Things To Do in Ocean City, MD | May 17 - May 23, 2026

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May 17 - May 23

Event Vibes 🎉 

Sunday, May 17

• Cars & Coffee | OC Coffee Beanery | 8am–12pm

• Berlin Farmers Market | Main St - Berlin | 9am-1pm

• 45th Anniversary & Adoption Event with Town Cats of OC | Concord Pet Supplies - Berlin | 9am-12pm

• Bay Day @ Ocean Pines | White Horse Park | 10am-2pm

• Sail into Summer | Ocean Pines Yacht Club | 1-5pm

• Clean-Up Day: Trash & Weeds | Downtown Snowhill | 2-5pm

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 Lights, Camera, OC! 🎬

If you've ever watched the sun rise over the boardwalk and thought "this should be in a movie" — well, now's your chance to make it happen! 🌅 The Ocean City Film Festival is back with the 2026 OC Film Challenge, an annual filmmaking contest that invites creators of all levels to craft a short film in or about Ocean City for a shot at some seriously cool prizes. Produced by the nonprofit Art League of Ocean City, the challenge is all about celebrating our beloved beach town on film — and yes, the ocean, the boardwalk, and those iconic OC vibes absolutely count as your set. 🎥🦀

The timeline is tight but totally doable: registration opens June 1st and closes June 30th, all filming must wrap by July 26th, and final films are due July 27th. 🗓️ Your short film can't exceed 10 minutes, must include a designated line of dialogue (revealed after you register), and needs to feature at least one scene that visibly shows Ocean City as the setting. No vacation montages or music videos — this is real cinema, folks! Top three winners will score filmmaker passes to Season 11 of the OCFF, swag bags, and more, with 1st place also taking home a hotel stay for the 2027 festival. 🏆

The grand finale happens on Saturday, August 8th at the Art League of Ocean City — doors at 7pm, films rolling at 8pm — capped off with a live Q&A and the big awards announcement. 🎉 Spots are limited and registration is by application only, so if you've got a story to tell about this town, don't sleep on it. Head over to the OC Film Challenge page to register, and questions can go to [email protected]. Ocean City has always been a place worth talking about — now it's your turn to put it on screen. 🌊🎞️

Music Vibes 🎸🎶 

Sunday, May 17

• Berlin Beer Company | Blind Wind | 1pm

• Blu Crabhouse | Bryan Russo | 5-9pm

• Bourbon Street on the Beach | Hot Sauce Band | 6–9pm

• Coconuts | Loud Moon 12–3pm | 33 RPM 4-8pm

• Cork Bar | Dixon Duo | 4–7pm

• Crabcake Factory Bayside | Amber Hopkins | 2pm

• Harborside | Opposite Directions 1pm | Charlie Travers 6pm

• Harpoon Hanna’s | Sons of Pirates | 2-6pm

• Salted Vines Winery | Ben Davis | 2pm

• Seacrets | DJ Davie | 9pm–2am

• Skye Bar | Bryen O'Boyle | 4–8pm

• Southgate Grill | King's Ransom | 5pm

• The Angler | Beach Bandits | 5-9pm

• Windmill Creek Winery | Jack Bannon | 1-4pm

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  A Legend on the Shore 🌊

If you've spent any summers in Ocean City, you've benefited from the watchful eyes of the Ocean City Beach Patrol — and for over four decades, one of those eyes belonged to Lieutenant Edward "Ward" Kovacs. 🌞 Ward, who passed away on April 25, 2026 at the age of 64, joined the Beach Patrol back in 1983 and never really left. He climbed from lifeguard to crew chief to lieutenant, and in 2006 became the patrol's first-ever full-time, year-round employee — a fitting title for a man who treated Ocean City like a calling, not just a career. 🏖️ Along the way, he oversaw recruiting, training, the surfing beaches, Beach Patrol vehicles, and public outreach — basically, if it had to do with keeping this beach safe, Ward had a hand in it.

But ask anyone who knew him, and they won't lead with his résumé. 💛 Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin put it simply: "Everyone called him a nice guy. That was his personality. Gentle and caring and more pastoral. That was his gift, even more so than the gifts we hired him for." Ward was a Towson University grad who had studied theology at Concordia Seminary, volunteered with the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company dive team, and carried a pastor's heart right onto the beach stand. His faith never left him — it just showed up in the way he treated every rookie lifeguard, every visitor, and every colleague lucky enough to work beside him. 🙏

Ward's legacy is already being honored through the newly established Lt. Ward Kovacs Junior Beach Patrol Scholarship Fund — and if you'd like to contribute, you can read his full obituary and find donation details here. 💙 Checks can be made payable to the OCDC (note "Kovacs") and mailed to OCBP HQ at 109 Talbot St., Ocean City, MD 21842. He signed off his life the way he lived it — with a reminder that still feels like him: "Keep your Feet in the Sand until the Lifeguard's in the Stand." 🌅 Rest easy, Ward. The shore is a little quieter without you.

Happy Hour & Food Vibes 🍔🍺🍷

This week’s highlighted deals 👇

• Bad Monkey | 2 for 1 drinks | 3-6pm Sun-Thurs | 3-5pm Fri-Sat

• Fish Tales | $2.50 Natty’s, $5.25 dom cans, $6 wine, $6.25 imports, $6.50 seltzers & RTDS, $6.75 rails, $7 house margs, $7.75 calls, $8.25 crushes | $4.99-$19.99 food specials | Mon-Fri | 3-6pm | Natty Night Wednesdays - $1 Natty's, $2 green tea & white tea shooters, $3 rails, $4 Surfsides & Nutrls, $5 bombs | 10pm - 2am

• Papi’s Tacos | $4 draft beer, dom cans, hot dogs, $5 El Jimador Silver shots, 2 Natty’s, $6 El Jimador Resposado shots, rails, $7 El Jimador Anejo shots, house margs, sangria, queso funded, platanos, $8 all glasses of wine, elote, 3 gringo tacos, $12 mystery beer bucket | $10 wings | 4-6pm | Mon-Fri | Power Hour | 2 for 1 rails, drafts, Deep Eddy’s sodas, bombs | 3-4 pm weekdays

Pardon Our Beach Dust! 🔨🏖️

The OCV crew is busy building something awesome behind the scenes — a brand spankin' new website where finding Ocean City's best happy hours and dining specials will be as easy as a walk on the Boardwalk! 🚶‍♀️🌊🍹 We know change takes a minute — thanks for vibing with us while we make it happen! 😄 Stay tuned — good things are coming! ⭐🌅

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