Ocean City & Berlin MD Live Music Calendar: Every Show Left in 2026

One combined calendar. Every band, every venue, every night — September through New Year’s Eve on the Maryland coast.

Summer crowds thin out after Labor Day. The music does not. Below is every confirmed show we could verify, merged into a single date-by-date list. Ticketed shows link straight to tickets. Everything else links to the venue’s schedule. Band names link to their official accounts where we could confirm one.

The three big weekends

Oceans Calling Festival — Sept 25–27, Ocean City Inlet. Forty-plus performances across three stages on the Boardwalk, in partnership with Maryland’s own O.A.R. Headliners: Dave Matthews Band, Twenty One Pilots, Mumford & Sons. Co-headliners: Hootie & the Blowfish, Gwen Stefani, Matchbox Twenty, Goo Goo Dolls. Also on the bill: 311, Third Eye Blind, Violent Femmes, Dashboard Confessional, All Time Low, Ludacris, Shaggy, Liz Phair, Yellowcard, My Morning Jacket, The Head and the Heart, Hanson, OK Go, Cory Wong. The 2025 edition sold out at 50,000+ tickets. Tickets and waitlist →

Country Calling Festival — Oct 2–3, Ocean City Inlet. 25+ artists on three stages. Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Rascal Flatts, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley. Tickets →

Sunfest — Oct 22–25, the Inlet. Free. Four days of arts, crafts, food and live music at the south end of the Boardwalk. Thursday–Saturday 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Sunday to 6 p.m. Music lineup →

One practical note for early October: the Ocean City Beach Patrol guards the beach through the third Sunday after Labor Day — Sept 27 in 2026. By Country Calling weekend the lifeguards are gone, dogs are back on the beach and Boardwalk, and Boardwalk biking hours open up.

September — night by night

Wed, Sept 2
Seacrets — DJ Davie, Tiki, 9 p.m.
Residence Inn / Bayview Bar & Grille — Aaron Howell, 6 p.m.

Thu, Sept 3
Seacrets — Collie Buddz (Summer Concert Series), 7 p.m. · Tickets → · colliebuddz.com · DJ Waxx, 9 p.m.
Fager’s Island — DJ RobCee, 5:30 p.m. · DJ Groove, 9:30 p.m.

Fri, Sept 4
Seacrets — The Collective, 5 p.m. · DJ Davie, Beach Stage, 6 p.m. · The PopRocks, 9 p.m. · DJ E-State, Morley Hall, 9 p.m. · Kristen & The Noise, 10 p.m.
Fager’s Island — Social Drinking, 5:30 p.m. · DJ RobCee, 9:30 p.m. · Radio Hero, 10 p.m.
Purple Moose — Under The Covers, 10 p.m.
Ocean City Center for the Arts — First Friday Block Party with The Marsh Lovers, 5–7 p.m. Free.
Ocean Pines Yacht Club — Atomic Light Orchestra, 6 p.m.
Captain’s Table — Phil Perdue, “The Piano Man,” 5 p.m.

Sat, Sept 5
Seacrets — DJ Crome in the Bay, 11 a.m. · The PopRocks, 5 p.m. · DJ J-Spinz, Beach Stage, 6 p.m. · My Hero Zero, 9 p.m. · DJ Connair, Morley Hall, 9 p.m. · DJ E-State, 9 p.m. · #NoFilter, 10 p.m.
Fager’s Island — Crushing Day, 5:30 p.m. · DJ Cruz, 9:30 p.m. · Radio Hero, 10 p.m.
Purple Moose — Under The Covers, 10 p.m.
Ocean Pines Yacht Club — Pistol Whipped, 6 p.m.
Flamingo Coast — Eclipse (Journey tribute), 5 p.m.
Captain’s Table — Phil Perdue, 5 p.m.

Sun, Sept 6
Seacrets — DJ Davie, 9 p.m. · DJ E-State, 9 p.m. · Lost in Paris, 10 p.m.
Fager’s Island — Crushing Day, 5:30 p.m. · The Chucks, 9:30 p.m. · DJ Wax, 9:30 p.m.
Purple Moose — Half Down, 10 p.m.

Mon, Sept 7 (Labor Day)
Seacrets — Blake Haley, 4 p.m. · Radio Stranger, 9 p.m. · DJ Davie, 9 p.m.
Fager’s Island — DJ Wax, 4:30 p.m. · Decade80, 5:30 p.m.

Tue, Sept 8
Seacrets — The Benderz, 9 p.m. · DJ Davie, 9 p.m.
Fager’s Island — Salt Water Sweat Line Dancing, 6 p.m.

