September 20, 2013 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch Page 65 . . Annual Event Welcomes New Season In OC Tickets are currently on sale for Springfest 2014’s headline act, Merle Haggard. Submitted Photo FROM PAGE 64 Parking is restricted at the festival grounds so it is advised visitors take advantage of the Town’s park and ride services. The West Ocean City Park and Ride on Route 50 just west of the bridge provides a convenient location for attendees with free parking and shuttle service to and from the South Transit Center on South Division Street, just a block from Sunfest. Shuttle service is $1 per boarding or $3 ride all day. Express trolley service is also available at the Convention Center on 40th Street, where you can park for free in the south lot and ride the trolley directly to Sunfest. Fare is $3 ride all day or $1 per boarding as is the normal bus fare service. Additional park and ride locations are also located at the Public Safety Building on 65th Street, the municipal lot at 100th Street and Northside Park at 125th Street (walk to bus stop on Coastal Highway). The Boardwalk tram also will be in service during the event with fare of $3 one way. In other special event news, tickets are now on sale for Springfest headliner Merle Haggard. At the age of 73, the veteran singer/songwriter is still making some of the most compelling music of his long and storied career. It almost goes without saying that Haggard is widely regarded as country music's greatest living recording artist. Along the way, Haggard has scored no less than 39 number one country hits; won various Grammy, CMA and ACM awards; become the only California-born artist in the Country Music Hall of Fame and been the only country performer ever featured on the cover of the jazz bible Downbeat. Haggard will take the Springfest stage on Friday, May 2, 2014. Tickets are now on sale at the Ocean City Convention Center Box Office on 40th Street Box Office or at www.ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices range from $24-$55.