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🧜🏼‍♀️ MERMAY PARADE & CELEBRATION at PARADISE CLUB 🏝️

May 30 @ 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$10
⛱️ PRESENTED BY WOLF & KRONE BOOKS and CHRIS TURK SWIM ⛱️
🧜🏿‍♂️🧜🏻🧜🏽‍♀️ Saturday, May 30th MerMay splashes into Asbury Park from 11am-9pm with Authors, Vendors, and Costume Contest* to be crowned our 2026 Mer-Monarchs 🧜🏿‍♂️🧜🏻🧜🏽‍♀️
Convention Hall: Mutiny Beach – all-ages
11am – Mer-MUTINY!
– FREE
  • Meet at Mutiny Beach in Convention Hall dressed to impress and show us how you Mer!
  • Have your photo taken overlooking the ocean while sipping (or nibbling) on something tasty
Paradise Club – 21+
12pm-6pm – Mer-Market + Author Signings
– $10* Advance Ticket
  – $15 at the door day of
  • Local Tri-State vendors will sweep you away with their talent
  • All items made by real artists, dedicated to their crafts from the depths of their hearts
  • Mer-Book Fair of mer themed and oceany books presented by Wolfe & Kron Books
  • Authors Signings by:
  1. Venessa Vida Kelly – When the Tides Held the Moon
  2. Ryan La Sala – The Dead of Summer (now in hardcover, paperback pre-order July 7th 2026)
  3. Gloria Duke – There’s Something Fishy About My Boyfriend
  4. Leslie Vedder – The Siren’s Kiss (pre-order September 1st 2026)
  5. ______?_______
Hourly – Immersive Author Activities
– $17* / each activity – pre-purchase to reserve your spot
[Add-On Tickets for Author Activities are EXTREMELY limited and with only 6-spots for each session!]
  1. Bedazzle a Horseshoe Crab Shell (or your book) with Ryan La Sala
  2. Make a Magic Shell Necklace with Gloria Duke
  3. Wish in a Bottle with Leslie Vedder
  4. Deeply Fishy Bookmarks with Venessa Vida Kelly
6pm – Costume Contest & Crowning of 2026 MerMonarchs
– $5 per contestant / pay on-site
  • Get your moment in the spotlight in all your Mer-Glory
  • Our guest authors will be your panel of judges
  • 3 MerMonarchs will be crowned with cash prizes for each
  • Categories winners will receive prizes from local businesses
    1. Slickest Selkie
    2. Cruelest Kraken
    3. Sweetest Siren
    4. Wettest Wasserman
  • tickets to watch the Costume Contest $15 / available as capacity allows
*This event is for adults only as Paradise Club / Empress Hotel is a 21+ space

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