Atlantic City Has Full Roster of Summer Events

Atlantic City offers free concerts, sporting events or festivals this summer. Performers appearing there include Fleetwood Mac, “American Idol” top contestants from 2008 and Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band. The Absecon Lighthouse’s Annual Golf Tournament takes place at McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links in Egg Harbor Township on Friday, June 5. Great American Volleyball returns to Atlantic City on Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and7, with the Great American Volleyball Atlantic City Open, taking place on the beach in front of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino next to the Trump Plaza Beach Bar. Admission is free for all spectators. There’s Formula X racing at the New Jersey Motorsports Park, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) American Superbike and Daytona Sportbike classes and the 25th annual Ladies Invitational Bluefish Tournament takes place on Saturday, June 20, and features only women to fish to raise money for the R.N.S. Mobile Mammography Unit. At the 86th Annual National Marbles Tournament in Wildwood, marbles champions, ages 8 to 14, will compete for scholarships, prizes, and the coveted titles of King and Queen of Marbles. For more information, visit www.atlanticcitynj.com.