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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!

After having won first place two of the last three years and second place in 2024, the Legacy Concerts on the Beach in Somers Point have once again been nominated for voting in the USA Today Top 10 Readers Poll as the Best Outdoor Venue in the United States! You can vote by going to www.Tonymart.com on your phone and/or your computer and simply hit the Click here to Vote notification.

There’s no better way to celebrate than to share with everyone the stellar lineup starting June 12 with five-time Grammy Award winner Tom Hambridge, who just won his fifth Grammy for producing “Ain’t Done Messing with the Blues” with one of the most legendary guitar players on earth, Buddy Guy, who was accompanied by no one less than one of our favorite rock stars, the Eagles’ Joe Walsh, on the recording sessions.

Tom Hambridge is no stranger to the Somers Point Beach, where he has performed to adoring crowds in the last few years. He’s no stranger to the greatest rock ’n’ roll and country musicians in the world, having worked with so many rock stars, including the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Susan Tedeschi, and some of the biggest names in Nashville.

We are delighted to invite Tom Hambridge to our radio show this Saturday, April 18, as we talk about what it means to share our intimate shows at the gorgeous and magical, award-winning Concerts on the Beach in Somers Point and just how it makes him feel to be close to everyone and share the excitement and superlative successful songs of his enchanted career.

You can look just beyond the opening night to the concert with one of the stars of Jazz Fest on June 19, Bonerama, New Orleans’ hottest funky brass bands, one of the greatest party dance bands in the Northeast; and the Dane Anthony Band on June 26, followed by a spectacular July lineup of international stars.

Soon we will announce a popular jam music star to perform at the Dead Zep concert on July 10; the original “Eddie and the Cruisers” soundtrack recording artist, John Cafferty and Beaver Brown, will play “Dark Side,” “Tender Years,” and other great songs from many movies as well as their latest recordings on the 17th.

The New Orleans Dr. John and Meters Funk Fest is July 24, starring Grammy and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame winner George Porter, Jr. of The Meters and John “Papa” Gros Funk.

Before the return of one of the most famous of all the classic rock stars alive, Mitch Ryder, who performed at Tony Mart’s in 1965 and returned to Somers Point on September 12 in 2025 to do over a dozen of his major hits, including the iconic “Devil with the Blue Dress” and “Sock It to Me Baby” for any of those who remember Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, that’s the way we roll right into August with the All-Star Rockstar Beatles Tribute, The Weeklings, and more right up to September 11, with Melody Trucks August 14, Billy Walton August 21, and 90s million-selling recording artists “Deep Blue Something” August 28.

Please vote early and vote often, and remember to make your donations and become a sponsor of the Number One Outdoor Concert Series in the Country by going to www.Tonymart.com.

We will once again refresh ourselves with the taste and the fabulous values of French wines at the Circle Liquor Store, where everything from French Champagne to Italian Prosecco and some of the finest wines are all available at significantly low value prices. Circle Liquor Store is open seven days a week from 9 AM to 10 PM as we roll into the spring good time season.

We’ll also get ready for another trip on the Big Easy Cruise coming up in January 2027, when everyone is invited to Tony Mart and enjoy intimate shows with Papa John Gros, who will do his Dr. John tribute on the Beach with us July 24, Samantha Fish, who is one of the greatest blues rock stars in the world after touring with the Rolling Stones and nearly closing the Atlantic City Boardwalk at her show in August 2025.

They will be joined by world-famous recording artist Keb’ Mo’, The Blind Boys of Alabama, the Robert Randolph Band, and more of New Orleans’ absolute finest musicians, including Joe Krown, Big Chief Joseph Boudreaux and the Rumble, and John Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen. There are two dozen of the very best Louisiana musicians on the ship, and you should be there too! Just go to www.Bigeasycruise.com and tell them you want the Tony Mart discount! Then it’s 7 days of the greatest music and good times at sea!

Next week we’re on our way to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and we will be joined by our South Jersey friend, Uptown Jim Tuohy, joining us along the way!

Also, next week we will have Angelo from the North End Grill, where we will invite all of our sponsors to celebrate the 2026 Legacy Concerts on the Beach Sponsor Party August 21, when the Billy Walton Band will welcome special guest stars to the Somers Point Beach and everyone who supports the concerts as a sponsor will be a part of the fabulous annual party to thank you all!

The North End Grill has already become tremendously popular right around the corner from the Somers Point Beach and next to the Gateway Playhouse, where the Tony Mart Allstars are part of the sold-out Jesus Christ Superstar production this weekend!

For breakfast or for lunch, you’ll enjoy the great portions, value prices, and authentic barbecue and comfort food side dishes that make the North End Grill the authentic new place for real food on the historic Somers Point Bayfront! They are open 6 days a week from Tuesday to Sunday, located right on the beautiful bayfront with all the flowers of spring and the cool bay breezes that make us love to call Somers Point our home no matter where we live.

And let’s not forget to thank the Circle Liquor Store, our primary sponsor and probably the best independent liquor store in the world! Certainly the best in the state of New Jersey!

Also, we have a report from Michael Arnone, whose Jambalaya Rice Mix will be available as part of his sponsorship of the Legacy Concerts on the Beach in Somers Point.

Don’t forget Bayfest on Saturday, April 25, and check out lots of great barbecue right on Bay Avenue at the North End; 10,000 pounds of crawfish coming up to Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Festival May 29, 30, and 31 in Sussex County, New Jersey; and good times rolling all around. Spring is here and we are ready to Rock ’n’ Roll!