Visit Somers Point, NJ

Monthly Piano Bar at the Gateway
2021-10-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-11-18 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Gateway Playhouse, Bay Avenue, Somers Point, NJ, 08244, United States
Come join us for Monthly Piano Bar at the Gateway, featuring New York’s own Michael McAssey at the Piano. This is an open mic evening, so if you have music bring it along. Everyone is welcome to sing. Or, just watch this fun evening unfold.
Tickets available at Welcome – GateWay Play House, Somers Point New Jersey (gatewaybythebay.org)

Trunk or Treat
2021-10-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Vacant Parking Lot of Shore Medical Center
The Somers Point Police Department is hosting their 4th Annual Trunk or Treat Event on Saturday, October 23rd from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM at the corner of Harbor Lane and Bay Avenue. The event is free to the public, we are encouraging families to bring an unwrapped toy (please no stuffed toys), to kick off our annual toy drive collection towards the Wyatt Strong Foundation. Family friendly costumes are encouraged!
There are no bathrooms in this parking lot and there will be no food offered.
Masks and social distancing are encouraged.

GALA Movie Screening at the Gateway Playhouse of Alfred Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW
2021-10-27 19:00 | Gateway Playhouse, Bay Avenue, Somers Point, NJ, 08244, United States
Join us for the GALA Movie Screening at the Gateway Playhouse of Alfred Hitchcock’s

REAR WINDOW

This evening Benefits Ocean City Historical Museum and the Somers Point Historic Society.

VIP TICKETS are $50.00 (This includes Premium Seating for the film ($20.00 Including $4.00 in Fees) as well as a reception from 6:00pm – 7:00pm with light food and a Champagne Toast.

GENERAL SEATING $20.00 (Including $4.00 in ticketing fee’s)

Seating begins at 7:00pm, Film begins at 7:30pm

2021 Veterans Day Service
2021-11-11 11:00 | NJ
The City of Somers Point will host a Veterans Day Service on Thursday, November 11, 2021, at 11:00AM at the Somers Point Patriots Park, 1st Street and Bethel Road. Veterans Day is held yearly to honor the men and women who have served in the U.S. military. Somers Point will honor all those who dedicated their lives to serve and protect this nation in the U.S. Military.

Open House at Great Bay Gallery
2021-12-02 11:00 - 18:00 | NJ
Great Bay Gallery 829 Bay Ave. Somers Point will be open on special dates for great discounts. Thursday December 2 through Sunday December 5 from 11am to 6pm. Framed originals and prints; matted prints, art books, note cards, shabby chic signs – bars, shore towns, iconic businesses, small and medium hand-made quilts in beautiful designs.

Somers Point Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting
2021-12-03 18:00 | NJ
On Friday, December 3rd, the City of Somers Point will host the annual Christmas Parade and tree lighting, starting at 6:00 p.m. The parade begins at Dawes Avenue and continues along Shore Road to City Hall, 1 W. New Jersey Ave. Somers Point. Volunteer Fire Companies 1 & 2 will escort Santa Claus to City Hall where the tree lighting will take place after the parade. Parade participants can include floats, vehicles, bands, and walkers.

For more information or to participate in the parade, please reach out Doug Shallcross at 609-833-5428 or dshallcross@spgov.org

CHRISTMAS AT THE MANSION
2021-12-04 10:00 - 17:00 | Somers Mansion, 1000 Shore Road, Somers Point, New Jersey, 08244
Shore Local in partnership with the Patriots of the Somers Mansion present CHRISTMAS AT THE MANSION A holiday extravaganza including local merchants, food trucks, live music, elves wrapping station, kids activities and of course Santa! The event culminates with a TREE LIGHTING at 5 pm on the grounds of the beautiful and historical Somers Mansion. Saturday, December 4th 10am until 5 pm at the Somers Point Mansion in Somers Point.

Somers Point Porch Performances
2021-12-04 18:00 | NJ
The Riddlesbrood Players will present an original, and a bit quirky, take on Charles Dickens’, “A Christmas Carol”. Treat yourself and your family to this fun, outdoor opportunity to celebrate the holidays with this classic holiday tale. There will be holiday music, sparkling sets, and special effects tied together by a high-spirited cast dressed in lavish costumes, to bring this tale of 19th century London to life. And to add to the merriment they’ve added a dollop of humor sure to tickle a smile from the crotchety old Scrooge himself.
The performance will be staged as separate acts on various porches in the Bayfront Historic District. Act One will take place at 37 Somers Ave. in Somers Point, and then we will continue to three other, close-by porches in the Historic District for the other acts. The evening will culminate outside at Gregory’s Restaurant, 900 Shore Road, Somers Point, where light holiday refreshments will be served.

