Long Beach Island Vacation Guidebook & Map
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Events Calendar, september Continued from page 19 9-28: 20th Annual Apple Festival In Forked River Family activities, apple pie contest, and treats. Old fashioned games and crafts, pumpkin patch, fire engine rides, music, and more. Sponsored by the Lacey Township Historical Society. Lacey Schoolhouse Museum, 126 South Main Street (Route 9), Forked River, (609) 971-0467 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM www.ocean.nj.us/museums/Lacey/about.htm 9-28 – 9-29: 31st Annual Ocean County Decoy & Gunning Show In Tuckerton Join us for this exciting two-day event celebrating the culture of the area! Demonstrations, contests, seminars, decoy auction, crafters, carvers, vendors, food, refreshments, music, entertainment, sneakbox races, rubber duck races, dock dog races, and lots of fun. Admission is free. At two locations: Stanley "Tip" Seaman Park, Lakeside Drive and Route 9, Tuckerton Tuckerton Seaport, 120 West Main Street (Route 9), (609) 296-8868; 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM www.tuckertonseaport.org ▲ OCTOBER 10-5 – 10-6 : 25th Annual Chowderfest Weekend In Beach Haven This family-fun festival features live music, activities, and unlimited chowder tasting with the opportunity for each ticket holder to vote for their favorite red and white chowder. Saturday is the fabulous Merchant Mart where hundreds of vendors offer the best deals of the season, and Sunday is the Chowder Cook Off. Little League Field, Taylor and Delaware Avenues, Beach Haven, 609-494-7211 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM www.chowderfest.com or beachhaven-nj.gov 10-12: Candy Corn Basket Class At Tuckerton Seaport Get ready for Halloween with Mary May! Make your own fall-themed basket with the bright colors and shape of candy corn! We'll be using a quick weave handle and finishing with a raffia bow. If you have some silk fall leaves, bring them to class to add to the top. Basket size is 10" long, 14" high, and 1" wide. Pre-registration is required by 10-5. Fee: $50. members; $60. non-members. Includes materials Tuckerton Seaport, 120 West Main Street (Route 9), (609) 296-8868 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM www.tuckertonseaport.org 20 10-12: 19th Annual Pine Barrens Jamboree In Waretown Featuring down home melodies and memories, crafts, nature/history programs, and demonstrations. Wells Mills County Park, 905 Wells Mills Road, Waretown, (609) 971-3085; 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM www.oceancountyparks.org 10-13: 41st Annual LBI Commemorative 18-Mile Run Mini-marathon, from Holgate to Barnegat Light. Race dedicated to the 11 Israeli athletes slain by terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics and the thousands who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Race starts 10:30 AM in Holgate. Register online at: RaceForum.com/LBI. St. Francis Community Center, 47th Street and Long Beach Boulevard, Brant Beach, (609) 494-8861 www.stfranciscenterlbi.com 10-19: Annual Beach Sweeps Join the annual effort to clean up the beaches in Ocean County. 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM www.cleanoceanaction.org 10-19 - 10-20: 14th New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge Weekend Lighthouse enthusiasts climb every lighthouse in the state over this exciting two-day event. Visit 11 coastal lighthouses and 2 museums housing first order Fresnel lenses. Sites along the Atlantic Ocean, Delaware Bay, and Delaware River, including two in Ocean County: Barnegat Lighthouse and Historical Museum and Tuckers Island Lighthouse at Tuckerton Seaport. Climbing not necessary to participate. Refreshments and children's activities. Challenge participants: $3. Sponsored by the NJ Lighthouse Society. Tuckerton Seaport, 120 West Main Street (Route 9), (609) 296-8868; Sat.: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM; Sun.: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM www.lighthousechallengenj.org or www.njlhs.org or www.tuckertonseaport.org 10-24 – 10-26: 11th Annual Haunted Seaport And Harvest Festival At Tuckerton Seaport Three scary nights! Pirates and sea captains, long lost at sea, stroll the boardwalk for a night of screams. Haunted Tucker's Island Lighthouse, hayrides, phragmites maze, food, refreshments, entertainment and a non-scary pumpkin patch for the little ones. Fee. Tuckerton Seaport, 120 West Main Street (Route 9), (609) 296-8868; 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM www.tuckertonseaport.org 10-26: Bonfire, Story Telling, and Lighthouse Night Climb At Barnegat Light Climb "Old Barney." Bonfire and storytelling with Robin Moore. Bring your own chairs and blankets. For more information, please call (609) 494-9196. Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, Barnegat Light 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM www.barnegatlight.org and www. friendsofbarnegatlighthouse.org u