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Grab your popcorn and snuggle up on the sand for Cape May’s Free Movies on the Beach. The City of Cape May is thrilled to announce this year’s lineup to follow along with the Nation's 250th anniversary and Cape May City's 175th incorporation anniversary:

JULY 2: Independence Day

JULY 9: An American Tail

JULY 16: Miracle

JULY 23: National Treasure

JULY 30: Captain America

AUGUST 6: Field of Dreams

AUGUST 13: JAWS

AUGUST 20: Top Gun

AUGUST 27: Wonder Woman

The featured movie will begin at dusk next to Cape May Convention Hall at Gurney Street Beach. In the event of inclement weather, the cancellation will be announced on Cape May City’s Facebook page. All are welcome and encouraged to bring your favorite beach chairs and blankets.

Wetlands Institute - Watch our award-winning film, Secrets of the Salt Marsh, then join us for an interpretive walk through the wetlands!  Together we will travel along our elevated walkway, down the salt marsh trail, and out onto the dock overlooking Scotch Bonnet creek.  To fully experience the marsh, make sure to wear shoes that can get wet and muddy!

Weekdays:  10:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm
Weekends:  11:00am and 1:00pm
Free with admission

Come join us for guided beachcombing walks led by enthusiastic and knowledgeable guides. Tours start at 10 AM. Children will be given a beachcombing bucket. Donations accepted.

Tuesdays from June 23rd to Sept 1st - meet at 29th Street & Promenade

Thursday from June 25th to Sept 3rd - meet at Townsends Inlet Parking Lot

Children will visit Challenge Island’s Roller Coaster Ridge, and learn about the properties of Potential and Kinetic Energy. STEAM teams work to build a roller coaster using foam pipe insulation, tape, and marbles. The challenge is to make a themed roller coaster with at least one hill, one curve, and one loop. This activity is for ages 7 to 12. Attendees under 8 must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.

The Avalon Department of Recreation and the Avalon Free Public Library are proud to present the 2026 summer concert series Thursday evenings at Avalon's Surfside Park! Some familiar friends return, and plenty of new bands making their Avalon debut this year! Soul, country, rock, oldies, you name it, and you'll hear it in Avalon! We can't WAIT to see you there!

This week JOHNNY FOLSOM 4 is playing.

LUNAR ECLIPSE

In the shadow of the moon, everything comes to light.

By Donald Margulies    -    NEW JERSEY PREMIERE!

George has been waiting for this night – the seven stages of a lunar eclipse are viewable from the farm that he shares with his wife Em – and she decides to join him in taking in the view. As the couple has been married for decades, they know how to take care of each other, needle one another, and offer each other the companionship that has made their lives so full, even though the world has saddled them with great chasms of emptiness.

Like the celestial event unfolding above them, the evening becomes a moment of alignment—when the secrets the sky reveals illuminate the universal truths at the heart of a long marriage.

​With humor, tenderness, and emotional precision, Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Donald Margulies crafts an intimate portrait of love, commitment, and the passage of time.

Content Note: This play contains adult language and mature themes.

​Tickets: $40 General Admission, $35 Seniors, $25 Students & Military

Teens are invited to join us every Thursday night at Excursion Park from 8 to 10pm for a fun night out with friends.

Teen Night at Excursion Park is the place to be on Thursday nights this July and August!

Join us for a DJ dance party, fun games, awesome prizes and so much more. Don’t miss our new time: 8–10pm for a night full of music, friends, and summer fun!