Wed, Sept 9 — OC Rock & Ride opens at the Inlet (through Sept 13)
Seacrets — HFS Band, 9 p.m. · DJ J-Spinz, 9 p.m.
Purple Moose — Doc Marten and the Flannels, 10 p.m.

Thu, Sept 10
Seacrets — Stealing Savanah, 9 p.m. · DJ E-State, 9 p.m. · Red Not Chili Peppers (Summer Concert Series), 10 p.m. · Tickets →
Fager’s Island — Petty Coat Junction (Tom Petty tribute), 6 p.m. · High Voltage, 9:30 p.m.
Purple Moose — Tripwire, 10 p.m.

Fri, Sept 11
Seacrets — Jexxa, 5 p.m. · DJ Davie, 6 p.m. · Black Hole Sons, 9 p.m. · DJ E-State, 9 p.m. · LIVE WIRE, 10 p.m.
Fager’s Island — Great Train Robbery, 5:30 p.m. · DJ RobCee, 9:30 p.m.
Purple Moose — Surreal, 10 p.m.
Captain’s Table — Phil Perdue, 5 p.m.

Sat, Sept 12
Seacrets — Radio Stranger, 5 p.m. · DJ J-Spinz, 6 p.m. · Black Hole Sons, 9 p.m. · DJ Connair, 9 p.m. · Gab Cinque, 10 p.m.
Fager’s Island — Great Train Robbery, 5:30 p.m. · Kittyback, 9:30 p.m.
Purple Moose — Six Whiskey Revival, 2–6 p.m. · Surreal, 10 p.m.
Captain’s Table — Phil Perdue, 5 p.m.

Sun, Sept 13 — OC Rock & Ride final day
Seacrets — DJ E-State, Morley Hall, 9 p.m.

Tue, Sept 15
Fager’s Island — Bryan Clark, 5:30 p.m. · Salt Water Sweat Line Dancing, 6 p.m.

Thu, Sept 17
Seacrets — Faith Noel, 5 p.m. · DJ J-Spinz, 9 p.m.

Fri, Sept 18
Seacrets — John McNutt Duo, 5 p.m. · Stealing Savanah, 9 p.m. · DJ E-State, 9 p.m. · DJ Davie, 9 p.m. · Steal The Sky, 10 p.m.
Fager’s Island — The John Frase Project, 5:30 p.m.
Purple Moose — Awaken, 10 p.m.
Downtown Berlin — Berlin Chamber Fiddlers Convention, Main Street, 6–10 p.m. Free.
Performing Arts Center — TEDx Butterfish Cove.
Captain’s Table — Phil Perdue, 5 p.m.

Sat, Sept 19
Seacrets — Bansy, 5 p.m. · DJ Connair, 9 p.m. · The Way Outs, 9 p.m. · DJ Davie, 9 p.m. · The Alibis, 10 p.m.
Fager’s Island — Making Waves, 5:30 p.m. · Jumper, 9:30 p.m. · Vertigo Red, 9:30 p.m.
Purple Moose — Awaken, 10 p.m.
Downtown Berlin — Berlin Fiddlers Convention, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Free.
Art League of Ocean City — Originals Only: No Covers, Just Creators, 6–8 p.m.
Captain’s Table — Phil Perdue, 5 p.m.

Tue, Sept 22
Fager’s Island — Salt Water Sweat Line Dancing, 6 p.m.

Thu, Sept 24
Seacrets — Carley Twigg, 5 p.m. · DJ Davie, 9 p.m. · DJ Wax, 9 p.m.

Fri, Sept 25 — Oceans Calling, day 1
Seacrets — Lights Out by 8, 5 p.m. · Vertigo Red, 9 p.m. · DJ E-State, 9 p.m. · DJ J-Spinz, 9 p.m. · #NoFilter, 10 p.m.
Fager’s Island — Dead Eye Stare, 5:30 p.m. · Shake The Room, 9:30 p.m.
Purple Moose — The Reagan Years, 3–7 p.m.
Captain’s Table — Phil Perdue, 5 p.m.

Sat, Sept 26 — Oceans Calling, day 2
Seacrets — Party Till Dawn, 5 p.m. · DJ Davie, 6 p.m. · Lunasea Glow Party, 9 p.m. · The Event Horizon, 9 p.m. · DJ Connair, 9 p.m. · DJ J-Spinz, 9 p.m. · Lost in Paris, 10 p.m.
Fager’s Island — Other Brother Darryl, 5:30 p.m. · Pineapple Band, 9:30 p.m.
Purple Moose — Lithium and Candy, 3–7 p.m.
Captain’s Table — Phil Perdue, 5 p.m.

