Events

Welcome Spring with this comedy parade complete with over 300 basset hounds. 12 noon on Asbury Ave. from 6th St–12th St and then up to the Boardwalk ending at the Music Pier. Pieasco follows parade – mass pie in the face extravaganza.

Be sure to visit this weekend when stores like Molly & Zoey roll out their racks for early season savings!

On April 28, the Surfrider Foundation: Jersey Shore Chapter is hosting a Beach Cleanup followed by Happy Hour at The BAR ROOM + kitchen in Deal, New Jersey!

Volunteers of all ages are welcome and encouraged to clean the beach with us! Bring gloves and wear hard-soled shoes. Dress weather-appropriate!! Always stay off dunes and respect wildlife!

Beach Sweep: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM @ Phillips Beach
Location: Meet at the Phillips Ave. beach entrance.

Happy Hour: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM at Bar Room & Kitchen (100 Norwood Ave, Deal, NJ 07723).

The Surfrider Foundation is a grassroots, non-profit, environmental organization that works for the enjoyment and protection of our oceans, waves and beaches.

Founded in 1984, the Surfrider Foundation’s most important coastal environmental work is carried out by more than 60 chapters located along the East, West, Gulf, Puerto Rican and Hawaiian coasts.

Come to The Historic Village at Allaire this spring to learn about some of Allaire’s history at Camp Burton! You will learn how the Boy Scouts of America and others have utilized this camp throughout history through exploration of the camp, as well as craft demonstrations, games, and demonstrations of life saving skills to name a few.

Come to the Guardian Park this May for the thrid annual “Run the Hook” 5k/10k
fundraiser in support of the charity “Clean Ocean Action.”

A portion of proceeds from the race go directly to the charity so they can continue to work to improve the quality of our local bodies of water.

The event is currently 70% sold out and sold out in advance the first two years of the event, so sign up today!

There is probably no single race more famous than The Benihana Offshore Grand Prix. This race was known as the Indy 500 of Offshore Racing and was held in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, during the 1970’s. The New Jersey Offshore Powerboat Racing Association has been the host club since racing started in Point Pleasant Beach some 40+ years ago. NJ Offshore (NJOPRA) is still a very active club with over 100 members and has kept the tradition of Offshore Racing alive on the Jersey Shore for all those years.

Bring the family to Island Beach for a fun beach day! Vendors will be tabling and food will be available.

We hope you will join us in this year’s event as Bradley Beach kicks off summer at the Jersey Shore. The Memorial Day Parade opens up the food and craft event on the boardwalk which ends on Monday, May 28th.

Join us for our yearly celebration of Bradley Beach and all it has to offer! Music. Delicious Food. Children’s entertainment. Craft vendors. Wine and beer.

Join us for our yearly celebration of Bradley Beach and all it has to offer! Music. Delicious Food. Children’s entertainment. Craft vendors. Wine and beer.

Join Island Beach every Thursday in August for Healthy Earth, Healthy Life, a wellness celebration.

Details will be posted to the website as they become available: https://www.friendsofibsp.org/events/augustwellness/

Annual baby crawling race for babies up to 15 months. The good-natured competition has challenged parents to leave their infant child in the center of a parachute spread out on the beach and has challenged the infants to crawl back to the perimeter of the parachute and the welcoming arms of their parents. Registration is free and begins at 8:30 am. The contest begins at 9 am.

Come to The Anchor’s Bend this summer for the 5th year of Asbury Park Surf Music Festival!

The USA’s #1 surf and music event will feature food, drinks, games, and more in addition to all of the surfing fun and live music!

The Guild’s wacky “All-Member Edgy Exhibit” will be on display for the month of January. According to Webster’s Dictionary, “Edgy” means “at the forefront of a trend, experimental, avant-garde, innovative, original, or offbeat. The Main Gallery will showcase works in all media – acrylic, assemblage, collage and mixed media, oil, pastel, photography, sculpture, watercolor and wood in a variety of unusual subject matter. Reception Sunday, January 6, 3 – 5 pm.

The Guild’s wacky “All-Member Edgy Exhibit” will be on display for the month of January. According to Webster’s Dictionary, “Edgy” means “at the forefront of a trend, experimental, avant-garde, innovative, original, or offbeat. The Main Gallery will showcase works in all media – acrylic, assemblage, collage and mixed media, oil, pastel, photography, sculpture, watercolor and wood in a variety of unusual subject matter. Reception Sunday, January 6, 3 – 5 pm.

Come down to Asbury Park and join us for a wonderful food festival inside Asbury Park’s very own Convention Hall. Amazing food and fancy drinks will be provided. Please join us and partake in this wonderful winter snow ball party down by the shore!

At the Asbury Park museum there will be a presentation by Claire T. Garland, Director of the Sand Hill Indian Historical Society and Sharon Coleman Davis. The two ladies will share their family roots and history of the Cherokee Indian inhabitants of our area going back to the early 1700s.

Instructor, Gayle Stahlhuth, artistic director of East Lynne Theater Company, uses writing and simple acting exercises to trigger the writer’s imagination. The workshop is geared for those who have written plays, as well as those who have always wanted to try their hand at writing a play. Participants are encouraged to create short plays during the workshop.

Aside from performing, directing, and producing, Stahlhuth is also a produced playwright, who has received writing commissions from The Smithsonian Institution, Theatreworks/USA and The Illinois and Missouri Humanities Councils, and grants from The New Jersey Humanities Council.  Her plays have been performed at such places as the NYC International Fringe Festival, The Samuel French One-Act Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Arvada Center in Denver, the Pennsylvania Stage Company, the Phoenix Theater in Indianapolis, and the Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company, located in Cape May. She has taught playwriting to a variety of ages throughout the country at theaters, universities, libraries, public schools, and writing conferences. For several years, Gayle was a popular workshop leader at the now-disbanded North Wildwood Beach Writer’s Conference.

The fee is only $10 and may be paid at the door.  This fee is unusually low due to the financial support the New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s “Stages Festival.” Advance registration appreciated and may be made by calling 609-884-5898 or e-mail eastlynneco@aol.com.

Come join us at Avon by the Sea for the sunrise in order to visualize the best colors, reflections, and waves to create your very own image.  In order to participate, you must provide your own DSLR or mirrorless camera and tripod. After creation of your image, hot beverages will be provided! If weather conditions are unfavorable, the event will be rescheduled to Sunday, March 17th.

Martells Tiki Bar will be hosting Point Pleasant Beach Chamber’s annual Beers on the Boards. Enjoy unlimited samples of fine craft beer from over 40 breweries and unlimited food from our gourmet buffet (open all day).  All beer and all food is included in the ticket price and at $60 it is a tremendous value. Music will be provided by The Mike Dalton Band.