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May 12-15, 2025

May 12-15, 2025

🦞 37th Annual NJ Seafood Festival Next Weekend

May 11, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 11 minutes

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Happy Mother’s Day, Monmouth Moms! Since all the Mother’s Day activities were covered in our previous issue, today’s issue will be about the future. Just the next four days though. No flying cars. But we are giving you ample notice about the 2025 New Jersey Seafood Festival in Belmar next weekend. It always catches us by surprise being in mid May for some reason. I think we just expect it in June or July. But it’s a harbinger for summer and we are most certainly down with that.

Let’s go!!

~ Amanda & Rob

“Me mother is the only person who I know love me differently.” ~ Bob Marley

On this day in 1981 the world lost Reggae icon Bob Marley at the age of 36. Fun fact: Marley had 11 children with seven different moms. Now there’s a guy who loved him some Mother’s Day.

In This Edition of Monmouth Buzz:

🦞 37th Annual NJ Seafood Festival Next Weekend (Belmar)

🎮️ Dave and Buster’s Grand Opening at Freehold Raceway Mall

🎪 Sea Bright Fireman’s Fair

☕️ Odyssey Coffee in Ocean Grove

🍉 Farmers Markets

🎸 Live Music and Comedy

🎭️ Art, Theater Schedule

🏅 Sports Rundown

🌊 Ocean Temp/Tides

Family Events

2025 NJ Seafood Festival | Fri 5/16 - Sun 5/18 | Ferruggiaro Park (Belmar)

Dave and Buster’s Grand Opening | Mon 5/12 @ 11:00 am | Freehold Raceway Mall

Sea Bright Fireman’s Fair | Thur 5/15 - Sun 5/18 5:30 pm - 11:30 pm | Sea Bright

Tween STEAM | Tues 5/13 3 pm - 3:40 pm | Manalapan Library | Kids 9-12 can participate in a guided lesson in science, art or technology. This week they’ll be making pointillism pictures with q-tips and paint.

Tweens! Jewelry Making | Wed 5/14 3:30 pm | Atlantic Highlands Library | Kids can make beaded jewelry with the Bayshore Family Success Center.

Jumping Frogs Storytime & Crafts | Tues 5/13 10 am - 4 pm | Monmouth Museum (Lincroft)

Junk Journaling for Teens | Thur 5/15 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Red Bank Library

Paint & Sip Mother/Daughter Paint Night | Thur 5/15 7:00 pm ($45) | Asbury Ale House

Tidying by Tash is home organization at its absolute best. Warning: side effects may include uncontrollable smiling.

Local Events

Red Bank Broadwalk | Mon 5/12 - Tue 9/30 | Broad Street (Red Bank)

Candle-Making and Body Oil Workshop | Tue 5/13 6pm - 8 pm | Proving Ground (Highlands)

Splendid Spring Stroll | Wed 5/14 10 am - 11:30 am | Big Brook Park (Marlboro) | Join a Park System Naturalist on a guided trail walk through Big Brook Park. This is a FREE event. Meet in the lower parking lot.

Craft Night: Upcycles Key Necklace Pendant | Thur 5/15 @ 6 pm | Red Bank Artisan Collective (Red Bank)

Food and Drink

Odyssey Coffee - Ocean Grove

Odyssey Coffee

We stopped by Odyssey Coffee a couple weeks back on a pretty dreary Thursday morning. But the light rain was just the right backdrop for the vibe inside.

The drip coffee alone was worth the stop, but that’s not what made Odyssey for us. We were greeted at the door by Joey the owner, a Monmouth University Professor and Wealth Advisor. As soon as you enter the vestibule you feel the vibe. The music, the Vault filled with local art, the vestiges of the bank it once was with tall windows to view Ocean Grove’s historic Main Ave. Sure, it’s a coffee shop. But it’s more than that. Odyssey’s mission: “to curate a vigorous refuge for thinkers with every amazing cup.”

Farmers Markets

Asbury Fresh | Sundays 9 am-1 pm

Bell Works Fresh | Wednesdays 11 am-4 pm

Arts

Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Optical Illusions Exhibit | Mon 5/12 - Fri 5/16 | Thompson Park Creative Arts Ctr (Lincroft)

Demonstration of Norwegian Knitting | Wed 5/15 @ 11:30 am | Shrewsbury Public Library

New Botanicals Exhibit | Tues 5/13 - Thur 5/15 12 pm - 4 pm | Monmouth Arts Center (Red Bank)

Theater

Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Bank | Tues 5/13 @ 2:00 pm | Wall Library

Mean Girls the Musical | Wed 5/14 and Thur 5/15 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Count Basie (Red Bank)

Rock of Ages | Wed 5/14 and Thur 5/15 | Axelrod PAC (Deal)

Open Mic Comedy Night | Thur 5/15 7 pm - 9 pm | Count Basie (Red Bank)

Live Music

Leonid and Friends | Tue 5/13 7:30 PM - 10:30 pm | Count Basie

Upon a Burning Body | Tue 5/13 @ 5:00 PM | House of Independents

Lucie Arnaz | Wed 5/14 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | PNC

Big Hix Duo - Ladies Night | Wed 5/14 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Proving Ground (Highlands)

Carbon Leaf | Wed 5/14 @ 7:00 PM | Count Basie

Dueling Pianos | Thur 5/15 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Proving Ground

An Evening With Renee Maskin | Thur 5/15 @ 7 PM | Belmar Arts Center (Belmar)

Sports Rundown

Blue Claws Away @ Wilmington All Week 😭

MU Baseball vs NJIT | Tue 5/13 @ 3:00 PM | Monmouth University

Trying to break into the pickleball scene? Check out these spots for lessons.

Ocean Temp/Tides/Sunset/Sunrise

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