Moon Over Margate

AC from OC at Night

Atlantic City Jazz Fest at Garners Basin

John Dean and Carol Collins wait for the show to begin.

Jazz organists Dan Fogel & Khan Jamal

Dan Fogel and Khan Jamal in front of Dan's family home in Margate

Wilber "Hi Fi" White

Wilber "Hi Fi" White - The House Comedian at the Club Harlem, Atlantic City

Atlantic City, Wyoming - The Almost Ghost Town

Atlantic City, Wyoming - How it got its name

Where the Bands are this Week July 8 - 14

Where the Bands are this Week July 8 - 14
Week of July 8 – 14

Friday July 8

Jim Morris & The Big Bamboo Band: Caribbean Key West Melodies Radio Margaritaville Somers Point Beach

Edgardo Cintron : Tribute to Santana at Boiler Room, Congress Hall Cape May 9pm

Local legends Lew London and Chris Sooy play in the Piano Room at Steve & Cookies in Margate, where Tony Pontari also fills in on guitar.

George Mesterhazy the master at the piano at the Merion Inn in Cape May.

The Cheaters at Cabana’s in Cape May.

Carl Brehrens, Tru Bruddahs at The Rusty Nail in Cape May.

Twelve down in the Boiler Room at Congress Hall in Cap e May.

Third Watch at Harbor View in Cape May

Laura Lea & Tripp Fabulous at Avalon Jack’s. 8pm

Emily’s Toy Box at the Princeton in Avalon

Pickles @ Rocking Chair in Avalon.

Love Seed Mama Jump, 52 Pickup and Darin MacDonald at Windrift in Avalon.

Cailin Callahan at Busch’s in Sea Isle City.

Jammer, The Loop and Juliano Brothers, Matt Sandry Band & Please Please Me at Springfield Inn Sea Isle City

Stellar Mojo 5 and Mr. Greengenes at Ocean Drive SIC


Saturday July 9

Blues and scat man Frank Bey down in the Boiler Room in Congress Hall, Cape May.

Ravioli Shanker at Cabana’s in Cape may.
Jerry Blavat, the Boss w/ Hot Sauce, spins the Oldies but Goodies at Memories in Margate.

Gregg Carpenterat the Rusty Nail 4:30, Guy Peterson 9.

Dane Anthony Band in the Boiler Room at Congress Hall in Cape May. 9pm

Star 69 at Cabana’s in Cape May.

Stage Pass at Harbor View in Cape May.

Second Majesty at Jack’s in Avaon

Wailing Waters w/Tyler Grady at the Princeton in Avalon

Road 2 Ruin at Rocking Chair Avalon, Tip n Bones upstairs.

Larry McKenna’s dance party at Busch’s SIC

Patrick Stoner, The Crew Duo and Joe Bachman & the Crew at Windrift in Avalon.


Sunday July 10

Joe Mancini & Paula Johns http://paulajohns.com/ perform in the Piano Room at Steve & Cookies in Margate, where The Potts (Jim Maher, tamara dement) also play their classic harmonic compositions. http://www.myspace.com/thepottsnj

Reggae Sunday at Rusty Nail in Cape May. Cort Farris & Steel Drums

Secret Service 4; Lost in Paris at Ocean Drive in SIC

Love Seed Moma Jump at Cabana’s in Cape May.

It’s a Sinatra Thing – Harbor View Cape May.

Long Miles at Avalon Jacks. 8pm

Crystal Roxx at the Princeton in Avalon 10pm

Vince at the Rocking Chair in Avalon

BLT, Soul Cruisers and Darin MacDonald at Windrift

She’s Trouble, Juliano Bros, and LeCompt at Springfiled in SIC

Chris Huff at O’Donnells Pour House Sea Isle City

Monday July 11

The Fabulous Thunderbirds featuring Kim Wilson. Kennedy Plaza, AC Boardwalk.

