Dog Days, Alzheimer's Walk Set For Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Ocean City is lining up a busy stretch of late October events, with Dog Days on the Boardwalk returning for its sixth year on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24 and 25. Leashed dogs will be permitted on the Boardwalk from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 24 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 25, when they are otherwise prohibited during the rest of the year.

Saturday’s Dog Days schedule includes dog-specific vendors on the Boardwalk, photo-op stations and the Humane Society of Ocean City’s “Pet of the Year” announcement. Free photos with Santa in a lifeguard boat will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. under the Ocean City Music Pier loggia, and the pet award announcement is set for noon at the Music Pier at Moorlyn Terrace and Boardwalk. Registration and packet pickup for the Howl-O-Ween Parade begin at 1 p.m. at the Ocean City Sports and Civic Center, and the parade starts at 3 p.m. at Sixth Street and continues to 14th Street.

Registration for the Howl-O-Ween Parade is open, and the city said proceeds will benefit the Humane Society of Ocean City. The event is presented by the Boardwalk Merchants Association, Manco & Manco Pizza, the Humane Society of Ocean City and the City of Ocean City. Registration, vendor information and additional details are available at ocnj.us/dogday.

The Ocean City Boardwalk will also host the 2026 South Jersey Shore Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, Oct. 24. According to the event information, registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Ocean City Civic Center on Sixth Street and Boardwalk, followed by a 10 a.m. Promise Garden Ceremony and a 10:30 a.m. noncompetitive 2.5-mile walk. More information and registration are available at alz.org/walk.

Also on Oct. 24, volunteers are being sought for the Clean Ocean Action Beach Sweep from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Participants are asked to register atcleanoceanaction.org, check in at the Ocean City Music Pier before the event, and bring their own bucket and gloves.

Ocean City’s Halloween calendar continues through the end of the month. Registration is open for the 78th annual Halloween Parade, scheduled for 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, along Asbury Avenue from Sixth Street to 11th Street, and for the seventh annual Halloween House Decorating Contest, with a registration deadline of 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21. Traditional trick-or-treating hours will be 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. The Ocean City Free Public Library will host Halloween Fest from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, and the Ocean City Skate Park will hold a Halloween Costume Skate from 4 p.m. to dusk on Oct. 24.