Lunar Faire Night Market – Magical Halloween Party by Night
📅 Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025
🕒 Time: 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
📍 Venue: Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road, Augusta, NJ 07822, United States
🎟 Tickets: $25 presale · $35 on the day · Kids under 10 free
🎯 Organiser: Lunar Faire
A Moonlit Invitation to the Lunar Faire
On a night when the moon hangs heavy and bright over Augusta, the Lunar Faire will awaken — a Halloween night market steeped in shadow play, firelight, and unrepentant wonder. The Lunar Faire is a living, breathing spectacle, drawing you step by step into a world painted in smoke, candlelight, and the slow curl of autumn’s breath.
From the moment you step inside, the air feels charged. Lanterns sway above velvet-draped stalls, each one spilling over with crystals, talismans, and curiosities you didn’t know you needed until now. Cloaked figures glide past in antler crowns, lace masks, or flowing robes that glitter with hidden constellations. Somewhere beyond the crowd, a drumbeat rolls low and steady, pulling you toward it like a tide.
The scent is intoxicating: cinnamon and cedar, caramel and incense, woodsmoke curling through the November night. In every direction, something calls for your attention — stilt walkers in raven masks, aerialists twisting like silver ribbons in the dark, a coven laughing softly over a simmering cauldron. The Lunar Faire fully embodies the spirit of Halloween, becoming its living, breathing heart.
Seven Hours of Witchy Wonder and Mischief
When the Lunar Faire gates swing open at three, the fairgrounds shift from ordinary to otherworldly. For seven hours, this Halloween fair will offer a carousel of sights, sounds, and sensations that feel like a spell unfolding.
Fire dancers ignite the dusk, their arcs of flame tracing constellations against the cooling sky. The Levitating Witch hovers just beyond reach, skirts spiralling slowly as she locks eyes with passers-by, leaving them with the uncanny sense she knows exactly what they’re wishing for. At the PUMPKIN OF CHAOS, laughter and shrieks mingle as thrill-seekers try to last more than a few seconds on its bucking, grinning form.
Wander further and you’ll find vendors who treat their stalls like altars — tables laid with moon-charged jewellery, hand-bound grimoires, carved candles marked with intricate sigils. The drag show spills over with glitter, glamour, and unapologetic power, each performance a reminder that beauty wears a thousand faces.
Children chase the iridescent creations of Meadow the Bubble Witch, their hands reaching for drifting orbs that reflect the lantern glow in colours too strange to be entirely earthly. The past venue graveyard invites braver souls to linger among flickering ghosts, while a circle forms under the open sky — the Lunar Queene leading a group spell, voices weaving into the chill air until it feels as if the whole crowd is breathing in rhythm.
By the time darkness deepens, you’ll realise you’ve stepped into something you can’t quite name. It’s part festival, part rite, part dream you hope you never wake from. That’s the strange beauty of Lunar Faire
Spellbinding Attractions at Sussex Fairgrounds
Every path through the Lunar Faire reveals something to tempt you further. The fairgrounds are dressed for the season, their Halloween market stalls glowing under strings of warm light.
The Levitating Witch drifts in her silent dance, a living talisman above the crowd. The PUMPKIN OF CHAOS demands courage, rewarding the bold with applause (and occasionally, grass-stained knees).
Follow the cinnamon-spiced breeze to the Potions Lab, a whimsical apothecary of non-alcoholic elixirs served in goblets, jars, and vials that glow under lantern light. Herbal infusions shimmer with edible glitter, while steaming brews curl fragrant tendrils into the cool air. Each drink feels like a story in a cup — and perhaps a hint of magic in your hands.
The Lunar Faire Drag Show dazzles with sequins and charisma, turning the Faire into a place where every rule bends to joy. In shadowed corners, the Past Venue Graveyard lies in wait, tombstones leaning under the weight of spectral projections and drifting mist. If you’re lucky, Meadow the Bubble Witch will cross your path, her shimmering spheres capturing your reflection — though not always as you expect it.
Crystals that warm in your palm, candles that flare with hidden colours when lit, talismans that seem to listen — the vendors here trade in pure possibility.
