Ocean City businesses will gather under one roof for the fourth annual Market Madness event on March 8 and March 9. The two-day shopping extravaganza offers an early sample of summer with discounts and specials on everybody’s favorite local merchandise, brands and attractions.
This year, the event moves to the Ocean City Civic Center, just off the Boardwalk between Fifth Street and Sixth Street, with plenty of free and convenient parking adjacent to the building (access from Fifth Street). Also new this year will be local food trucks, including Las Olas and others
In addition to more than 40 vendors from Ocean City’s Boardwalk and Downtown districts, Market Madness will feature a live DJ and hourly giveaways. Hours for the event are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. Cash payments are preferred and shoppers are asked to bring their own bags.
Participating businesses include:
- Agape Gourmet
- Air Circus
- All Campus
- Ashore Fit
- Bad Kitty Kids
- Bella U
- Boba Works
- Bowfish Kids
- Fisherman’s Cove
- George’s Candies
- Goodies Gone Wild
- Heritage Surf & Sport
- Jay’s Crabshack
- Jewelry Hut
- Jilly’s Shops
- Johnson’s Popcorn
- Kay Jay’s Doll Shoppe
- Kilwin’s
- LEH Soap Company
- Lisa’s Sweet Treats
- Making Waves
- Manco & Manco Pizza
- Mia’s Christmas Gallery
- OC Waterpark
- OCNJ Entertainment
- Playland’s Castaway Cove
- 96 Shades
- Shirt Shack
- Shoppes at the Flanders
- Stainton’s
- Starz
- Surf Mall
- We Make It Personal
- White Lotus Boutique
TICKETS ON SALE FOR ‘FOOTLOOSE’ THIS SUMMER
The Greater Ocean City Theatre Company and the Ocean City Pops Orchestra will team up this summer to present the musical “Footloose” with eight performances scheduled from Aug. 5 to Aug. 14 at the Bill and Nancy Hughes Performing Arts Center in Ocean City.
Tickets for the show ($27 and $32) are on sale at ocnj.us/boxoffice.
With music from its Oscar- and Tony-nominated score and with dynamic new songs, “Footloose” blends the best of the iconic movie and the Broadway show.
READING AND Q&A WITH CHILDREN’S AUTHOR BETH FERRY
Children’s author Beth Ferry will celebrate the release of “The Peddler of Puddles” with a live reading, Q&A, and book-signing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11 in the Chris Maloney Lecture Hall at the Ocean City Free Public Library (1735 Simpson Avenue).
Ferry is the author of several beloved children’s books, including “Stick and Stone” and “Swashby and the Sea.”
The event is free and all ages are welcome. Call 609-399-2434, ext. 5241 for more information.
SPRING BOOK SALE SET FOR MARCH 14-15
The Friends and Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library will hold a spring book sale in the atrium of the library at 1735 Simpson Avenue from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, March 14; and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 15.
For more information, visit friendsvolunteersocfpl.com.
