Seafarers Celebration to showcase bay and beach fronts

he Borough of Wildwood Crest’s annual Seafarers Celebration, a street festival that unofficially says goodbye to the summer season in the borough, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20. This year’s all-day event will feature numerous activities along the beautiful Wildwood Crest bay and beach fronts. The event will begin at 10 a.m. at Sunset Lake , located along New Jersey Avenue between Rambler and Miami roads. This daytime portion of the Seafarers Celebration will feature scores of arts and crafts vendors, an assortment of food vendors, various live musical acts, numerous family and children’s activities and much more. Family and children’s activities will include karaoke for the entire family, pony rides, face painting, moon bounce, a traveling riverboat show and more. Live musical acts will be scattered throughout the Sunset Lake area from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. Once the daytime portion of the Seafarers Celebration ends at 6 p.m., the event will move to the beachfront side of town. Live music will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Gazebo-by-the-Sea at Rambler Road and Ocean Avenue . At 8:15 p.m., the Hegeman String Band, straight from the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, will march north on the Wildwood Crest bike path from the Gazebo area to Fern Road Park to entertain the masses before a spectacular fireworks show lights up the skies above the Wildwood Crest beachfront at Fern Road at 9 p.m. (Note: the beach will be closed from Rosemary Road at the north end to Myrtle Road at the south end at least one hour prior to the fireworks display). Call 523-0202 for further information about the 2008 Wildwood Crest Seafarers Celebration.
2008 SEAFARERS CELEBRATION ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE SUNSET LAKE Main Stage I ( New Jersey Avenue at Stanton Road ) 11 a.m. – Earthdaddy (hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s) 1:15 p.m. – Hideaway (pop/rock music from the 80s through today) 3:15 p.m. – The Star Band (party/pop/rock favorites from the 60s through today) Other musical acts spread throughout the Sunset Lake bayfront include: 10 a.m. – Lou DeMeis (an eclectic mix of favorites, from Sinatra to Barry Manilow) Noon – Michael James (oldies/pop/party music) 12:30 p.m. – Bill Caterini (acoustic favorites from the 60s through today) 1:30 p.m. – John Walter Community Band (popular American-themed music) GAZEBO-BY-THE-SEA ( Rambler Road and Ocean Avenue ) 6:30 p.m. – The Nobody Band (pop/rock/oldies/party favorites from the 60s through today) FERN ROAD PARK ( Fern Road and Ocean Avenue ) 8:15 p.m. – Hegeman String Band (straight from the Mummers Parade on Broad Street ) 9 p.m. – Beachfront Fireworks Display