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EVENTS CALENDAR, SEPTEMBER
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9-26 – 9-27: 33RD ANNUAL OCEAN
COUNTY DECOY & GUNNING SHOW
IN TUCKERTON
Join us for this exciting two-day event celebrating the
culture of the area! Demonstrations, contests, semi-
nars, 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
10-3 – 10-4: 27TH ANNUAL
CHOWDERFEST WEEKEND
IN BEACH HAVEN
This family-fun festival features live music, activities,
and unlimited chowder tasting with the opportu-
nity 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
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Sunday: 11:00 AM
– 4:00 PM
www.chowderfest.com or beachhaven-nj.gov
10-10: 21ST ANNUAL PINE BARRENS
JAMBOREE IN WARETOWN
Local Pine Barrens musicians perform country/blue-
grass music. Big top tent to sit under and listen to
the music. Local crafters, wildlife art and photogra-
phy, environmental organizations, displays on historic
industries of the NJ Pinelands, nature walks, canoe-
ing, and food.
Wells Mills County Park, 905 Wells Mills Road,
Waretown, (609) 971-3085
10:30 AM – 4:00 PM
www.oceancountyparks.org
10-10: ZION LUTHERAN
CHURCH CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
IN BARNEGAT LIGHT
White elephant, baked goods, and Christmas crafts.
Zion Lutheran Church, 18th and Central Avenues,
Barnegat Light, (609) 494-8676
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
www.zionlbi.org
10-11: 43RD 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
10-17 - 10-18: 15TH 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 par-
ticipants: $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 – 8:00 PM
www.lighthousechallengenj.org or www.njlhs.org or
www.tuckertonseaport.org
10-22 – 10-24: 13TH 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, black
light mini golf, 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
10-24: ANNUAL BEACH SWEEPS
Join the annual effort to clean up
the beaches in Ocean County.
(732) 872-0111
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
www.cleanoceanaction.org
10-24: 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.friendsofbarnegat-
lighthouse.org u
