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We are celebrating the legacy of greatest Jersey Shore music in the splendid July sunshine!

On the Boardwalk, Wednesday the 23rd, the amazing Gary US Bonds performed seven decades of rock ‘n’ roll hits, and was joined by his House Rockers and the Billy Walton Band in an unforgettable, gorgeous night on the Boardwalk.

Next Wednesday we will celebrate the legacy of New Orleans first family of funk, the Neville Brothers, as this generation of the Nevilles, Ivan Neville, Ian Neville and Tony Hall bring one of the world‘s greatest New Orleans funk bands, Dumpstaphunk, to the Boardwalk.

At that show, New Jersey’s own world class, first call saxophone player, Howard Isaacson will perform his 2024 Contemporary Jazz hit Number One Song, “Daylight” with the Dane Anthony Band at Kennedy Plaza on the Boardwalk starting at 7 PM.

On August 6, Tony Mart Presents one of the most famous of all the New Orleans jammin’ R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, funk bands, Galactic, keeper of the flame of New Orleans music at world famous Tipitina’s nightclub which they own and operate in uptown New Orleans.

Everyone must see for themselves the sensational Angelica “Jelly” Joseph another native New Orleans performer, who brings the soul of the city to her performances of rock, hip-hop, R&B, funk, and New Orleans classical sounds to every performance with Galactic.

Galactic is riding high with their new album starring the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas, "Audience with the Queen" and this is a rare treat to be able to see this world famous, tremendously popular band for free on the Boardwalk at the CRDA summer concert series.

With the members of the funky brassy OCEAN AVENUE STOMPERS having performed with the High & Mighty Brass Band on the same stage with the world famous GALACTIC, their appearance at this major free concert event on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City will help ignite the phenomenal FREE Headline concert for everyone on the East Coast!!

Tony Mart Presents Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk every Wednesday night starting at 7pm with a premium beverage garden and lots of beads to celebrate the good times all summer long!

Bring your festival chairs and your dancing shoes to experience world funk music stars GALACTIC with the amazing Angelica

“Jelly” Joseph!! Go to tonymart.com for more information.

Brilliant sunshine lit up the faces of hundreds of delighted gumbo tasters, enthusiastic and fun loving chefs and world class musical artists who entertained all of them when Tony Mart presented The Jersey Gumbo Cook Off and Louisiana Music Festival at The Point Tiki Bar this past Monday July 21st in Somers Point.

The good times were pervasive, but the competition was fierce and very close with the Judges & the People’s Choice in two catagories choosing two extraordinarily delicious winners- two unique styles of gumbo with all of the other entries being closely considered for their creativity and culinary excellence as all the gumbo was truly great!

Chef Larry Alexander and Chef Bruce Johns took the coveted title of KING CHEF GUMBO 2025 for their intensely rich, beefy gumbo with smoked beef brisket and smoked Creole sausage dominating! It was awesome!

On the other side of the spectrum, the gifted Chef Phil Gormley and his top of the line crew from the historic Smithville Inn made an exceptionally flavorful lobster gumbo with the tantalizing flavors of lobster, crab, scallops and shrimp in a lobster sauce that tasted like the sea. With the gratin on top of it, it was like Lobster Thermidor au gratin in a gumbo! This phenomenal creation gave Smithville the popular prize for “People’s Choice” Gumbo 2025.

There were some very close contenders. Last year’s People’s Choice winner, Chef Dan Luber from Greate Bay Country Club came in a very close third place with his perfectly balanced gumbo, combining seafood, chicken & okra in a masterful way!

Right next to him the warm & wonderful Chef Joseph Sheridan, Director of The Academy of Culinary Arts at Atlantic Cape Community College, prepared a classic chicken gumbo with several savory sausages, swimming in a quintessential chicken stock with the herbs, spices and flavors of a great gumbo.

The 2023 People’s Choice winners, Walter & Paul Gregory from Gregory’s Restaurant & Bar demonstrated why they have become so famous for their gumbo and chowder. They have both on the menu every day at this legendary restaurant that serves some of the finest, freshest seafood in South Jersey.

Gregory’s pulled out all the stops when they presented their complex multifaceted gumbo dominated by delicious smoked alligator sausage.

Chef Niko Karamanis from Galloway Casual Dining actually put together a “gumbo taco” with seared tuna between pita style Middle Eastern bread.

First time contender, Masterful Chef Mohammad from The Golden Pyramid Restaurant in May’s Landing, made his seafood gumbo spicy and extra rich by pulverizing the seafood into a coarse and delicious gumbo made of many different types of seafood blended together.

The preeminent “seafood boil” restaurant at the shore, PJ Buckets in Ocean City and Ventnor, showed off their talent with “Cajun seafood gumbo” available at their restaurants regularly. It was smooth and very tasty with a little bit of the Jersey Shore mingled with the classic Cajun taste! Really a good one!

Competition came from all directions as the 2024 Gumbo King Chef, Exective Chef Robert Levenson from Resorts Casino Hotel, put together another extremely fine and delicate gumbo with white corn crème fraiche on top of it and a wonderful corn bread cake on the side.

Again, Executive Chef Robert Levenson and Chef David Wong aptly demonstrated the creativity that makes David’s world class Asian restaurant Eastwind, one of the most popular at the Jersey Shore; and Capriccio, the perennially awarded top Italian restaurant in any casino in the nation, according to USA Today, Casino Player Magazine and others.

With Billy Walton, the world class Waynard Scheller on keyboards, Heather “Lil’ Mama” Hardy and her Lil’ Mama Band featuring world class David Keyes on keyboards as well as “Old School” Jimmy Glenn on drums and percussion, there were plenty of angelic sounds to light up gumbo heaven and add dancing & grooving to the tasting and good times!!!

One of our best gumbo parties ever!!

We’ll talk about some of the finest northern Italian cuisine in the state of New Jersey when we host Chef Mike Buckley from Il Verde, the gorgeous seafood restaurant overlooking the Beach and Boardwalk as well as fireworks on selected Saturday nights at the Tropicana Casino Hotel.

The Legacy Concerts on the Beach in Somers Point are really rolling into July with one of the hottest, most sought after producers of roots, rock , country rock, outlaw country and blues, Tom Hambridge, performing the songs that he wrote and produced for the Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, Susan Tedeschi, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Buddy Guy and Joe Walsh on his most recent work, Buddy Guy‘s latest album starring Joe Walsh!

It is an absolute pleasure to meet and greet a pure professional and delightful personality, Tom Hambridge whom the Somers Point audience has grown to love and demand.

Tony Mart’s is very proud to present the incredible young phenoms known as the Twisted Livin’ Band to start the party this Friday, July 25.

This week on the radio show, we are honored to have one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll musicians in the world today, John Cafferty, who will bring the Beaver Brown Band to perform on the Beach in Somers Point next Friday, August 1, when you will hear the songs “Day in the Sun” and “Loveland” two of the favorite tracks on his new, Springsteen inspired “Sound of Waves” recording, which has been popularly featured on the Bruce Springsteen E Street radio station and the Stevie Van Zandt Underground Garage radio station since it was released in the spring. Of course he will also perform his many songs including “On the Darkside”; “Tender Years”, and “Wild Summer Nights” from his original “Eddie and the Cruisers” sound track recording.

You can feel it, you can touch it, you can hear it. It’s July and the Good Times are Rolling! It is an absolute, quintessential celebration at the Jersey Shore: the best place to be in July and August!

Let the Good Times Roll!