Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, October 17-19, 2014

By Greg Kelly

Friday, October 17

MCHA Tavernfest ‘14 (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
Haunted Hayrides at Allaire Village – MORE INFO
Tri-State Theatre Festival (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
The Lightning Thief at Monmouth U. (WLB) – MORE INFO
Hairspray at Paramount Theatre (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
A Taste of Pier Village (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
Brookdale Haunted Theater (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
Arts & Crafts Show at Monmouth Mall (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
InfoAge’s Camp Evans Base of Terror! (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
Bus Stop at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO
Rope at First Avenue Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
Colts Neck Community Church Fall Fest – MORE INFO
Captain Louie at Jersey Shore Arts Center (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO
“Lizzie Borden Took An Axe” at Grange Playhouse (Howell) – MORE INFO
“Hitchcock in the Twilight Zone” at Grange Playhouse (Howell) – MORE INFO
Downtown Freehold Farmer’s Market – MORE INFO
D-Day Exhibit at NJ National Guard Militia Museum (Sea Girt) – MORE INFO
Live Harness Racing at Freehold Raceway – MORE INFO
Little Shop of Horrors at Spring Lake Theatre – MORE INFO
Run for Your Wife by Monmouth Players (Navesink) – MORE INFO
Bluegrass Mini Golf at Monmouth Park (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
Kids Night Out (Fair Haven) – MORE INFO
Ghosts & Legends Downtown Tour (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
Film Supermensch: Legend of Shep Gordon at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
Matty B in Concert (Freehold) – MORE INFO
Get Batty with Your Daddy (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO
Yoga for Adults (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
Walking Lantern Ghost Tours (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
Bonfire on the Beach (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
Haunted Hall (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
Introduction to Yoga (Colts Neck) – MORE INFO
Matching Smiles Gala (Ocean Twp) – MORE INFO
Meet Author Raymond Perrier (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
ARC of Monmouth 65th Anniversary Celebration (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
Hazlet FA & RS Gift Auction – MORE INFO
Dramaticat at The Stone Pony (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
Bo Ningen at The Wonder Bar (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO

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Saturday, October 18

A Taste of Spring Lake Kitchen Tour – MORE INFO
Haunted Hayrides at Allaire Village – MORE INFO
Tri-State Theatre Festival (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
Little Shop of Horrors at Spring Lake Theatre – MORE INFO
NJ Lighthouse Challenge Weekend – MORE INFO
Hairspray at Paramount Theatre (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
Free Family Day at Allen House (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
Autumn BBQ at Sickles Market (Little Silver) – MORE INFO
Boris Karloff-fest at Crane House (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
Brookdale Haunted Theater (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
Jersey Shore Spooktacular (Farmingdale) – MORE INFO
Monmouth County Paper Shredding Day (Freehold Twp) – MORE INFO
Arts & Crafts Show at Monmouth Mall (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
Harvest Beer Fest (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
Bus Stop at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO
Gabrielle Stravelli at Axelrod PAC (Deal) – MORE INFO
Church Fall Fest & Craft Fair (Hazlet) – MORE INFO
Shrewsbury Boro Day – MORE INFO
Colts Neck Community Church Fall Fest – MORE INFO
Autumn Color Plein Air Workshop (Middletown) – MORE INFO
Rope at First Avenue Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
Hudson River Fall Foliage Cruise via Seastreak Ferry (Highlands) – MORE INFO
Captain Louie at Jersey Shore Arts Center (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO
Little Silver Book & Media Fair – MORE INFO
History Alive! Haunted History of NJ (Port Monmouth) – MORE INFO
Parenting Workshop: Prevent Tricky Tantrums (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
D-Day Exhibit at NJ National Guard Militia Museum (Sea Girt) – MORE INFO
“Lizzie Borden Took An Axe” at Grange Playhouse (Howell) – MORE INFO
“Hitchcock in the Twilight Zone” at Grange Playhouse (Howell) – MORE INFO
Huge Rummage Sale (Bradley Beach) – MORE INFO
“SketchCrawl” Drawing Marathon (Highlands) – MORE INFO
St. John’s Fall Festival & Craft Fair (Hazlet) – MORE INFO
Live Harness Racing at Freehold Raceway – MORE INFO
Run for Your Wife by Monmouth Players (Navesink) – MORE INFO
Bluegrass Mini Golf at Monmouth Park (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
Le Nozze Di Figro Opera at Monmouth U (WLB) – MORE INFO
InfoAge’s Camp Evans Base of Terror! (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
Kids Night Out (Fair Haven) – MORE INFO
The Spooky Spectacular at Wall Speedway – MORE INFO
Ghosts & Legends Downtown Tour (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
Hansel and Gretel at Paper Moon Puppet Theatre (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
A. Casola Farms’ Famous Fall Fest (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
AAUW Used Book Sale (Middletown) – MORE INFO
Interlaken 5k Run/Walk – MORE INFO
Church Rummage Sale (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
Fall Vendor Show at CentraState MC (Freehold) – MORE INFO
Sea Bright Fall Festival – MORE INFO
Intro to Hoopla (Middletown) – MORE INFO
Monmouth County Online Surplus Auction – MORE INFO
Mill Demonstration (Upper Freehold) – MORE INFO
Women’s Open Gym, Fitness (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO
Pumpkin Pick & Paint (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
Savvy Social Security Planning & Medicare Basics (Ocean Twp) – MORE INFO
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Manalapan) – MORE INFO
The Alphabet Show (Manalapan) – MORE INFO
Paul Evans Pedersen, The Legendary Pine Barrens (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
Patricia Shih (Manalapan) – MORE INFO
Diesel Pick-Up Show & Go at Raceway Park (Englishtown) – MORE INFO
Nike Missile Radar Site Tour on Sandy Hook – MORE INFO
Freehold Foodstock – MORE INFO
Jersey Shore Ghost Tours (Keyport) – MORE INFO
50th Anniversary of “Fiddler on the Roof” at Axelrod PAC (Deal) – MORE INFO
CareOne at Holmdel Fall Festival – MORE INFO
Sarcoidosis Awareness Fundraiser (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
Light the Night Walk (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
Diego Allessandro and Lot 25 at The Saint (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
Jessica Hernandez at The Wonder Bar (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
CPR Course at RMC (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
Jersey Shore Coin Show (Pt. Pleasant Beach) – MORE INFO

