[UPDATE: Scott O’Donnell, the VP of Festivals for Live Nation’s House of Blues Entertainment, released the following statement on behalf of the company: Rather than rush a major festival and change sites, we are taking 2013 off to evaluate all our options for creating the best possible experience for our fans. We appreciate all the […]

Officials from LiveNation have decided not to bring Bamboozle back to Asbury Park again in 2013, city manager Terence Reidy has confirmed. “They’re making an economic decision to try another site for 2013,” Reidy said. “They’re still going to work with the city [on other events], but for Bamboozle they’re looking elsewhere.” Last year was […]

A $50,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] was used to fortify the boardwalk the week before the Bamboozle music festival in May, according to city manager Terence Reidy. The grant was one of 25 awarded to municipalities for infrastructure repairs and announced by NJDOT on Sept. 12. The city used the […]

Traffic today was the lightest of the three days the Sun surveyed city thoroughfares at 5 p.m. since the start of the Bamboozle music festival on Friday. The estimates of a smaller Sunday crowd versus Saturday’s 40,000 seem to be confirmed by the quieter streets and more availability of parking at 5 p.m. Festival promoter […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Officials from LiveNation are scheduled to deliver the final update on this weekend’s Bamboozle festival at tonight’s city council meeting. LiveNation officials held a public awareness meeting last Monday. For the full story, click here. They also held meetings later in the week for local business owners. Officials anticipate 20,000 to 40,000 people each day […]

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 […]