Melting Trends, the company behind the Bond Street Block Party, Rocktoberfest, Jazzbury Park, and shows across the Asbury Park scene, presents The Melting Waves Music Fest at Asbury Lanes on Saturday, November 14, and Sunday, November 15. Doors at open at 4 with music starting at 4:45 both days. This is an all ages event, but 21+ with ID to drink.
The show features 18 bands purveying all sorts of sounds ranging from psych to shoegaze to stoner to garage to indie.
The lineup includes:
- Wes Parker
- Trophy Wife
- Gods
- Sunshine Spazz
- Rachel Ana Dobken
- Sun Voyager
- 95 Bulls
- Labretta Suede and the Motel 6
- Von Mons
- Certain Death
- The Dracu-Las
- Slomo Sapiens
- Düül Suns
- 95 Bulls
- Söūp
- The Painted Windows
- Owl Doom (featuring members of Dentist)
- Judo Chop
- Cairo Jag
Sponsors for the even include: MOGO, MW Design & Marketing, Russo Music, 90.5 the Night, Cyphe Smoke, Shore Sonic Entertainment, Old Glory Tattoo Co., Asbury Park Hardware, Sauce Leopard, Idle Hands Barbershop, Milk Sugar Love, and Peace of Tia.
For tickets to the Melting Waves Festival, click here.
Melting Trends picks up the baton of an Asbury Halloween tradition with “Nineties Nightmare” at The Berkeley Backyard at The Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel on Friday, October 30. This all-ages show ($15 in advance, $20 at the door) will feature bands from the Asbury scene performing as ’90s acts. There will be a ’90s costume contest with over $1,000 in cash and prizes.
The lineup includes:
- Shut Up with Mike Chick of Yawn Mower as Nirvana
- Monte Maybe as Britney Spears
- Tide Bends with Ryan Keegan & Laddie Keelan as Oasis
- American GF as Destiny’s Child
- Third from the Sun as Rage Against the Machine
- Bristler as Radiohead.
They’ll also be hosting JazzBury Park II with Natasha Wright, Chiara Maria, HoneyBree, and The Cohort at The Berkeley Backyard. It is $15 to enter, with doors at 6:30 and a Dress to Impress vibe.