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Sunday, October 19

Thompson Park Day (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
Bus Stop at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO
Tri-State Theatre Festival (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
Hairspray at Paramount Theatre (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
Bradley Beach Fall Restaurant Tour – MORE INFO
NJ Lighthouse Challenge Weekend – MORE INFO
House History Ghost Walk (Ocean Twp) – MORE INFO
CROP Hunger Walk (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
Fall VW & Audi Show & Go at Raceway Park (Englishtown) – MORE INFO
Monmouth Audubon Society Bird Walk (Sandy Hook) – MORE INFO
Jersey Shore Walk to Cure Diabetes (Avon) – MORE INFO
“Tea with Friends” Party (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
Spring Lake “Pumpkin Patch Day” – MORE INFO
Red Bank Food & Wine Walk – MORE INFO
Brookdale Haunted Theater (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
Arts & Crafts Show at Monmouth Mall (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
Autumn BBQ at Sickles Market (Little Silver) – MORE INFO
Red Bank Halloween Parade – MORE INFO
David Dubal on Piano (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
The Cobra Brothers (Middletown) – MORE INFO
Captain Louie at Jersey Shore Arts Center (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO
D-Day Exhibit at NJ National Guard Militia Museum (Sea Girt) – MORE INFO
Hudson River Fall Foliage Cruise via Seastreak Ferry (Highlands) – MORE INFO
Mainmonides: In a World of Islam (Freehold) – MORE INFO
Run for Your Wife by Monmouth Players (Navesink) – MORE INFO
Autumn Color Plein Air Workshop (Middletown) – MORE INFO
Colts Neck Community Church Fall Fest – MORE INFO
Bluegrass Mini Golf at Monmouth Park (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
Hansel and Gretel at Paper Moon Puppet Theatre (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
A. Casola Farms’ Famous Fall Fest (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
“Lizzie Borden Took An Axe” at Grange Playhouse (Howell) – MORE INFO
“Hitchcock in the Twilight Zone” at Grange Playhouse (Howell) – MORE INFO
Red Bank Farmer’s Market – MORE INFO
Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
Monmouth County Online Surplus Auction – MORE INFO
Mill Demonstration (Upper Freehold) – MORE INFO
Men’s Open Gym Basketball (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO
The Standardbred Horse (Upper Freehold) – MORE INFO
Fall Vendor Show at CentraState MC (Freehold) – MORE INFO
Eco-Kayak Drop-In Tour (Howell) – MORE INFO
Book Swap (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO
50th Anniversary of “Fiddler on the Roof” at Axelrod PAC (Deal) – MORE INFO
Danny Clinch Book Party at The Stone Pony (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
Haunted History Walks at Poricy Park (Middletown) – MORE INFO
Joycut at The Saint (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO

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Next Weekend:

Friday, October 24: Angels & Ministers of Grace at NJ Repertory Theatre (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
Saturday, October 25: COA Fall Beach Sweeps – MORE INFO
Sunday, October 26: Annie Get Your Gun at Algonquin Arts Theatre (Manasquan) – MORE INFO

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Coming Soon:

November 1: NJ Women’s Expo at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
November 8: Monmouth County Parks’ Fall Craft Show (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO
November 15: Late Fall Flea Market at Allaire Village – MORE INFO

Greg Kelly is a longtime Monmouth County journalist. He welcomes comments or questions at [email protected].