See who’s headed to Oceans Calling in 2026

Oceans Calling dropped its lineup for the 2026 edition of the music festival on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Dave Matthews Band, Hootie & the Blowfish, Twenty One Pilots, Gwen Stefani, Mumford & Sons and Matchbox Twenty are headed to the Ocean City boardwalk this fall, along with nearly three dozen other artists.

The festival is scheduled for Sept. 25-27, 2026. Presale tickets go on sale Thursday, March 5 on the Oceans Calling website.

Marc Roberge, of Rockville-born band O.A.R., founded the festival. It all started as an idea among friends, he said.

“It’s based on friendship, and it comes across, and man, I’ll tell you, when all those people in the audience, they get it,” Roberge told News4.

@nbcwashington From a Rockville basement to the Ocean City boardwalk. Here’s how O.A.R. helped turn a hometown dream into a sold-out music festival. 🤘⁠ ⁠ It’s hard enough to get brunch plans out of the group chat … let alone a whole music festival. But that’s how Oceans Calling was born. What started as an idea among friends turned into a three day beachside festival, and the crowd feels it.⁠ ⁠ “It’s based on friendship, and it comes across, and man, I’ll tell you, when all those people in the audience, they get it,” O.A.R.’s Marc Roberge said.⁠ ⁠ Ocean Calling returns to Maryland in 2025 with Fall Out Boy, Noah Kahan, Vampire Weekend, Lenny Kravitz and more.⁠ ⁠ @marcroberge @Oceanscallingmd @ofarevolution⁠ ⁠ #oceanscalling #oceanscallingmd #oceanscallingfest #musicfestival #musicfestivals ⁠

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