First fair of 2019! I had planned to go to the Middlesex Fire Dept and Saint James carnivals the weeks prior but, well…that didn’t happen. First time I had missed the Middlesex fair in eight years – no good. Anyway, rides for the OLP Country Fair were once again by Blue Sky Amusements and the … Trip Report: Our Lady of Peace Country Fair 2019
There’s lots of Italian festivals around New Jersey and New York, usually held around the feast day of a certain saint or religious figure. Mid-July see’s several “Our Lady of Mount Carmel” festivals in the tri-state area, with the Berkeley Heights festival being the one I’ve been to the most over the years. The festival … Trip Report: Berkeley Heights Mount Carmel Festival 2018
The local carnival at Our Lady of Peace church came around a little earlier this year, happening the first week in May as opposed to its usual mid-May week. It worked out all right though as each day was warmer than average with only Thursday night seeing some rain. The rides were brought in by … Trip Report: Our Lady of Peace Country Fair 2018
The hometown’s fair, Our Lady of Peace Parish’s Country Fair, came around from May 10th to May 13th. Something like a week before the fair started, I saw several ride trucks parked in the lot when I biked out that way. Interestingly, one of the racked rides looked like a dark ride that wasn’t setup at the … Trip Report: Our Lady of Peace Country Fair 2017
On Saturday, September 3rd, I stopped by at St. Bart’s Italian Festival a couple towns over in Scotch Plains, NJ. I parked a few blocks away and was at the fairgrounds at like 8:15pm or so. The rides were brought in by Majestic Midways and the fair had…
