Smithville Irish Fest, Victorian Cape May – WEEKEND HAPPENINGS

It's Irish Festival Weekend in Smithville! The annual celebration of the heritage, history, and culture of the Emerald Isle at the Village Greene of Historic Smithville, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12-13.

The Smithville Irish Fest is a blast, with bagpipes and drums, Irish dancing, live Irish music and two stages of bands, a wide variety of food for hungry festival goers, plus dozens of vendors selling Celtic goods, clothing, handmade apparel and more.
Here are South Jersey's Weekend Happenings:

Atlantic City

- Ocean Casino: Kenny G, Fri. 10/11

- Hard Rock: The Temptations and The four Tops, Fri. 10/11

- Borgata: Lewis Black, Fri-Sat. 10/11-12, Music Box

- Boardwalk Hall: Post Malone, Fri. 10/11

- Golden Nugget: Doors tribute band, Fri. 10/11

- Tropicana: So You Think You Can Dance Live! 2019, Sat. 10/12

- Showboat: New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival, with appearances by Charlie Sheen, Christina Ricci, Carmen Electra, Steve Guttenberg and Peter Kriss from Kiss,  Fri-Sun 10/11-13

- Resorts: The Four Italian Tenors, Sat. 10/12

- Harrah's: Comic/actor Deon Cole, Sat. 10/12

- Boardwalk Hall: Atlantic City Comedy Festival, Sat-Sun. 10/12-13

- Hard Rock: Yas Queen with Remember Jones, Sat. 10/12

- Hard Rock: Pakistani singer Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Sat. 10/12

- Ocean Casino: Greek singer Nikos Vertis, Sat. 10/12

Here's more fun stuff to do this weekend in South Jersey:

- Cape May: Victorian Weekend, a host of exciting and entertaining activities from history to murder mysteries, historic house tours, food and wine events, thru Oct 14

- Somers Point: OceanFirst Bank Foundation Jazz @ The Point Festival, four Somers Point venues present a diverse lineup of live jazz music thru Sunday Oct. 13

- Galloway: The Stockton PAC presents Grandmaster Flash, Fri 10/11

- Ventnor: 2019 Step Up for the Arc of Atlantic County Walk, rain or shine, Registration begins at 10am in Holy Trinity Parish Hall, with the Walk on the Boardwalk at Newport Ave, Sat. 10/12

- Atlantic City: Chalk About AC,The Atlantic City Arts foundation presents  a free city-wide chalking event where you are encouraged to create chalk artwork, O'Donnell Memorial Park, 9a-1p Sat. 10/12

- Avalon: Seafood Festival, 10a-5p Sat-Sun 10/12-13, Surfside Park, 30th & the beach, local restaurants highlighting fresh seafood, raw bar options, and famous chowder

- Wildwood: Chili & Chowder Cook-Off: First-ever festival offers vendors, chili, chowder, wine and beer tastings, kids' activities, Byrne Plaza, 3400 Pacific Ave, Sat-Mon. 10/13-14

- Ocean City: Indian Summer Festival, featuring seafood vendors on the Boardwalk at the Music Pier, 9a-5p Sun. Oct 13

-Cape May: Ghost Tours and Ghost Trolley, various times

- Ocean City: Making Strides for Breast Cancer Walk, 6th & Boardwalk, Sun 10/13, check in at 8:30a; Walk at 10a

- Somers Point: 21st annual Tom Cetrone Memorial Golf Tournament, Greate Bay CC, Sun. 10/13, 609-457-2358

- Cape May: 3rd annual Doggie Day at the Pool, fundraiser for animal outreach of Cape May, held at the Montreal Beach Resort, 1025 Beach Ave, noon-3p Sun. 10/13