A crop of rising and established indie/alt-rock artists – including Snail Mail, the Mountain Goats, Meat Puppets, Girlpool and Sebadoh – will perform this summer at New Jersey’s Asbury Lanes. The bowling alley/venue opened newly-renovated in 2018 with a massive stage, a 700-person dance floor and a 24-hour diner, one of the many moves that breathed life into the Asbury Park waterfront.
The eclectic lineup also includes iconic reggae group the Wailers, indie-pop acts the Drums and Broods, jam band Papadosio, indie/art-rock band Foxing and a 50th anniversary tribute to the Beatles’ Abbey Road, among others.
Bruce Springsteen christened the venue last summer by joining Danny Clinch’s Tangiers Blues Band as a “special guest” for a set of rock & roll classics like “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Down the Road Apiece.” Portugal. The Man faced the daunting task of following as headliners.
Asbury Lanes 2019 Summer Lineup
April 19 – BROODS
April 20 – Lawrence
April 22 – Ryan Bingham // The Americans
April 26 – Papadosio // lespecial
April 27 – Girlpool // Hatchie // Teenage Halloween
April 28 – Slothrust // Summer Cannibals
April 29 – Foxing // Now, Now
May 4 – Andy Black
May 5 – Cinco De Mongo: Waiting on Mongo w/ Secret Sound
May 8 – The Drums // Tanukichan
May 9 – Celebration of Jam Bands 3: Matt O’Ree // Anthony Krizan // Mark Diomede
May 10 – Metal Church // Doro
May 11 – Meat Puppets // Sumo Princess // Stephen Maglio
May 25 – Snail Mail
June 5 – The Wailers // Survivor
June 9 – Cosmic Jerry Band w/ Special Guests
June 12 – Howard Jones // Men Without Hats // All Hail the Silence
June 13 – Brian Kirk & The Jirks
June 21 – Saved by the 90’s
June 28 – Frank Iero
July 22 – The Mountain Goats
July 26 – Long Beach Dub Allstars
July 27 – Sebadoh
August 16-17 – Hi-Tide Summer Holiday // The 5.6.7.8’s
August 29 – The Alarm: Modern English; Gene Loves Jezebel featuring Jay Aston
September 28 – Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Tribute