5th Annual Charlotte Joy Touch-A-Truck Festival 2026

Get ready to explore big trucks up close at the 5th Annual Charlotte Joy Touch-A-Truck Festival- the largest in the Northeast!

Welcome back once again to the largest Touch-A-Truck on the East Coast- all proceeds benefit children battling cancer in New Jersey!

100% of the proceeds raised from this fundraiser go directly to The Ashley Lauren Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that assists children and families in NJ as they navigate childhood cancer.

5th Annual Charlotte Joy Touch-A-Truck Festival 2026

🗓️Saturday, October 10, 2025 (raindate October 11,2026)

📍East Freehold Showgrounds

⏰10AM-4PM

With over 18,000 people attending our 2025 Touch-A-Truck, we hope to deliver even more vehicles, surprises and entertainment this year! From 🚑First responders vehicles,🚒 fire trucks, 🚙classic cars, 🚌vintage busses, the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile, 🚛big rigs, race cars, tri-axle dump trucks, 🚜excavators, roll-offs, 🚌 school busses, boats, exotics, an inflated Re/Max hot air balloon, there is nothing that is off the table to show up at this ultimate Touch-A-Truck Festival.

This event was named in memory of one of our Foundation children, Charlotte Joy Scalese, a 6-year-old girl who died after a valiant fight with Stage 4 neuroblastoma in 2023.

A general admission includes access to all Touch-A-Truck fields and giveaways given by individual represented companies, meet & greets, live and walking entertainment, NJ Bubble parties, tractor hay rides, and interactive photobooth, and stage performances.

The first 240 families will receive a free SOFT PRETZEL from WAWA.

(Admission does NOT include mechanical rides, facepainting, pony rides, petting zoo, vendors, Autocades mobile gaming trailer, NY teacup piggies. Prices are up to the discretion of the vendor/company).

There will be NO REFUNDS offered this year for pre-purchased tickets.

Interested in vending or being a sponsor? Please email Laura at Lscalese@ashleylaurenfoundation.org or visit

https://www.ashleylaurenfoundation.org/5th-annual-charlotte-joy-touch-a-truck-festival-2026/