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A Jersey Fresh celebration: Somers Point jazz festival returns Oct. 16

by Delaney Crawford | Sep 25, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, Somers Point, South Jersey

The South Jersey Jazz Society has been in existence since 2004. Since then, the group’s goal has been to advance and facilitate the promotion, presentation, education, and appreciation of jazz in Somers Point and throughout South Jersey. Over the years, SJJS has put...

Sebastian Maniscalco at Ocean: Getting older, but staying funny

by Chuck Darrow | Sep 25, 2025 | Events & Happenings, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey, Wahoo

The Casino File The main takeaway from uber-comic Sebastian Maniscalco’s first of eight performances at Ocean Casino Resort? The dude is getting old. That’s not an opinion. It’s straight from the horse’s mouth, as the 52-year-old, Chicago-born funnyman anchored last...

Live & Local Music Calendar

by shorelocalnews | Sep 25, 2025 | Events & Happenings, Atlantic County, Calendars, Cape May County, Entertainment, Features, Music, South Jersey, Wahoo

Thursday, September 25 Atlantic City Anchor Rock Club Jersey Devil Super Jam: A Night of Music & Comedy 7:30 p.m. 247 S. New York Ave. Bar One at Resorts Karaoke w/ Cowboy Kevin 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. 1133 Boardwalk Nola’s Bar at Ocean Casino DJ Dahve 8 p.m. 500...

Remembering when Barry Manilow brought ‘Copacabana’ to the Boardwalk

by Chuck Darrow | Sep 25, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey

Remembering When When pop-music titan Barry Manilow decided to bring his 1978 hit single, “Copacabana,” to life as a book musical, he certainly could have staged the show about “music and passion” at what was arguably the most-famous American nightclub of the mid-20th...

Autumn reads to curl up with

by Holly Fertsch | Sep 25, 2025 | South Jersey, Entertainment, Features

As the air turns crisp, the Jersey Shore slows down to the cozy rhythm of fall. What better way to enjoy the more restful pace of life as the hustle-and-bustle of summer fades away, and we turn the page to autumn, than to snuggle up to a good book? Babel By R.F. Kuang...

Yacht Rock Revue to Bring its Yacht Rock Forever Tour to Hard Rock

by shorelocalnews | Sep 24, 2025 | Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, Features, South Jersey, Wahoo

Yacht Rock Revue is bringing its Yacht Rock Forever Tour to Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. The show is slated for Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased...