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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!

Welcome to the Summer Concert Series in Somers Point this Friday, 12 June as we begin 20 performances during 13 concerts through September 11, 2026!

In 13 concerts there will be 9 international headliners, regional stars, the finest popular tribute bands, and party dance bands to Let the Good Times Roll all summer long! Starting this week there will be nine headliners with Grammy Award winners and nominees; Blues Foundation Award Winners, Gold and Platinum selling recording artists.

Five time Grammy winner Tom Hambridge rolls onto the beautiful Beach on Bay Avenue with his Rattlesnakes this Friday June 12 and performs the music that he has created for Susan Tedeschi, ZZ Top, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Florida Georgia Line; and most recently, the Grammy Award-Winning Album with Buddy Guy entitled “Ain’t Done With The Blues!” Nine more headliners follow with New Orleans famous Bonerama, brassy, funky, classic rock band; Dead Zep with special guest star Jayden Lehman, who regularly plays with Oteil and Friends and has recently performed with John Meyer; George Porter, Jr and the Runnin’ Pardners with John Papa Gros, the original “ Eddie and the Cruisers” recording artists, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band; Mitch Rider with his 17 hit records, three gold records and 10 top hits, including the iconic “Devil With the Blue Dress.”

More rock stars appear on Friday the 7th of August when The Weeklings, with members of Styx, Electric Light Orchestra, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and Max Weinberg’s Jukebox perform some of the best Beatleseque music and their world class tribute to the Beatles.

On August 14, the legacy of the Allman Brothers comes to the Beach with Melody and Vaylor Trucks, bringing the history of their father, Butch Trucks, and the music of the Allman Brothers and many of the finest Americana Jam bands beloved in our region.

Our own rock and soul guitar hero, Billy Walton, is joined by Somers Point’s Plaid Salmon Horn section on the 21st when all our Sponsors are invited to join us for the annual party at North End Grill before the concert. For something completely different, the famous 90’s alt rock band, Deep Blue Something, will perform it’s famous international hit song “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

It’s all free! Another amazing year for all of us to come together as a community with the legacy of what Tony Mart called “The Showplace of the World”, his famous Jersey Shore Nightclub Tony Marts where Bob Dylan “discovered” The Band and Eddie and the Cruisers filmed performances of some of the greatest East Coast Rock and Roll of all times!

This week on our radio show brilliant, musical director and composer of Dead Zepp, Waynard Scheller, will share with us the subtle beauty of his Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin medleys punctuated by the world class jam stars and special guest for the evening, Jayden Lehman. From New England to Key West Dead is idolized by fans of the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin and lots of classic rock ‘n’ roll. This is one of their favorite stops on the coast and it will be a very special July evening with Jayden the hot emerging star on the 10th.

This week also on the radio show we will describe the exquisite taste and flavors of three astonishingly economical world class wines, including a Russian River Chardonnay for just $17; a world class, White Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc from France and an absolutely amazing value now available at Circle Liquor Store only on a delicious , world class, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon for only $29.99!

Like the famous international rockstar concerts for free on the Beach, the finest wines are available for the lowest prices imaginable at the Circle Liquor Store probably the best liquor store in the world certainly the best in the state of New Jersey!

Tony Mart will unveil the largest classic rock superstar show in it’s history at Kennedy Plaza on the Boardwalk on Wednesday the 24th of June with the approval of the New Jersey State Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, 13 of the finest rock ‘n’ roll performers in South Jersey, including Billy Walton, Danny Eyer, Howard Isaacson, Rich “Megahurtz“ Kurtz, Brian Conover from Hawkins Road, Big Bob Ernano from the Brandon Ireland Band and Music Co-Director “Old School” Jimmy Glenn will join with our three featured female vocalists, Patty Blee, Patty Balbo and Sharon Garland in a tribute to more than a dozen of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll superstars of all time.

In the next few days you can see on www.Tonymart.com the song list which will include many of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll songs ever from Crosby, Stills Nash and Young, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Eagles, Joe Walsh, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Prince, Joan Jett, Bonnie Raitt, The Pretenders, The Allman Brothers, Springsteen, Eric Clapton , Bob Dylan and The Band

This will be a marathon performance of artists more than three hours of the music you love performed by our very best.

What a way to kick off the season on the Boardwalk!

What a way to take us all the way through to September as we Let the Good Times Roll!