The Long Beach Island Region
Toasts Chowderfest’s 30th Season!
February March
3/25
Rutter & Beethoven featuring GSP
Chorus & GSP Youth Chorus
Jay & Linda Grunin Center for the Arts,
Toms River
732-255-0460
www.gardenstatephilharmonic.org
3/29–31
Easter Sale Price Ticket Sales
Online: March 29–31.
On premises: March 30–31
Jenkinson’s, Point Pleasant Beach, Casino
Pier & Breakwater Beach, Seaside Heights
732-892-0600, 732-830-3700
jenkinsons.com, casinopiernj.com
www.sparkexploreocean.com 57
2/4
Super Bowl Sunday—
Super Plunge Sunday XIV
St. Francis Community Center,
Brant Beach
609-494-8861
www.stfranciscenterlbi.org
2/11
Ocean County
Bluegrass Festival
Albert Music Hall, Waretown
609-971-1593
www.alberthall.org
2/11–18
Chocolate Week in the Long
Beach Island Region
Various venues,
Southern Ocean County
609-494-7211
visitlbiregion.com
2/24
Polar Bear Plunge
Seaside Heights Beach,
Seaside Heights
732-830-3700
www.njpolarplunge.org
After three decades and tens of
thousands served, Southern Ocean
County Chamber of Commerce’s
Chowderfest Weekend has come to
represent the LBI experience
Long before there were food throw-downs
and tasting competitions, members of
the Southern Ocean County Chamber of
Commerce established a much-needed
event to help the economy grow beyond
the summer season. The world has
changed since the first Chowderfest
Cook-Off took place in 1988, but some
things are meant to last.
One of the best-known festivals on the
East Coast and the festival of Long
Beach Island, Chowderfest Weekend has
extended the season well past Labor Day,
paving the way for other pre- and postsummer
activities to call the attention of
visitors and businesses to the charm of
Southern Ocean County. In celebration
of the 30th Anniversary, September
29–30, 2018, the Southern Ocean County
Chamber of Commerce Chowderfest
Committee is looking forward to adding
milestone-worthy upgrades to make the
celebration a true reunion inviting back
all who ever sampled chowder under the
big tents.
The two-day festival begins with the
free Merchant Mart on Saturday,
which features over 100 vendors, live
entertainment, beer and cider on tap
and a specialty food court. Sunday, the
top restaurants in the region set up shop
and compete for attendees’ votes in an
unlimited chowder tasting. The stage
offers a variety of popular Shore bands
and, of course, plenty food and drink. If
you also want to explore the local shops,
enjoy the beach or take in the scenic
bay views, ticket-holders are permitted
to leave and re-enter the festival. Tickets
for the 2018 Chowder Cook-Off will be
available online at www.chowderfest.com
and at the Southern Ocean Chamber
Visitor Center at 265 W. Ninth Street,
Ship Bottom. For more information on
Chowderfest and its 30th Anniversary,
join thousands of fans on the Official LBI
Chowderfest Facebook page or by visiting
chamber websites www.visitLBIregion.
com or www.chowderfest.com.
Photo courtesy of SOCCC
Photo courtesy of SOCCC
Go to www.oceancountytourism.com for a complete list of events in the area
