Free Activities
FREE ACTIVITIES
FOR ALL AGES
OUTSIDE FREE ACTIVITIES
Located throughout Northside Park
"Local Artists Area"
CHALK ART CONTEST
Transform a square of pavement into a work of art. Fun for all ages. Judging and awards at the end of each day. Prize goes to the best overall artwork - a 20 game pass to Old Pro Golf
Chalk available or bring your own!
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am- 3:00 pm
GEOCACHING
Find boxes hidden throughout the park. Decode the secret message for a prize from the wheel!
Check-in at the "Local Artists Area"
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
AUTHOR'S ROW
Meet local authors and illustrators, with books available for sale and signing.
Located in the "Local Artists Area" Saturday and Sunday
YOUTH PLEIN AIR EVENT
Sign out a painting kit and pick a spot around the lagoon to paint the beautiful scenery. Bring your painting back for a picture to put on social media.
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
QUICK PAINT CONTEST
Quick Paint Competition: Watch artists paint against the clock around the picturesque Northside Park followed by outdoor judging and wet paint sale (1-3 pm). View and collect original artwork fresh off the easel. Awards sponsored by the Town of Ocean City.
Sunday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wet Paint Sale 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
OCEAN CITY COMIC CON
Stop by to learn about the shore's largest pop culture event! Talking comics, gaming, cosplay, anime and so much more. Be sure to grab a flier and a FREE comic, plus if you show up in costume, you'll receive a prize!
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
UMES POP-UP PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT
Check out the pop-up photography project from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore led by professor Jesse Halpern. This project invites the public to take a photo. The objective is to celebrate the traditional photographic portrait while embracing our technological modernity. These images offer a chance to grasp the very nature of our diversity as a community, country, and world. There will also be a demonstration led by Professor Elvin Hernandez.
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
SEED PLANTING
Plant a seed to take home and watch it grow!
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
GLASS BLOWING DEMONSTRATION
Artistic Aric Snee will bring his equipment to ArtX to demonstrate the beautiful art of glassblowing. Glass blowing will be Saturday only.
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
"Throughout the Park"
TRANSPARENT ART IN THE TREES
Add your own creativity to the Art in The Trees display
Saturday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
SALISBURY UNIVERSITY SCULPTURE WALK
Enjoy an open-air exhibition featuring sculptures by the Salisbury University Sculpture Department. See Artwork inspired by the warmth and celebratory aspects of late summer, the beach and Ocean City, the ephemeral nature of these experiences, and the passage of time as it affects us all. Viewable during festival hours.
"Inside the Building"
TINY ART
Take the challenge of being creative on a 4'x4' tiny canvas. Show off your inner artist with acrylic paint on canvas. Take home this adorable piece including an easel for display.
Saturday 11:00 am - 1:30 pm/2:00 - 5:00 pm and Sunday 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
PAINT WITH WATERCOLORS
This activity has something for all ages. Painting pages for the younger crowd give them a canvas to start with while more advanced artists can create something from scratch. Instruction provided by professional watercolor artist, Pam McMillan.
Saturday 11:00 am - 1:30 pm/2:00 - 5:00pm and Sunday 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
"The Fun Field"
FABRIC ART
Express yourself by creating your own bandana or pencil case art!
Field #1 Saturday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
PARTY CUP ART
Be a part of creating this colorful public art display made entirely out of Party Cups!
Field #1 Saturday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, 3:00 - 5:30pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
BUBBLE WRAP PRINTS
Create your own unique design using...BUBBLE WRAP!
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
RADIO OCEAN CITY BROADCAST BOOTH
In this interactive broadcasting experience, visitors will learn how to make a "Promo Clip."
Each 10-second clip will be produced and emailed to the participant. The clip will also be added to promo rotation for the weekend on the Radio Ocean City app. https://www.radiooceancity.com/
Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Radio Ocean City will be onsite Sunday to visit and answer any questions.
MURAL MAZE
A wood maze, gridded into individual sections, many of which are pre-sketched/outlined, that are ready to be painted. With the guidance of a professional muralist/creative coach, artists of all ages and abilities will be able to have their hand in a piece of art that's larger than they are! While each section is distinctly unique, the entire piece can be seen as a whole picture.
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
WALKING ART EXPERIENCE
Experience art in a new sense - in a living and breathing form! "Walking Art" consists of human, walking art pieces - each containing body painting, to create unified compositions. While there will be one to two "walkers" on display throughout the event, there will also be the option for guests to be transformed into a piece of walking art themselves, with the option of partaking in a small piece of artistic expression (wearing an original painting on their arm), or becoming a more involved piece.
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
FREE BIG YARD GAMES ON THE BIG FIELD
Ultimate Twister
Giant Toppling Tower Games
Giant Bubble Wands and Supplies
Giant Checker Sets
Large Snakes and Ladders Game
Giant Connect Four Games
Giant Kick Croquet
Standard Croquet
And MANY MORE!