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DMB Caravan Atlantic City: Guide to the Festival Vendors

From tacos, pizza and Atlantic City BBQ to fair-trade and organic items, including memory foam mats, the by-product of recycled material, perfect for festival seating.

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The Atlantic City - Pleasantville area soul food of Kelsie & Kim's will be available at the festival.

ATLANTIC CITY — Check out the list below, provided by the Dave Matthews Band Caravan festival producers, to learn more about the vendors and products that will be available this weekend throughout the three-day DMBC.

We’ve divided the various vendors by specialty for your convenience, noteworthy items include: handmade sterling and crystal jewelry, handmade clothing made from organic materials and following fair trade practices, and memory foam mats, the by-product of recycled material, perfect for festival seating.

Food

The Taco Truck: Providing authentic Mexican food, this mobile Mexican eatery will be making its way down the Jersey shore from Hoboken.

2 Sisters Food: Serving up corndogs and London broil.

Spicy Pie: Hungry for a good slice of pizza? Try these guys!

Paris Produce: Pleasantville’s locally known vendor will be ready with fresh fruit and salads.

Jonathan’s Harbor: Seafood from Stone Harbor; make your way to this vendor for some seafood kabobs.

Tony Boloney’s: Atlantic City’s own pizza, award-winning cheesesteaks, and A.C.-style subs. 

Greek Bilen: Selling Greek salads, pitas, and falafel.

Flaming Wok: Providing Thai and Chinese cuisine.

Crescent Foods: Offering vegetarian burritos and quesadillas.

Hot Spot Foods: Hailing from our very own Cape May and Wildwood areas, check out this hot vendor if you’re in the mood for Italian subs and sausages.

Jalapeno Corn Dog: Looking for something a little different? Try this place for exotic corndogs, or if you’re feeling a little less risky, give their funnel cake a go.

Custard Queen: Selling Cajun po’ boys and ice cream.

Tieland Express: An American Thai fusion vendor.

Jet Services: Providing pretzels and lemonade.

Marshalls, LLC.: They’ve got it all – quesadillas, beef, chicken, or fish tacos, and Italian ice.

London Court: To escape the heat try these guys, they’re offering smoothies and lemonade.

Taste and Tell: Specializing in Caribbean cuisine.

Stella Jeans: Serving sweet potato fries, chicken fingers, and fried cheese curds.

Strawberry Fields: Offering pita, burritos, falafel, and smoothies.

Kelsey and Kim’s: Atlantic City’s own BBQ.

Strawberry Street: Serving up seafood, gyros, fries, and BBQ.

Scooper’s Ice Cream: For all of your ice cream needs!

Frozen Cow Distribution: For something a little different but on the same sweet note, try this Somers Point eatery’s Trits Costa Rican ice cream sandwich.

Apparel and Accessories

Burt's Handmade Rings: Handmade sterling silver & gemstone rings, pendants, bracelets and earrings.

Vanessa Valente Crystals:  Handmade crystal necklaces, bracelets, earrings and raw crystals sourced directly from a Brazilian mine.

Hooked Productions:  Handmade clothing made from organic cotton and bamboo/cotton blends.

Not Fade Away:  Men’s and women’s clothing; blankets, tapestries, wind generators and kites.

Synergy Clothing: Stylish women’s organic clothing using only low impact dyes, water-based screen-printing, following fair trade practices.

Apsara:  A product line consisting of hand crafted items ranging from handmade batik to naturally dyed hand-printed clothing as well as a line of finely crafted, new and antique tribal jewelry from various regions of the orient.

Mat Mi Thai:  New and original clothing and unique wares from Thailand

Souldier: Handmade using recycled seatbelts, vinyl and vintage salvaged materials, Souldier creates a unique line of guitar, banjo and mandolin straps, cameral straps, belts, wallets, headbands and pet collars and leashes.

Moonmats: Moonmats are the recycled by-product from the production of earplugs for the US military. This yields a high-grade colorful memory foam mat perfect for a comfortable place to sit during festivals. In addition scrap mats and defective earplugs are repurposed to create the stuffing for Moonsacks (a memory foam beanbag-like chair). 

Sundancer Hats: A wide range of summertime hats including stash caps and a unique line of “eco-braid” hats made from three recycled natural straw fibers.

Splash Creations:  A line of handmade tye dye clothing.

Nomadic State of Mind:  Offering a line of handmade organic sandals.
Art

Phil Kutno Studios: A wide variety of artwork including Lithograph pencil prints, limited edition portraits, Giclee prints on canvas and original oil paintings. 

Jah-Love's Creations:  An extraordinary array of blown art glass, from blown glass pendants to sculptures, vases and jewelry.

Octopus' Garden: Imported home décor and personal accessories including everything from candlestick holders, chess sets, statuary and incense burners, to tapestries, bed covers, tablecloths and wall hangings.

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