Country Calling Drops Sunday in 2026 as Ocean City Eyes Hotel, Restaurant Impact

Country Calling drops Sunday in 2026 as Ocean City eyes hotel, restaurant impact

Country Calling will return to the Ocean City Inlet in 2026 as a two-day festival, with organizers listing dates of Oct. 2-3, 2026, eliminating the Sunday that made the event a three-day draw last year.

Country Calling 2026 Back To Two-Day Format

OCEAN CITY, Md. – Dates for Ocean City’s Country Calling music festival were announced, but the event will return as a two-day festival instead of three. The popular festival is set to return to Ocean City on Oct. 2-3, 2026. For Ocean City businesses, one fewer day could mean fewer customers than the year before. Surfin’ Betty’s Burger Bar front-of-house worker Bailey Pusey said the festival’s traffic helped boost business. “We get a lot of flow…