Entertainment & Events in Cape May, New Jersey

Concerts & Performances

Cape May Jazz Festival 609-884-7277
Located at Nine Different Venues Near the Beach
This festival takes place twice a year, in April and November, and features top-name jazz performers; blues jams with local talent; CD signing parties; panel discussions; workshops; and jazz brunches. more

Elaine's Dinner Theater 609-884-4358
513 Lafayette Street
Cape May, NJ 08204
Named one of “America's top five dinner theatres” by The Food Network, this award-winning dinner theatre offers a choice of sumptuous entrees followed by entertaining, elaborate performances by the area's best talent performing live. Performances by hauntingly talented costume characters actors in the Haunted Mansion Theme Dining Room are also offered. more
Cape May Stage 609-884-1341
31 Perry Street
Cape May, NJ 08204
This performance oriented theatre company provides excellence in acting, directing and writing, and offers a variety of wonderful performances throughout its season. Performances run Wednesdays through Sundays at 8:00 p.m. at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse, on the corner of Bank & Lafayette Streets. This former church in the historic district of Cape May is a National Historic Landmark. more
East Lynne Theater Company, The 609-884-5898
121 Fourth Avenue
Cape May, NJ 08204
Located in West Cape May
The only Equity professional non-profit theatre dedicated to American stage classics, this theatre company was named after a popular American play of the 1800s, and offers rich theatrical performances during its season that runs from July to November. more

Cape May's Spring Festival 609-884-5404 or 609-884-5508
Located at Venues Throughout Cape May
A nine-day festival that includes the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts' Spring Victorian Festival, Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May's Tulip and Garden Festival, a 19th-century dance workshop and ball, a Victorian murder mystery dinner, outdoor crafts, an antiques and collectibles show, tennis tournaments, glassblowing demonstrations on the lawn of the 1879 Emlen Physick Estate, and a brass band concert. more