BBQ and Craft Beer Festival

Sunday, Aug 31, 2025 at 11:00am

Monmouth Park
175 Oceanport Ave

The annual BBQ & Craft Beer Festival, presented by Surfside and The Asbury Park Press, returns to Monmouth Park for three more mouth-watering days this Labor Day weekend.

Over 40 craft beers, nearly 20 of the area’s top pitmasters, three days of live music…

Sampling goes from 11:30am-5pm. Ticket sales/check-in 11:30am-4pm.

Beer garden sampling tickets are $15 for 10 two-ounce samples. Purchase tickets in advance at seatgeek.com/monmouth for $18 total ($13 for the beer sampling + $5 for racetrack general admission). Day-of ticket sales are cash only for $15 beer sampling ticket + $6 racetrack general admission ticket at the front gates.

Enjoy live music 12-4pm all three days.

FREE family fun day activities – featuring clowns, face painters, pony rides and a bounce house – on Saturday and Sunday from 12-4pm in the picnic area.

Participating Food Trucks: The Baked Bear, Cold Stone Creamery, El Lechon de Negron, Enzo’s, Garner’s Craft BBQ, Hadez Food Truck, House of Cupcakes, Joe Smoke Bar-B-Que, Kanto Filipino BBQ, Local Smoke BBQ, Magic Mike’s Smoked Meats, NC Ribs on Wheels, NYC Mac Truck, Urban Burger, Lola’s and Wild Bills.

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