With the summer quickly approaching and for your summer enjoyment, we’ve compiled a list of community events taking place in the Downbeach area through the end of 2025.
Mark your calendars for some fun and entertaining events happening in Ventnor, Margate and Longport, including festivals, summer concerts, fireworks displays and something that is unique to the Jersey Shore – lifeguard races.
Ventnor's Ski Beach
VENTNOR
- Ventnor City Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m. to noon Fridays, starting May 23 at St. James Church, Newport & Atlantic avenues
- Opening of the Beach, 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24 on the beach in front of Beach Patrol Headquarters, Suffolk Avenue
- Kick-off to Summer Concert, 5 p.m. Saturday, May 24 at Ski Beach, Dorset Avenue at the bay
- Kenny Wayland Memorial Run, 9 a.m. Sunday, May 25, Atlantic and Newport avenues
- Memorial Day Ceremony, 9 a.m. Monday, May 26, Ventnor City Hall
- American Cancer Society 40th annual Bike-a-thon, June 1 at Ski Beach, Dorset Avenue at the bay
- Summer Beach Jam Concert Series, Saturdays, June 28-Aug. 30, Newport Avenue at the beach
- Sunset at Ski Beach Concert Series, Wednesdays, June 25-Aug. 27 at Ski Beach, Dorset Avenue at the bay
MBA President Ed Berger serves up some beer and wine.
MARGATE
- Margate Mothers Association Memorial Day Parade, Monday, May 26. Begins at Ventnor & Union avenues, ends at All Wars Memorial Park on Ventnor Avenue
- Le Tour de Downbeach Family Friendly Bike Ride, Sunday, June 1, co-hosted by Margate Business Association and Ventnor Business Association. BBQ at Tomatoes Restaurant, Washington & Amherst avenues, Margate. (Rain date Saturday, June 8)
- Margate Community Farmers Market 8:30-11:30 a.m., Thursdays, June 12-Aug. 28 Amherst & Monroe avenues.
- Beachstock: The Planet’s Biggest Beach Party, Saturday, June 28 (Rain date Sunday, June 29) at Huntington Avenue beach. Free admission. Music, food, beer gardens, children’s activities, volleyball, wiffle ball, cornhole, bonfire and more.
- Beachstock Wiffle Ball Home Run Derby, Saturday, June 28 at Huntington Avenue beach. (Rain date June 29) Register online at MargateHasMore.com or in person beginning at 10:30 a.m. Derby begins at 11:30 a.m.
- July 4th Fireworks Extravaganza. Friday, July 4. Presented by the Margate Mothers Association.
- Thrilling Thursdays Free Beach Days July 3-Aug. 28. Citywide sidewalk sales, free movies on the beach. Pre-event activities begin at 6:30 p.m.,movies begin at 7 p.m. at Huntington Avenue beach (behind the Martin Bloom Pavilion)
- Margate Business Association 22nd annual Wine Tasting, 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 18 at Memories, Amherst Avenue
- Margate Memorial Lifeguard Races, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, Decatur Avenue beach
Depsite the rain, the MBA Rubber Ducky Derby was held in Margate, Aug. 29, 2021
- Margate Duck Derby, 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, Municipal Pier, Amherst & Washington avenues
- 9/11 Remembrance/Patriots Day, Thursday, Sept. 11, Margate City Fire Department Firehouse Station 1, Washington & Ventnor avenues
- Margate Fall Funfest by the Bay, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 27-28, Amherst Avenue Marina District
- Steve & Cookie’s annual Dog Show, Sunday, Sept. 28 in the parking lot at the restaurant, Monroe & Amherst avenues
- Funfest After Dark, presented by Tomatoe’s. 7:30-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, Washington Avenue Municipal Pier
- Margate’s Shop Small Weekend and American Sign Language Santa Comes to Town Parade, Saturday, Nov. 29. Activities at Bocca Coal Fired Bistro
- Robert's Place 31st annual Polar Bear Plunge, Jan. 1, 2026, Essex Avenue beach
Longport veteran Herb Stern rides iin Longport's Memorial Day Parade 2018.
LONGPORT
- Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony at Thomas B. Reed Park, 28th & Ventnor avenues, sponsored by the John A. Kuzmann Memorial American Legion Post #469. Parade begins at 11 am. Monday, May 26
- Longport Historical Museum Room Dedication 11 a.m. Thursday, June 5 at the museum
- Jim Craine and The Atlantic City All Star Band Community Concert, 7-9 p.m. Sunday, June 15
- Longport Library Summer Reading Kickoff at 11a.m. Saturday, June 21
- Longport Library Beach Concert and Campfire, Saturday, June 28, 33rd Avenue beach
- Longport Volunteer Fire Department Open House 10 a.m. to noon, Friday, July 4
- The American Mile, 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 4. See www.longportnj.gov for details
- Longport Beach Patrol Women’s Lifeguard Invitational, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, 33rd Avenue beach
- Longport Beach Patrol “Capt. Michael D. McGrath” Longport Memorials, 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 11, 33rd Avenue beach
- Longport Beach Patrol Swimming Safety/Surf Clinic 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 12, 32nd Avenue beach. Participants must bring surf/boogie board
- Longport Library Summer Author Series 6:30 p.m., Monday, July 14
- Longport Summer Celebration Day, Saturday, July 26 during OC Nights in Venice (Rain date Sunday, July 27)
- Longport Library Summer Author Series, 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 28
- Doc Turner Memorial Swim, 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 10
- Longport Library End of the Season Summer Reader Program Concert, 6 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 16, Margate Performing Arts Center
- Longport Beach Patrol “Hammer Row,” 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, Seaview Harbor
- Longport End of Summer Fireworks Display, 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, 33rd Avenue beach (Wind/rain date Sunday, Aug. 24)
- Longport American Legion Wounded Warrior Week – Dates To Be Announced.
- Longport Beach Patrol Annual Mascot Races for children 13 and younger. Signups 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, 33rd Avenue beach. Race begins at 11 a.m.
- John A. Kuzmann Memorial American Legion Post 9/11 Ceremony, 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, Thomas B. Reed Park, 28th & Ventnor avenues
- John A. Kuzmann Memorial American Legion Post Veteran’s Day Ceremony, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11 at Thomas B. Reed Park, 28th & Ventnor avenues
- Holiday Tree and Menorah Lighting, 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, behind Borough Hall
