Known for attracting thousands to the downtown, Asbury Underground Art and Music Crawl returns Jan 13 as curators of the Light of Day Winterfest downtown offerings. For close to 20 years, the Light of Day [LOD] Foundation has showcased the tri state’s most acclaimed artists in support of fighting Parkinson’s disease and its related neurodegenerative […]

A nod to the legendary Upstage, the Cookman Avenue club where the Jersey Shore sound was solidified, will be a part of this year’s Asbury Park Music & Film Festival. To be held April 21 at the Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park boardwalk, the event features the premiere of Just Before the Dawn – […]

Asbury Park’s Director of Planning and Redevelopment has put forth changes that would eliminate the costly sound engineer’s report in lieu of sound mitigation. During her presentation to the City Council Monday night, Alonso said it is of no surprise to anyone that separate standards for sound exist in the downtown corridor than in the […]

City officials are expected to introduce recommendations Monday that will change sound mitigation laws requiring downtown businesses to provide acoustic engineer report or turn off the music. Eateries and bars in what is known as the Central Business District [CBD] were issued letters of violation on April 11, with another round of letters distributed Wednesday, […]

A part of Asbury Park’s musical history may live on through the memories of those who frequented the Upstage Club but by next summer the Cookman Avenue structure will become home to a retail business and four residences. The Planning Board, last week, granted site plan approval to the Ross brothers, real estate investors and […]

The site of the legendary Upstage Club — a non-alcoholic after-hours venue where a young Bruce Springsteen, John Lyon, Steve Van Zandt and others played together in the late 1960s and early 1970s— has been sold. Garwood antique dealer Richard Yorkowitz [shown above inside the building] bought the property in 2009 for $1 million. The […]

The site of the Upstage Club, a non-alcoholic after-hours club where Bruce Springsteen [shown at right performing], Johnny Lyons and others from the early 1970s Asbury music scene played together has been listed for sale. The three story site had been abandoned for years, although the upper floors where the musicians had once played remaining […]