Editing Asbury Park, New Jersey (section)

===Festivals and events===
[[File:Paradise pool.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Paradise (nightclub)|Paradise]] nightclub]]
* The Asbury Park Porch Fest is a free family-friendly music festival featuring a series performances on local porches, lawns, and parks. The fifth annual event was held in 2021.<ref>[https://www.apporchfest.org Home Page], Asbury Park Porchfest. Accessed October 22, 2021.</ref>
* The annual [[North to Shore]] festival features music, comedy, film and other entertainment alongside tech discussions at events in Asbury Park, [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] and [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] throughout the month of June.<ref>Sobko, Katie. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/03/13/north-to-shore-jersey-festival-nj-south-by-southwest/70003501007/ "Halsey, Demi Lovato coming to music and tech event North to Shore Jersey Festival"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 13, 2023. Accessed March 13, 2023. "The North to Shore Jersey Festival will be a music and technology event taking place over the course of three consecutive weekends at three cities across the state. Events will happen in Atlantic City from June 7 to 11, in Asbury Park from June 14 to 18, and in Newark from June 21 to 25. There will be a variety of entertainment events, including concerts, comedy shows and movies, as well as presentations from tech and business entrepreneurs."</ref>
* [[Jersey Pride]], the state's largest and oldest [[Pride parade]], is held annually on the first Sunday in June with around 20,000 attendees on average. 
* Asbury Park Music Foundation is a non-profit organization that offers live music throughout the year including the free summer concert series Music Mondays in Springwood Park, AP Live and the Asbury Park Concert Band on the boardwalk. Ticketed events including Sundays on St. John's, A Very Asbury Holiday Show! at the [[Paramount Theatre (Asbury Park, New Jersey)|Paramount Theater]], Sunday Sessions are held throughout the year to benefit the music foundation's mission to provide music education programs, scholarships, instruments to the underserved youth in the community as well as supporting established and emerging local musicians with opportunities to perform.<ref>[https://asburyparkmusiclives.org/about-us About Us], Asbury Park Music Foundation. Accessed December 18, 2020. "The mission of Asbury Park Music Foundation is to keep the Asbury Park music legacy alive by providing under-served youth with life-changing music education, helping the local music scene thrive and uniting a diverse community through music."</ref>
* The Asbury Park [[surf music|Surf Music]] Festival, held on the boardwalk in August, celebrates surf music .<ref>Makin, Bob. [https://www.njarts.net/pop-rock/makin-waves-with-asbury-park-surf-music-festival-still-a-thrill/ "Makin Waves with Asbury Park Surf Music Festival: Still a thrill"], [[NJarts.net]], August 1, 2018. Accessed December 18, 2020. "During the past six years, husband-and-wife team Vincent Minervino and Magdalena O'Connell have parlayed a love of surf rock into a festival, a record label, a band, a DJ business, concert promotion, and other special events. From August 16 to 19, the Asbury Park Surf Music Festival returns with almost as much fun as getting tubed."</ref>
* The [[Asbury Music Awards]]. Formerly known as the [[Scott Stamper#The Golden T-Bird Awards|Golden T-Bird Awards]], these were established in 1993 by [[Scott Stamper]] and Pete Mantas to recognize and support significant contributions and achievements of local and regional participants in the music industry. The name of the awards was changed to the [[Asbury Music Awards]] in 1995. The award ceremony is held in November of each year, most recently at the [[Stone Pony]].<ref>Pfeiffer, John [http://www.theaquarian.com/2010/12/01/shoreworld-asbury-music-awards-and-musical-heritage-kickoff/ Asbury Park Music Awards and Musical Heritage Kickoff], ''[[The Aquarian Weekly]]'', December 1, 2010. Accessed December 18, 2010.</ref>
* The [[Sea.Hear.Now Festival]] is a surfing and music festival that first appeared on the beach in Asbury Park in September 2018, as a celebration of live music, art, ocean sustainability, and [[surf culture]]. Digital pop culture magazine ''The Pop Break'' named Sea.Hear.Now the best new music festival of the year in 2018.<ref>[https://thepopbreak.com/2018/10/22/why-sea-hear-now-2018-was-the-best-new-music-festival-of-the-year/ "Why Sea.Hear.Now 2018 Was The Best New Music Festival of the Year"], The Pop Break, October 22, 2018. Accessed March 17, 2020.</ref><ref>Oglesby, Amanda. [https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/30/asbury-parks-sea-hear-now-festival-major-success/1481531002/ "Asbury Park's Sea.Hear.Now festival a major success"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 30, 2018. Accessed March 17, 2020.</ref>
* Music Mondays at Springwood Park. These are weekly live music events held at Springwood Park in the summer months. Hosted by the Asbury Park Music Foundation.<ref name=MusicMondays>[https://asburyparkmusiclives.org/upcoming-events-springwood Music Mondays at Springwood Park], Asbury Park Music Foundation. Accessed March 17, 2020.</ref>
* The [[Wave Gathering]] Music Festival. Established in 2006, the  festival was held during the summer. Businesses across Asbury Park offered food, drink, art, music, crafts, and their stages for performances. Stages were also set up in parks, on the boardwalk, and in other open spaces. The event took place over several days.<ref>La Gorce, Tammy. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/13artsnj.html "Still Rocking Hard in Asbury Park as the Bands Play On"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 13, 2007. Accessed July 19, 2012. "'The Wave Gathering has as much to do with music as with this town making its comeback,' said Gordon Brown, one of several organizers, a music promoter and a lifetime resident of Asbury Park who started sneaking into clubs to see up-and-coming acts 20 years ago, when he was 15."</ref>
