Hoboken Arts & Music Festival — Singer Darlene Love brings her pipes to the Miles Square City this weekend to headline the Hoboken Fall Arts & Music Festival. There will be a full lineup of music at the festival on three stages, including blues and soul band The Harmonica Lewinskies and kindie groups Jungle Gym Jam and Preschool of Rock, along with more than 300 vendors and tables from local groups. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday on Washington Street between Observer Highway and 7th Street. Free; call (201) 420-2207 or visit hobokennj.org.

The Wiggles come to the Wellmont Theater Saturday and BergenPAC Sunday. (Neil Hamilton-Ritchie)

Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival — An apparent haven for lovers of shellfish, cover bands and a certain Irish stout, the Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival takes its inspiration from the Emerald Isle's Galway Oyster Festival.

The Guinness will be flowing while Red Bank restaurants serve up oysters and other seafood. Headlining will be The Nerds, Brian Kirk & The Jirks and the BStreetBand, along with Irish step-dancing from the Patricia Murphy School of Irish Dance. Proceeds benefit the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Jane H. Booker Women's Center at Riverview Medical Center and Red Bank RiverCenter. Noon to 7 p.m. Sunday (rain date Oct. 5) at the White Street parking lot in Red Bank (19 White St.) Admission $5, food extra. Children 10 and under free. Call (732) 842-4244 or visit redbank.org

The Wiggles — Australian children's band tour de force The Wiggles bring their "Ready, Steady, Wiggle" show to Montclair and Englewood. First up is the Wellmont Theater at 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday (5 Seymour St., Montclair). Tickets $28.50 to $84.25. Those shows will be followed by performances at BergenPAC Sunday (30 N. Van Brunt St., Englewood). 1 and 4 p.m., tickets $35 to $75; call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.

Cierra Kaler-Jones, Miss New Jersey, at the Miss America pageant this month in Atlantic City. She'll be at Margate's Fall Funfest Saturday. (Alex Remnick | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

Margate Fall Funfest By the Bay — She didn't win the Miss America pageant, but Cierra Kaler-Jones, Miss New Jersey, will make an appearance at the Margate Fall Funfest By the Bay at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday. There will also be mini-golf, craft vendors, live music and boat rides. At 1 p.m. Sunday there's a dog show. The festival runs 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday across six blocks of Amherst Avenue. Free; call (609) 822-1129 or visit margatehasmore.com/calendar/funfest.

Steven Wright — Stand-up comedian Steven Wright (see video below), a consulting producer on the FX series "Louie," was supposed to be at the Wellmont Theater back in June, but he hurt his foot and had to cancel. Wright, who won an Academy Award in 1989 for best short film ("The Appointments of Dennis Jennings"), is back for a rescheduled show at 7 p.m. Friday; 5 Seymour St., Montclair. Tickets $35 to $47. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.



Six Flags Fright Fest — The Ocean County amusement park's annual Halloween party rolls on weekends through November 2. New to Fright Fest: the interactive animal show Paw and Disorder and the Spooky, Kooky Magic Show with Raoul, the Duke of Deception. The Fright By Night component of Fright Fest, which starts at 6 p.m., is not recommended for those 12 and younger who are susceptible to, well, frights. The evening scene is filled with more than 100 zombies, as well as "crazy clowns." Also new: the alien-themed corn maze Crop Circles. 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. One Six Flags Boulevard, Jackson. Tickets $46.99 to $61.99 (for season pass online); call (732) 928-2000 or visit frightfest.sixflags.com/greatadventure

Cranberry Harvest Kickoff — Sure, it's apple season and pumpkin season, but don't forget about the cranberries. The New Jersey Cranberry Harvest Kickoff, hosted by the America Cranberry Growers Association, will have educational sessions on the history of cranberries in New Jersey, the marketing of cranberries — that one from an Ocean Spray executive — the growing of cranberries, and, of course, a chance to taste products made with the berries.

The American Cranberry Growers Association hosts a cranberry harvest kickoff in Browns Mills Saturday. (Star-Ledger file photo)

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 100 W. Whites Bogs Road, Browns Mills. Free; call (888) 272-6264 or visit

njcranberryharvest.com



Morristown's Festival of Books — The first Festival of Books will draw 22 authors to South Street in Morristown. On Friday night, William D. Cohan, author of "The Price of Silence: the Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of our Great Universities," will deliver the keynote address at 7:30 p.m. at the Mayo Performing Arts Center (100 South St., $20, call (973) 539-8008). Saturday is a free, all-day writer extravaganza, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Venues include the Morristown Library, Vail Mansion, Presbyterian Church Parish House and St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Email info@morristownfestivalofbooks.org or visit morristownfestivalofbooks.org.

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