We do a lot of romanticizing about September around here.

If you look at the LBI region as a music festival metaphor, summer will always be the headliner – all those people dropping money for that big-ticket act and the hit songs. But for a lot of people, September and October are the act they really want to see, a more obscure band with a smaller but enthusiastic following. They still enjoy the headliner, but they watch from afar. It’s those various stages of fall that have the core followers.