Sea.Hear.Now Festival
| Sea.Hear.Now Festival | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Music festival |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | 1300 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Inaugurated | September 29, 2018 |
| Website | seahearnowfestival |
The Sea.Hear.Now Festival (aka Sea Hear Now or SHN) is an annual music, art and ocean sustainability festival featuring a professional surfing competition held in Asbury Park, New Jersey.[2] Held on the beach and boardwalk in September, it is produced by, among others, rock photographer Danny Clinch, Tim Donnelly, HM Wollman, and C3 Presents’ Tim Sweetwood.[3]
Digital pop culture magazine The Pop Break named Sea.Hear.Now the best new music festival of the year in 2018.[4][5] Billed as a celebration of live music, art, and surf culture, a portion of proceeds go to ocean-focused and environmental charities such as the Surfrider Foundation and Save the Bay.[3]
After the festival's operating hours, SHN is also known for late night local shows at a variety of live music venues in Asbury Park such as The Stone Pony, House of Independents, The Saint, Asbury Lanes, and Wonder Bar.
Previous festivals
[edit]The festival has held annual shows since 2018, excluding 2020 in light of the pandemic.
2018
[edit]2019
[edit]2020
[edit]The 2020 festival was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021
[edit]2022
[edit]The 2022 festival was held September 17-18, 2022.
Saturday
[edit]- Stevie Nicks
- My Morning Jacket
- Billy Strings
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Boy George & Culture Club
- Fletcher
- The Backseat Lovers
- Peach Pit
- Skip Marley
- Celisse
- Annie DiRusso
- Aly & AJ
- The Surfrajettes
- Dogs In A Pile
- Dentist
Sunday
[edit]- Green Day
- Cage the Elephant
- The Head and the Heart
- Idles
- Wet Leg
- Courtney Barnett
- Michael Franti and Spearhead
- Tai Verdes
- Shakey Graves
- Andy Frasco & The UN
- Cimafunk
- The Little Mermen
- Calder Allen
- Lost in Society
- The Vansaders
Surf
[edit]The 2022 festival featured pro surfers including, among others, Cory Lopez, Sam Hammer, Cassidy McClain and Eric Geiselman. The surfers competed in the "North Beach Rumble", a team surf contest.
Late Night Shows
[edit]The 2022 Festival included four "Late Night Shows" that took place after the festival's normal operating hours. Shows took place at Asbury Park local venues, such as The Stone Pony and The Wonder Bar, featuring The Backseat Lovers, Gods, Yawn, The Ocean Ave Stomp and The Surfajettes.
2023
[edit]The 2023 festival was held on September 16-17, 2023.
Saturday
[edit]- The Killers
- Greta Van Fleet
- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- Sheryl Crow
- Tash Sultana
- Royal Blood
- Bob Moses
- Cory Wong
- Oteil & Friends
- Living Colour
- Babe Rainbow
- Surfer Girl
- SNACKTIME
- Quincy Mumford
- Yawn Mower
Sunday
[edit]- Foo Fighters
- Weezer
- Rebelution
- Mt. Joy
- The Beach Boys
- The Breeders
- Tegan & Sara
- Stephen Sanchez
- Joey Valence & Brae
- Adam Melchor
- Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country
- Easy Star All-Stars
- Sunflower Bean
- Waiting on Mongo
- Alexander Simone & Whodat?
2024
[edit]In March 2024, the festival announced its line-up for September 14-15, 2024:
Saturday
[edit]- Noah Kahan
- The Black Crowes
- 311
- The Revivalists
- The Hives
- Grace Potter
- Sierra Ferrell
- Peaches
- Guster
- Ziggy Alberts
- Robert Randolph Band
- Passafire
- Sonic Blume
- Joe P
Sunday
[edit]Surf
[edit]- Balaram Stack
- Cam Richards
- Sam Hammer
- Cassidy McClain
- Rob Kelly
- Paul Francisco
- Pat Schmidt
- Mike Gleason
- Tommy Ihnken
- Logan Kamen
- Jamie DeWitt
- Cole Deveney
- Audrey Iglay
See also
[edit]- North to Shore Festival
- Music of Asbury Park
- New Jersey music venues by capacity
- The Aquarian Weekly
References
[edit]- ^ This 1920 painting depicts a summer crowd at the south end of Asbury Park, including a sign for a July 4, 1920, Asbury Park performance by the Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. The artist is under a green parasol, several of her friends are also recognizable. Artist Marcel Duchamp (pink suit) walks with the actress Fania Marinoff. Carl Van Vechten stands on the elevated structure left (black suit), Avery Hopwood (white suit, right side) talks with a woman in a yellow dress, the Swiss painter Paul Thévanaz (red bathing suit) bends over a camera. Henry, McBride, Florine Stettheimer, The Museum of Modern Art 1946.
- ^ Mital, Sachyn (23 October 2019). "Sea.Hear.Now Wildly Successful in Second Year, PopMatters".
- ^ a b Cohen, Jonathan (June 3, 2021). "Rock Photographer Danny Clinch Talks Sea.Hear.Now Fest, Featuring Pearl Jam's First U.S. Show in Three Years".
- ^ "Why Sea.Hear.Now 2018 Was The Best New Music Festival of the Year", The Pop Break, October 22, 2018. Accessed March 17, 2020.
- ^ Oglesby, Amanda. "Asbury Park's Sea.Hear.Now festival a major success", "Asbury Park Press", September 30, 2018. Accessed March 17, 2020.