Flowers, fitness, beer, music and more things to do at the Jersey Shore this weekend
WEForum, a New Jersey-based women’s education forum promoting health and wellness, is hitting the Jersey Shore for its inaugural Beach Fit Crawl to support Long Branch’s Monmouth Medical Center, happening Thursday at the nearby Wave Resort.
Running from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., the 2022 Beach Crawl will unite fitness studios, athletes and mind-body professionals for 35-minute workouts, including boot camp, barre, yoga, pilates, strength and toning.
Registration opens at 8 a.m., and attendees can take as many classes as they like. Tickets are $50, with proceeds supporting Monmouth Medical Center and its Anne Vogel Family Care and Wellness Center in Eatontown. There will also be a post-crawl party with drinks and light food.
Go: WEForum Beach Fit Crawl, 8 a.m. Thursday at the Wave Resort, 110 Ocean Ave. North, Long Branch, $50; tickets available via eventbrite.com.
Flower Festival
Holland Ridge Farms in Cream Ridge, purportedly the largest you-pick flower farm in the country, hosts its annual month-long Flower Festival starting Friday.
With fields of sunflowers, gladiolus, dahlias, lilies, calla lilies and mums, as well as a pumpkin patch, horse-and-carriage and pony-rides, and photo opportunities with floral backdrops, the festival runs through Sunday, Oct. 23.
The farm will also host a food truck festival on Saturday and Sunday, and a fall craft and music festival on Oct. 1 and 2.
Go: Fall Flower Festival, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily starting Friday, running through Oct. 23, $13 per person; hollandridgefarms.com.
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New lager from Alternate Ending rocks
Get ready to “Raise Em High” this weekend.
Singer/songwriter Jon Caspi has been a fixture of the Jersey Shore music community for a long time — and now one of his signature songs is being celebrated in beer form.
Caspi’s latest single, a new recording of his classic anthem of barroom solidarity “Raise Em High,” is being commemorated with a new lager from Alternate Ending Beer Co. in Aberdeen.
The beer will be unveiled on Saturday at Alternate Ending’s Aberdeen Day after-party. Caspi and his band, The First Gun, play the brewpub at 8 p.m., and the performance will be filmed for his “Raise Em High” music video.
Doors open at 4 p.m.; the Ocean Avenue Stompers play at 5 p.m.
Go: Aberdeen Day Afterparty featuring the release of “Raise Em High” with Jon Caspi and the First Gun, 4 p.m. Saturday, Alternate Ending Beer Co., 1057 Route 34, Aberdeen; alternateendingbeerco.com/
Backward Flag birthday bash
Backward Flag Brewing Co. marks its seventh anniversary in the craft beer business this weekend.
The Forked River brewery hosts its Seven Year Birthday Bash from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday. The big day will see the release of a new beer on draft and in cans, Warrior Shadow Black Ale.
There will be music from AJ Stone from 1 to 4 p.m., and Brandon Hans from 6 to 9 p.m. Vendors will also be on hand.
Go: Backward Flag Brewing Co. Seven Year Bash, noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, 699 Challenger Way, Forked River; backwardflagbrewing.com.
Rock the Farm for a good cause in Seaside
A cavalcade of cover bands hit Grant Avenue in Seaside Heights on Saturday to support CFC Loud N Clear Foundation, which works to support New Jersey families battling addiction.
The all-ages event will include food trucks, a beer and wine garden, a kids’ area and 10 cover bands.
Scheduled artists include: TUSK (Fleetwood Mac); The Funky Monks (Red Hot Chili Peppers); Stiff Upper Lip (AC/DC); We May Be Right (Billy Joel); ELO Tribute Show (Electric Light Orchestra); Winslow (The Eagles); Keep the Faith (Bon Jovi); La Grange (ZZ Top), Jagged Little Thrill (Alanis Morissette) and One Fine Tapestry (Carole King).
Go: Rock the Farm, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, Grant Avenue in Seaside Heights, $40 for general admission, $225 for VIP in advance, $45 general admission at the door if available, free for children 10 and younger; tickets available via eventbrite.com.
Sound of Asbury Park
How about a little Asbury Park musical history?
Founding E Street Band members Garry Tallent and Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez, along with city legends Nicky Addeo and Leon Trent, will join Doc Holiday and his Sony Nashville Studio A Team for a night that celebrates the Sound of Asbury Park on Thursday.
Tallent, of course, is the bassist for the E Street Band, and Lopez was the band's first drummer who asked Bruce Springsteen to join the band. Jobonanno, Jarod Clemons (Clarence Clemons' youngest son), the Eddie Testa Band, Sammy Dale and surprise guests will also play.
Go: The Sound of Asbury Park, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Stone Pony, Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park. $25 in advance/$30 at the door; stoneponyonline.com.
Wine and Dine at Red Horse
On Thursday, Chef David Burke will be taking a night to appreciate the great wines of Burgundy, France, with "An Evening of Burgundy," a $185 five-course dinner at his Red Horse restaurant in Rumson.
Diners will enjoy food and wine pairings with a first course of Tuna Crudo (with soy-ginger, chili, pears, sea beans, umi togarashi chips) paired with Domaine Chanson Chablis 2019. The second course is Lobster Dumplings and artichoke Barigoule broth paired with Domaine Chanson Beaune Bastion 1er Cru Chardonnay 2016.
Third course is a duck breast (with corn and foie gras pudding, onion-pistachio jam and deep fried grapes) paired with Domaine chanson Bourgogne Rouge Pinot Noir 2020; the fourth is a dry-aged steak and roast bone barrow (ants on a log), garlicky snails (with watercress ragout potato gratin) paired with Domaine Chanson Givry 2019. Top it all off with dessert, like the triple chocolate mousse cake or cheese cake pops, paired with Quinta do Noval Black Port NV.
Go: 26 Ride Road, Rumson; 732-576-3400, redhorsebydb.com. Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. seating can be purchased here. Tickets are $185 plus tax, and a 20% service charge including gratuity will be added to the final bill.
Jill Sobule plays for the Rustin Center
Iconic “I Kissed a Girl” singer/songwriter Jill Sobule returns to Princeton for a fundraising concert in support of the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, where she is the musician-in-residence.
Sobule plays the Rustin Center at 7 p.m. Saturday to support the LGBTQ community hub.
“I consider myself an activist, and part of what I do, I believe, is these sorts of things," Sobule said of her work in support of the Rustin Center in 2021. "I always say I’ve become the nonprofit singer, and that’s important to me — that’s just part of my DNA. That’s what I do and I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s more important to me to feel like you’re leaving a gig feeling like you did some good other than playing a bar.”
Go: Jill Sobule, 7 p.m. Saturday, Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, 12 Stockton St., Princeton, $25; tickets available via eventbrite.com.
Gabriela Laracca and Chris Jordan contributed to this story.
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Things to do in NJ: Fall Flower festival begins this weekend
