Update: Garden State stars + places to stay!

We've gotten a lot of emails regarding places to stay around the Toms River Festival grounds. The official hotels of the event are the Holiday Inn - Toms River (290 Route 37 East; 732-244-4052) and the Ramada Inn - Toms River (2373 Route 9; 732-905-2626). Tell 'em we sent you when you make your reservation.

In other news, we've announced the resident Garden State artists who will be performing at this year's event. April Smith & The Great Picture Show, Matt O'Ree, Jerzy Jung, Status Green, Just Kait, Wiser Time and Linda Chorney will perform over this year's two-day event. For more information on each artist, visit our Lineups page.

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In other TRF news, tickets are selling at a rapid pace. You can get your tickets online by clicking here, calling Ticketmaster Charge-By-Phone (856-338-9000 | 609-520-8383 | 201-507-8900 | 215-336-2000 | 212-307-7171), visiting any Ticketmaster retail outlet (including our friends at FYE in Ocean County Mall), or by going to the TRSD box office at 1144 Hooper Avenue in Toms River. Hurry -- this is summer's hottest ticket!