Eco-Week & Green Fair
Riverfest
Pride
Zombie Crawl & Witches Dance
Bastille Day
Frenchtown Festive
Vision Texturer featuring Daisy Rodriguez, Karyn Tettemer, and Matthew Jacobs On view February 21 - May 31, 2026 Beauty Gallery at Studio Route 29
One Wicked Mime featuring Dennis Quillin and Christian Turner
On view February 21st - May 31st, 2026 Courtyard Gallery, ArtYard
It's Clam Night at the American Legion! Thursday, May 7 starting at 5 p.m.
Celebrate all the moms in your life by bringing them for an evening of local wine, charcuterie, and flowers. Sip wine and relax, build your own bouquet with all locally grown flowers from Coyote Ridge Homestead, and enjoy the stunning sunset in the brand new tasting room at the Federal Twist Vineyard. Treat mom to this -- she deserves it!
workshop cost - $70
May 7th 6:00 - 7:30pm
The Delaware River will once again transform into a glowing stage for creativity and community this spring as ArtYard’s Aqualumina returns.
A joyful convergence of art, music, performance, and light, Aqualumina is an opportunity to celebrate our perch along the Delaware River and the interconnected beauty of the world’s rivers, oceans, coral reefs, icebergs, and rain systems. At the heart of the Festival is a luminous procession, where choral music and illuminated sea creatures drift together in a glowing spectacle.
In the months leading up to the event, ArtYard will host artist-led workshops where families, schools, and community groups design illuminated giant sea-life puppets, whimsical rain cloud costumes, and jellyfish parasols that come alive during the Festival’s parade and riverfront celebration.
Aqualumina’s rain date is May 10, 2026!
Old-Timers Coffee & Conversation. Join fellow veterans and friends for complimentary coffee and a light breakfast at the Frenchtown American Legion on Harrison Street in Frenchtown, NJ. It takes place the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from 8 - 10 a.m.
Madison Rose Finery is moving into their first true flagship showroom. The new boutique location will be at 22 Bridge Street in the heart of beautiful Frenchtown, NJ. The grand opening weekend is coming in less than two weeks! Please join them! Friday, May 15th, 11 AM Ribbon Cutting Saturday, May 16th, 4-7 PM Celebration Toast
The most exciting event of the year for Secret Garden Montessori is happening on Saturday, May 16th from 10:00am–2:00pm. SGM’s annual Spring Fling will feature a beautiful plant sale, a Montessori‑inspired Children’s Book Fair with the Frenchtown Bookshop, children’s yoga sponsored by DIG Yoga and Yoga Loka, live music, and a variety of fun activities for children. Everyone is invited to attend this final fundraising event of the 2025–26 school year and help us reach our $10,000 goal for the 2026–27 Scholarship Fund, supporting access to Montessori education in our community.
Join the Hunterdon Trust Land Company 3rd annual Wine & Art at the Farm Fundraiser. The event takes place Saturday, May 16, from 5 - 8 p.m at the Dvoor Farm in Flemington, NJ. More details at www.hunterdonlandtrust.org
It's that time of the month for that wonderful all you can eat buffet breakfast located at Darcy Lodge No. 37 F.&.A.M. 39 Everittstown Rd Frenchtown NJ 08825.
Hours 8-11
$12.00 pp 13+
$7.00 ages 6-12
Children under 5 always free
Join ArtYard on May 17, for tea and light refreshments. Curators Alex Cohen and Clara Weishahn will be spending the afternoon in the gallery and look forward to welcoming you to In the Company of Still Life. Please RSVP.
Artwork at top: Rotem Amizur, Still Life with Purple Plums (detail), Painted paper collage, 24″ x 34″, 2025
Whether you have a passion to help a specific charity, or you're beginning to think about leaving a legacy - please join Edward Jones with Lacy Phelps for the Charitable Giving and Your Financial Strategy presentation.
Please RSVP to Roberta.Sheridan@edwardjones.com or call 908-996-1049 to RSVP.
Frenchtown Farmer's Market
10am-2pm
Sunbeam Lenape Park
Farm fresh food
Local artisan goods
Live music
Booty in the Boot: Community Gifting
Games, activities, crafts
May Special Event Features:
- 20+ vendors
- DJ Dan Cass spinning vinyl
- Community Peace Quilt
- Booty in the Boot Community Gifting
- Family activities & games
Follow the fun on social media @frenchtownfarmersmarket
Managed by @river_harvest
frenchtownnjfarmersmarket@gmail.com Vendor App: https://form.jotform.com/260854903292057
A tour of the upper portion of the Frenchtown Cemetery is scheduled for Sunday, May 24, at 2 p.m.
We’ll visit the graves of Miss Frenchtown of 1931; kindly Clarence Doan, Frenchtown’s unluckiest man; murderer Amos Hart; Frank Barrett, the man who worked one day a year; Elden Cooley, an entrepreneur who specialized in trouble; the monumentally stubborn Mary Moore; merchant Oliver Kugler, who advertised: “LADIES, You may regret wedlock, but you’ll never regret buying a carpet from O.R. Kugler”; and many more.
The tour costs $20 (bring money, please) per adult and $75 for dogs. Teens tour for free. To register, email RickEpstein@yahoo.com.
