Editing Belmar, New Jersey (section)

==Annual events==
[[File:Belmar guitar replica at corner of E Street and 10th Avenue in front of Belmar Public Library.jpg|thumb|The intersection of E Street & 10th Avenue in Belmar, which inspired [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s naming of the [[E Street Band]]. A large replica of Springsteen's Fender Esquire guitar has been placed there. The Belmar Public Library is behind the guitar.]]
* Belmar 5 Mile Johnny Cobb Memorial Run
* New Jersey Seafood Festival celebrated its 30th year in 2016. The festival, which attracted an estimated 200,000 visitors in 2015, had to be modified in scope to allow the borough to cope with the volumes of traffic.<ref>Williams, Paul. [http://www.app.com/story/news/local/neptune-wall/belmar/2015/12/07/belmar-seafood-festival/76949642/ "Belmar Seafood Festival to be scaled back in 2016"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', December 7, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2016. "The borough's annual Seafood Festival will be scaled back and held one month earlier than normal in 2016, after record crowds at this year's festival in June forced the borough to close its entrances for four hours when its streets became overcrowded and gridlocked with traffic.... Officials have estimated that 200,000 people flocked to the borough during the three-day event in 2015."</ref>
* New Jersey Sand Castle Contest, which featured 200 participants at the 27th annual event in 2013<ref>Murray, Ed. [http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2013/07/new_jersey_sandcastle_contest_in_belmar.html "New Jersey Sandcastle Contest in Belmar has more than 200 entries"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', July 17, 2013. Accessed October 16, 2013. "Belmar beach was a construction zone today filled with castles, a giant sea horse, a shark named Bruce and a Kraken.More than 200 entries were made for this year's New Jersey Sandcastle Contest, said John Bonevich, one of the contest judges. This is the 27th annual event."</ref>
* St. Patrick's Day Parade, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023<ref>[https://www.nj.com/news/2024/02/nj-st-patricks-day-parades-2024-heres-the-list-of-celebrations.html "N.J. St. Patrick’s Day parades 2024: Here’s the list of celebrations"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], March 6, 2024. Accessed March 17, 2024. "The Belmar/Lake Como St. Patrick’s Day parade was first held in 1974, three decades before South Belmar changed its name to Lake Como.... The parade marked its 50th anniversary last year."</ref>
* Belmar Pro Surf Contest<ref>Robbins, Christopher. [http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2013/09/belmar_competition_reveals_passion_personality_underneath_surfings_laid-back_facade.html "Surfers' camaraderie, love of ocean shreds competition at Belmar Pro"], [[NJ.com]], September 14, 2013. Accessed October 16, 2013. "Belmar – The Tao of surfing was spread across the 18th Avenue beach Saturday morning like a blanket. At the tenth Fosters Pro surfing competition, dozens of experienced surfers shredded the mushy swells of the Jersey Shore, as hundreds of spectators gathered to watch them."</ref>
* Belmar Fall Festival
* Belmar Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony
* Belmar Spring Kite Festival
* Howard Rowland Memorial Lifeguard Tournament – an bi-annual tournament of lifeguard teams from the Jersey Shore<ref>Parker, Chris. [http://www.app.com/article/20130708/NJSPORTS/307080109/ "Manasquan takes Belmar's Howard Rowland Lifeguard Tournament"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', July 9, 2013. Accessed October 16, 2013. "There are a few differences this summer at the 10th Avenue Pavilion on the beach in Belmar.... It's the first summer since superstorm Sandy ravaged the Jersey Shore, and the state slogan "Stronger Than The Storm" was on full display at the 18th annual Howard Rowland Lifeguard Tournament, where eight local crews competed."</ref>
* Meters for Mike
* Belmar Sprint Triathlon
* The Jersey Shore Relay Run, which has a leg that goes through Belmar
* Surfer's Healing