Christmas Tree Decorating and Lighting
2021-12-08 16:00 - 17:00 | NJ
Somers Point-Community First, a local volunteer organization, announced that it will once again host a Christmas tree decorating and lighting event this holiday season. All clubs, restaurants, families, and organizations within the Somers Point community are invited to come decorate a tree. Trees are located along Bay Avenue in front of Shore Medical Center. A sign will be placed outside of the accompanying tree to identify participation. The decorating of the trees will begin on Saturday, December 4. Each establishment will be responsible for decorating and removing the decorations off their own trees.
The lighting event will take place on Wednesday, December 8 from 4pm-5pm. Hot cocoa and candy canes will be available for attendees. Santa will arrive on a fire truck from the Somers Point Fire Department to greet everyone, and lead the ceremonial illumination of the park.
25 trees are available. Contact Michele Law at MicheleLaw1808@Yahoo.com to reserve a tree today.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, the Musical
2021-12-17 19:00, 2021-12-18 14:00 | Gateway Playhouse, Bay Avenue, Somers Point, NJ, 08244, United States
Based on the story by Charles Dickens
Original Choreography by Susan Stroman
Originally directed by Mike Ockrent
Originally Presented by Radio City Entertainment
At the Theater at Madison Square Garden
Ebenezer Scrooge thinks Christmas is a “Humbug”, but after visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, will he change his mind? Join us for this classic Holiday Musical.
For tickets go to: www.gatewaybythebay.org
Or, our Box Office is open: Wednesday – Friday’s from 11:00am – 3:00pm
Or, if you call the box office and leave a message we will call you back. 609-653-0553

Young Lions of Jazz Featuring Brian Morris Jr.
2022-04-03 14:00 | Gregory’s Restaurant, 900 Shore Road, Somers Point, New Jersey, 08244
Come join us on Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 2PM at Gregory’s Restaurant & Bar for a performance and interview with our featured artist, saxophonist Brian Morris Jr.
Brian Morris Jr. – Saxophone
Mike Boone – Bass
Gusten Rudolph- Drums

2022 Easter Egg Hunt
2022-04-09 10:00 | NJ
The City of Somers Point will host an Easter Egg Hunt at 10:00AM on Saturday, April 9th at JFK Park with free face painting 9:30AM-11:00AM. With a Rain Date of Sunday, April 10th. There will be candy and prized filled eggs. The hunt is open to kids up to age 10. We encourage everyone to bring their own bag for the hunt, but the first 250 people will receive a free bag. For more information, please contact Doug Shallcross at 609-833-5428 or dshallcross@spgov.org.

Clean Up!
2022-04-09 11:00 - 13:00 | NJ
Somers Point Green Team in coordination with Somers Point Clean Communities Program is hosting a Clean Up!

We can use your help to make our city look its best.

Please help Clean Up Somers Point THIS Saturday—April 9 from 11 AM to 1 PM. Meet at Somers Point Public Works Yard—830 Centre Street.

The AJ Meerwald and the New Jersey Oyster Industry
2022-04-10 17:00 | NJ
The AJ Meerwald and the New Jersey Oyster Industry.

