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National Lighthouse Day
Wednesday, August 7
Kids 12 & Under Climb Free!
Porch Party - Wine Tasting
Saturday, August 10
5-7pm
$25 donation
DJ Tunes by Kelli D
Celebrate National Lighthouse Day at Absecon Lighthouse! Featuring fine wine &cheese selections from White Horse Wine & Spirits!
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“Sailor’s Sunset Fiddle Concert”
Wednesday, August 28
6-7pm
Featuring 20 musicians playing Shanty & Sailor tunesFREE on our 2-acre lawn, bring your own lawn chairs, blankets & coolers
Wednesday July 3rd, The Salty Sea
Dive in! Make a splash! Come make a paper craft killer whale, shark or narwhal, create your own sea sticker scene, mosaic ornament, fuzzy fish magnet, or color in and assemble your own little beach book.
Wednesday July 10th, Pirates, Mermaids & Fairy Tales
Ahoy, me hearties! King or Queen? Prince or Princess? Make your own paper pirate flag, Jack Cannonball paper bag puppet, or color in your own pirate hat. For our visiting sirens, create a popsicle stick mermaid puppet or foam craft mermaid ornament. Or be royal and design your own crown coat of arms, make a frog prince paper bag puppet, or king and queen popsicle stick puppets. We also have a mosaic foam crown for you to design or a unicorn crown to color in.
Wednesday July 17th, Gifts of the Garden
What would you plant in your own garden? Flowers? Vegetables? Fruit? Make a pompom caterpillar, decorate a biodegradable flower pot, create a flower sticker scene, or make a stacked flower ornament. You can also take a self-guided tour through our 21 bed community garden and see what is growing!
Wednesday July 24th, Dinosaurs
Ever wonder what is was like to walk among the dinosaurs? Become a paleontologist for the day. Make a dinosaur popsicle stick puppet, hatching baby dinosaur with egg, dinosaur sticker scene, or a dinosaur mask.
Wednesday July 31st, Outer Space
Learn about our solar system and outer space. Make a solar system paper hat, solar system sticker scene, or color in your own rocket.
Wednesday August 14th The Zany Zoo
Lions, tigers, and bears – oh my! Make your own zoo sticker scene, color in an animal face mask, and more.
Wednesday August 21st Wacky Wednesday ‘Soup’
Select crafts from all of the previous Wacky Wednesdays will be available for kids to color.
* August 7th is National Lighthouse Day, so we are skipping the week for NLD Festivities.
More Events
In Honor and Memory of Buddy Grover, the Lightkeeper’s Birthday
Tuesday, September 24
Details to be announced.
Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey
Saturday & Sunday, October 19 & 20
Regular admission, kids 11 and under are free
Lightkeeper Buddy Grover (1927-2024) was featured on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt in May of 2022.
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Saturday, December 9, 2023
Luminary Light Festival
5pm to 7pm Caroling, light a personal luminary, specialty cheeses & wine tasting $25 per person donation2024 Saturday, January 13 & Sunday, January 13
Celebrating 167 years since the first lighting on January15, 1857
Kids 12 & under Climb Free! Two-for-One Climbs for adults from 11am to 3:30pm2024 Wednesday, February 14
Romance and Renewal
Couples invited to take part in a group Vow Renewal Ceremony by a non-denominational minister in the Keeper's Cottage at 6pm, followed by a Champagn Toast adn congratulations and Romantic Dancing DELIGHTFUL DATE DAYS You and your date climb for the prce of one!2024 Saturday & Sunday, May 4 & 5 and Saturday, May 11
MOTHER’S DAY HYDRANGEA SALE
Proceeds to benefit the Hydrangea Trail 2.0, an organization committed to bringing back the original, Historic Hydrangea Trail of Absecon Island.2024 Wednesday, June 26th
Buddy's Celebration of Life
An organ concert of Buddy's favorite music will be played on the histoic organ