About Sea.Hear.Now Festival
The Sea.Hear.Now Festival is an annual music and surf festival in Asbury Park, NJ. It offers a world-class lineup of music artists and surfers while also raising awareness about the issues facing our environment, including the global plastic waste crisis and climate change.
Sea.Hear.Now Festival 2020 Lineup
The 2020 headliners include The Avett Brothers along with Cage The Elephant, Billy Idol, Lord Huron, Dirty Heads, The Beach Boys, Patti Smith, The Growlers, Grouplove, Dr. Dog and more. Fans are treated to over 25 performances on three stages at North Beach Asbury Park and Bradley Park September 19-20, 2020.
Sea.Hear.Now's surf programming returns in 2020 with another world-class lineup of surfers including Cassidy McClain, Cory Lopez, Brett Barley, Balaram Stack, Sam Hammer, Pat Schmidt and more who compete in daily North Beach Expression Sessions. Each surfer is grouped into a heat of five and have 30 minutes to catch as many waves as the ocean provides, with points awarded for style and creativity. Fans can also watch board shapers craft surfboards made of wood to today's cutting-edge technology.
In 2019, the festival partnered with Surfrider Foundation to host a flagship greening program, Rock & Recycle where over 580 fans participated in on-site recycling. Hydration Stations helped to save over 51,954 bottles from the oceans and landfill and the festival ensured surplus food found a home post event, donating approximately 2,000 pounds to The Center in Asbury Park.