Sun, Sept 27 — Oceans Calling, day 3
Purple Moose — HFS, 3–7 p.m.

Mon, Sept 28
Fager’s Island — Full Circle, 5:30 p.m.

Tue, Sept 29
Fager’s Island — Bryan Clark, 5:30 p.m. · Salt Water Sweat Line Dancing, 6 p.m.

October — night by night

Thu, Oct 1
Seacrets — Blake Haley, 5 p.m. · Luke Borchelt, 10 p.m.
Purple Moose — Stonewood, 10 p.m.

Fri, Oct 2 — Country Calling, day 1
Seacrets — Faith Noel, 5 p.m. · Party Till Dawn, 9 p.m. · Jackson Perkins, 10 p.m.
Fager’s Island — Making Waves, 5:30 p.m.
Purple Moose — Mark Bray and the Steel Soul Cowboys, 3–7 p.m.

Sat, Oct 3 — Country Calling, day 2
Seacrets — Line Dancing with Kalynn, 3 p.m. · Faith Noel, 5 p.m. · The Nashville Nights Band, 9 p.m. (Instagram) · Pistol Whipped, 10 p.m.
Fager’s Island — Dustin Showers Band, 5:30 p.m.
Purple Moose — Miggs, 3–7 p.m.

Mon, Oct 5
Fager’s Island — On The Edge, 5:30 p.m.

Thu, Oct 8 — Endless Summer Cruisin’ opens (through Oct 11)
Performing Arts Center — Should’ve Been a Cowboy: A Toby Keith Tribute starring Charlie Floyd. Tickets at the link.

Fri, Oct 9
Fager’s Island — The Boh Daddies, 5:30 p.m.

Mon, Oct 12
Fager’s Island — Tranzfusion, 5:30 p.m.

Wed, Oct 14
Seacrets — Move for the Cure.

Fri, Oct 16
Purple Moose — It’s All Good, 10 p.m.

Sat, Oct 17
Fager’s Island — Fall Wine Fest (ticketed) with Decade80, noon–4 p.m. · Risky Business, 5:30 p.m.
Purple Moose — It’s All Good, 10 p.m.
Downtown Berlin — Berlin Oktoberfest & Fall Sidewalk Sale, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Live music, German food, Burley Oak on tap. Free.

Sun, Oct 18
Performing Arts Center — Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Tickets at the link.

Thu, Oct 22 — Sunfest opens at the Inlet (through Oct 25)
Performing Arts Center — Elton Dan & The Rocket Band. Tickets at the link.

Fri, Oct 23 — Sunfest
Fager’s Island — Full Circle, 5:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center — Live & Let Die: The Music of Paul McCartney, starring Tony Kishman. Tickets at the link.

Sat, Oct 24 — Sunfest
Fager’s Island — Big Machine, 5:30 p.m.
Cambria Hotel lawn — Shore Craft Beer’s OCtoberfest with Lower Case Blues, 1:30–4:30 p.m. Tickets at the link.
Performing Arts Center — Black Tie Optional: A Tribute to Michael Bublé & Beyond. Tickets at the link.

Sun, Oct 25 — Sunfest, final day

Mon, Oct 26
Seacrets — Lunasea Glow Party.

Thu, Oct 29
Performing Arts Center — Mrs. Doubtfire: The New Musical Comedy. Tickets at the link.

Fri, Oct 30
Fager’s Island — The Chucks, 5:30 p.m.

Sat, Oct 31 (Halloween)
Fager’s Island — Other Brother Darryl, 5:30 p.m. · Shake The Room, 9:30 p.m.

November — night by night

Fri, Nov 13
Purple Moose — Party Fowl, 9 p.m.

Sat, Nov 14
Purple Moose — Party Fowl, 9 p.m.

Thu, Nov 19
Northside Park — Winterfest of Lights opens, 5:30–9:30 p.m. nightly through the holidays.

Tue, Nov 24
Seacrets — Lunasea Glow Party.

Fri, Nov 27
Fager’s Island — Great Train Robbery, 5:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center — The Irish Tenors: A Family Christmas. Tickets at the link.

Sat, Nov 28
Fager’s Island — Tranzfusion, 5:30 p.m.
Downtown Berlin — Merry Marketplace, music and vendors on Main Street.

December — night by night

Thu, Dec 3
Downtown Berlin — Berlin Christmas Parade, Main Street. Marching bands, dance teams, floats, Santa.

Sat, Dec 5
Downtown Berlin — Merry Marketplace.

