(May 12, 2016) Ocean 98 and the town of Berlin are celebrating all things cool, with the return of the annual May Day Play Day bash on Friday from 5-9 p.m.
Local favorites Blind Wind, The Messengers and Eastern Electric will rock out on Main Street, along with headliners Stone Senate, a southern rock band from Nashville.
Beer gardens by Burley Oak and the Atlantic Hotel, along with a food truck by Rosenfeld’s Jewish Delicatessen, will also be part of the festivities.
“We sponsor Ocean 98, so this is their way of giving back to Berlin as sort of a ‘thank you,’” Economic and Community Development Director Ivy Wells said. “This year, May Day Play Day is also going to celebrate the anniversary of the Berlin winning the ‘America’s Coolest Small Town’ designation. We’re going to remind everyone that we won that honor two years ago and that we are still the coolest small town, with this amazing townwide party.”
Wells said the main stage would be set up underneath the town clock on Main Street and would face towards Broad Street. Additional arts and crafts vendors will line the downtown area.
Local robotics team Titanium Wrecks, fresh off an award-winning performance at the FIRST robotics championship event in St. Louis, will provide a demonstration of its handiwork. Several other robotics teams based on the Eastern Shore will also take part.
“I think they’re going to have an interactive NASA trailer with them,” organizer Tom Sholtis said. “They’re going to do a couple demonstrations that people should really enjoy.”
Wells largely credited Sholtis, also known as Big Al Reno on Ocean 98, with setting up May Day Play Day.
“We’ve been partnering with and helping the town grow, and this is just a way for us to give back to showcase Berlin and some of the stuff we play on the air, ” Sholtis said. “ It’s a ‘thank you’ to everyone who supports what we’re doing.”
“It’s basically an outdoor concert commemorating that we are ‘America’s Coolest Small Town,’” Wells added. “We just want people to have an awesome time.”
Local favorites Blind Wind, The Messengers and Eastern Electric will rock out on Main Street, along with headliners Stone Senate, a southern rock band from Nashville.
Beer gardens by Burley Oak and the Atlantic Hotel, along with a food truck by Rosenfeld’s Jewish Delicatessen, will also be part of the festivities.
“We sponsor Ocean 98, so this is their way of giving back to Berlin as sort of a ‘thank you,’” Economic and Community Development Director Ivy Wells said. “This year, May Day Play Day is also going to celebrate the anniversary of the Berlin winning the ‘America’s Coolest Small Town’ designation. We’re going to remind everyone that we won that honor two years ago and that we are still the coolest small town, with this amazing townwide party.”
Wells said the main stage would be set up underneath the town clock on Main Street and would face towards Broad Street. Additional arts and crafts vendors will line the downtown area.
Local robotics team Titanium Wrecks, fresh off an award-winning performance at the FIRST robotics championship event in St. Louis, will provide a demonstration of its handiwork. Several other robotics teams based on the Eastern Shore will also take part.
“I think they’re going to have an interactive NASA trailer with them,” organizer Tom Sholtis said. “They’re going to do a couple demonstrations that people should really enjoy.”
Wells largely credited Sholtis, also known as Big Al Reno on Ocean 98, with setting up May Day Play Day.
“We’ve been partnering with and helping the town grow, and this is just a way for us to give back to showcase Berlin and some of the stuff we play on the air, ” Sholtis said. “ It’s a ‘thank you’ to everyone who supports what we’re doing.”
“It’s basically an outdoor concert commemorating that we are ‘America’s Coolest Small Town,’” Wells added. “We just want people to have an awesome time.”