Thursday, August 7, 2014 / by Teresa DiPeso
Jersey Shore Insider, Your Week Ahead
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Stone Harbor The Festival of Lights, Aug 9. The Festival of Lights returns to celebrate Stone Harbor's Centennial! Boat Parade leaves from Yacht Club of Stone Harbor 7:30 PM. All are invited to participate with decorated boats and decorated bay front properties. Details www.stoneharbornj.org
Cape May Craft Beer and Crab Festival, Aug 9. Feeling crabby? Don't miss thethird annual Cape May Craft Beer and Crab Festival on the beautiful grounds of the Emlen Physick Estate. Enjoy live music, great food and plenty of steamed crabs and crab cakes. A 10-tap beer truck will have local and regional craft beer flowing all day as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages. Have fun with stilt-walkers, acrobats, crafters and more. See why CBS NY named this event one of New Jersey's Top Five Summer Festivals! Details www.capemay.com
Wildwood Hoops, Aug 6-9. The world famous Harlem Globetrotters return to the Wildwoods Convention to entertain the entire family. Details www.HarlemGlobetrotters.com/Wildwood.
Ocean City Baby Parade, Aug 14. The best summer spectacle at the Jersey Shore? Some would say it's the Ocean City Baby Parade. 90 minutes of pomp, pageantry and Pampers on the Ocean City boardwalk. More than 150 children participate in this annual event now in it's 105 year. One of the oldest baby parades in the country, this event is a fun, priceless slice of seaside Americana. Details www.oceancityvacation.com
Atlantic City Airshow- Aug. 13. "Thunder Over the Boardwalk," is one of the largest attended of all Shore events. Back this summer: the super-daring Air Force Thunderbirds squadron, along with the ever-impressive Army Golden Knights parachute team. Details www.atlanticcitynj.com
Ocean City Weird Contest Week Aug. 13-17. No Shore town does wacky better than Ocean City. America's Greatest Family Resort holds wacky events such as concerts and beauty pageants during the summer. Then comes Weird Contest Week in August. How weird? Saltwater taffy and french fry sculpting contests, Little Miss and Mr. Chaos and the Miss Crustacean Pageant, in which hermit crabs dressed in elaborate mini-costumes parade on tiny floats. You've got to see to believe it. Details oceancityvacation.com.
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