Countdown to Seafood Festival Kickoff!

June 11, 2009 by admin
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The much-anticipated New Jersey Seafood Festival at Belmar is almost here. Upwards of 100,000 people from all over the tri-state area are expected to descend on Belmar this weekend to feast upon an amazing array of seafood selections, from the finest restaurants in Belmar and throughout New Jersey. Nearly 50 food vendors will be at the Festival this weekend, serving up mouth-watering steamed lobster tails dipped in butter, crab-cakes to die for, succulent shucked clams and oysters on the half-shell, and let’s not forget those absolutely unforgettable alligator sausages.

The festival will be held rain or shine on Saturday and Sunday, June 13 and 14, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each day at picturesque Silver Lake Park on Ocean Avenue, between 5th and 6th Avenues in Belmar. A special festival trolley will run continuously from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, moving festival-goers from the train station and their cars to the festival grounds and back again. The trolley will stop at the Belmar Marina, the Belmar train station, Belmar’s Main Street, Ocean Avenue and Silver Lake Park.

The Belmar Tourism Commisssion recommends that people use New Jersey Transit and and the trolley. Parking is available on the Borough’s side streets and in the marina for those who opt to drive.

Please note that no pets are allowed on the festival grounds during the festival.

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