Sea.Hear.Now Festival Announces Inaugural Lineup

The debut of the Sea.Hear.Now Festival will be held on the beach in Asbury Park, New Jersey from September 29 – 30. Sea.Hear.Now will feature more than 25 bands on its three stages at North Beach Asbury Park and Bradley Park. Organizers of the new event have unveiled the initial lineup.

Jack Johnson and Incubus have been tapped to headline the event. Social Distortion, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Brandi Carlile, Blondie, SOJA, G. Love & Special Sauce, Deer Tick, Rayland Baxter, Nicole Atkins and Carl Broemel are among the other acts set to play Sea.Hear.Now ’18. Check out the graphic below for the full initial lineup.

In addition to the music, Sea.Hear.Now will find professional surfers taking part in “Expression Sessions” in which they’ll show off their talents. Also, famed photographer Danny Clinch will showcase a display of images featuring the artists on the lineup at his Transparent Gallery space. Clinch, a Jersey Shore native, is producing the new festival with C3 Presents.

“Sea.Hear.Now is a long time dream of ours. To have our musician, surfer and artist friends come to Asbury Park this September to play some music, ride some waves and make some art,” said Clinch in a press release. “We come from the Jersey Shore and we believe in Asbury Park. It is one of the coolest beach cities in America, if not the world. We are ready to go!”

Tickets go on sale Thursday, April 5 at 10 a.m. ET via the festival’s website.