Sea.Hear.Now Festival, produced by Danny Clinch and C3 Presents, has been producing a festival in Asbury Park for the past five years. Over the years, over 150 bands and artists have taken the stage on the Asbury Park Oceanfront and Bradley Park.
In 2018, the festival was announced for its inaugural year, featuring headliners Jack Johnson and Incubus. It featured the first edition of the annual Tangiers Blues Band show at the Stone Pony on Saturday night as well, which is a band featuring Danny Clinch on harmonica. The show features artists from the festival as guests annually.
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The festival also featured Social Distortion and Brandi Carlile headlining the Sand Stage, which was the secondary stage for just one year.
In 2019, the addition of the ultimate experience ticket arrived, along with headliners Dave Matthews Band and The Lumineers. Along with Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys, and The B-52s, plus local Asbury Park bands, the festival solidified its direction of its lineup for years to come.
The Tangiers Blues Band show, now named “The Ocean Ave Stomp” featured Pearl Jam’s Mike McCreedy as a guest.
2020 was set to feature Pearl Jam, The Avett Brothers, Cage the Elephant, The Beach Boys, and many more, but was canceled due to CoVID-19 as were all other festivals at that time in the year.
2021 featured a similar lineup to the acts canceled in 2021, but with a third headliner, for the first and only year so far. The festival featured Pearl Jam, The Avett Brothers, and The Smashing Pumpkins as the headliners.
The festival also featured Billy Idol, Dirty Heads, Lord Huron, and is a fan favorite lineup to many in the Sea.Hear.Now community.
2022 continued with more canceled acts and newer surprises as well, featuring Green Day and Stevie Nicks headlining, topped off with Cage the Elephant, Gary Clark Jr., and Billy Strings. The festival also featured local bands The Vansaders, Dogs in a Pile, and Dentist.
The first edition of the “There Goes the Neighborhood” show at the Wonder Bar on Saturday night also occurred, featuring Sunshine Spazz, Gods, and Yawn Mower.
2023 featured the biggest year yet in terms of headliners, featuring Foo Fighters and The Killers. The festival also featured Weezer, The Beach Boys, Greta Van Fleet, and Mt. Joy. Local bands also featured Yawn Mower, Waiting on Mongo, and Snacktime.
The festival sold out very quickly as always, and featured some of the biggest retro acts, like Foo Fighters and The Beach Boys, and up-and-coming artists like Stephen Sanchez.
The festival also featured an appearance from The Killers lead singer, Brandon Flowers at the Tangiers Blues Band late night show at The Stone Pony on Saturday night.
2024 finally brings upon the year of Bruce! Bruce Springsteen, one of Asbury Park’s favorite artists, along with Noah Kahan, who exploded in the last couple years because of his album ‘Stick Season’, are headlining the festival.
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