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SUPERNOVA. Festival Jazz: classic and modern jazz with a jam vibe, from Chick Corea, Pat Methany, and John Scofield to classic 60s funky jazz like Eddie Henderson and Wes Montgomery. 3 - 6:30pm. $15 per person, resv essential. 369 Stamets Road.
BOONTON DAY. Annual celebration brings residents, families, and local businesses together for an afternoon of live music, food vendors, craft and business booths, and activities for every age. 12 - 4pm. Main Street. More...
WOMEN BUILD DAY. Sponsor a team of up to 15 women, great team building day for groups and businesses. Breakfast, lunch, t-shirt, fun all included. 7:45am - 3pm. 1500.00 per group. Arc Camp Warren.
THE GREAT AMERICANA WEEKEND. Dave Murphy, 9/25, 7 pm; The Daniella Fischetti Bluegrass Quartet, 9/26, 7 pm; Jesse Bardwell and The Noble Brothers, 9/27, 4 pm Raritan Inn, 528 County Road 513.
BOONTON TWP FLY-IN. Celebrate aviation heritage and James Doolittle with aircraft on display, visiting pilots, food and refreshments 12 - 6pm. Rockaway Valley Aerodome, 353 Powerville Rd. More...
WINE AND CIDER TASTING. Along with wine and cider tasting, your ticket includes a tour of the Mill, live music, and a guided wine and chocolate pairing table 5 - 8pm. $10. 336 Mendham Road West. More...
MORRISTOWN LIVING HISTORY WEEKEND MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE. Visit to learn more about the Museum's artifacts related to our nation's founding and revolutionary history and experience everyday history where it happened. 11am - 4pm. Free. 45 Macculloch Avenue. More...
MOUNT TABOR HOUSE TOUR. Explore unique charm of an historic community with an inside look at more than fifteen Victorian cottages, historic buildings and sites. 11am - 4pm. $40/ $35 advance. 36 Simpson Ave. More...
FESTIVAL IN THE BOROUGH. 10am - 10pm. Free.
ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST WEEKEND AND CAR SHOW. A variety of authentic German food, live music. Chubb Park, Rt. 513.
ANNUAL FRANKLIN-STERLING HILL GEM AND MINERAL SHOW. Dealers, gems, jewelry, minerals, fossils, stone carvings, lectures, literature, fluorescent mineral exhibits, mineral collecting, museum tours and the traditional swap/sell. Franklin Fire Department, 137 Buckwheat Road. More...
BOONTON DAY. Annual celebration brings residents, families, and local businesses together for an afternoon of live music, food vendors, craft and business booths, and activities for every age. 12 - 4pm. Main Street. More...
CUBANO BE CUBANO BOP. 2 - 4pm. $37.50. 1686 Route 517 (Mountain Villa School).
Weekends • ASTRONOMY PROGRAMS. New Jersey Astronomical Association Observatory is open to the public every weekend from Memorial Day to Halloween. Saturday evening programs begin at 8:30 PM and include a tour of the facility and public viewing of planets/deep space objects through the 26" telescope, as well as other smaller scopes. On Sunday afternoons from 2-5 PM, the public is invited to look at sun spots through the 10" scope equipped with special solar filters. For additional information, call or visit NJAA’swebsite.
