OCEAN CITY — With picture-perfect weather and a diverse line-up of live music, Sunfest weekend last week was by far the highest attended, blowing away the previous record set just last year.
Wow is about the only way to describe the 45th Annual Sunfest celebration last week. The four-day event attracted 317,419 visitors, blowing away the record 268,406 that attended last year’s event. The new mark set last weekend represented a 18% increase over the 2018 record.
With a great line-up of live entertainment and the usual collection of food and craft vendors along with a few new wrinkles, everything lined up well for the 2019 Sunfest, but the real star was the weather. With clear skies and warm temperatures leading up to and during the event, Sunfest enthusiasts came in droves as evidenced by the numbers.
It’s important to note the 317,419 attendees reported represent those who went through the gates at the event at the Inlet and does not necessarily reflect the total number of visitors in Ocean City last weekend. Anecdotally, traffic in town and crowds at area businesses made it appear as if it was a peak summer weekend. Ocean City Special Events Director Frank Miller said it became evident early on the 2019 Sunfest event was primed to be a record-breaker.
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6 comments:
Good for them I am glad. While it is the same ole same ole for me any more I am glad they did well. Hopefully that was also felt on The Boards.....
Just think what they could do if they had real entertainment???
Not really a good thing, this many drunks, my God!
Three dollars an hour for parking!
I went there to avoid the crowds this week and was shocked!
Stayed there three hours, had dinner and walked the boardwalk and the parking lot was mostly empty. I felt ripped off! Everything is automated and very inconvenient if you don't know your tag number when going to the kios to pay. I looked around the area and everywhere there was a pay to park sign and kios.
So if I want to visit OC, I should park in Berlin or West OC and take my bicycle to ride into the city to avoid the parking fees!
For me, it was a nice event. Other than that, the vendors had same usual stuff. the oyster sandwich was horrible and the help they had didn't have a clue what they were doing. Will not get that again.
Did they use the same sources Jake Day did for the Foke Festivus attendance numbers?
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