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By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY The Ocean City Music Pier will welcome two great acts this week, with Jackie Evancho performing with the Ocean City Pops on Sunday, August 27, and George Thorogood and the Destroyers rocking out on Monday and Tuesday, August 28 and 29.  Evancho first dazzled American television audiences in 2010 at the age of…

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY The 60th annual Boardwalk Art Show will be held Friday through Sunday (Aug. 4 to 6) on the Boardwalk between Eighth Street and 13th Street. Artists from throughout the region will exhibit and sell their works. This year’s show will represent a recommitment to fine art, including oils, acrylics, watercolors, drawings, hand-pulled prints and…

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY There were 131 boats and 175 homes decorated for Ocean City’s Night in Venice parade on Saturday. Many were adorned following this year’s theme of “It’s a Philly Thing,” while others did their own thing. Either way, there were plenty to check out along the bayfront. Awards can be picked up at…

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY When is Night in Venice? The boat parade starts at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 29. Where does the parade route begin and end? The parade begins near the Ocean City-Longport toll bridge and travels along the bayside to Tennessee Avenue, looping in and out of lagoons along the way. Where can…

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY Philadelphia Eagles mascot SWOOP will be part of Ocean City’s Night in Venice boat parade on July 29. SWOOP will join Phillies mascot the Phanatic, Flyers mascot Gritty and the Philadelphia Union’s mascot Fang as Ocean City celebrates an “It’s a Philly Thing” theme for this year’s parade. Ocean City’s 68th annual…

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY The Philadelphia Flyers Community Caravan will bring carnival-style fun – including an inflatable hockey rink, slap shot target and bungee run – to Ocean City at noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, at the Ocean City Civic Center (just off the Boardwalk at Sixth Street). “The Philadelphia Flyers have always been…

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY Not to be outdone by his friend the Phillie Phanatic, the Philadelphia Flyers’ madman mascot Gritty will join Ocean City’s Night in Venice boat parade on July 29. The theme of this year’s event is “It’s a Philly Thing,” and the two Philadelphia mascots will rev up the thousands of spectators who…

By MediaWize – OCNJDAILY The latest addition to the 2023 Night in Venice boat parade lineup is a 6’6” 300-pound Philadelphia icon with a svelte 90-inch waistline. Ocean City is proud to announce that the Phillie Phanatic will bring his manic energy to the parade to help celebrate this year’s “It’s a Philly Thing” theme….

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY From pie-eating, freckle and sand-sculpting contests to concerts by the Ocean City Pops and Disney princesses, Ocean City’s calendar of special events is filled with family fun this week. CONTESTS AND WEEKLY HAPPENINGS: Ocean City’s “Wacky But Not Tacky” series of Wacky Wednesdays continues at 10:30 a.m. July 5 at the Ocean City Music…