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One of the greatest food critics and culinary journalists in the history of southern New Jersey, Ed Hitzel, suffering a very sudden death approximately 11 years ago.

At that time, Carmen Marotta was becoming an increasingly frequent cohost on his show, TABLE FOR ONE. Consequently, The Tony Mart Family became active in producing a radio show that focused on restaurants, cooking and wine, but expanded it into the music of the Tony Mart Legacy.

With the assistance of Harry & Don Hurley, affiliated with WPG, this became a reality that has become the highest ranking Saturday afternoon talk show at 12:00pm weekly: Tony Mart Presents Music, Food, Fun, Travel: Let the Good Times Roll!

In the 10 years that have transpired since the inception of the weekly talk radio show, Tony Mart Presents has increased its production of concerts with further development of Mardi Gras On The Boardwalk, the FREE Boardwalk concert series that initiated approximately 15 years ago.

In 2025, Tony Mart Cares Inc., our nonprofit community service organization became the producers of Legacy Concerts on the Beach in Somers Point, now in its 33rd year.

Several years ago, Tony Mart Presents reintroduced The Jersey Gumbo Cookoff & Louisiana Music Festival, which has become exponentially successful in July at the beautiful tiki bar and tropical nightclub, The Point, located at 998 Bay Avenue, at the site of the former Bay Shores Nightclub, across from the original Tony Marts on the historic Somers Point bay front.

The Jersey Gumbo Cookoff & Louisiana Music Festival continues its focus featuring extensive information on favorite restaurants and eateries along with extensive information about the amazingly FREE concerts, which are produced in both Somers Point and Atlantic City as the premiere FREE headline concert series at the Jersey shore each summer.

The radio show now features detailed information and very interesting, amusing & fascinating interviews regarding the performances and the careers of the musical artists; travel to major musical events such as New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and back in Jersey, Michael Arnone's Crawfish Festival in Sussex County. Occasionally, the show features savory details of the last of the 'real deal' Americana restaurants, BBQ's, 'road food' and traditions which we are still able to enjoy for over 45 years.

In addition to updating and encapsulating all of these activities produced by Tony Mart Presents and Tony Mart Cares Inc., the radio show has become focused on the fabulous wines of the world and the significant values offered by Circle Liquor Store, our premiere sponsor, as curated by the wine master at Circle, Chester Malloy, the First Lady of Circle Liquor, the lovely Jeanette Giemza, and Tony Marts own sommelier, Julia Stacy Reilly, AKA the 'wine goddess'.

With so much content and detail as to how to enjoy life it's no wonder that the radio show is consistently polling the #1 most listened to show our time slot by large margins!

It's all about celebrating positive good times in life! Tune in and remember that you can get the weekly broadcasts live in real time by merely clicking on WPG in the top right corner.

Let the good times roll!

It was a wild summer night!… Tender years… On the Dark Side and over an hour more of the greatest East Coast rock ‘n’ roll music celebrating “Eddie and the Cruisers” at the place where it was born 44 years ago on Bay Avenue at Tony Mart’s.

A special thanks to the great John Cafferty and Beaver Brown for creating another unique and magical experience at the Legacy Concerts on the Beach in Somers Point.

Thanks to our special guests, Dead Reckoning, presenting “Barely Stoned,” a great Rolling Stones and Grateful Dead tribute with an arousing version of the immortal Stones’ classic, “Sympathy for the Devil.”

Tony Mart Cares is in the middle of an unbelievable roll of free headline concerts presenting some of the greatest musical performers of our time.

This week “King” George Porter of the New Orleans Jazz Festival arrives in South Jersey to perform with his Runnin’ Pardners, meet and greet with his fans at the Boardwalk on Wednesday and the Somers Point Beach on Friday.

Don’t miss the opportunity to see one of the greatest New Orleans funk legends with his Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and his Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame honors.

It will be a total three-hour funk celebration with the popular John Papa Gros paying tribute to the giants of the keyboards: Billy Preston, Allen Toussaint, Art Neville, The Meters, Dr. John, and “Hurricane” from our beloved Grammy-winning Levon Helm.

It will be Mitch Ryder with his 17 hits, 10 Top 10 songs, and three Gold Records, including the iconic “Devil with the Blue Dress On,” next week on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, July 29, and at the Legacy Concerts on the Beach in Somers Point on Friday, July 31.

The Tony Mart All-Stars will put on over an hour and a half of Tony Mart classics from Bill Haley to Bob Dylan and The Band.

On Friday, August 7, see one of the greatest Beatles tribute and original Beatlesesque recording artists, The Weeklings, featuring rock stars from ELO, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Styx, Max Weinberg’s Jukebox, and more. It’s all free, and it rolls through September 11.

Please help support this amazing free Somers Point Concert Series by sending checks, made out to Tony Mart Cares, to 6 West Lakeview Dr., Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234, or by bringing them to Friday concerts and placing them in the bucket when collections are made.

We need everyone’s support to keep the top free outdoor concert series in the country our Friday night tradition for the community and the region.

Carmen and Nancy’s 70th Birthday Celebration!!!

All of our friends and the extended Tony Mart family, as well as the Tony Mart All-Stars and the musical artists that we engage, are invited to our 70th Birthday Party this Thursday, July 23, at 7 p.m. at Josie Kelly’s Public House, 908 Shore Road, Somers Point.

Starting with the video of the immortal “The Last Waltz” movie about Levon Helm and The Hawks, who became The Band after they left Tony Mart’s in August 1965, the party will evolve into a good-time concert with Billy Walton, Toni Teschner, “Old School” Jimmy Glenn, Danny Eyer, Sharon Garland, Charlie Wigo from Dead Reckoning, world-class Jersey bassist Walter Sapsai, Dr. Phil, “Big Bob” Ernano, P. J. Keiter, and several more.

It’s completely free, and we will party until at least 10 p.m., sharing the good times that we have had for so many years and making more of them to celebrate July!

Of course, Josie Kelly’s fantastic selection of cold pub-style brews will be on draft, and their pub food will also be available for purchase.

There will be treats and surprises, and Carmen & Nancy would love to say hello to everyone!!!

Hear Billy’s Stones, Danny’s Beatles, Southside Johnny, “Old School” Jimmy Glenn’s fabulous rendition of Springsteen’s “Rosalita,” and the blues as sung by the sultry Sharon Garland. It will be a night of fun, light-hearted, casual performances and partying.

SEE YOU THURSDAY!!

On the Boardwalk in Atlantic City we’ll have the New Orleans funk celebration with George Porter and John Papa Gros, the great rock star Mitch Ryder, and following that, on August 1, the Monday night Lundi Gras starring seven-decade classic rock icon Gary U.S. Bonds, who played with Springsteen last week, and Anthony Krizan from the Spin Doctors on August 3.

On Wednesday night, August 5, on the Boardwalk, you will see two-time Grammy Award winner Terrance Simien and his Zydeco Experience as he performs the song that Disney made so popular in its movie “The Princess and the Frog” and the ride based on that movie.

Just take a look at ticket prices—these are $50–$100 concerts, free every week in both venues!

It’s the peak of the summer! July rolls into August, and we Let the Good Times Roll!