The Blue Moon Brewery Summer Jazz Series featuring Romp
Gregory’s Restaurant & Bar, 900 Shore Rd., Somers Point, NJ 08244
609-927-6665 Somers Point Jazz Society members, high school & college students with valid ID are admitted free. All others will be charged $5 at the door.

Jazz Saxman Mike Pedicin, Jr. in the Loft at Sandi Point, Shore Road, Somers Point.
Madeline Sandman sings while Bill McGrady tinkles the keys in the Piano Room at Steve & Cookies in Margate.

Big Band Jazz at Sandi Point Coastal Bistro (formerly Mac’s) in Somers Point . 7 pm. $5

Nate Cwik at the Rusty Nail in Cape May 4:30

Third Degree in the Boiler Room at Congress Hall in Cape May 9pm

Chatter Babd at Harbor View Cape May

Rob Lipkin at the Rocking Chair in Avalon

Dan Brown 4; Darin MacDonald 6 and Drop Dead Sexy 9 at Windrift.

Mike LeCompt 4; Table Ten at Springfield Inn SIC

Secret Service at the Ocean Drive in SIC

Tuesday July 12

Lew London and Chris Sooy in the Piano Room at Steve & Cookies, Margate
Jazz piano 5:30 pm and Jazz Trio 8:30 pm at the Merion Inn http://www.merioninn.com/, Decatur St., Cape May. 8

Joe Kosak at the Rusty Nail in Cape May. 4:30

Justin Steere 4; Darin MacDonald 6 and Gypsy Wisdom at Windrift in Avalon.

Dennis Holmes 4; Juliano Bros at Springfield Inn SIC

Cletus McBride at O’Donnells Pour House Sea Isle City

Go Go Gadjet at Ocean Drive Sea Isle

Justin Stter, Gypsy Wisdom and Darin Macdonald at Windrift in Avalon.

Goodman Fiske at Jack’s in Avalon.

Dennis Holmes, Juliano Bros. at Springfield in Sea Isle City

Wednesday July 13

Chinese Theater Works. Chinese music and dance. Kennedy Plaza, AC Boardwalk

Carl Behrens at the Rusty Nail in Cape May, NJ’s southernmost bar. 4:30.

Secret Service at the Ocean Drive in Sea Isle City

Cletus McBride plays Irish music at Kix in Sea Isle City

Larry McKenna’s Dance Party at Busch’s in Sea Isle City.

Thursday July 14

Dave Valentin ZAMAR featuring Keith Hollis – Chicken Bone Beach. Kennedy Plaza AC

Joe and Friends Jam in the Piano Room at Steve & Cookies in Margate.

D.J. Daddy O at Boiler Room in Congress Hall, Cape May.

Jerry Blavat at Lighthouse Point, Wildwood. 8pm

Tony & Melanie at Busch’s in Sea Isle City

20 Ideas for a Better Atlantic City

Twenty Ideas for Atlantic City – By Bill Kelly billkelly3@gmail.com (609) 425-6297

1) They started a Mob-Museum in Las Vegas with help of the FBI, but without community support, it faltered. Vegas didn’t get started until after World War II, while organized crime got organized right here in Atlantic City. That museum belongs here, in Atlantic City, where the 1929 convention of mobsters was held by the same people who decided, at the AC meeting, that gambling should replace booze as the mob’s primary source of income after prohibition ended. The old Masonic Hall would be a good place for it.

2) Fix the Boardwalk Hall organ – the largest in the world, and make it a major attraction again, and let it be used for benefit concerts for non-profit organizations.

3) Do whatever it takes to bring back the Miss America pageant back to the Atlantic City Boardwalk.

4) The PGA Senior’s Tour began at the Atlantic City Country Club and there should be a PGA Champion’s Tour event at the Jersey Shore, to compliment the LPGA event, as well as a major amateur tournament similar to the Sonny Fraser invitational that was discontinued when ACCC was purchased by the casinos.

