Boardwalk Rock will not return to Ocean City in 2026, event promoter C3 Presents and the Town of Ocean City announced on Wednesday.
The cancellation of two headline acts has forced the promoter of the Boardwalk Rock music festival to cancel next year’s event, Ocean City Tourism and Business Development Director Tom Perlozzo said this week.
On Wednesday, the Town of Ocean City announced the second installment of the Boardwalk Rock festival would not be held next spring. While organizers and city staff are optimistic about the event’s return in 2027, Perlozzo said challenges in securing headline acts forced the promoter – C3 Presents – to cancel the 2026 event entirely.
“Everything, operationally, was set and ready to go,” Perlozzo said in an interview Thursday. “But we had two headliners drop out over the course of getting this thing ready, and we couldn’t find a replacement that was suitable and met the expectations for a first-class event here in Ocean City.”
While expressing his disappointment over the cancellation, Perlozzo said C3 Presents was working to bring Boardwalk Rock back to Ocean City in 2027 with top-tier entertainment, which he said is often booked between 18 months and two years in advance of an event.