If it's Earth Day you KNOW it's the Hoboken Earth Day Tire Fire and Bar-B-Q!

One of Hoboken's signature events, the event that tops even their constantly changing working paper on what St. Patrick's Day is for family fun, the Hoboken Earth Day Tire Fire and Bar-B-Q is being held along Sinatra Drive. With Boy Scout troops from Jersey City, Newark, Bayonne, Union City, Secaucus all out collecting tires from their towns to add from Superstorm Sandy this year's tire fire promises to be the Mile Square City's best evah!

The city is filling up a barge with gas cans and Hoboken residents will get to try and recreate Bronn's most excellent flaming arrow shot from the Blackwater scene in Game of Thrones. One shot per resident. The winner of course gets to name the barge, or what's left of it, which becomes FuHo's new storm surge blocker.

Sooty the Clown will be on hand (He clears his calendar for this event) to make balloon animals from balloons with lead paint. Sooty will also lead the children's chorus in the singing of "Smoke on the Water" which they're hoping to bring in under twelve minutes this year.

So come on out to scenic Hoboken and have more fun than you should be allowed to have for free.

File photo of Hoboken Earth Day Tire Fire and Bar-B-Q ©2009

It's Earth Day which can only mean one thing -- The Hoboken Earth Day Tire Fire and Bar-B-Q

That's right, it's FuHo's annual Earth Day Tire Fire and Bar-B-Q. Last year's event was a huge success and drew people from as far away as Weehawken and Bayonne. Mayor Dawn Zimmer is looking forward to this year's 'Flaming Wheel Roll' where tires are filled with gas, lit and then tapped along Frank Sinatra Blvd by kids using the same idea as the old hoop rolls made so popular in dreary early America. We're pretty sure Zimmer is looking forward to the Flaming Wheel Roll, and we're willing to take a "Stop calling here" as proof.

Popular FuHo entertainer Sooty the Clown will make a return visit to make all the kids uncomfortable. Another favorite from last year, the Hoboken St. Patrick's Day Parade simulator, will be available for adults only. A new event this year, the Oak Tree Clear Cut Competition will be held at 6 pm and contestants are asked to gather outside city hall for a plastic disposable number by 5:30.

It's fun for the entire family. Hoboken city officials have said they hope to surpass the length of last year's fire which wasn't out until June 5th.

File photo of Hoboken Earth Day Tire Fire and Bar-B-Q ©2009

Come on out to the Hoboken Earth Day Tire Fire and Bar-B-Q, we've got fun for the whole family

Stevens Park will be the site for this year's Hoboken Earth Day Tire Fire and Bar-B-Q to help celebrate Hoboken's contributions to Earth Day. There will be fun for the kids as they can actually throw little kiddie molotov cocktails to stoke the tire fire (which isn't expected to go out this year until mid-June), they can also meet Sooty The Clown and have fun over at the glass busting booth. Adults will love the beer tent and real life Hoboken St. Patrick's Day Parade simulator.

Don't miss it!

Here's a shot from last years fun