3 Ocean City Events This Week, Including Spring Block Party

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — Ocean City's premier early-season event, the Spring Block Party, returns Saturday. The festival features more than 350 crafters, food vendors, musicians and kids activities stretching over a mile on downtown Asbury Avenue between Fifth Street and 14th Street.

More than 100 downtown stores will be open for business and have tables out front. Children can ride ponies from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the grounds of the Ocean City Tabernacle (Sixth Street and Asbury Avenue). Entertainment along the street will include the Tidal Wave Band, the Pennsport String Band and several other acts.

The event, in its 37th year, regularly attracts tens of thousands of visitors, selling out every vendor slot. All street parking in Ocean City and at municipal lots off the boardwalk will be free.

Merchant table sales continue Sunday between Sixth and 14th Streets on the boardwalk and downtown Asbury Avenue.

Also This Week

Esther Weil Student Music Competition (Wednesday): The Friends of the Ocean City Pops sponsor its annual music competition for local high school students at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Ocean City Music Pier (on the boardwalk at Moorlyn Terrace). The event is free and open to the public.

Walk MS Ocean City 2019 (Sunday): Walk to created a world free of multiple sclerosis. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Sunday at the Ocean City Civic Center (Sixth and Boardwalk). For more information, visit www.walkms.org or call 267-765-5145.

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