The 3rd Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival will be held on Saturday, July 7, 3 pm to 8 pm. Wilmington’s FROG Project will open for the Ernest Turner Quartet from Durham, N.C.

Doors open at 3 pm, FROG Project performs 4 to 5:30 and the Er...nest Turner Quartet performs 6 to 7:30. .

The event will be held in the courtyard of the Ocean City Beach Community Center, 2649 Island Drive, North Topsail Beach, NC 28460 (behind the Wade Chestnut Memorial Chapel. Ocean City Beach, North Carolina is an historic beach located a stone's throw from the ocean that was founded and developed by African-Americans in the 1940s. http://www.mapquest.com/#d802b601237bd960ca5be92e ).

No picnics or coolers, please. Food available from Wilmington’s Top Chef contestant Keith Rhodes of Catch Restaurant. Beverages available. . Bring lawn chairs. Proceeds to benefit Wade Chestnut Memorial Chapel.

For tickets, please contact Evester Bailey, 919 - 491-0064, evest8@aol.com or Linda Upperman Smith, 910 – 262 - 4508, lindasmith@inneventz.com