Sea.Hear.Now Festival

The Sea.Hear.Now Festival (aka Sea Hear Now or SHN) is an annual music, art and ocean sustainability festival featuring a professional surfing competition held in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Held on the beach and boardwalk in September, it is produced by, among others, rock photographer Danny Clinch, Tim Donnelly, HM Wollman, and C3 Presents’ Tim Sweetwood.

Digital pop culture magazine The Pop Break named Sea.Hear.Now the best new music festival of the year in 2018. Billed as a celebration of live music, art, and surf culture, a portion of proceeds go to ocean-focused and environmental charities such as the Surfrider Foundation and Save the Bay.

After the festival's operating hours, SHN is also known for late night local shows at a variety of live music venues in Asbury Park such as The Stone Pony, House of Independents, The Saint, Asbury Lanes, and Wonder Bar.

Previous festivals
The festival has held annual shows since 2018, excluding 2020 in light of the pandemic.

2018

 * Blondie
 * Bruce Springsteen
 * Social Distortion
 * Incubus
 * Jack Johnson
 * Ben Harper
 * Kaleo
 * Brandi Carlile
 * SOJA
 * Frank Turner
 * The Wailers
 * Preservation Hall Jazz Band

2019

 * Dave Matthews Band
 * The Lumineers
 * Dispatch
 * Marcus King
 * Joan Jett
 * Bad Religion
 * The B-52’s
 * Blind Melon
 * Cat Power
 * Steel Pulse
 * Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
 * Rainbow Kitten Surprise

2020
The 2020 festival was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

 * Pearl Jam
 * Smashing Pumpkins
 * Patti Smith
 * Billy Idol
 * Ani Difranco
 * Cory Henry
 * Lord Huron
 * Matt & Kim
 * Orville Peck
 * The Avett Brothers
 * Tank and the Bangas

2022
The 2022 festival was held September 17-18, 2022.

Saturday

 * Stevie Nicks
 * My Morning Jacket
 * Billy Strings
 * Gary Clark Jr.
 * Boy George & Culture Club
 * Fletcher
 * The Backseat Lovers
 * Peach Pit
 * Skip Marley
 * Celisse
 * Annie DiRusso
 * Aly & AJ
 * The Surfrajettes
 * Dogs In A Pile
 * Dentist

Sunday

 * Green Day
 * Cage the Elephant
 * The Head and the Heart
 * Idles
 * Wet Leg
 * Courtney Barnett
 * Michael Franti and Spearhead
 * Tai Verdes
 * Shakey Graves
 * Andy Frasco & The UN
 * Cimafunk
 * The Little Mermen
 * Calder Allen
 * Lost in Society
 * The Vansaders

Surf
The 2022 festival featured pro surfers including, among others, Cory Lopez, Sam Hammer, Cassidy McClain and Eric Geiselman. The surfers competed in the "North Beach Rumble", a team surf contest.

Late Night Shows
The 2022 Festival included four "Late Night Shows" that took place after the festival's normal operating hours. Shows took place at Asbury Park local venues, such as The Stone Pony and The Wonder Bar, featuring The Backseat Lovers, Gods, Yawn, The Ocean Ave Stomp and The Surfajettes.

2023
The 2023 festival was held on September 16-17, 2023.

Saturday

 * The Killers
 * Greta Van Fleet
 * Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
 * Sheryl Crow
 * Tash Sultana
 * Royal Blood
 * Bob Moses
 * Cory Wong
 * Oteil & Friends
 * Living Colour
 * Babe Rainbow
 * Surfer Girl
 * SNACKTIME
 * Quincy Mumford
 * Yawn Mower

Sunday

 * Foo Fighters
 * Weezer
 * Rebelution
 * Mt. Joy
 * The Beach Boys
 * The Breeders
 * Tegan & Sara
 * Stephen Sanchez
 * Joey Valence & Brae
 * Adam Melchor
 * Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country
 * Easy Star All-Stars
 * Sunflower Bean
 * Waiting on Mongo
 * Alexander Simone & Whodat?

2024
In March 2024, the festival announced its line-up for September 14-15, 2024:

Saturday

 * Noah Kahan
 * The Black Crowes
 * 311
 * The Revivalists
 * The Hives
 * Grace Potter
 * Sierra Ferrell
 * Peaches
 * Guster
 * Ziggy Alberts
 * Robert Randolph Band
 * Passafire
 * Sonic Blume
 * Joe P

Sunday

 * Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
 * The Gaslight Anthem
 * Trey Anastasio Band
 * Norah Jones
 * Kool & the Gang
 * Action Bronson
 * Gogol Bordello
 * Larkin Poe
 * Joy Oladokun
 * The Aces
 * Eggy
 * Illiterate Light
 * Bertha
 * Sunshine Spazz
 * Rachel Ana Dobken

Surf
Surfers expected to compete include:


 * Balaram Stack
 * Cam Richards
 * Sam Hammer
 * Cassidy McClain
 * Rob Kelly
 * Will Skudin
 * Pat Schmidt
 * Mike Gleason
 * Tommy Ihnken
 * Logan Kamen
 * Jamie DeWitt
 * Cole Deveney
 * Audrey Iglay