Witchy & Spooky Stops Nearby
If the Lunar Faire is your moonlit destination, the surrounding region offers the perfect prologue and epilogue for your Halloween night.
Start with A Year and a Day Mystical Shoppe in Asbury Park — a treasure trove of Wiccan tools, ritual candles, and crystals alive with a subtle, shimmering energy. In Flemington, Cats Meow Mystical Shop blends charm with curiosity, its shelves lined with tarot decks and gemstone jewellery. And for last-minute costume magic or props, Spirit Halloween stores nearby deliver a playful edge to your witchy aesthetic.
Augusta’s shadows spill over with haunted whispers, moonlit curiosities, and temptations far too intriguing to leave undiscovered. The Haunted Red Mill in Clinton transforms each October into a labyrinth of scares, this year with eerie UFO twists. Those drawn to the road’s dark romance can follow Clinton Road or Shades of Death Road, both heavy with tales of ghostly hitchhikers and flickering orbs.
Long before the fairgrounds, the Lenni-Lenape walked these valleys, their stories carried on the wind. Kishelamàkânk, the spirit who dreamed the Earth, is said to still shape the land in unseen ways. In Ogdensburg, the Backwards Tunnel — built in 1871 — stands as an architectural riddle, its strange proportions unsettling even in daylight.
For those craving staged thrills, 13th Hour Haunted House in Wharton and Brighton Asylum bring cinematic terror to life with elaborate sets and live actors.
And when hunger calls, the local dining scene offers its own kind of magic. Yetter’s Diner wraps you in retro warmth; O’Reilly’s Pub & Grill in Newton serves comfort with a side of convivial charm; Kroghs Restaurant & Brew Pub in Sparta is candlelit and rustic; and Andres Restaurant elevates the evening with European grace.
Make a Night of It – Dining & Delights Around Augusta
Whether you’re starting your Halloween night early or seeking a slow unwinding after the Lunar Faire closes, Augusta and its neighbours have flavours to match the mood.
If coffee is your chosen potion, Black Dog Books & Coffee in Newton pairs locally roasted brews with shelves of well-loved books — the perfect spot to warm your hands and spirit before the Faire. For those who want dessert with drama, Clove Brook Market & Creamery serves artisanal ice cream in flavours like maple-walnut or chocolate-chili, each scoop as Instagram-ready as it is indulgent.
Late-night cravings find their answer at Hampton Diner, open into the small hours and ideal for post- Lunar Faire storytelling. And for one last toast to the night, Mohawk House in Sparta offers a refined bar and seasonal menu in a sprawling lodge-style setting, where the firelight flickers like a final spell before you head home.
Tickets, Timing & Temptation
Presale tickets for the Lunar Faire are $25, offering both savings and the certainty of entry. Gate tickets are $35, and children under 10 enter free — making this Halloween event as welcoming to families as it is to solo adventurers and covens of friends.
The Faire is rain-or-shine, and the atmosphere shifts beautifully with the weather: golden light at sunset, mist-softened lanterns under drizzle, crisp clarity under a star-studded sky. Severe conditions are the only reason the spell would be broken.
Arriving at opening gives you first choice among the vendors and a chance to see the fairgrounds awaken. Staying until closing lets you sink into the deep magic of the final hour, when the crowds thin and the air feels thick with secrets.
Brooklyn Cairee, a returning visitor, describes it best: “It’s always magic. Always worth it.”
Why Lunar Faire Should Be Your Annual Halloween Ritual
Some nights slip away unnoticed. Others etch themselves into your bones. The Lunar Faire is the latter — a night that leaves you looking for excuses to return before you’ve even left.
It’s the way fire dancers mark the dark with gold, the way strangers become companions under the pull of the same drumbeat, the way each stall offers a treasure infused with possibility. It’s the promise that for a few hours each year, you can live inside a story — one stitched together with lace, lantern light, and the laughter of witches.
Make it part of your Halloween ritual. Let the moon be your guide, the fairgrounds your stage, and the night your keepsake.
Visit the official Lunar Faire event page for tickets and details.
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