Jersey Shore Restaurant Week begins Friday, November 6, and runs through Sunday, November 15, organized through Ocean County Tourism. Information is at oceancountytourism.com/event/jersey-shore-restaurant-week-2/.

Laurita Winery, 85 Archertown Road, New Egypt, has an event on each of the next three days. The Laurita Idol Fall Singing Competition is tonight, Thursday, November 5, at 7:00 PM. Wade Preston performs a Billy Joel tribute on Friday, November 6, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, and Food Trucks & Fire Pits + Fireworks is scheduled for Saturday, November 7, at 12:00 PM. The Saturday event page is oceancountytourism.com/event/food-trucks-fire-pits-fireworks/.

Also on Friday, Cloverdale Farm's Plein Air Weekend runs from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at Cloverdale Farm County Park, 34 Cloverdale Road, Barnegat. In Toms River, TRAC Toms River Artist Community, 40 Main St., holds Create a Coastal Shadow Box from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The Strand Theater, 400 Clifton Ave., Lakewood, presents Jay White’s Neil Diamond Concert Celebration at 8:00 PM.

Saturday starts with the Cranberry Experience at Headley Family Farm, 71 Province Rd, West Creek, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and a Glove Basket Making Class with Niki Giberson at Tuckerton Seaport, 120 West Main Street, during the same hours. The Ocean County Library Toms River Branch, 101 Washington St., hosts an LGBTQIA+ Resource Fair from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

The Sip in Autumn Wine Festival runs from 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM at Veterans Park Bayville, 489 Bill Zimmerman Jr Way. Pointsgiving is from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Point Pleasant Community Park, 2255 Bridge Ave., and Awesome Autumn Fun runs at the same hours at Jakes Branch County Park, 1100 Double Trouble Rd, Beachwood. Martell’s Tiki Bar, 312 Boardwalk, Point Pleasant Beach, holds Beers on the Boards from 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM.