VENTNOR – The Ventnor Business Association is welcoming Stockton University Atlantic City students to the neighborhood 1-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 with the first-ever Stockton Music Festival. The fun happens on the beach at Newport Avenue, behind the Ventnor Library and Cultural Arts Center.

Attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food item for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey Southern Branch. Donation boxes will be located behind the Ventnor Cultural Arts Center. Most needed items include canned protein, canned fruits and vegetables, peanut butter, and beans and rice.

Activities include face painting 2-4 p.m., henna all day, music, food, local art and more.

Stage Line-up:

1 p.m. – Drum circle 
1:45 p.m. – Tangent 
2:35 p.m. – Low Key 
3 p.m. – Even Betta 
3:50 p.m. – Calico 
4 p.m. – Belly dancers 
4:30 p.m. – Stockapella 
5 p.m. – Jug Band


Nanette LoBiondo Galloway

Award winning journalist covering news, events and people of Atlantic County for more than 20 years.