February 11th, 2022 @ 8am
RED BANK: THOUSANDS PACK OYSTERFEST
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RED BANK: Ideal weather puts thousands in a partying mood as Oysterfest returns after a pandemic-skipped year. redbankgreen has beaucoup pix.
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September 27th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: SUN TO SHINE ON OYSTERFEST
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RED BANK: After skipped year, Guinness Oyster Festival set to return with sunshine in forecast Sunday. Here's what you need to know if planning to attend.
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September 24th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: STREET FAIR RETURNS
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RED BANK: Scenes from Sunday's Street Fair, a volunteer fire department fundraiser that drew thousands with craft and food stands.
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September 13th, 2021 @ 10am
RED BANK: BOARD TAPS BOWERS-CRADER
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RED BANK: RiverCenter names Samantha Bowers-Crader board chairperson, a position held by her father three decades ago.
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June 30th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: CARTER TO LEAD RIVERCENTER
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RED BANK: RiverCenter names former borough planning director Glenn Carter as executive director, succeeding Laura Kirkpatrick.
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May 26th, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: Kirkpatrick resigns RiverCenter, leaving downtown promo agency looking for a new executive director for the second time in 17 months.
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May 11th, 2021 @ 4pm
RED BANK: Council agenda includes bonds, hirings, event date approvals for a post-pandemic world... but still no movement on commenting protocol.
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January 26th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: HALLOWEEN PARADE DELIGHTS
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RED BANK: The 73rd annual Red Bank Halloween Parade held Sunday was a delight for hundreds of kids and kids at heart. Check out the photos.
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October 26th, 2020 @ 7am
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.