Island Beach State Park's Annual Beach Plum Festival Coming Up This Sunday

Members of the Friends of Island Beach State Park spend all year gearing up for the popular Beach Plum Festival.

On Sunday, they will celebrate all things beach plum, when the free festival gets underway at 9 a.m. at the first bathing beach pavilion at the park. But tours and demonstrations will take place in several areas of the park.

Although the festival is free, Friends of Island Beach State park members will be on hand if you want to make an $8 donation to help support the event, which is the group's main fundraiser of the year.

The festival features beach plum picking, jelly-making demonstrations, arts and crafts show, food, entertainment, children's games, bird banding demonstrations, environmental and nonprofit exhibits and kayak rides. For more information, call 732-793-5525 or e-mail www.info@friendsofislandbeach.org.

There's also an impressive list of vendors selling a variety of crafts and foods. They include:

ARTS & CRAFTS

• Aes Dana Images
• Blind Bob’s Pottery
• Carolyn’s Crystal Creations
• Celtic Chairde Creations
• Colecraft
• Contemporary Silver Jewelry
• dad & me
• Dee’s Doggie Deelights
• Donna J Mertz Photography
• Elizabeth Hopkins Designs, LLC
• Eovino Stained Glass
• Green Cow Studio Handcrafted Soaps
• Honeydee Aprons and Crafts
• Hutch Martin Photography
• Jersey Shore Publications
• M Resnik Creations
• Neckspressions
• Pop’s Shop
• Raymond Hallgreen Photographer
• Seahorse Designs
• Ted’s Art Glass
• The Drooling Dog Bakery
• Treasures of the Jersey Shore LLC
• 48 Paws Woodworking
• Art in Coin
• Carol Mindnich / Pelican 3 Photography
• Deppenwood Products
• Elaine lucas
• Foot Fashions by Pam
• Friendly Cottage
• Hank Sauce LLC
• In-Spirit Photography
• Jersey Girl Jewelry (Elizabeth Design)
• MM Images Photography
• Ocean Earth & Soul design
• The Gift Broker
• Jalma Farms

• Gift Broker
• Richard King
• Jo’s Jelly Jar
• Waterbourne
• Donna Davis
• City 2 Shore
• Clark’s Gifts
• Designs By Doris
• Lavender Lady
• Tastefully Simple
• Valerie’s Gallery
• Waterbourne LLc

NON-PROFITS

• Barnegat Bay Partnership
• Island Beach Lifeguards
• MATES Project Terrapin
• Ocean County Dept of Solid Waste Management
• Ocean County Master Gardeners
• Reclam the Bay

FOOD

• BIg Daddys Chicken and Ribs
• Cures BBQ & Catering
• Grannys Kettle Korn