Enjoy a day of 50s style entertainment with a modern twist, including live music, a classic pin-up contest with prizes and vendors. Free to attend. This event is sponsored by Underground – please contact 609-652-5200 for more information. Historic Smithville offers 60 shoppes, 7 eateries, carousel ride, train ride, on site lodging at the Colonial Inn and over 26 free weekend events!
Put on your cowboy hat and come to Byrne Plaza at 3400 Pacific Avenue in Downtown Wildwood! Event will feature great country music, food trucks & local tent vendors, artisan vendors, a DJ, live bands, FREE family & kids activities (to include but not limited to corn hole, kan jam, lawn jenga, connect four, face painting), wine and craft beer tastings/sales in garden/tent area, plus a bacon eating contest on Sunday. Be sure to visit the great Downtown Wildwood shops, bars and restaurants while you are here! Sat: 2 p.m. – 10 p.m., Sun: Noon – 6 p.m. http://www.woyftevents.com
A weekly ceremony every Sunday morning to raise the casket flag of a Veteran to honor and remember ALL Veterans, held at the Lou Booth Amphitheater at 2nd and Ocean Avenues in North Wildwood. Arrive 10 minutes before sunrise to participate in a 20-minute tribute and inspirational message at the most beautiful vista on the Jersey Shore. This location offers photo ops galore! The Flag Raising Ceremony is weather permitting as Veteran Casket Flags are not for all-weather. Cancellations will be posted within a half hour of the scheduled service on the Weekly Schedule page on http://www.SunriseOnSunday.com.
The parade starts at noon from City Hall. Festival includes live performances, over 100 vendors, family zone and food court. FREE.
The Monmouth Civic Chorus returns to its early days to present favorite choruses and scenes from Gilbert & Sullivan, The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, Victor Herbert and others, combined with favorite choruses from opera masters Puccini, Verdi, and more.
Ticket Prices: Regular, $30; Senior, $27; Group, $25; Student, $10
- MENDELSSOHN Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Whimsical, sparkling, emotional—was more joyous music ever put to paper? Closes with the famous Wedding March, which in its full orchestral form is a marvel.
- RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
The superlatives rack up when describing this glorious work: stunning, titanic, sweeping—even sweetly intimate in spots. A perfect conclusion to the season.
Tickets: $22 in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $25 at the door
Love Remains, Tal Wilkenfeld’s debut solo album for BMG, is a testament to the celebrated bassist’s unconventional journey.While a dedicated fan base may already know Tal for her work with Jeff Beck, Prince, The Allman Bros., Herbie Hancock and Mick Jagger, Love Remains reveals a new side of Tal as a songwriter and singer with skills on par with her legend-in-the making musicianship. This new album’s 10 song collection displays the Australian-born, LA-based musician as a talented vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. The album was co-produced by Tal and Paul Stacey (Oasis, The Black Crowes) and features guitarist Blake Mills, keyboardists Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) & Zac Rae (Death Cab For Cutie) and drummer Jeremy Stacey.
Tal’s range of talents is on full display, and she achieves a stunning balance between instrumental prowess and exquisite song craft. Jackson Browne, who offered creative guidance throughout the process of making the album, was executive producer.With few models of an instrumentalist turned singer-songwriter, Tal has broken extraordinary new ground. As Jackson Browne acknowledged,“I can’t think of another instrumentalist that has ventured into the area that Tal now has, when it comes to writing and singing songs from her own experience.”“I began singing and writing songs with words when I first picked up a guitar at 14,” said Tal. “When I arrived in the States a couple of years later, I quickly became fixated on guitar and then the bass and I stepped away from lyric writing. My bass became both my weapon and my shield, but that ran its course. That’s when I began writing song with lyrics again and creating this album.”After relocating stateside from her native Sydney, Australia at just 16-years-old, Tal made believers of rock royalty and fans with her uncommon combination of melodic sensibilities and technical prowess.
Zac Brown Band: After self-releasing two albums in the early 2000s, Zac Brown Band hit it big with their smash single “Chicken Fried” in 2008. Ever since, they have been at the top of the charts and critics list. Zac Brown Band tour dates have been scheduled nationally and the band is eager to hit the road in support of their sophomore album.