Beach venues heat up, with big shows at Ocean Downs, Teddy Swims at Bottle & Cork
Spring has sprung, and temperatures have been on the cool side — but things are starting to heat up on the stages of beach concert venues.
Ocean Downs Casino has big shows country, heavy metal shows coming
In Berlin, the Ocean Downs Casino is hosting a lot of live entertainment this spring, including a pair of upcoming concerts and also its new weekly music night. Admission is free on Fridays in March and April for local and regional entertainers who play from 7-10 p.m.
Baltimore southern-rock act Great Train Robbery will perform March 29, and it is a rare chance for fans to catch the veteran group with no cover charge.
As mentioned in this column recently, Ocean Downs has tickets on sale for an outdoor appearance by national hard-rock artist Jack Russell’s Great White, which is set for 7 p.m. Friday, May 3 ($20). (That show was postponed from last year due to rain.)
Now it has also been announced that original Guns ’N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler will bring his solo act to the outdoor stage at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 4 (also $20). Adler’s show concentrates primarily on songs from his former band’s debut album, “Appetite For Destruction.”
Teddy Swims an instant sellout at Bottle & Cork, more shows coming
In Dewey Beach, the 1,200-capacity Bottle & Cork nightclub had its fastest sellout of 2024 last Friday morning when tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. for a summer appearance by the soulful rock vocalist Teddy Swims — and were literally sold out by 10:01 a.m. Known for his recent Top-10 pop smash “Lose Control,” Swims will perform Tuesday, Aug. 6.
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Tickets are still available for a batch of newly-added Cork dates by a slew of other national acts, including a trio of rock groups. Alternative favorite Dashboard Confessional will play Thursday, May 30 ($55). New Orleans quartet Cowboy Mouth will return to the Cork for the first time in many a moon Friday, June 21 ($35). California-based Andy Frasco & the U.N. will rock the house Wednesday, Aug. 7 ($25).
Room at Cedar Grove keeps the dinner shows coming
The Room at Cedar Grove near Lewes has a busy week of dinner concerts on its agenda. Guitarist Scott Tournet, who was a member of Grace Potter & the Nocturnals from 2003 to 2014, will perform solo at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28 ($35 includes dinner).
Tickets are sold out for a Friday, March 29, appearance by rock trio Of Good Nature. Young multi-instrumentalist Dylan Zangwill, who wowed the judges on both "American Idol" and "America’s Got Talent" with his guitar and keyboard skills, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 30 ($25 includes dinner).
Tickets still remain for Ocean City's Country Calling
In Ocean City, tickets are moving briskly for this fall’s inaugural Country Calling festival. The two-day event will take place at the Inlet on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4-5. Eric Church, Jellyroll, Tyler Childers and Lainey Wilson will be among the 25 country stars participating.
While plenty of two-day passes remain, a “low-ticket alert” has been issued for single-day tickets for both days. It will take place one week after the second Oceans Calling fest, which is completely sold out and features The Killers, Blink-182 and the Dave Matthews Band.
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