The “other Shore” has its weekend in the sun Saturday and Sunday with Delaware Bay Days, a celebration of the maritime history, local culture and natural resources of the Delaware Bayshore.

The old fishing villages of Bivalve, Port Norris and Shellpile host children’s activities, artisans, music, wetlands tours. Sail on New Jersey’s official tall ship, the oyster schooner A.J. Meerwald, which worked these waters in the 1920s. http://www.ajmeerwald.org/dbsp/html/bayday/bayday.htm or call (856) 785-2060.

Speaking of seafood, the New Jersey Seafood Festival is in Belmar. Some of the state’s top chefs cook traditional shrimp and lobster, plus ethnic sea fare like calamari, paella, conch fritters and sushi. Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m-7 p.m. www.belmar.com or (732) 681-3700.

Elsewhere, it’s all about celebrating our heritage.

The Ironbound’s annual Portugal Day Festival is Saturday and Sunday. There will be traditional Portuguese food and music on Ferry St, in Newark. Call (973) 344-0123.

Watch bagpipe and stepdancing competitions Sunday at the New Jersey Irish Festival, First Energy Park, Lakewood (732-901-7000). Tickets are $10 on the day of the event, $8 if pre-purchased. Lakewood’s minor league baseball team, sells them, at http://www.blueclaws.com/lakewood_blueclaws_special_events.asp.

The Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre stages “The Sephardic Connection: the Story of the Spanish Jews.” The show- at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, uses dance, music and song to depict the lives of the Sephardim at the time of their exodus from Spain in 1492. Saturday at 8. p.m. www.alboradadance.org or call daytime (732) 416-1647 or evening (732) 255-4071.

And speaking of history, try to get to the Two Rivers Antiques Show and Garden Tour. In its 13 years of existence, the show has raised more than $2 million for the Wilentz Breast Center at Monmouth Medical Center.

It’s happening Saturday and Sunday at the Red Bank Armory Ice Complex. $30 gets you the antique show & garden tour ($35 at the door), $10 is the antique show only. www.tworivershow.org or (732) 923-6886.

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