The THIRD Annual Cohansey RiverFest...is coming! Saturday AUGUST 25, 2012 CHECK HERE FOR LATEST WEATHER REPORThttp://www.accuweather.com/us/nj/bridgeton/08302/city-weather-forecast.asphttp://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Bridgeton+NJ+USNJ0059:1:USshapeimage_3_link_0
 
PARKING FOR THE RIVERFEST IN DOWNTOWN BRIDGETON & ENVIRONS A Birdseye View of the Bridgeton Riverfront with activities layout (Subject to update) A MAP OF LOCATIONS AT THE BRIDGETON RIVERFRONT WITH NUMBER KEY (Subject to update)Whats_on_Board_files/Parking%20Rev%2026Aug.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Parking%20Rev%2026Aug.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Parking%20Rev%2026Aug.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Parking%20Rev%2026Aug.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Parking%20Rev%2026Aug.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Layout%20Plan.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Layout%20Plan.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Layout%20Plan.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Location%20Map.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Location%20Map.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Location%20Map.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Location%20Map.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Location%20Map.pdfshapeimage_9_link_0shapeimage_9_link_1shapeimage_9_link_2shapeimage_9_link_3shapeimage_9_link_4shapeimage_9_link_5shapeimage_9_link_6shapeimage_9_link_7shapeimage_9_link_8shapeimage_9_link_9shapeimage_9_link_10shapeimage_9_link_11shapeimage_9_link_12

CRABFEST TICKETS &  INFO:

Carola Hartley 856-453-8130/973-864-4001

OR Tony Stanzione 856-455-1312

email:  carolahartley@aol.com

Download 2011 Crabfest Flyer ... Crabfest Ticket Order Form (2011)

OTHER RIVERFEST INFO: Check individual events or     call Carola Hartley  at above number

GUESS WHAT! IT’S THE YEAR OF THE CRAB!!

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Bridgeton Main Street & Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce 3rd Annual Bridgeton Crabfest <click here for their website> 10AM to 8PM – Food Service: 11AM to 7PM – at the Riverfront Park and Commerce Street in downtown Bridgeton • Crab Dinners – Cost $10.00 (or $12.00 day of) • Beer Garden • Food Vendors • Craft Vendors • Music and other entertainment • Heritage Cooking Demonstrations 50/50 Drawing Cost: $5.00 (ticket can be purchased ahead of time and on festival day) First Prize – 25% of sales, 2nd Prize – 15% of sales, 3rd Prize – 10% of sales. Drawing at 7PM Need NOT be present to win. Eco-Gems Bus Tour $5/KIDS FREE Morning trip: 9 AM-12 Noon Afternoon trip: 1 PM-3:00 PM Meet at the Bridgeton Broad Street Boat Ramp ! Join the American Littoral Society at the Bridgeton Boat Dock off Broad Street for a guided bus tour through historic and environmentally significant sites in Hopewell & Greenwich Township. Theme this year is the Underground Railroad! Stops include Bethel AME Baptist Church in Springtown, Caviar Point, and the Cohansey Wildlife Area. ALSO: Visit the American Littoral Society booth at Fountain Park at the Bridgeton RIverfront. Join ALS staff in making FUN fish-print T-shirts! Cumberland County Cultural & Heritage Commission & Gallery 50 Plein-Air (Outdoor) Artists Competition FREE Awards: 1st Place $400.00 – 2nd Place $200.00 – 3rd Place - $100.00 Registration/Check in on RiverFest day (Aug. 25) 7:30 to 9:00AM at Gallery 50, 50 East Commerce Street, Bridgeton. • Paint, after registration, until 6PM. • Work must be turned in no later than 6:30PM. • Awards presentation and reception will be held on Gallery 50‘s next First Friday, September 7, 2012, from 6-9PM Show of works from the Plein Air event will run at Gallery 50 from September 7 to September 28 as part of the “Cumberland County on Canvas” Exhibit. Bicycle Tour of Historic Bridgeton & Its Scenic Waterways FREE. You must bring your own bike & gear (Randy’s doesn’t rent bikes). Don’t forget water and bug spray! Starting point: Randy’s Bike Shop, 84 E. Commerce Street, Bridgeton. A guided tour of Bridgeton’s 1000-acre City Park and its incomparable collection of scenic and natural wonders. This intermediate, seven-mile ride will loop through the West SIde of the Bridgeton HIstoric District, and scope out the Cohansey River watershed around Mary Elmer and Sunset Lakes and Piney Point, before returning through the Park, stopping at the amazing Bridgeton Zoo (miraculously recovered from recent floods!), then back to RIverFest Central in time for the “Seven Towns Kayak Race”at the RIverfront . These are the waterpower resources that once fueled Bridgeton industry, now reclaimed as scenic, historic and environmentally critical wetlands. The tour route will stress the links between the city’s natural and cultural gems. MORNING (start time: about 10:30 AM) For more information & reservations: Randy’s Bike Shop, 84 E. Commerce St., Bridgeton. Phone: 856-455-8309 CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE: Small Ships in the Fountain! Join Rutgers Cousteau Center at Bridgeton and sail a truly seaworthy “Seaworthy Small Ships” model boat in Bridgeton’s Riverfront Fountain Park overlooking the Cohansey (just before the historic bridge at the end of East Commerce Street). Float your boat--or one of ours--for FREE, or purchase a kit and build one on the spot! These are more than just toys--they really sail! Before and after your sail, enjoy all the maritime arts, crafts and educational activities around the fountain. All day, 10 AM to 6 PM Most activities FREE A Font of Shellfish-Lore! After all, it IS “the year of the Crab”! COME AND BUILD A BLUE CRAB!! Food for thought, as Rutgers Cousteau Center, New Jersey’s Sea Grant, and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary come together to let you in on what they‘re doing to keep shellfish harvesting alive and well in South Jersey. Come talk to the experts--take in the exhibits--learn the history and traditions of shellfishing and fisheries and get the inside scoop on oyster aquaculture and restoration in our nearby coastal waters. More info? Call Lisa Calvo: Rutgers University’s Cousteau Center at Bridgeton: 856-575-5580. FREE. CHECK BACK SOON!! MORE NEWS DAILYhttp://bridgetoncrabfest.com/http://bridgetoncrabfest.com/http://bridgetoncrabfest.com/http://www.facebook.com/pages/Randys-General-Store-Bike-Shop/168469566499600http://www.bridgetoncrabfest.comshapeimage_12_link_0shapeimage_12_link_1shapeimage_12_link_2shapeimage_12_link_3
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VENDOR INFORMATION Call for Volunteers Application for CRABFEST PROGRAM AD INSERThttp://www.bridgetoncrabfest.com/2011_Crab_Festival_Vendor_Information_fth%5B1%5D%5B1%5D.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Call%20for%20Volunteers.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Program%20Insert%201.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Program%20Insert%201.pdfWhats_on_Board_files/Program%20Insert%201.pdfshapeimage_19_link_0shapeimage_19_link_1shapeimage_19_link_2shapeimage_19_link_3shapeimage_19_link_4

CrabFest Activities Schedule Bridgeton Riverfront:

Cohansey River Kayak Challenge:

Start Time: 11:45 AM  FREE

The 2010 Sunset Lake Kayak Challenge has gone  Downtown!  Now seven Cohansey watershed communities will send two-person teams to RiverFest Central to fight to the finish for the Challenge Cup! Kayak course is Broad St Bridge to Commerce Street Bridge and back, viewable from all around the Bridgeton Riverfront and the Crabfest.

Come one, come all! Root your favorite town to victory!