Major Concert Festival Set For Ocean City Pushed Back A Week

OCEAN CITY — Concerns about logistics issues are once again moving a major three-day concert and festival planned for September back another week, resort officials learned this week.

The fall special events calendar in the resort is loaded with multiple significant events stacked back-to-back in mid- to late-September. OC BikeFest is scheduled for its usual slot in mid-September. New this year is another major fall special event brought forth by internationally-known promoter C3 Presents, which was planning on bringing a major three-day music festival to the resort on Sept. 23-25. Although the details on the proposed C3 Presents event are not known, or at least have not been made public, the promoter is internationally known for its concerts, festivals and other significant events it produces.

Earlier this year, the Tourism Commission debated the logistics of stacking major special events together in September, including OC BikeFest and the C3 Presents festival. Wedged in there is the annual Wine Fest and the unsanctioned pop-up motorized event in the same stretch. As a result, the commission recommended moving Sunfest to October and the council approved.

Part of the town’s strategy was scheduling the significant special events around the unsanctioned pop-up event in order to fill rooms and make it difficult for participants in that event to find accommodations. The C3 Presents event was scheduled for the same time as the unsanctioned event.

However, Tourism and Business Development Director Tom Perlozzo informed the Mayor and Council C3 Presents was now desirous of moving its event back one week from Sept. 23-25 to Sept. 30-Oct. 2.

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