Due to rain, the Earth Day Creative Protest scheduled along Asbury Park’s north beach area and the Rally on the Roof at Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten has been postponed to Sunday. All event details remain the same, organizers said. The local event is a collaboration between Women’s March Asbury Park organizers and the Asbury Park […]

In honor of Earth Day and the political threat facing funding of protective and sustainable programs, a group of environmentally minded organizers have organized a Peaceful Protest and Community Beach Sweep for 11 a.m. Saturday at North Beach. Held in support of the Clean Ocean Action Jersey Shore wide Saturday Beach Sweep, the local event […]

Celebrating their two year anniversary, Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten kicked off Saturday with a gift to all its patrons. The Jersey Shore’s first truly authentic Austro-Hungarian biergarten opened its doors at the corner of Lake Avenue and Emory Street February 2015. Immediately, lines of patrons waiting to get in on weekends were a regular occurrence, […]

The Women’s March of Asbury Park, which is currently 1876 marchers strong, according to Rick Lampert was approved and welcomed today by the Asbury Park Special Events Committee, the Asbury Park Police Department and and the Mayor and City Council. In an update on the Eventbrite page, organizers wrote: “This little march in Asbury that began […]

Millions are expected to gather across the nation and the globe in support of the Women’s March on Washington, a rally that aims to “send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world, that women’s rights are human rights.” Recognizing that a trip to Washington DC […]

Patrons Saturday and Sunday got their first taste of the roof top deck at the Asbury Festhalle and Biergarten that can hold up to 466 people. The roof deck was open from noon to 9 p.m. on both days under a temporary certificate of occupancy [CO], according to Jennifer Lampert, a managing partner of the […]

In honor of Earth Day, Friends of Wesley Lake is putting out a call for volunteers to help with their second annual lake cleanup and pub crawl. Scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday [with a Sunday rain date], the cleanup asks most volunteers to work from the banks skimming and pulling debris for raking […]

A new craft whiskey and gin distillery located next to the Asbury Festhalle and Biergarten received its final approvals from the Planning Board last week, according to Andy Karas, the lead managing partner for the ownership group. An opening is planned by the end of the year. About six months are needed to build out […]

At long last it has arrived — the Asbury Festhalle and Biergarten’s official grand opening will kick-off at noon Saturday. Although this past week’s soft opening allowed local residents to get a taste of what’s to come, the official kick-off features a ceremonial ribbon cutting, Masskrugstemmens contests throughout the day and music by local DJs, said Jennifer […]

The Anchor’s Bend bar and Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten have teamed up to bring Asbury Park Oktoberfest to the Anchor’s Bend inside Asbury Park’s Convention Hall this weekend. Asbury Park Oktoberfest features six draft beers from Radeberger, HofbrauHaus, Hacker-Pschoor Kostritzer, Brooklyn and Paulener breweries and a specialty keg from Weltenburger. Bottled beers include selections from […]