Melting Waves Music Fest

Event Details

Every fest needs an origin story, and this one started with a dude, flippin’ burgers, building a playlist.

It began behind the grill at Bond Street Bar in Asbury Park, NJ, where Joe Brown built a playlist to keep up with the songs his best friend Steve and mentor Mike “OG” Longo kept feeding him. Somewhere along the way that playlist gained a bunch of followers and turned into a whole ecosystem, first bands submitting tracks via email, then the lightbulb moment of taking the submissions to the next level and letting bands know they have a home to play in Asbury Park, submissions turned into shows, shows turned into the opportunity to book the Bond Street Block Party, which he took over in ’25.

THE LINEUP

• Wes Parker
• Trophy Wife
• Gods
• Rachel Ana Dobken
• Sunshine Spazz
• Sun Voyager
• 95 Bulls
• Certain Death
• Labretta Suede & the Motel 6
• The Dracu-las
• Düül Suns
• Slomo Sapiens
• Von Mons
• Cairo Jag
• Söūp
• The Painted Windows
• Owl Doom (members of Dentist)
• Judo Chop

Cost: $30-$50