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BLC Reviews Plans For Oceans Calling; 65 Businesses Within Festival Footprint

BLC Reviews Plans For Oceans Calling; 65 Businesses Within Festival Footprint
A rendering of the Oceans Calling layout shows 65 businesses and staging areas within the fenced-in festival footprint, which runs from Trimper’s Riders to North Division Street. Submitted Image

SNOW HILL – County officials reviewed the proposed layout and security measures for the Oceans Calling Festival this week.

While promoters and Ocean City officials will return for formal approval next month, the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners (BLC) reviewed plans for the three-day festival at a meeting on Wednesday.

“No decisions are made today,” said Tom Coates, the board’s attorney. “This is totally information gathering.”

Attorney Mark Cropper, representing resort officials and festival organizers, told the board he’d be returning to seek the newly created promoter’s license to allow for alcohol sales at the event after the law went into effect July 1. For now though, he said he wanted organizers to share event information with the board so they’d have an idea of what the plan was for the massive music festival.

The biggest change for this year’s event, as opposed to what was approved last year, is that this year a portion of the Boardwalk will be included in the fenced-in festival grounds. Cropper said the town had obtained consent from 100% of the businesses in that area. Those businesses will be within the festival area and will operate under the same hours as the event, which ends at 11 p.m.

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