Wharton’s Canal Day

Venue
Hugh Force Park
Address
Wharton NJ, USA
Date:
August 22, 2026

Event Details

The Canal Day Festival is an old time country fair with a modern twist! We celebrate the Morris Canal and its contributions to the development of the communities along its banks. Explore history, visit a Civil War encampment, learn blacksmithing, take a narrated boat tour on the Morris Canal. Enjoy 100 vendors, over 15 unique gourmet food trucks, kid's activities, adult beverage garden and live music all day!
Spend the day with us, have a beer, sangria, hard seltzers.
Live Music with some incredible bands, kid activities, pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, inflatables, sand art, & so much more.
Bring your family, friends, appetite, lawn chairs, pop ups and blankets. Leashed & friendly dogs permitted!


Wharton’s Canal Day
180 West Central Avenue
Wharton, NJ 07885
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