Co-authors Connie McCart and Rachel Dolhanczyk of the Bayshore Center at Bivalve will share highlights from the new book that charts the history of New Jersey’s Delaware Bay oysters and the historic ship that carries the industry’s traditions today.
The AJ Meerwald is a restored Delaware Bay new style schooner that was built to dredge oysters under sail, but saw a lifetime of change come full circle. She served the US Coast Guard during World War II, returned to oystering under power for 10 years, was converted to dredge clams and then was let to rot in Maryland before being saved in 1986 by John Gandy and the Bayshore Center at Bivalve (BCB). BCB was founded in 1988 and is New Jersey’s only environmental history museum and the home port of the Schooner AJ Meerwald, New Jersey’s official tall ship, with a mission to further the understanding of the human impact on the environment. Located on a working waterfront, BCB operates the Delaware Bay Museum in the Oyster Shipping Sheds dating back to 1904. From our wharves, patrons have an unspoiled view of the beauty of the Maurice River, a National Wild and Scenic River, and get to watch oystermen navigate the river as osprey and bald eagles soar overhead. https://www.bayshorecenter.org/
The AJ Meerwald and New Jersey’s Oyster Industry. Order your copy today at https://www.bayshorecenter.org/shop/
About the Authors
Constance L. McCart, EdD, is a retired school administrator and teacher, a graduate of Rowan and Temple Universities. She resides in the Turnersville section of Washington Township with best buddy Winston, an English cocker. She enjoys spending time with family and friends and traveling. Dr. McCart has been a longtime member of the Washington Twp. Historic Preservation Commission and the Friends of the Heggan Library. A highlight of the eleven years spent as an onboard educator with the A.J. Meerwald was sailing in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. Volunteering on the A.J. was the motivation for this book. Other publications include Grenloch Terrace, the Most Beautiful Spot in South Jersey (Instantpublisher.com, 2011); From Beau’s Kitchen (Instantpublisher.com, 2010); Images of America: Washington Township, Gloucester County (Arcadia Publishing, 2009); The ACES Project: Logan Township’s Journey Toward Infusion of the Arts (Logan Township School District and the NJ Council of the Arts, 2005) and Prescriptions for Better Writing (NJ State Department of Education, 1988).
Rachel Rodgers Dolhanczyk, MA, has been the museum curator at the Bayshore Center at Bivalve’s Delaware Bay Museum since 2010. A native of the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, she found her way to the water and has worked in the history field for over twenty years along New Jersey’s waterfronts and the Chesapeake Bay. Dolhanczyk is a graduate of Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and has a BA in history from Wheaton College (Massachusetts) and an MA in museum education from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She spent a semester enrolled in the Williams College–Mystic Seaport Coastal and Ocean Studies Program. In 2004, she received an Award of Recognition from the New Jersey Historical Commission for her outstanding service to the public knowledge and preservation of New Jersey’s history. She lives in a two-hundred-year-old house in Cape May County with her husband and children, who also enjoy all things history.

Eddie and the Cruisers kickoff concert at the VFW.
2022-04-22 19:00 | NJ

Bebop Into the Bayfest with Benny Benack III
2022-04-28 19:00 | NJ
On April 28th, South Jersey Jazz Society presents “Bebop into the Bayfest with Benny Benack III.” Benny will perform one show at The Gateway Playhouse at 7PM.
By age 30, trumpeter and singer Benny Benack III has proven to be that rarest of talents: not only a fiery trumpet player with a stirring command of the postbop trumpet vernacular in the vein of Kenny Dorham and Freddie Hubbard, but also a singer with a sly, mature, naturally expressive delivery in the post-Sinatra mold, performing standards and his own astute songs with a thrilling sense of showmanship. His superb intonation and bracing virtuosity enable him to handle astounding feats of originally composed vocalese (complex solos with written lyrics). On top of it all, he’s a highly capable pianist as well.
This FREE event is sponsored in part by the Somers Point Bayfest Committee. Bayfest is the largest outdoor festival in Somers Point and features numerous live music stages, hundreds of crafters, a wide assortment of food vendors, children activities and more. Bayfest will be held on April 30th along Bay Ave. in Somers Point for more info visit facebook.com/Bayfest-Somers-Point.

2022 Bayfest
2022-04-30 10:00 - 17:00 | NJ
This FREE event is sponsored in part by the Somers Point Bayfest Committee. Bayfest is the largest outdoor festival in Somers Point and features numerous live music stages, a hundred of crafters, a wide assortment of food vendors, antique boats, children activities and more. Bayfest will be held on April 30th along Bay Ave. in Somers Point for more info visit facebook.com/Bayfest-Somers-Point.

