Raw States
Sparta Renaissance Faire
Lafayette Township, NJ · Quirky
- When
- September 5–20, 2026
- Where
- Camp Sacajawea, 844 White Lake Road · Lafayette Township · NJ
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
The Sparta Renaissance Faire takes over Camp Sacajawea in Lafayette Township for three consecutive weekends every September, with jousting, period vendors and costumed performers recreating a Renaissance village in the woods. Now in its ninth year, it has grown into one of North Jersey's larger recurring Renaissance events. The 2026 season runs September 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20.
The history within reach
A fall farmers market style festival at the Sussex County Fairgrounds built around local honey and garlic vendors, craft demonstrations, and agricultural exhibits.
The largest fundraiser for Peters Valley School of Craft, a nonprofit fine craft school in the Delaware Water Gap founded in 1970.
A three-day Louisiana-style music and food festival held every year on the weekend after Memorial Day at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta.
New Jersey's official state fair pairs a traditional county farm and horse show with a full carnival midway and grandstand shows like monster trucks and demolition derbies.
The German American Bund ran a uniformed summer camp here from 1937, with swastika banners, drill formations and rallies that drew thousands out from Newark and New York.