The Freeman Arts Pavilion, a program of the Joshua M. Freeman Foundation, is located on Rt 54 just minutes from North Ocean City. An arts nonprofit, Freeman Arts Pavilion offers diverse programming including live music, theatre, comedy, dance, children’s programming and more.

Fiercely rooted in the classics, the girl who left her Kentucky home and high school at 16 to take a job at Dollywood has grown into a woman who embraces the genre’s forward progression. Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Carly Pearce has come a long way from the pain she felt writing her third studio project 29.