A Relational Wholebody Focusing Retreat
May 30-31, 10am - 5pm
The event is a 2-day retreat focused on guided Relational Wholebody Focusing practices facilitated by Jocelyn Jacks Khan, CFT, and the North Jersey Focusing Trainers Team. It offers an opportunity to reconnect with a Wholebody sense of self, including the physical, energetic, environmental, and relational aspects of experience. No prior Focusing training or experience is required. Details including registration link can be found here.
Join us to learn about ArtYard’s mission of incubating new work and supporting transformational art and take a look behind the scenes to see where the magic happens.
On this journey across ArtYard’s four buildings in Frenchtown, you’ll be led by a knowledgeable guide and taken behind the scenes of ArtYard’s main building, workshop space, and artist residency, sharing insights into our artists’ work and the inspiration behind it all. The group will also stop at Studio Route 29 and FiNNBAR, ArtYard’s creative partners and frequent collaborators. Feel free to ask questions along the way!
Whether you’re an art enthusiast or just curious about the creative process, this tour is sure to spark your creativity and inspire you.
Campus tours take place on the first Sunday of the month between May and November. Each tour lasts approximately one hour, and includes a short, gentle walk on the rail trail along the Delaware River and into downtown Frenchtown. Some spaces may be off-limits during residencies.
Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse Presents
Na'Bodach, Celtic Music for the Modern Masses
Sunday, June 7, 2026
3:00 pm - 6:30 pm
More Information / Purchase Tickets Here
Coyote Ridge Homestead presents a two hour workshop on June 13, where you will gain an introduction to the basic power tools for building projects in addition to safety principles, measuring/planning tools, and lots of hands-on experience.
Participants will leave with a notebook, Power Tools guide, and ideas for beginner projects.
Lindsay is passionate about empowering women especially, so this particular workshop is women-only. Thomas, her master carpenter husband, will join her to bring you a wealth of knowledge from the building industry.
*This workshop has a very low enrollment cap to ensure the most hands-on experience and intimate learning environment. Cost: $130
Frenchtown Farmer's Market Returns!
Join Lindsey from Coyote Ridge Homestead in the garden on the Summer Solstice to make flower crowns and bask in the early evening glow.
This workshop will begin with a walk through the gardens to gather flowers and then a flower crown making session will follow in our outdoor flower studio.
Usher in the magic of summer with your very own flower crown!
Class includes all materials and light refreshments.
BYOB if you like.
**PHOTO FRENCHTOWN!**
Saturday June 27th & Sunday June 28th, 2026
9AM - 6PM both days
(come for as much of the time as you'd like.)
Pouring Rain Date: Saturday July 18th & Sunday July 19th
~PHOTOGRAPH ALL OVER FRENCHTOWN!~
All artists will be permitted to display 1 framed photograph in an MFA Gallery Exhibition during the month of January 2027!
(MFA will charge NO COMMISSION on pieces under $1000, and 15% for pieces over $1000.)
MFA GALLERY WILL BE “HOME BASE”, providing refreshments, facilities, a Frenchtown map, companionship & encouragement!
MFA Gallery Address:
10 Bridge St, Suite 7
Frenchtown, NJ
*LIMIT: 75 PHOTOGRAPHERS*
To REGISTER, please send an email to modernfossils@yahoo.com with the following information:
1. Name
2. Phone Number
3. Email Address
4. How you paid / will be paying the fee
5. Indicate if you'd like to participate in the "Hidden Frenchtown" workshop, for an added fee (see info below).
There is a $45 FEE which may be paid via one of the following:
1. Venmo (@ModernFossils) *PREFERRED due to zero additional
fees*
2. Paypal (Modern Fossils Eco-Social Art)
3. Check made out to Modern Fossils and delivered or mailed to
the below address:
Modern Fossils
207 Milford Rd.
Frenchtown, NJ 08825.
For an additional $45 ($90 total) you can join a 3 hour photography workshop called "Hidden Frenchtown" on Sat June 27th from 10am-1pm.
This will be led by photographer & photography instructor Stephen Harris.
Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse presents
3:00pm - 6:30 pm
Purchase Tickets here!
Weirdo Night at ArtYard will take place on August 15. Hosted by "crackpot genius" Dynasty Handbag (aka Jibz Cameron), this long-running underground variety show celebrates the absurd, the brilliant, and the beautifully unhinged through comedy, music, performance art, drag, and whatever else can happen onstage.
Grab your tickets now at artyard.org!
Frenchtown Riverfest 2026 takes place September 6 in downtown Frenchtown.
Mark your Calendars for: "PLEIN AIR FRENCHTOWN 2"!!
Sat. Sept 12th & Sun. Sept 13th 2026
9am - 6pm both days
Rain Date: Saturday Sept. 19th & Sunday Sept. 20th
~PAINT ALL OVER FRENCHTOWN!~
*LIMIT: 75 ARTISTS*
MFA Gallery will be “HOME BASE”: providing refreshments, facilities, a Frenchtown map, companionship & encouragement!
All artists will be permitted to display 1 finished piece in an MFA Gallery Exhibition during the entire month of February 2027!
Supernova Festival Jazz
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Submit your event (members only)
Art by John Schmidtberger of SFA Gallery
PO Box 425Frenchtown, NJ 08825lovefrenchtown@gmail.comwww.lovefrenchtown.org
