Two days on the Asbury Park sand — rock legends and surf sessions where the boardwalk meets the Atlantic.
Sea.Hear.Now is the Jersey Shore's festival: two September days on Asbury Park's North Beach where the stages face the Atlantic, pro surfers trade heats between sets, and the whole thing runs on Springsteen-country hometown pride. The 2026 bill splits its heart between eras — Mumford & Sons and The Strokes up top, Chaka Khan and Men at Work for the parents, Fontaines D.C. and Die Spitz for the kids — with a Jersey undercurrent (Jarod Clemons, son of the Big Man himself) that keeps it local. It's the rare festival where 'surf check' is a legitimate scheduling conflict.
Expect pop-rock, indie, alt-rock and alternative across 30 acts.
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Banjo-driven crescendos that defined a decade of festival folk, now delivered with the electric guitars left plugged in — the singalongs never optional.
From London, UK · Sounds like The Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men, The Head and the Heart, Marcus Mumford
The band that rebooted New York rock — a deep catalog of deadpan cool, still untouchable live when the engine catches.
From New York, NY · Sounds like Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, The Voidz
Moody English guitar-folk — from the campfire anthems of 'Every Kingdom' to gorgeous, murky experimentalism, following his own quiet obsessions rather than the charts.
From Devon, UK · Sounds like Bon Iver, Novo Amor
Every woman, one voice — funk and soul royalty whose catalog with Rufus and beyond never quits, still one of the great living instruments.
From Chicago, IL · Sounds like Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle
Horn-driven neo-soul-pop — 'HandClap' engineered for exactly this kind of afternoon, with a two-vocalist front line that works every inch of stage.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Capital Cities, Foster the People, Mayer Hawthorne, Walk the Moon
Dublin's poet-punks grown into arena-scale alt-rock — 'Romance' made them era-defining, swagger and melancholy in equal Irish measure.
From Dublin, IE · Sounds like IDLES, The Murder Capital, Wunderhorse
'Iris' at sunset on the beach — you already know you're singing it, along with more '90s radio staples than you remembered they owned.
From Buffalo, NY · Sounds like Matchbox Twenty, Third Eye Blind, Vertical Horizon, Gin Blossoms
Sonic Youth's icon in her uncompromising solo era — trap-damaged noise and total cool, more experimental now than most bands ever manage.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Sonic Youth, The Breeders, Bikini Kill
The Australian new-wave band behind one of the most recognisable flute riffs ever committed to tape — Colin Hay's charm does the rest.
From Melbourne, AU · Sounds like INXS, The Police, Crowded House, Split Enz
Play-era electronic hymns from rave's elder statesman — euphoria with a conscience, gospel samples still lifting fields.
From New York, NY · Sounds like Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, The Prodigy
Loud-quiet-loud's inventors — the band your favorite band ripped off, with 'Debaser' through 'Where Is My Mind?' still setting the terms.
From Boston, MA · Sounds like The Breeders, Nirvana
Mr. Boombastic himself — dancehall-pop sunshine, certified boardwalk-appropriate, 'Angel' and 'It Wasn't Me' back to back.
From Kingston, JM · Sounds like Sean Paul, Beenie Man, Inner Circle, UB40
'Gives You Hell' and a wildly fun second act — the internet's favorite reunion, with Tyson Ritter in full chaos-uncle mode.
From Stillwater, OK · Sounds like Jimmy Eat World, Motion City Soundtrack, Bowling for Soup, Boys Like Girls
Thirty years of hooks that snuck genuine punk speed onto daytime radio without anyone noticing — the catalog is basically all singles.
From Huntington Beach, CA · Sounds like NOFX, Bad Religion, Green Day, Pennywise
Motorik heartland rock — Springsteen refracted through a synth haze, transcendent live, 'Under the Pressure' as the long exhale.
From Philadelphia, PA · Sounds like Bruce Springsteen, Kurt Vile
The Marley torch, carried with ease — roots reggae warmth and his father's songbook, sung like an inheritance held lightly.
From Kingston, JM · Sounds like Bob Marley, Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Toots and the Maytals
Berlin-via-Cape Town dream-folk — honeyed, unhurried songs that grew from street-performance beginnings into a quietly devoted worldwide fanbase.
From Cape Town, ZA · Sounds like Angel Olsen, Aldous Harding, Faye Webster, Weyes Blood
New Orleans guitar poet — swampy blues-rock with a songwriter's soul, equally at home stretching into a festival jam or landing a confessional ballad.
From New Orleans, LA · Sounds like The Radiators, Tab Benoit, Warren Haynes, North Mississippi Allstars
Austin's instrument-swapping all-women punk-metal wrecking crew — everyone plays everything, and it all lands at full force.
From Austin, TX · Sounds like Amyl and the Sniffers, The Linda Lindas, Gully Boys, L7
Florida indie rock built for festival fields — 'August' euphoria, surging choruses, and a live energy that outruns the recordings.
From Fernandina Beach, FL · Sounds like Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Hippo Campus
Son of the Big Man — Clarence Clemons's youngest carrying Jersey Shore rock and roll forward, sax-soul heritage worn proudly.
From Asbury Park, NJ · Sounds like Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Yolŋu surf-rock from northeast Arnhem Land — joyous bilingual anthems that carry Australia's oldest musical traditions on the brightest new hooks.
From Yirrkala, AU · Sounds like Midnight Oil, Yothu Yindi, Ocean Alley
Big-wave surf legend Makua Rothman singing island soul — the festival's surf-culture heart embodied, salt water in every note.
From Oahu, HI · Sounds like The Green, Rebelution, Common Kings
Korean-American country-blues revivalist — National steel guitar and dust-bowl holler, prewar blues played like breaking news.
From Kentucky · Sounds like Charley Crockett, Keb' Mo'
Jersey Shore bar-rock lifers — hometown heroes on hometown sand, boardwalk anthems built over years of residencies.
From New Jersey · Sounds like Gaslight Anthem, Bouncing Souls
Australia's percussive-guitar phenom — open-tuned instrumentals that went viral for a reason, two hands doing a band's work.
From Melbourne, AU · Sounds like Andy McKee, Tommy Emmanuel, Mike Dawes
The Bangles' voice on her own — 'Eternal Flame' and jangle-pop grace, with a songbook that spans eras.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like The Bangles, The Go-Go's, Aimee Mann, Belinda Carlisle
Piano ballads sung at full throat — one enormous heartbreak single and a catalogue that keeps getting starker, braver by the record.
From Chichester, UK · Sounds like Lewis Capaldi, Sam Smith, James Bay, Dean Lewis
September 19–20, 2026 — Saturday and Sunday.
On the sand at North Beach and in Bradley Park, Asbury Park, NJ.
Mumford & Sons close Saturday and The Strokes close Sunday.
30 acts across two days — plus pro surfing sessions between sets.
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