Blink-182, The Killers, and the Dave Matthews Band will headline this September’s Oceans Calling Festival in Ocean City, Maryland.
Presale tickets for the September 27–29 festival go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday morning. If any tickets are left after the presale, they will go on sale at 11 a.m. Three-day passes start at $299 and go up to $6,000. One-day passes start at $160.
Ocean City blocks off a portion of its boardwalk while the performances take place between noon and 11 p.m. each day.
Last September’s concerts drew an estimated 50,000 people to three stages at the inlet. In 2022, the first year the resort planned to hold the music event, rain and winds from Hurricane Ian forced its cancellation.
Here’s Who’s Playing
Friday, September 27
Blink-182 is the headline act. Cage the Elephant, Sublime, 311, O.A.R., The Revivalists, Sugar Ray, The Darkness, Sugar Ray, Larkin Poe, Tonic, Phillip Phillips, Winona Fighter, and Vincent Lima will play.
Saturday, September 28
The Killers will be the top act. The other bands scheduled are the following: The Offspring, Rebelution, The Beach Boys, Young the Giant, The All-American Rejects, The Hives, Grouplove, Switchfoot, The Beaches, Tom Odell, Trevor Hall, The Samples, and Katelyn Tarver.
Sunday, September 29
Virginia’s own Dave Matthews Band will headline. Set to play on Sunday are Mt. Joy, Counting Crows, Boyz II Men, Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Guster, Big Head Todd and The Monsters, Lisa Loeb, Jade Bird, and Stephen Kellogg. O.A.R. and Friends will play a special set.
Back again this year at Oceans Calling will be celebrity chefs Robert Irvine, Amanda Freitag, and Marc Murphy, as well as host Jason Biggs.
O.A.R., which has strong ties to Rockville, Maryland, organizes Oceans Calling along with C3 Presents.
Feature image by Colleen Kelleher
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