5) Golf at the Jersey Shore is totally under rated, and the figures are easy to see where Ocean City, Maryland spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote their two dozen golf courses, and earns nearly $50 million a year income, while the Jersey Shore clubs spend less than one hundred thousand on golf marketing, and earn less than $5 million a year. It’s not a matter of throwing money at advertising, it is a matter of proper promotion, and the use of the fabulous history of the Jersey Shore clubs to attract golfers from out of town and compete with the other markets. Atlantic City has what other golf markets don’t – a great history.

6) While the beach and boardwalk are important, the back bays of Atlantic City are not utilized as they should be by boaters, fishermen, sailors and canoe/kayaks. While the local boat construction industry has concentrated on large yachts, they also should be building smaller boats that more people can afford and use locally. Among the boats that should be concentrated on are sculling and row boats, Olympic class sailboats, and Americas Cup Class sailboats.

7) There is a new, international circuit of America’s Cup Class catamarans that are really fast and exciting to watch, and they are looking for places to race – and Atlantic City should be considered as a possible venue. While the America’s Cup is now in San Francisco, it might be raced again in Newport, and Atlantic City could be considered for the World Cup event of America’s Cup Class boats, which would be like hosting the Super Bowl of boats.

8) The America’s Cup is now back in America, in San Francisco, but they can’t seem to agree on having a regatta there, so Atlantic City should put an offer on the table that can better Newport for the defense of the next Cup or contest for getting the World Cup race, which is held the year before and after the America’s Cup and is a fleet race that includes all of the major competitors.

9) In order to attract foreign visitors, the Atlantic City Airport should make it easy for private planes to land there from Europe, and the Atlantic City Yacht basin should make it easy and encourage more visits by wealthy yachters to visit.

10) There should be easy train and/or trolley connections between downtown Atlantic City and the Atlantic City International Airport, the FAA Tech Center and Stockton College, though there is no mass transit connection between these three key points that are core attributes to the Jersey Shore.

11) Atlantic City should offer more concerts and shows, bring back the Atlantic City Pop Festival (1969) and Atlantic City Jazz Festival, start a folk festival and make them city-wide events, both in and outside of the casinos.

12) The casino showrooms should make it easy for the acts to film and record their shows and sold-out shows can be presented live over the internet – or archived and viewed later, or the music downloaded and listened to shortly after the show is over – Live From Atlantic City.

13) With all of the acts that come to Atlantic City there should be full service recording studios for them to record new albums and videos.

14) There used to be over 200 liquor licenses in Atlantic City, and they should be reissued so new bars and restaurants can be opened outside of the casinos, and operated 24 hours a day – 7 days a week. Atlantic City used to be known as an “Open City” open for business all the time - AC 24-7.

15) Atlantic City should be promoted as it has always been known as an “Open City,” open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for business, for meetings, for pleasure, and try to attract those international jet setters, New York and Philadelphia pleasure seekers, and just ordinary people who want to have a good time.

16) There should be a high-speed, giant catamaran pedestrian-only ferries that run between Atlantic City Inlet, Philadelphia, Cape May and New York City, similar to the Australian ferries used during the America’s Cup and in Hawaii.

17) The HBO production of “Boardwalk Empire” is popular in the UK, Ireland and Australia, and those fans should be encouraged to visit Atlantic City, fly directly to Atlantic City Airport in junkets and visit the real Boardwalk Empire.

18) The State of New Jersey and Atlantic City should make it easier for movie and TV production crews to film in town, as Canada encourages such productions, but local and state taxes penalize these companies. The Boardwalk Empire boardwalk studio is in a Brooklyn, New York lot, when it could have been built right in Atlantic City, and used as a tourist attraction when not in use.

19) While the former planning policy of keeping visitors inside the casinos is now out the window, most of old Atlantic City – Nucky Johnson’s town, is gone, though what is left should be preserved and maintained, and tours of the historic town should be given.

20) Atlantic City has a history, a great history and many fine traditions that are still maintained, and that history should be used as the basis for any marketing campaign attempting to bring more tourists to town. Atlantic City was and can be once again, the Showplace of the World, if only the attempt is made to make it so.