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2012 Women’s Expo at Tanger Outlets

Townsquare Media and Matt Blatt Kia present the 2012 Women’s Expo at Tanger Outlets - The Walk on Saturday, Aug. 18, from 10am to 5pm. The event features free information from health, home, and lifestyle experts, live entertainment, fashion shows and more throughout the center, with chances to win prizes all day long. There will also be a country music talent search, new this year. On the entertainment stage, Cat Country 107.3 will be presenting the Texaco Country Showdown where people can submit their entries for a chance to be selected to perform and be a part of America’s largest country music talent search. Details on how to enter and official rules can be found at catcountry1073.com. The entertainment ππstage will also feature fashion shows, magic shows and other live performances. Matt Blatt Kia in Egg Harbor Township and Townsquare Media will also be giving away a chance to win a brand new 2013 Kia Optima. To enter, stop by their Egg Harbor Township showroom, enter online at literock969.com or enter the day of the event. In addition, come out and be a part of Zumba Fest with Tilton Fitness at 11am and 1:30pm. Pre-register at literock969.com and get your Zumba Fest tank top. Proceeds benefit Gilda’s Club of South Jersey. — Lori Hoffman

Wild 100 Concert in the Wildwoods

More than a dozen acts will be performing on two separate stages Sunday, Aug. 19, at the Oceanfront Arena of the Wildwoods Convention Center for the inaugural Wild 100 concert. The show starts 5pm (doors open 4pm) and is in celebration of the City of Wildwood turning 100 years old. It is co-presented by Storm City Entertainment, SLP Concerts and Morey’s Piers. Acts will include the Nashville-based quartet Hot Chelle Rae, up-and-coming singer/songwriter Austin Mahone, pop-rock quartet Forever the Sickest Kids, 14-year-old Internet sensation Rebecca Black, popular hip-hop/indie rock group Outasight and the Johannesburg, South Africa quintet Overtone that is managed by Dina Eastwood, the wife of Hollywood superstar Clint Eastwood. Other groups/artists include the Reddy Set, Action Item, Kicking Daisies, the Good Robot, New Royalty and Lehle Grace. A prequel to Sunday’s show will start 6pm Saturday, Aug. 18, with a free concert at the Fox Park Amphitheatre featuring Journey tribute band Voyage and musical guests Alex Goot, Ground Up and others. Fox Park is located directly across from the Wildwoods Convention Center at Burk and Ocean avenues. General admission tickets are $35 and available at ticketmaster.com or charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000. Also available for $149 is a Centennial Pass that includes a general admission ticket, unlimited rides at all three of Morey’s Piers locations, a 30-minute-early venue entry, VIP viewing area, VIP private lounge, private VIP acoustic performances, backstage tours, free refreshments and various artist meet-and-greets. The Centennial Pass also includes a 16-page event program, a VIP laminate and a limited-edition event T-shirt. See wildwoodconcerts.com. — Ray Schweibert

Shemekia Copeland

‘33 1/3’ (Telarc)

Blues shouter/guitar slinger Shemekia Copeland may only be a few years over 30, but the Harlem-born Queen of the Blues (officially crowned at the 2011 Chicago Blues festival) has deep musical roots. Her father, the Texas guitarist Johnny Copeland inspired her song “Daddy Sings the Blues,” and the former up-and-comer has performed with blues icons such as James Cotton, the late Hubert Sumlin, B.B King and Ruth Brown. Meanwhile Robert Plant has called her “the next Tina Turner” and Carlos Santana has called her a “diamond.” Copeland’s new new tunes mix gritty electric guitar playing with smooth production on songs such as the tearful “Ain’t Gonna Be Your Tattoo,” the timely “Lemon Pie,” the modern gospel-blues of “Somebody Else’s Jesus,” the straight-shooting “A Woman” and a slowed down, beautifully sung cover of Bob Dylan’s “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.” — Jeff Schwachter

Drew Toonz