For those thousands who make a festival out of chowder, Chowderfest is now a daylong event on Oct. 1 in Beach Haven. For those who make a month of sampling and savoring, the LBI Region Chowder Trail is for tasting the competitors’ entries at participating restaurants, starting Labor Day weekend.

The one-day Chowderfest at the Taylor Avenue waterfront caps off the monthlong tasting at the restaurants, a list of which is online at chowderfest.com.