Early July this year marks the start of the Festival of the Sea, which will run from Tuesday, July 1, through Saturday, July 5. Don’t miss this LBI summertime highlight in the parking lot of the St. Francis of Assisi Parish and Community Center in Brant Beach.

For a number of years the festival was held in August, but last year, as the Rev. Francis DiSpigno explained, “We shifted the dates because we wanted to bring the festival back to the month of July.