Ocean City Jeep Fest given the greenlight for 2024: All to know about beloved gathering

Olivia Minzola, Salisbury Daily Times
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Ocean City Jeep Fest has been given the greenlight for 2024.

The Ocean City Town Council recently approved the event application at a work session. The return of the resort’s marquee Jeep event is scheduled for Aug. 22-25.

CEO Brad Hoffman of Live Wire Media & Events said he is thrilled to once again be staging Ocean City Jeep Fest, which has been produced by Live Wire Media since 2014.

Jeeps parade across the Beach during Ocean City Jeep Week on August 23, 2019.
Jeeps parade across the Beach during Ocean City Jeep Week on August 23, 2019.

“We pride ourselves on fun, sun, and family at Ocean City Jeep Fest,” Hoffman said in a release. “It’s a gathering of the Jeep community on the East Coast. Our guests tell us they wait all year to join us here at the beach. It’s an honor and a privilege to produce this event for the past decade.”

A true celebration of the Jeep — a historic American automobile marque — is what Ocean City Jeep Fest is all about, Delmarva Now previously reported.

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What to expect: Sand Course, vendors and more

The festival includes key elements such as the daily sunrise Beach Crawl and Sand Course, both of which take place right on the beach in downtown Ocean City.

This year, the festival plans to update the design of its Delmarva Jeep Events' Sand Course.

Jeeps face several obstacles on the beach course during Ocean City Jeep Week on August 23, 2019. Jeep Week runs from August 22-25, 2019.
Jeeps face several obstacles on the beach course during Ocean City Jeep Week on August 23, 2019. Jeep Week runs from August 22-25, 2019.

The popular Sand Course is a roller coaster ride on the sand and open for three shifts a day to participants from Thursday through Saturday, and one shift on Sunday. Jeep drivers can climb over sloping hills, head over whoop-de-doos and have their photo taken on the mega-mound.

In 2023, several vendors at Ocean City Jeep Fest reported record sales at the festival's Vendor Village. According to the release, the festival's key vendors for 2024 will include title sponsor Kicker Audio, as well as Audio Works, Vision Wheel, Quake LED, 717 Companies, Fan Fam, Steinjager and more.

In addition, the Ocean City Jeep Club — under the leadership of president Mike Locke — has pledged its exclusive support to Ocean City Jeep Fest, meaning it will not support any other Jeep events in the resort town. The 1,300-member club is a major part of the festival's success, the release stated.

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If you go:

WHAT: Ocean City Jeep Fest

WHERE: Roland E. Powell Convention Center and on the beach in Ocean City

WHEN: Aug. 22-25, 2024

INFO: https://www.oceancityjeepfest.com/

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Olivia Minzola covers communities on the Lower Shore. Contact her with tips and story ideas at ominzola@delmarvanow.com.

This article originally appeared on Salisbury Daily Times: Everything you need to know about 2024 Ocean City Jeep Fest