Downtown Ocean City has everything Discover fun, food, shopping, events and entertainment in downtown OC Ocean City is a seasonal resort town, and as the Labor Day holiday comes and goes in the first few days of September, the peak season in Ocean City officially comes to an end and shoulder season begins. The kids are back in school, the beach is less enticing, and town is less busy during the weekdays. The shoulder season brings us an ever-growing schedule of large weekend festivals and events to help bolster the local hotels, restaurants, and other businesses.
For many visitors to town, the shoulder season is their preferred time of year in Ocean City, as the weather is cooler and the town is less crowded. Many year-round residents also embrace the shoulder season, as a welcomed reprieve from the hustle of the busy season. The first major downtown shoulder season event of 2024 comes in the form of OC Bikefest (Sept. 1115). Billed as the largest motorcycle rally on East Coast, this is certainly one of the loudest events of the year in Ocean City. Keep an eye out while driving in town because motorcycles will be everywhere. Throughout the town and region there will be vendor villages, charity
rides and poker runs, and other motorcycle-centric activities. The biggest draw of OC Bikefest, though, are the three days of concerts that take place in the inlet parking lot. This year’s concerts features hard rock bands Buckcherry, Sevendust, and Theory of a Deadman, as well as classic rock bands Tesla, Styx, Cheap Trick, and Ted Nugent. One of our favorite shoulder season events, the OCtoberfest Shore Craft Beer Festival, returns for its 10th year. This year the craft beer festival has been moved to a new date (Sept. 21) and to a new location, the recently renovated Bayside Park at 3rd. Continued on page 11