Events

Hero 5k run will take place at 9:30am. Hero ceremonies are at 10:30am. The walk is a 5k walk along the Ocean City boardwalk. We raise awareness of the importance of sober designated drivers. Registration begins at 8:30am at the Sports & Civic Center, 6^th & Boardwalk. For more information visit www.herocampaign.org or call 609-626-3880.

Down the “beautiful” OC Boardwalk. Sponsored by the Humane Society of Ocean City. For more information call 609-398-9500 ext. 4 or visit www.hsocnj.org

Come enjoy your Sunday by trying delicious samples from your favorite Belmar restaurants and several new eateries.  Come channel your inner food and sample up to  4 hours of food sampling. Children 12 and under are free

Seasonal Part Time & Full Time Positions available for Summer 2019. Ages 14* and Up (*limited positions for 14 & 15 year-olds). Must bring Two Forms of ID. Positions include game and ride operators, arcade workers, Beach Staff, Parking Attendants, Ropes Course Facilitators, Restaurant, and Candy Store & Gift Store.

This wonderful event showcases vendors of green products/ideas, environmental organizations and local businesses. This year, one of the focuses of the Commission is to spread awareness of Integrated Pest Management: broad-based approach that integrates practices for economic control of pests. Vendors’ exhibits will have a theme, a product, or a lesson that is Environmentally Themed in nature.

In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day please join us to view,  After Auschwitz,  a “Post-Holocaust” documentary that follows six extraordinary women, capturing what it means to move from tragedy and trauma towards life. This program runs for 83 minutes and is free for public viewing. Registration begins on April 4, 2019.

The Brass Family of the orchestra are often the loudest. Enjoy hearing Trumpets, and Trombones, the French Horn, and the Tuba. Hear how Ludwig van Beethoven uses Brass instruments in his Symphony No. 3 and his Piano Concerto No. 5. Afterwards, you can blow your own horn, and all the other brass instruments too!

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls on The Stone Pony Summer Stage
with Against Me!, Murder By Death, Tim Barry
Tickets: $39.50 in advance (plus applicable surcharges)

Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict the Jesse Malin show at The Stone Pony originally scheduled for May 4 has been moved to Friday, May 17. We look forward to seeing everyone and promise it will be a special evening as Jesse and band perform The Fine Art of Self Destruction.
Live Nation & 90.5 The Night present
Jesse Malin
performing The Fine Art of Self Destruction + more
plus special guests
Adam Weiner (of Low Cut Connie)
Tangiers Blues Band
Matty Carlock and the Jailbirds
Tickets: $22 in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $25 at the door

Tickets: $25 in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $30 at the door
Betty Who has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold will go to support The Trevor Project, and their work providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth. TheTrevorProject.org
To understand where Betty Who currently stands in her career, it’s best to imagine her as she often stood as a kid: solo, in front of the bedroom mirror, belting out hits, dancing like everyone’s watching. Because as the Australian pop queen walked away from her record deal and into her first independent album, she had a single mandate: “I am going to be the most me I can be.” That is, in part, why her third full-length statement is simply called Betty. It’s pure her: a brilliant swirl of pop — ’80s, Y2K, and hyper-modern strains — that encompasses everything from intimate artful fare to darkly sexy bangers to full-on wedding reception shout-alongs. What’s more, these are songs about grown-woman emotions delivered by someone who rediscovered the drive and verve that fueled her rise through music in the first place. As Betty says, “It all came back to joy.”There’s a reason Betty was tapped to remake the Queer Eye theme song for the uplifting series’ second season. It’s the same reason she’s soundtracked Pitch Perfect and made the Glee cast swoon, and that a certain legendary flash mob proposal video went viral to the tune of her 2012 debut single “Somebody Loves You.” Joy has always been in the music, but for Betty herself the feeling had faded. “I didn’t understand how damaging it was to feel like I was never living up to expectation,” she says of her time on a major label. “When you’re in the middle of it, you think it’s driving you. When I came out the other side I realized, no, I was devastated.” She wanted to handpick her team, sink or swim by her own choices, and share music while it’s fresh. With Betty, she did all of that and made an album that, as she puts it, “I’m more proud of than I could possibly say.”The world got a taste of that with Betty’s first independent single “Ignore Me,” an uplifting ode to moving on set to warm, indie-tinged electropop. Likewise, synth-streaked dance cut “I Remember” takes on something sad — the dissonance that can bubble up in a relationship — and finds the sweetness therein as Betty coos, “I don’t want perfect, I want you.” Our heroine not only split from her label in 2017, she got engaged, and the thrill of realizing you’ could spend your life with someone rings out on “Marry Me.” The song’s exuberance was inspired by the unabashed pop (namely Katy Perry) Betty loved as a teen. Meanwhile, the vintage JT-evoking “All This Woman” addresses a would-be lover but is really about Betty’s acceptance of her own body: “This is me saying to the man or woman I’m standing opposite, ‘This is what I want and you’re crazy if you don’t want it too.’”These songs spilled out with a similar assuredness — among them, early teaser “Taste,” which Betty has described as “a little rock ‘n’ roll with just a touch of vampire fetish,” and Betty‘s first official single, the achingly up-close, acoustic-powered “Between You & Me.” The process began in sessions between runs of her famously vibrant, intensely choreographed tour. She’d planned to write more when she came off the road, but instead realized she already had an album’s worth of songs she adored. So rather than iron them out in high-profile studios around Los Angeles, she absconded to a rental in Palm Springs with her two of her best friends, artist/producer Pretty Sister and decade-long collaborator Peter Thomas. They finished Betty in 10 days between shared meals and streaming sunshine. “It was one of the best times of my life,” recalls Betty. “I swear I’ll never make a record any other way.”But that setting conjures the beginning of Betty Who, when the woman born Jessica Newham studied cello at Berklee during the week, then took the first train out to Providence so she could spend all weekend inventing her sound at classmate Peter’s family home. And that hustle itself mimics a theme of Betty’s childhood in Sydney: while her classical training began at age 4, she devoted every free second to Britney, Christina, *NSYNC, and MJ. The voices, the moves, the lyrics, the spectacle — she ate it all up, especially that feeling the best pop gives you: “When you hear it,” says Betty, “and go, ‘Oh my God, you literally wrote this about me.’ I’ve wanted to make music like that ever since.” In that spirit, Betty gives us what we need most right now: an excuse to dance in the mirror, license to trust our instinct, and knowledge that joy is never too far away

