Wharton's Canal Day Celebration 2025


Betty Poyer & Hugh Force Parks
Colourful balloons

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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!

3 Live Bands

  • 10AM-12PM: Tennessee Honey
  • 12:30-2:30: Mid-Life Crisis
  • 3-5PM: Radio Daze

20 Gourmet Food Trucks!

Gourmet Food!

Adult Beverage Garden!

Live Music All Day!

Fun for the entire family!

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. Dogs permitted!

Learn more at https://municipalevents.com/mc-events/wharton-nj-canal-day/?mc_id=15