Crowds were twice as large today as they were on the first day of the Bamboozle music festival. Asbury Park city manager Terence Reidy said 40,000 people attended today, while about 23,000 came yesterday. The crowd today skewed a bit older than yesterday’s attendees. Many business owners on the boardwalk and in Ocean Grove attributed […]

Downtown Asbury restaurants took a hit for a second consecutive night on Saturday as the Bamboozle music festival chased business away. The peak dinner hour around 8:00 p.m. was just like the night before, with some dining rooms close to empty, and others almost half-full at best. Normally, a Saturday night in May with clear […]

While drivers continue to stay out of Asbury Park, those who did drive in for Bamboozle on Saturday did find parking east of Main Street — at  least for the start of the festival. However, by 5 p.m. that on-street parking was becoming much scarcer, both in the downtown business district and residential neighborhoods. Unlike […]

The scene on Ocean Grove’s Main Avenue Saturday afternoon was not as quiet as downtown Asbury Friday night, but some business owners are still expressing disappointment at the lack of crowds this weekend. “We’ve actually been slower than what we normally would do on a Saturday,” said Richard O’Reilly, manager of Barbaric Bean Coffee Roasters. […]

After a slower first day, boardwalk businesses are seeing extra traffic thanks to crowds brought in by the Bamboozle music festival. The festival occupies the northeast section of town, with borders in front of Convention Hall and Bradley Park. Yesterday, the festival started at 5 p.m. and drew about 23,000 people. Today and tomorrow, it […]

An hour after the Bamboozle start time of 2:00 p.m., the streets of Asbury Park west of Grand Avenue were again quiet for a second day in a row. Traffic flowed freely on Main Street, as well as on Grand. There was light traffic on the northern entryways to the city over Deal Lake on […]

The second day of the Bamboozle music festival is set to open at 2:00 p.m. today, with estimates for attendance double last night’s crowd. According to Asbury Park city manager Terry Reidy, approximately 23,000 were on hand Friday. That exceeded the projections of Bamboozle promoter LiveNation which predicted 20,000. LiveNation predicts 40,000 today in Asbury […]

Many in Asbury Park’s downtown business district were comparing the first night of the Bamboozle festival to a huge storm, as the public took heed not to drive into the city. On what normally would be a busy Friday night, with packed restaurants on a clear 60 degree evening, the situation more closely resembled a […]

The first day of Bamboozle went off without a hitch as darkness fell, with the downtown and beachfront free of major traffic or parking snags. Just before 9 p.m., Asbury Park city manager Terry Reidy said the crowds numbered “somewhere around 23,000, but I haven’t gotten an update in a few hours.” Bamboozle promoter LiveNation […]

Thousands of festival-goers lined the boardwalk awaiting entry to the first day of the Bamboozle music festival before doors opened at 5 p.m. today. As seen in the photo above, the line stretched from McLoone’s Supper Club to the Casino. After gaining entry, music fans will have access to the seven stages placed throughout the […]