* First Saturdays. Popular with numerous Asbury Park residents and visitors is the monthly First Saturday event. On the first Saturday of every month, Asbury Park's downtown art galleries, home design studios, restaurants, antique shops, and clothing boutiques remain open throughout the evening, serving [[hors d'oeuvre]]s and offering entertainment, to showcase the city's residential and commercial resurgence.<ref>{{cite news|author=Majeski, John|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1791978331.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+05%2C+2005&author=JOHN+MAJESKI&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=First+Saturday+returns+Event+focuses+on+city+shops+and+restaurants&pqatl=google|title=First Saturday returns Event focuses on city shops and restaurants|work=[[Asbury Park Press]]|date=May 5, 2005|access-date=May 20, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713095253/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1791978331.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+05,+2005&author=JOHN+MAJESKI&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=First+Saturday+returns+Event+focuses+on+city+shops+and+restaurants&pqatl=google|archive-date=13 July 2012|quote=First Saturday Night Asbury Park will return this month to the city's downtown, with businesses staying open late and shoppers finding special sales, giveaways, live music, trolley rides and refreshments.}}</ref>
* The Asbury Park Tattoo Convention, also known as the Visionary Tattoo Festival, is held every July.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://visionarytattoofest.com/|title=VisionaryTattooArtsFestival|website=VisionaryTattooArtsFestival}}</ref>
* [[The Bamboozle]] Music Festival. This was first held in Asbury Park in 2003, 2004, and 2005.<ref>[[Tris McCall|McCall, Tris]]. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/01/bamboozle_festival_adds_60_mor.html "Bamboozle Festival adds 60 more acts to its lineup"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 18, 2012. Accessed January 29, 2012. "The Bamboozle began in Asbury Park a decade ago and moved to the Giants Stadium parking lot after growing too large for the shore town to accommodate. This will be the first Bamboozle on the Jersey Shore since 2006, and festival organizers intend to supplement Asbury Park's venues with stages on the boardwalk and the beach."</ref> The festival returned to its original location for the ten-year anniversary in 2012, headlined by [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Foo Fighters]], and [[Bon Jovi]], drawing over 90,000 people to the city over the three-day span in which it was held.<ref>[[Tris McCall|McCall, Tris]]. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/05/bamboozle_2012_bon_jovi_brings.html "Bamboozle 2012: Bon Jovi brings the hits to the beach"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', May 21, 2012. Accessed July 18, 2012. "The 10th annual Bamboozle festival — and the first to be presented in its original hometown of Asbury Park since 2005 — had come to its grand, restless finale, and the most famous band ever booked by its organizers was about to play the massive main stage on the north end of the boardwalk. And unlike the other artists who drew enormous crowds to the boardwalk and beach this weekend, Bon Jovi does not compete for attention."</ref>
* The Asbury Park Women's Convention is held each winter.

====List of film festivals====
A [[list of film festivals in New Jersey|number of New Jersey's film festivals]] are held in the city, including:
* APin3 Film Challenge (timed filmmaking challenge in Asbury Park)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmfreeway.com/APin3Challenge|title=APin3 Film Challenge|date=April 15, 2023|website=FilmFreeway}}</ref>
* Asbury Park Music + Film Festival (established 2015, Asbury Park)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apmff.org/|title=Asbury Park Music + Film Festival|date=March 15, 2021|website=Asbury Park Music + Film Festival}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/12/05/asbury-park-music-and-film-festivals-board-directors-get-high-profile/925268001/|title = Asbury Park Music and Film Festival's board of directors gets high-profile additions}}</ref>
* Bread and Roses Film Festival (established 2023, Asbury Park) (women's film festival)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmfreeway.com/BRFF|title=Bread & Roses Film Festival|date=June 24, 2023|website=FilmFreeway}}</ref>
* The [[Garden State Film Festival]]. In 2003, actor [[Robert Pastorelli]] founded the [[Garden State Film Festival]], which draws over 30,000 visitors to Asbury Park each spring for a four-day event including screenings of 150 features, documentaries, shorts and videos, concerts, lectures and workshops for filmmakers.<ref>[http://www.gsff.org/about-us/ahistory/ History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131144550/http://www.gsff.org/about-us/ahistory/ |date=January 31, 2012 }}, [[Garden State Film Festival]]. Accessed January 29, 2012.</ref>
* Jersey Shore Film Festival (established 2006, Deal, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Red Bank)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jerseyshorefilmfestival.com/|title=Jersey Shore Film Festival|accessdate=February 16, 2024}}</ref>
* Jersey Devil Film Festival (Asbury Park) (horror/paranormal/folklore)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmfreeway.com/JerseyDevilFilmFest|title=Jersey Devil Film Festival|website=FilmFreeway|date=September 2023 }}</ref>
* Krampus Film Festival (established ~2011, Asbury Park) (horror/paranormal/folklore with [[Yuletide]] mythology focus)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmfreeway.com/KrampusFilmFestival|title=Krampus Film Festival|date=May 1, 2023|website=FilmFreeway}}</ref>
* Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival (established ~2012, Asbury Park)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmfreeway.com/hangontoyourshorts|title="Hang on to Your Shorts!" Film Festival|date=February 23, 2023|website=FilmFreeway}}</ref>
* QFest New Jersey LGBTQ Film Festival (established ~2019, Asbury Park)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmfreeway.com/QFestLGBTQFilmFestival|title=QFest LGBTQ Film Festival|date=June 15, 2023|website=FilmFreeway}}</ref>