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Ocean City’s premier early-season event, the Spring Block Party, returns on Saturday, May 4. The street festival features more than 350 crafters, food vendors, musicians, and kids’ activities stretched out over a mile of downtown Asbury Avenue between 5th Street and 14th Street. The roadway is closed to all vehicle traffic for the event. The…

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — The 2019 Ocean City Pops season is coming up. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Thursday. The Ocean City Pops, in its 91st season, will host performances with special themes, including Broadway songs and full musicals, movie themes and tunes and a salute to the American Legion on its 100th…

1) An Olympic kickoff. While the majority of the action takes place on Saturday, April 13, the folks at Tri-State Basset Hound Rescue will host a Basset Olympics from noon to 3 p.m. on Friday, April 12, at the Ocean City Tabernacle. The afternoon will feature a lineup of lumbering, questionably trained, flop-eared hound dogs…

Ocean City will combine “Dancing with the Stars,” “So You Think You Can Dance” and “American Idol” onto one stage. “Ballroom with a Twist” takes place at 7:30 p.m. May 11 at the Ocean City Music Pier. Tickets go on sale Thursday. “Ballroom with a Twist” brings a frenzy of dance moves by professional international…

Ocean City landed two athletes who brought championship to Philadelphia for the city’s Sports Memorabilia Show. Philadelphia Eagle Darren Sproles and former Eagles slugger Matt Stairs will greet fans and take questions March 30. The showcase takes place at the Ocean City Music Pier from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sproles will lead a meet-and-greet…

We’re almost there. April is around the corner, and Ocean City has a full slate of events. Here’s what’s coming up in Ocean City. Edible Book Festival, April 1, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., atrium outside the Ocean City Library: Bookworms and foodies, unite. This event asks contestants to come up with food that plays off book…

Do you feel spring around the corner yet? You just might with this slate of March events in Ocean City. Mark Soifer Poetry Reading (7 p.m. March 6): Ocean City’s longtime public relations director will read from his 10th poetry book, “Pair of Dice Lost” at the Ocean City Library (1735 Simpson Ave.). The book is…

Just two years after its Gale Force roller coaster changed the face of amusements – and the skyline – in Ocean City, Playland’s Castaway Cove is adding four new rides for 2019. The historic park is not standing pat as crews energetically prepare for its 60th year in front of the Flanders Hotel at 10th…

Jody Levchuk, whose family owns the iconic Jilly’s businesses including the newest venture, Jilly’s Candy Factory, knows a bit about managing businesses on the Boardwalk to say the least. His parents opened Jilly’s Arcade back in 1976. Since then, the family has amassed nine stores, which feature everything from food to T-Shirts. February may seem like…

With the arrival of spring a little more than a month away, Ocean City is planning a full calendar of special events. Registration is now open for vendors, contestants and participants as the 2019 season kicks off. March 30 – Sports Memorabilia Show: Collectors from the region will showcase sports cards and memorabilia at the Ocean City Music…