Important Information About Oceans Calling Festival
The Oceans Calling Festival is the biggest music festival in the region. The 3 day festival in partnership with musicians O.A.R., is on the beach in downtown Ocean City.
If you are attending the festival we recommended downloading the Oceans Calling toolkit and print it or save it to your phone.
Download The Oceans Calling Tool Kit
When is the Oceans Calling Festival?
- September 26 – 28, 2025 from 12pm – 11:30pm
- Doors Open: 12:00 PM daily
- Music Starts: 12:30 PM
GENERAL INFORMATION:
- Enter at: North & South Division Street
- Box Office: 5 Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, MD 21842
- Re-Entry: Allowed until 7:00 PM
- Bag Check: Required – check the bag policy!
- Features over 30 performances on 3 stages, all on the classic Ocean City Boardwalk.
- Beach Bus Pick Up and Drop Off is on S Baltimore Street between Wicomico Street and Talbot Street
- Entrance is on S Division Street and the Beach.
- There are emergency exits all along the Boardwalk, one by the Sea Bright Stage and one by the Rockville Stage.
Tickets for Oceans Calling
Oceans Calling Festival is HOT and we are anticipating a sell-out for 2025. So you need to ACT QUICKLY IF YOU WANT TICKETS.
PRE-SALE:
You can sign-up for a pre-sale passcode here. If the event sells out again, there will be an official ticket waiting list is available. So act now.
Original Face value for Oceans Calling tickets with fees: 1-Day Tickets
- GA $175
- GA+ $380
- VIP $590
- Platinum $1115
3-Day Tickets
- GA $350
- GA+ $550
- VIP $895
- Platinum $2705
- Ultimate $7000 – New for 2025
3-Day Chase Presale – Friday 2/14 at 10 AM
Starting at $350
Chase cardholders get early access to 3 Day FA and 3 Day VIP Tickets with locked in Tier One Pricing through an exclusive presale starting Friday, February 14 at 10 AM ET. Must use a valid Chase card for purchase. Supply is limited.
Chase Presale tickets are subject to availability. A valid Chase debit or credit card is required for purchases. 8 ticket maximum per purchaser for Oceans Calling. All sales are final. Other restrictions/exclusions may apply. Chase is not responsible for fulfillment of the offer. Deposit & credit card products provided by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Member FDIC.
LAY AWAY PLANS
Lay away plans are available.
Oceans Calling Merchandise
- Official Merch Locations:
- Inside: Near the pier
- Outside: Pop-up between 1st & 2nd Streets
Wristbands
Reminder: If you tighten your wristband or put it on too soon and need a replacement, bring your wristband, order confirmation, and government-issued ID to the Box Office for a wristband replacement. Please refer to the Wristband Policy for information on wristband replacements as there is a fee.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
CULINARY DEMOS hosted by Jason Biggs with top chefs:
- ROBERT IRVINE,
- MICHAEL VOLTAGGIO
- BRIAN VOLTAGGIO
- ANNE BURRELL
Locally Curated Food Vendors
Access to the Ocean City Boardwalk & Jolly Roger Amusement Park
- (admission included with your Oceans Calling Festival Ticket
LAND TRANSPORTATION & PARKING
(This info is from 2024. We will update with any changes)
Tips from George Peake, the Transportation Manager for the Town of Ocean City about his bus service:
“Using our bus system:
- Due to major residential developments surrounding our north bus station parking is VERY limited in the area
- Public Parking at 100th Street near the library fills up fast
- Convention Center parking is free, and we will be focusing on transporting people from these lots until they are full
- The Coastal Highway bus service runs 6AM to 3AM next day; on a daily basis
- We are running a shuttle service from/to Park “N’ Ride in west OC and it has free parking. This shuttle will operate during the hours of 6AM to 1AM next day during the concerts
- Many will use the outlet mall parking as an overflow
- We will be selling bus tickets, including multi-day tickets at the Park ‘N’ Ride facility
- For Oceans Calling I have 165 bus deployments scheduled during the three day event; and for Country’s Calling, (a two day event), 100″
Water Taxi – OC Bay Hopper
Shuttle by the OC Bay Hopper
- Operating from 10:45am until midnight on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Pricing will vary by location, as low as $15 per person one way for the shortest rides from West OC.
- Book a specific trip on a shuttle which has limited capacity.
- Ticket is for a specific departure time and location and cannot be easily exchanged for another time/location if you miss the scheduled departure
- The boats are likely to sell out.
- They will refund any/all money for the shuttle in the event that the concert is cancelled OR the weather on the bay is unsafe/miserable for water transportation.
How to Book a Boat Shuttle
- Launch the OC Bay Hopper app and navigate to their Shuttle Service.
- Choose the date you’d like transportation tickets, the number of adults/children, and type (one-way vs. round-trip).
- For “Hop On Location” you can choose
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- OC Bay Hopper- West OC Harbor
- Ocean Pines Yacht Club
- OC Bay Hopper- 118th Street in North OC, or
- OC Convention Center
- For “Hop Off Location” choose Oceans/Country Calling Festival, which is a short walk to the boardwalk and festival area.