Tom Angello’s All Star Jazz Series w/ Carl Cox, Chico Huff and Frank Strauss
2022-05-04 19:00 - 20:30 | NJ
Tom Angello – Drums, Chico Huff – Bass, Carl Cox – Tenor Sax, Frank Strauss – Piano

Back In the Saddle Again Audition Workshop
2022-05-14 13:00 - 16:30 | Gateway Playhouse, Bay Avenue, Somers Point, NJ, 08244, United States
Back in the Saddle Again Audition Workshop Led by Wicked on Broadway’s Kathy Deitch! Musical Theatre Audition Class Saturday, May 14, 2022 1PM – 4:30PM $75.00 Email Directly to: AuditionBootCamp@gmail.com Getting back to live auditions is WILD. Let’s help you dust off that book and work on your best 16 bars! For ages 16 & up. Pianist provided. Space is limited! RSVP at AuditionBootcamp@Gmail.com to guarantee a spot. Zelle & Vennmo accepted. Kathy made her Broadway debut in the original cast of Footloose and later the role of Shen Shen in the smash Broadway hit Wicked. She made her LA acting debut at the Hollywood Bowl in Rent directed by Neil Patrick Harris. Other credits include: Silence! The Musical (LA Weekly Award), American Horror Story: Freakshow, The Thundermans, the thriller Loft, opposite Modern Family’s Eric Stonestreet and Magic Mike XXL. Kathy is a professor for the BFA program at Hussian College in Los Angeles.

Tom Angello’s All Star Jazz Series
2022-05-18 19:00 - 20:30 | NJ

“Two for the Road” Eddie Bruce with Dean Schneider
2022-05-18 19:00 - 21:00 | NJ
On May 18 at 7 p.m. at Gregory’s the SJJS will host ”Two for the Road” with Eddie Bruce on vocals with Dean Schneider on keyboards featuring music of Mancini, Mercer, and more.. Eddie’s critically acclaimed salutes to Tony Bennett, Anthony Newley, Frank Sinatra and The Best of Broadway have sold out venues of every size and continue to delight audiences of all ages. Some of those venues include Resorts, Harrahs and the Borgota in Atlantic City: Feinstein’s, The Metropolitan Room and Don’t Tell Mama in NYC. Dean Schneider is one of the most sought-after pianists, arrangers, and musical directors on the east coast. His career spans over 40 years of live performance based in the Philadelphia, New York, and Atlantic City regions, as well as, touring the United States and international engagements.
VERY LIMITED SEATING! CALL FOR RESERVATIONS: 609.927.6665

S3, The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Stephen Schwartz, and Stephen Sondheim
2022-05-20 19:00, 2022-05-22 14:00 | Gateway Playhouse, Bay Avenue, Somers Point, NJ, 08244, United States
The Shaken Not Stirred Players return to the Gateway stage with S3, The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Stephen Schwartz, and Stephen Sondheim. With songs from their hit shows like Wicked, Ragtime, and Into the Woods, you’ll get to hear some of your favorite Stephen songs, as well as a few lesser known songs with the familiar faces of the Shaken Not Stirred Players.
For tickets please visit- Welcome – GateWay Play House, Somers Point New Jersey (gatewaybythebay.org)

City Wide Yard Sale
2022-05-21 09:00 - 15:00 | NJ
Below is the list of houses participating in the Spring 2022 City Wide Yard Sale 9am to 3pm. No Early Shoppers.
Spring City Wide Yard Sale List Updated May 16 22.pdf (somerspointgov.org)

Flea Market at Gregory's Parking Lot
2022-05-21 10:00 - 15:00 | Gregory’s Parking Lot
Flea Market at Gregory’s Parking Lot – CLICK HERE FOR VENDOR INFO

Tony Marts Presents “Everybody Wants to Play with Danny” ~ A Grand Musical Celebration for Danny Eyer
2022-05-23 17:30 | NJ

Somers Point Memorial Day Parade
2022-05-30 11:00 | NJ
Somers Point is holding a Memorial Day Parade on May 30th at 11:00 a.m. The parade will begin at Dawes Ave. and Shore Rd. and proceed to City Hall concluding with a ceremony at Patriots Park at Bethel Rd. and First St. Veterans, scouts, military vehicles, antique cars, bands and decorated children’s’ bicycles are invited to participate. If you are interested, please call Doug Shallcross, Recreation Director, at 609-833-5428. Parade participates must be at the staging area at 10:00 a.m. at Dawes Ave. and Shore Rd.

SPBA Summer Kick Off Networking Mixer
2022-06-07 17:30 - 19:30 | The Point, 998 Bay Ave., Somers Point, 08244, United States
Relax and chill with your friends, and meet new ones in the local business community.
Free for all members and guests –
Shoes optional, Flip Flops Welcome!!
