You can go Irish, Italian or go your own way this weekend.

Late September is festival season in South Jersey and you have several early fall favorites to choose, including North Wildwood’s 25th annual Irish Fall Festival or the Smithville Italian Festival.

Let me direct your attention to a different kind of celebration this Saturday on the Ocean City Boardwalk. The annual Walk for the Wounded salutes and supports American military injured in service and their families, as they re-acclimate to civilian life.

While defending America, sadly, many lives are lost. But of equal importance are the lives that are changed forever by severe wounds, life changing amputations, and painful surgeries – often followed by mounting bills at home, necessary job retraining, home renovations and more.

The walk is presented by Ocean City Home Bank and Operation First Response.

Join Lite Rock 96.9 WFPG for the 3-mile walk, Sat. 9/24, with registration @ 8:30a and opening ceremony @ 9:30a.

Here are more South Jersey Weekend Happenings…

Atlantic City

- Claridge Hotel: Atlantic City Fashion Week, thru Sat. 9/25

- Caesars: Weird Al Yankovic, Fri. 9/23

- Borgata: Frank Caliendo, Sat. 9/24, Music Box

- Golden Nugget: 6th annual Craft Beer Festival, Sat. 9/24 from 8-11p

- Tropicana: Hippie Fest, Sat. 9/24

- Borgata: The Miss'd America Pageant, Sat. 9/24

- Resorts: The Hit Men, Sat. 9/24

- Caesars: The Atlantic City Ballet presents "Sleeping Beauty", Sat. 9/24

Other fun things to do this weekend

- Galloway: Join Lite Rock at Galloway’s Family Movie Night in the Park, Fri 9 23 from 6pm – 7:30pm, municipal complex on Jimmie Leads Road, Star Wars @ 7:30pm

- North Wildwood: the Ancient Order of the Hibernians present the 25th annual Irish Fall Festival, Fri-Sun. 9/23-25

- Northfield: Join Lite Rock 96.9 WFPG at the Classic Car Show, Northfield Vol. Fire Co., 1475 Burton Ave., Sat. 9/24 from 10a-2p

– Smithville: Smithville Italian Festival, Sat. 9/24

- Margate: Fall Festival, Sat-Sun. 9/24-25

- Cape May: Designer House Tour, Sat. 9/24 from 11a-4p

- Mays Landing: South Jersey Wine & Food Fest, Sat. 9/24, Lake Lenape

- Cape May: Dragon Boat Festival, Sat. 9/24, Cape May Harbor

- Landisville: Bellview Winery Harvest Party, Sat.-Sun. 9/24-25

- Wildwood Crest: Seafarers Celebration, Sat. 9/24 from 9a-5p

- Ocean City: The City to Shore Ride for MS, arrives in Ocean City, Sat. 9/24

- Ocean City: Ocean City Airport Festival, Municipal airport, Sat. 9/24 from 10a-3p

- Ocean City: OCNJ Half Marathon, 5k & 10 Mile Non-Competitive Walk/Run, Sun 9/25

- Avalon: My School Color Run, Sat. 9/24, Avalon Elementary School, 609-967-7544

 

 

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