Entertainment - Shore Local Newsmagazine

Ring in 2026 with a South Jersey classic: The Polar Bear Plunge

by Delaney Crawford | Dec 18, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, South Jersey, Top Stories, Wahoo

As we get closer to ringing in the New Year, it’s time to start planning how you’re going to celebrate. Of course, here in South Jersey, the real party begins on New Year’s Day with the many Polar Bear Plunges our shore towns host. To help you get ready to ring in the...

Where to find the beach Christmas trees in Ocean City

by Steffen Klenk | Dec 18, 2025 | Features, Cape May County, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, Ocean City, South Jersey, Wahoo

Each year, Ocean City residents and visitors bring a touch of Christmas magic to our beaches with a dazzling array of Christmas trees, each with their own simple message to the community. Below we have provided a guide of every tree on the island, from the north to...

Crafting wonder in miniature: Jen Ottepka’s small-animal photography

by Sarah Fertsch | Dec 18, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Entertainment, Sarah Fertsch, South Jersey

By all appearances, the mouse is hammering away in a Christmas workshop, hard at work among miniature tools and carefully crafted props. Has Santa’s workshop been shrunk? Elves disguised as rodents make whimsical toys in miniature in preparation for Christmas Day....

Atlantic City Headliners

by Michael | Dec 18, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Calendars, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, Music, South Jersey, Wahoo

Friday, December 19 Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings 4 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. Starlight Ballroom at Resorts Garden State Live 8 p.m. Sound Waves at Hard Rock Christmas in Concert 8 p.m. The Music Box at Borgata Saturday, December 20 Christmas in the Air 3 p.m....

Garden State Live! presents ‘Singer-Songwriter Night’ at Hard Rock’s Sound Waves Friday

by Michael | Dec 18, 2025 | Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, Music, South Jersey, Wahoo

Tune In, Turn On Fans of original music who reside anywhere near the Jersey Shore are probably aware of Garden State Live! If you aren’t, it’s a cool, original music showcase sponsored by the Prudential North2Shore Festival, in conjunction with Hard Rock Hotel &...

‘Totally Tubular’ tour to celebrate an early-’80s music revolution

by Chuck Darrow | Dec 18, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, South Jersey, Wahoo

The Casino File In the first half of the 1980s, to describe something as “totally tubular” was especially high praise. As such, it’s an appropriate title for a tour featuring a gaggle of chart-toppers from that long-ago, MTV-propelled era. The ”Totally Tubular” tour,...