Coheed and Cambria
with Mastodon (performing Crack the Skye)
and Every Time I Die
Tickets: $49.50 in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $55 at the door

Grab your favorite green outfit and come celebrate at the 49^th Annual Irish Festival. Come see live Thoroughbred racing, Irish step dancing, crafters, food, a pipe and drum competition, two human horse races and so much more! Enjoy free Family Fun Day with face painting, pony rides, and a bounce house. General admission is $5, parking is $5 and children 12 and under are free. Doors open at 7:30am, first race is at 12:50pm.

Come celebrate Father’s Day at the Monmouth Park Race Track. All gentlemen receive FREE admission, all other admission is $5 and children 12 and under are free. Treat Dad to our Pre-Fixe Brunch or our Father’s Day Brunch Buffet. Enter into the Father’s Day Sports Ticket Drawing to win tickets to local sports teams. Parking is $5. Doors open at 7:30am, first race at 12:50pm.

Max Weinberg’s Jukebox
Performing more than 80 shows so far throughout 2017 and 2018 Max Weinberg’s Jukebox continues to barnstorm the country, blasting out the hits!
Audiences have thoroughly embraced the idea of picking and calling out the songs the band plays—in real time and in a variety of intimate venues. From Beatles to Bruce and Stones to Steppenwolf the band infuses these classics with the respect the songs deserve. As one fan said, “It’s not a concert—it’s party! The bar was packed!”
But don’t take our word for it. Here’s what Marc Steczyk, director of the Lincoln Amphitheater, in Indiana, had to say: “Max Weinberg’s Jukebox was one of the most interactive, energetic performances that we’ve ever had at the Lincoln Amphitheater! Max, literally, leaves the stage to be amongst the crowd—his fans—and lets them pick the set list from a scrolling list of 300+ songs…and they play it…on the spot…spot on! Max is a pro’s pro, as was his entire band—tremendously professional to work with and a great asset to our entire performance series!”

HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION 2019 TOUR
with special guests Matisyahu, Tribal Seeds, & HIRIE
on The Stone Pony Summer Stage
Tickets: $42.50 in advance (plus applicable surcharges) $49.50 at the door

with Remember Jones
Tickets: $36.50 and up in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $45 at the gate

The Anglesea Night Market series is back for 2019. We start on a special day of the week. Sunday July 7 and then return on July 18, Aug. 1, and Aug. 15. This year the events run 5 to 10 pm. Food trucks, crafters, live music, and more down Olde New Jersey Ave. in North Wildwood!

moe. and Blues Traveler with special guest G. Love
All Roads Runaround Tour
Tickets: $39.50 in advance (plus applicable surcharges)
4 pack tickets: $30 each in advance (plus applicable surcharges)

Sublime with Rome with special guests SOJA, Common Kings and more
Tickets: $39.50 and up in advance (plus applicable surcharges)

Bring your shovels and creative flair to Belmar beach this summer for the 33rd annual New Jersey Sandcastle Contest on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 (rain date July 18). This family-favorite event draws crowds of competitors and spectators to 18th Avenue beach for a day of digging and sculpting by the sea.

The competition, which begins at 8 a.m., is free and open to participants of all ages. First, second, and third prizes will be awarded in the following categories, along with a Best on Beach award.

• Age 7 and under

• Age 8 to 11

• Age 12 to 15

• Age 16+

• Camps and recreation

• Families

• Classic sandcastle

Sad Summer Festival
State Champs, Mayday Parade, The Maine
Mom Jeans, Stand Atlantic, Just Friends
Tickets: $34.50 & up plus applicable surcharges

The Anglesea Night Market series is back for 2019. We start on a special day of the week. Sunday July 7 and then return on July 18, Aug. 1, and Aug. 15. This year the events run 5 to 10 pm. Food trucks, crafters, live music, and more down Olde New Jersey Ave. in North Wildwood!

The Anglesea Night Market series is back for 2019. We start on a special day of the week. Sunday July 7 and then return on July 18, Aug. 1, and Aug. 15. This year the events run 5 to 10 pm. Food trucks, crafters, live music, and more down Olde New Jersey Ave. in North Wildwood!

John Butler Trio with special guest Trevor Hall
Tickets: $35 and up in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $42 at the doo