Special events highlight holiday weekend in Ocean City
A full calendar of spring events continues on Easter Weekend in Ocean City with a free egg hunt on the Boardwalk, a sunrise service at the Ocean City Music Pier, a dueling pianos show and visits with the Easter Bunny.
The second of two Great Egg Hunts will take place on the boardwalk on Saturday, April 19. Fifty participating merchants will invite children up to age 7 to visit stores with their families to collect eggs filled with treats and toys. The event will run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. or while supplies last. Flyers will direct families to participating stores. Rain date is Sunday, April 20. More information is available on Facebook (@ocnjboardwalk) or Instagram (@oc_njboardwalk).
The Easter Bunny will visit with children from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 19, at Mark Soifer Park (9th Street and Asbury Avenue).
All are welcome to join a traditional non-denominational Easter Sunrise Service at 6:15 a.m. Sunday (April 20) at the Ocean City Music Pier. Local clergy members will lead the celebration, which will include Easter music. The service also will be streamed via Zoom for anybody who cannot attend the live event: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84581188760.
The Philly Keys will return with their hit dueling piano show in front of the Ocean City Music Pier at noon Sunday (April 20). From noon to 2 p.m., children are invited to come dressed in their Easter’s best to meet the Easter Bunny for a photo in an Ocean City lifeguard boat.
More spring events in Ocean City
April 26 and 27 – Sports Memorabilia Show: Purchase sports memorabilia and sports cards from various vendors and participate in meet-and-greets and Q&A sessions at the Ocean City Music Pier.
April 26 and 27 – Boardwalk and Downtown Merchant “Discount Days”: At businesses from 6th Street to 14th Street on the Boardwalk and Asbury Avenue.
May 2 – Martin Z. Mollusk Day: Come see if summer will come early as our city mascot seeks his shadow at 11 a.m. Friday, May 2, at Ninth Street Beach.
May 3 – Spring Block Party: More than 350 crafters, vendors and entertainers line downtown Asbury Avenue from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 3.
May 3 and 4 – Boardwalk and Downtown Merchant “Discount Days”: At businesses from 6th Street to 14th Street on the Boardwalk and Asbury Avenue.
Tickets for sale for two great Pops shows
Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 15 for two Ocean City Pops shows this summer: one featuring the music of the Broadway musical “Wicked,” and the other featuring the music of Paul McCartney.
The Ocean City Pops will be joined by Broadway performers with stunning voices and playful banter in “Good Witch Bad Witch” at 7:30 p.m. July 6 at the Ocean City Music Pier.
“Live and Let Die” will showcase the talents of Tony Kishman, a veteran of the Broadway smash hit “Beatlemania,” at 7:30 p.m. July 13.
Visit oceancityvacation.com/box-office for more information and to buy tickets.
Local ticket sales now open for 2025 Summer Concert Series
A limited number of tickets for the 2025 Summer Concert Series at the Ocean City Music Pier will go on sale at the City Hall Welcome Center starting at 10 a.m. Friday, April 11. All sales will be by cash or check only. Tickets are also available online at etix.com and brepresents.com.
The City Hall Welcome Center (861 Asbury Ave.) will be open 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Use the entrance off Ninth Street. Ticket sales will move to the Music Pier Box Office on Saturdays and Sundays (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.). The Music Pier is on the Boardwalk at Moorlyn Terrace.
The Summer Concert Series features a lineup of rock and popular music concerts typically on Monday and Tuesday nights at the Ocean City Music Pier.
Tickets for the following shows are currently on sale:
The Beach Boys
6 p.m. Monday, June 23
8:30 p.m. Monday, June 23
6 p.m. Tuesday, June 24
8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 24
Ocean City Music Pier
$125, $99.50 and $69.50
Killer Queen – A Tribute to Queen
7 p.m. Monday, June 30
Ocean City Music Pier
$69.50, $59.50 and $49.50
Jon Anderson the Band Geeks
Performing YES Epics, Classics and more
7 p.m. Monday, July 7
Ocean City Music Pier
$99.50, $79.50 and $59.50
The Wailers
Performing music from the albums “Natural Mystic” and “Evolution”
7 p.m. Monday, July 14
Ocean City Music Pier
$59 and $49
Rick Wakeman
Strictly Wakeman featuring vocalist Hayley Sanderson from U.K.’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’
7 p.m. Monday, July 21
Ocean City Music Pier
$89, $69 and $49
Let’s Sing Taylor – An Unofficial Live Band Tribute to Taylor Swift
5 p.m. Monday, July 28
Ocean City Music Pier
$59.50, $49.50, $39.50 and $29.50
Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees
7 p.m. Monday, August 11
Ocean City Music Pier
$79.50, $69.50 and $59.50
The Orchestra Starring Former Members of Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II
7 p.m. Monday, August 18
Ocean City Music Pier
$55 and $39
‘A Bronx Tale’: The original one-man show starring Chazz Palminteri
7 p.m. Tuesday, August 19
Ocean City Music Pier
$99.50, $69.50 and $49.50
Mavis Staples
Plus special guest Jeffrey Gaines
7 p.m. Monday, August 25
Ocean City Music Pier
$89, $79 and $59
