May 2023 Festivals and Events
Cape May Music Festival
May 25 – June 22, 2023
Various times and locations throughout Cape May
Enjoy live music in all genres at this annual festival. Many events are ticketed, see website for details.
Wildwoods International Kite Festival
Friday May 26 – Monday May 29, 2023 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
On the beach at Rio Grande Avenue, Wildwood and Wildwoods Convention Center
Event begins on Friday at noon and extends to Monday, with the World Indoor Kite Exhibition inside the Wildwoods Convention Center.
Avalon Memorial Day Parade
Monday May 29, 2023 9:00 am
Dune Drive, Avalon
Parade route begins at 33rd and Dune Drive, heading north to 21st Street.
Ocean City Memorial Day Service
Monday May 29, 2023 11:00 am
Veteran’s Memorial Park, between 5th Street and 6th Street on Wesley Avenue, Ocean City
Memorial service will be later followed by a moment of remembrance at 3:00 pm
SHFD Memorial Service for Fallen Heroes
Monday May 29, 2023, 11:00 am – 11:30 pm
Freedom Park, 96th Street Adjacent to the Firehouse
This memorial service is in honor of fallen heroes.
American Legion Memorial Day Ceremony
Monday May 29, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Women’s Civic Club of Stone Harbor, 96th Street and Beach
There will be an Open House at Post 331 following a ceremony.
American Legion Memorial Day Parade
Monday May 29, 2023 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
99th Street and Third Avenue, Stone Harbor
Parade starts at 99th Street and Third Avenue, proceeds North on Third Avenue to 96th Street, and then East onto 96th Street to Women’s Civic Club of Stone Harbor.
Memorial Day Service
Monday May 29, 2023 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Veterans Park, 26 John F Kennedy Blvd, Sea Isle City
Memorial Day Remembrance and Opening of Soldiers and Sailors Park
Monday May 29, 2023 11:00 am
Soldiers and Sailors Park, located at Gurney Street and Columbia Avenue, Cape May
Please join us for the Memorial Day Remembrance and opening of. Immediately following the ceremony in the park, the Flotilla 82 of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary will present a flower boat launch on the Gurney Street Beach to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our Country.
North Wildwood Memorial Day Ceremony
Monday May 29, 2023
9:30 am at the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse flagpole
10:00 am at the North Wildwood Veterans Monument
A Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at the North Wildwood Veterans Monument, located at Spruce and New York Avenues at 10 a.m., hosted by the VFW Post 5941. There will also be a service earlier that morning at 9:30 a.m. at the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse flagpole where the names of the VFW Post 5941 members who have deceased since last Memorial Day will be read and their service honored.
Wildwood Memorial Day Ceremony
Monday May 29, 2023 11:00 am
American Legion Post 184, Wildwood
Ceremony will honor our nation’s fallen heroes.
