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Elbow-to-elbow fans fill the beach downtown during Young the Giant’s performance at last Saturday’s Oceans Calling music festival.
Oceans Calling came and conquered Aside from a Friday night deluge and some public transportation problems, the music festival gets a big thumbs up from fans and local businesspeople, who said this year’s event exceeded last year’s edition and their expectations. — PAGE 3
Country music gets its turn on stage Promoter C3 aims to duplicate Oceans Calling’s success with a weekend of country music on the concert grounds this weekend.— PAGE 6
Ocean City’s tough-ontraffic Special Event Zone could be called into play for next year’s Bikefest, following a recommendation from the Motor Event Task Force. — PAGE 16
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Guest artist Dee Snider, formerly of Twisted Sister, is pictured performing Sunday with O.A.R. & Friends on the Rockville stage on the Inlet beach.
After wet start, high marks for Oceans Calling Festival By Bethany Hooper Associate Editor (Oct. 4, 2024) While rain and flooding caused delays during the festival’s first day, officials and business owners report they were better prepared for the second installment of Oceans Calling, which brought more than 50,000 attendees to town each day over the weekend. Following the success of last year’s Oceans Calling Festival, the outlook going into last weekend’s three-day event seemed bright for event promoter C3 Presents and the Town of Ocean City. And while rain and flooding led to significant logistical issues Friday, officials report the event was largely celebrated by concertgoers and business owners. “I think the entire Oceans Calling weekend was a huge success,” Mayor Rick Meehan said this week. “Again we had concert attendees from every state and it looked like everyone enjoyed the event. The weather didn’t cooperate Friday night but the concert goers hung in there and they were rewarded with great weather Saturday and Sunday. The band
lineup was awesome, and the crowds were polite and just enjoying themselves.” Like last year, rain moved through the area during the first day of Oceans Calling. However, heavy downpours started in the early evening and continued throughout the night, leaving attendees soaked as they made their way out of the festival footprint at the conclusion of day one. Additionally, the weather led to a 45-minute delay in Friday night’s headliner, Blink 182, taking the stage. Due to the delay and lack of communication from the festival, thousands of attendees left Friday night before the band took the stage around 10:20 p.m. As a result of the rain and flooding, Transit Manager Rob Shearman said concertgoers moved in and out of the festival grounds in patterns the city’s transportation department did not anticipate. Despite preparations, he said buses were overwhelmed on Friday evening. “Friday night was certainly the most See SOLID Page 80
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