New promoter to organize motorcycle event this fall, called OC Rock and Ride
A re-tooled Ocean City motorcycle extravaganza is one step closer to reality after Worcester County’s liquor board granted a liquor license to the new promoter.
The Board of License Commissioners approved a promoter’s license for Matt Odachowski and his son Tyler, the organizers of OC Rock and Ride, at its July 16 meeting. In their application, they said four different bars will sell alcohol within a fenced-in area. Spotters will be on-site to police bartenders and customers, Matt Odachowski said.
Odachowski’s company, the disaster cleanup outfit Royal Plus, had been a sponsor of OC Bikefest for several years, “so we’re very familiar with some of the operations. We provided the generators; we provided the distro – we assisted with anything logistic-wise,” he told the board.
“With this plan, we took into consideration how it was done in the past, and we wanted to make it safer. We actually installed additional walkways that are actually going to have bike rack [fencing] in them to make sure everybody gets in and out safely,” he added.
The four-day event, scheduled for Sept. 13-16 in downtown Ocean City, replaces what used to be called OC Bikefest. That event’s promoter, OC Jams LLC, defaulted on its contract with Ocean City, so the town terminated the agreement.
Former Ocean City deputy fire marshal Tim Price at the liquor board meeting vouched for Odachowski.