9th Annual NJ State Ice Cream Festival Almost Here

Celebrate National Ice Cream Day at the 9th Annual New Jersey State Ice Cream Festival on Saturday, July 16 from 11:30 - 5:00 pm on Washington Street, Downtown Toms River. 

Sample and vote for your favorite creamy treat by purchasing a tasting kit. Advance tasting kit tickets for the Festival can be purchased until 4 pm on July 15 for $6 each ($7 day of event) and are available at the Downtown Toms River office, 218 Main Street, 732-341-8738; Beachwood Bicycles, 101 Highway 166, Beachwood, 732-349-2333; Mrs. Walker’s of Beachwood, 229 Atlantic City Blvd. (Route 9)  732-286-6175; Simply Skin, 313 West Water Street, Toms River, 732-505-9448; and Rand’s Camera, Hooper Ave., Toms River 732-255-3213. Lastly you can call Allen Consulting at 732-946-2711 order via telephone.

Festival entertainment includes live music throughout the day by The Kootz Band and Oceanaires Barbershop Chorus, plus an appearance by everybody’s favorite singing waitstaff, the Showplace Waitri. Children will also enjoy the inflatable rides, balloon artist, and stilt walker, and there’s an adult and children’s ice cream eating contest.

The 9th Annual New Jersey State Ice Cream Festival is made possible in part by Honda of Toms River, Comcast, New Jersey Natural Gas, United Water Toms River, Stop & Shop, Extra Space Storage, Allen Consulting and radio stations Magic 100.1 and the WRAT.  For more information on the festival or any other Downtown Toms River event, visit www.downtowntomsriver.com or call them at 732-341-8738.