Thu, Dec 10
Downtown Berlin — Berlin Hanukkah Celebration.
Performing Arts Center — Jesse Garron’s A Blue Christmas (Elvis holiday tribute). Tickets at the link.

Sat, Dec 12
Downtown Berlin — Merry Marketplace.

Sat, Dec 19
Downtown Berlin — Merry Marketplace.
Performing Arts Center — Terry Fator’s A Very Terry Christmas. Tickets at the link.

Thu, Dec 24
Seacrets — Lunasea Glow Party.

Thu, Dec 31 (New Year’s Eve)
Downtown Berlin — Berlin New Year’s Eve. Kids’ ball drop at 6 p.m. (midnight in Berlin, Germany), then a 10 p.m. street party with DJs Big Al Reno and Schwab.

Winterfest of Lights runs nightly at Northside Park, Nov 19 through Dec 31.

Venues that book week to week

The calendar above covers every venue publishing a schedule in advance. Plenty of other rooms have live music most nights but only post a week or two out — check these directly, especially for October onward:

• Bourbon Street on the Beach (11604 Coastal Hwy) — nightly rock and acoustic, Wednesday open mic. One of the few downtown-adjacent rooms open all off-season.
• Coconuts Beach Bar & Grill (37th St., beachfront) — acoustic and reggae from noon.
• Macky’s Bayside (54th St.) · Fish Tales (Herring Way) · Dead Freddies (64th St.) · Beach Barrels (132nd St.) · Coins Pub (28th St.) · Ropewalk (82nd St.) · M.R. Ducks and Angler (Talbot St.) · Skye Bar (66th St.) · Saltwater 75 · 45th Street Taphouse · Pickles Pub · Jolly Jellyfish · de Lazy Lizard · Crawl Street Tavern · Fast Eddies — rotating cover bands, duos and DJs, generally 4–9 p.m. with later weekend sets.
• West Ocean City — Sunset Grille at Sunset Marina (four bars, weekend live music, no cover) and the harbor-side restaurants.
• Berlin — Burley Oak Brewing, Sinepuxent Brewing, and the Atlantic Hotel run acoustic and duo sets on Main Street.
• Ocean Pines Yacht Club (1 Mumfords Landing) — weekend bands through the fall.
• Fenwick Island, DE — Harpoon Hanna’s has the densest live music schedule in the area and is a 15-minute drive north.

Venue schedules: Seacrets · Fager’s Island · Purple Moose · Performing Arts Center

Follow the bands

Verified accounts only — where we couldn’t confirm an official account, we left it off rather than guess.

• Collie Buddz (Bermuda reggae) — colliebuddz.com
• The Benderz (Philadelphia party band) — Instagram · Facebook · thebenderz.com
• Steal The Sky (Philadelphia) — Instagram · Facebook
• Great Train Robbery (Baltimore southern rock since 1977; Maryland Entertainment Hall of Fame) — greattrainrobbery.com · Facebook
• Vertigo Red (Annapolis party rock) — Instagram · Facebook · vertigored.com
• KiTTYBACK — Instagram · Facebook
• The Boh Daddies (Baltimore) — Instagram · Facebook
• Other Brother Darryl (2024 Boston Music Award Country Artist of the Year) — Instagram · Facebook
• Radio Hero (Baltimore party rock) — Facebook · radioheroband.com
• Petty Coat Junction (Tom Petty tribute) — Facebook
• The Nashville Nights Band (90s country tribute) — Instagram · thenashvillenightsband.com
• JEXXA (Philadelphia) — Instagram · jexxamusic.com
• The PopRocks (DC/MD/VA) — Instagram
• Kristen & The Noise — Facebook
• Lower Case Blues (Delaware Blues Hall of Fame) — Instagram · Facebook
• Carley Twigg (Salisbury, MD) — Instagram
• Faith Noel — Instagram
• Blake Haley (Ocean City) — Instagram

Venues on Instagram: @seacretsusa · @fagersisland · @purplemoosesaloon

Planning notes

• Tickets: Oceans Calling and Country Calling sell through their festival sites (Front Gate Tickets), with resale via Ticketmaster’s Verified Exchange. Seacrets Summer Concert Series shows sell at seacrets.com/tickets. Performing Arts Center shows sell through each event page linked above. Most other bar shows are no cover.
• Free: Sunfest, the Berlin Fiddlers Convention, Berlin Oktoberfest, the Christmas Parade, the First Friday Block Party, and Purple Moose most nights.
• Confirm before you drive. This calendar reflects published venue schedules as of early September 2026. Off-season bookings change weekly, and the smaller rooms add shows on short notice.

Playing a show we missed? Send us your schedule and we’ll add it.