October 10, 2025 – 2nd Friday – 5-8 pm

Great food from the Oyster Cracker Café including fried oysters, delicious, fresh, oysters on the half shell, local beers from Glasstown Brewing Co at AJ’s Pub, free, self-guided tours of the Delaware Bay Museum, an interesting speaker and live music. Check out the Meerwald Mercantile while you are here featuring hand crafted items from several local artists and local authors. All proceeds go to support the Bayshore Center at Bivalve, home of AJ Meerwald and the Delaware Bay Museum.

5 – 8 – Live music on the docks

Acoustic Breeze

The Acoustic Breeze Trio will present dockside ‘Yacht Rock’ on Friday, October 10, 2025. featuring easy listening pop-rock-and country hits from the 60’s to contemporary repertoire.

Speaker in the Delaware Bay Museum – 6:30 – John Anderson of Rancocas Pathways

Navigating NJs Hidden Tidewaters: the heritage of the Delaware Bay and River Maritime Landscapes comes alive in an engaging presentation geared to participation.  From Native Americans, shallops, sails, lighthouses, privateers, pirates, steamers and tankers to shipbuilding and ship yards, tug boat ops and barge movements; learn about the Revolutionary War to World War II and of the people and communities quietly tucked away on the Delaware Bay and River tidewater creeks and river. Come prepared to discover, question, confront and challenge New Jersey’s Delaware Bay tidewater heritage.

John Anderson, independent historian, award winning conservationist, recognized by NJ Governor’s Council on the Outdoors, kayaker, advocate for public access promoting NJ’s Rancocas Creek as a National Water Trail, published author and tugboat dispatcher.  Rancocas Pathways is a 501c3 organization whose mission is to promote awareness of NJ’s tidewater marshes through public history and education on associated heritage, natural history, past, present and future.