With thousands lining the boardwalk waiting to enter the Bamboozle festival which just began at 5 p.m., the streets of Asbury Park east of Main Street were surprisingly quiet. At 4:45 pm, the southern entry to Asbury Park on Main Street from Ocean Grove had little traffic, as shown in photo above. Parking spaces abounded […]

With less than an hour to go before the opening of the weekend Bamboozle festival at 5:00 p.m., several key traffic entryways to Asbury Park were clear. At 4:15 p.m., traffic was light at the Deal Lake bridges into Asbury Park on Norwood Avenue and Main Street. Sunset Avenue also had light traffic entering Asbury. […]

With only a few hours to go until the biggest beach concert in Asbury Park’s history, the city was quiet this morning — although more festival-goers were filling town by the hour. “I thought it would be a little bit busier,” said boardwalk bartender Dave Pinto, although “in the last half hour, it’s tripled,” he […]

The Asbury Park police aren’t the only ones with their hands full this weekend. Law enforcement officials in Allenhurst, Deal, Loch Arbour, Ocean Grove and Neptune are gearing up for what could be record-breaking crowds in town for the Bamboozle music festival, which starts today at 5 p.m. Up to 40,000 are expected in town […]

The Bamboozle event area is ready for today’s opening of the three-day music festival in Asbury Park. The Sun’s Molly Mulshine was on the scene. Crowds of 90,000 are expected over the three days of the festival, with concert promoter LiveNation estimating attendance at 20,000 today, 40,000 on Saturday and 30,000 on Sunday. The festival […]

With tomorrow the start of the three-day Bamboozle music festival, the main stage straddling the boardwalk on the north end appears this morning to be completed. Streets in the northern waterfront area east of Kingsley Avenue are already closed off. While security staff from festival organizer LiveNation are shooing away curiosity-seekers, the festival area was […]

The folks at LiveNation aren’t the only ones hosting live music shows this weekend. All over Asbury, bars and restaurants are holding their own special events to coincide with the massive Bamboozle festival this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Bamboozle’s organizers at LiveNation have said 20,000 to 40,000 people could come to town each day, although […]

With two days to go until the Bamboozle music festival commences on the Asbury Park waterfront, the event area is a hub of activity. Workers were on the scene early this morning finalizing the construction of the Bamboozle main stage, shown above, which straddles the boardwalk just south of the Asbury Towers senior citizen high […]

Despite the city manager’s recommendation, the city council decided at last night’s meeting not to increase parking rates over Bamboozle weekend. The meeting was held mainly for council to vote on several items regarding the Bamboozle festival, which is taking place next weekend. Bamboozle is scheduled for May 18, 19 and 20 and event organizers […]

Bamboozle organizers have lowered crowd estimates for the three-day music festival to be held on the Asbury Park waterfront to 90,000. The event will take place May 18 through May 20. The Sun has previously reported initial estimates for the festival at 100,000 while the Coaster weekly newspaper reported initial estimates at 110,000 to 120,000. […]