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Ocean City, Md.- The annual H2Oi pop-up rally that comes to Ocean City, did not have a large turnout, if any turn out at all.

This is because the town has implemented a special event zone, reducing the speed limit to thirty miles and hour and assessing fines up to one thousand dollars to violators.

These steps come after multiple years of vandalization and other havoc associated with H2Oi. But not everyone is happy with the lack of turnout.

Howie Juice drove all the way from northern New Jersey to come to the rally, only to find no one else was here.

"Last year we kind of saw the numbers go down," he said. "But we had a nice little event going on and had a couple bad apples ruin the batch."

While Juice may be disappointed in the turnout, locals like Charles Murphy say that he's happy with the lack of cars on the road and in the parking lots.

"I had a young lady give me the bird because I was behind her and she was playing a game with another car, and I just gently tapped on my horn to get her to move on," he said "She turned around, saw I wasn't a policeman and gave me the one finger solute!"

According to people we spoke with who planned to attend the rally, they say many of the participants went to Wildwood, New Jersey instead. 

(OCEAN CITY, Md.)-The controversial and unofficial H2O International car rally has now been rescheduled for a later date.

"They race up and down the highway," explained Cab Driver, John Biafore. "They cause major traffic. Please keep them out of our town, Ocean City. They are dangerous."

The event was originally scheduled to take place at the same time as the resort town's famous Sunfest.

Sunfest is both Ocean City and Maryland's largest festival.

"Well when there's two large events going on in such a small town at the same exact time it can cause all kinds of problems," said Lindsay Richard of the Ocean City Police Department.

The two-day rally is normally held at Fort Whaley where approximately 800 to 1,000 cars register to be shown.

However, the event draws thousands of spectators to Ocean City who have been known to form rowdy crowds and leave behind trash.

"It's a small percentage of the people or the participants that cause a problem," explained Ocean City Mayor, Richard Meehand. "It's not the event itself it's those that come along with the event."

According to police data, during H2O International last year, 57 people were arrested.

That's the most out of all the auto-appreciation events held in Ocean City.

Jay Shoup announced via social media, the annual rally will now be taking place the weekend of October 3rd.

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September 24, 2022
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3007 Philadelphia Ave
 Ocean City, MD, 21842
 United States

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*The event is to be determined do to possible relocation of H2Oi* Just come and chill. Ocean bites has some amazing food and shakes. This is the second year we are holding this meet at this spot, people send it right in front of our spot so come hang and watch,let's make it another great event.

A new music festival is in the works for September 2022 in Ocean City, and the event may collide with the notorious unofficial H2Oi weekend.

The town's tourism and business development director, Tom Perlozzo, appeared before Town Council earlier this month alongside Tim Sweetwood of C3 Presents to propose Sweetwood's concept for a three-day music festival to tentatively kick off in fall of next year.

"We believe through the course of the discussions with Tim and his group that we’ll end up with a first-class opportunity here, unlike any other we’ve seen in Ocean City," Perlozzo told council members during the Aug. 16 meeting.

C3 Presents is an international promotions company that's produced large-scale events nationwide, including Lollapalooza and the NFL Draft.

The festival's fiscal impact is estimated to be $50,000 in revenue along with $2 per ticket sold, according to a summary included in the meeting's agenda packet.

The festival has been proposed for Friday, Sept. 23, through Sunday, Sept. 25 of 2022. The unofficial and unsanctioned H2Oi gathering also typically arrives in the resort town in that final weekend of September.

Though the official H2Oi organizer moved the Volkswagen- and Audi-centered event from Whaleyville to New Jersey, swarms of car enthusiasts have continued to descend on Ocean City each year, loosely organizing via social media chatter.

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The town has ramped up enforcement in response, lowering speed limits and increasing traffic fines in an effort to curb what leaders have described over the years as, "havoc," "chaos," and "brazen violence and wanton disrespect."

Sweetwood told council members that he is aware of what goes on that weekend, but is still excited to come to a town like Ocean City.

Council members voted to give the concept a favorable recommendation, paving the way for further event planning.

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“To create a partnership with your company to bring that type of entertainment, that type of festival to Ocean City — let us define our weekends and define what we wanna do here in Ocean City — I think is excellent," Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan said during the meeting.

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