Wave Gathering

The Wave Gathering Music Festival[1] was co-founded by Adam Weisberg, Scott Stamper, Gordon Brown, and Larry Katz.[2] It is held in Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. It is an annual American music festival modeled after South by Southwest[3] and Austin City Limits Music Festival that is held across the entire town, spanning several days. During this time, cafes, restaurants, parks, shops, the boardwalk, nightclubs, and local vendors offer local and regional music, art, and food to the crowds.[4] The Wave Gathering includes approximately 16 stages on which approximately 150-160 local, regional, and national music acts play alternative, blues, folk, indie, electronic, rock, and other genres of music.[5][6][7][8] Other performing arts are represented as well. At this point, the Wave Gathering has an ambiance and size similar to that of those established festivals in their early years.

Wave Gathering
Mieka Pauley performs at the 2009 Wave Gathering
Genrealternative, blues, folk, indie, electronic, rock, and other music genres; other performing arts as well
DatesSummer, specific dates vary
Location(s)Asbury Park, New Jersey
Years active2006–present
Founded byAdam Weisberg, Scott Stamper, Gordon Brown, Larry Katz.
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Wave-Gathering-Music-Festival/66052049630#!/pages/Wave-Gathering-Music-Festival/66052049630?sk=info

See also

References
  1. , Wave Gathering Music Festival Web Site.
  2. Mrowicki, M. (2007, May 15). Sounds of Summer: The season's rock 'n' roll lineup may be worth every red hot cent. Chorus & Verse. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  3. La Gorce, T. (2007, May 13). Still Rocking Hard in Asbury Park as the Bands Play On. New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
  4. Bove, S. (2009, May 17). Sounds of Summer: The season's rock 'n' roll lineup may be worth every red hot cent. Asbury Park Press. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  5. Pfeiffer, J. (2009, May 21). Shoreworld: Wave Gathering, Steven Van Zandt, Crown Of Thorns, Asbury All-Stars. The Aquarian.. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  6. Mrowicki, M. (2007, May). Gordon Brown Discusses The Emerging Music Festival Wave Gathering. Chorus & Verse.. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  7. Davidson, J. (2007, May). James Dalton. Chorus & Verse. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  8. Wien, G. (2007, May). The debate over the wave gathering festival. New Jersey Stage. Retrieved January 19, 2011.

"Four Years Strong" (A Musical Gathering with Cultural Vibes} - M.C. O'Connor (GANNETT) Special to: METROMIX | The Asbury Park Press | MAY2009

"If you’ve been meaning to get to Asbury Park to experience the notably buzzed about cultural rebirth and the musical revivification that’s transfusing the City by the Sea, you might want to pop by this weekend and see for yourself what’s creating this wave. After many months of planning and organizing, Asbury Park’s burgeoning independent music community, along with Jersey Shore Metromix.com and Miller Lite, are set to host the Fourth Annual Wave Gathering Music Festival, the weekend of June 19-21.The three-day festival, which boasts an array of musical genres, will showcase more than 180 artists in 23 venues. Panels and workshops highlighting all topics of the music industry will also be held. On Saturday,from noon till 6 p.m., Cookman Avenue in downtown Asbury Park will be closed to traffic from Main Street to Grand Avenue for a free outdoor street festival. Many of the award-winning restaurants along the route will be participating festival style from tented sites. Along with many other vendors,representatives of sponsor Miller Lite will be in attendance selling beer to of-age festival goers. Many of the shops, galleries, boutiques, and antique stores along Cookman Avenue will be open throughout the day.Christine Martucci, the playful, crowd-pleasing and gutsy Jersey girl rocker will set the tone for the day opening with her band starting at noon on the Metromix Miller Lite Day Stage. A host of local favorites and touring acts will follow. The brilliantly balanced pop and indie rock artist, Val Emmich,will be also performing. Emmich, a Jersey native as well, has paralleled a flourishing music career with the highly successful acting work he’s done this past year. Last season he played a recurring role as the musician love interest of America Ferrera’s character, Betty, on ABC’s hit show Ugly Betty. Red Wanting Blue, the startlingly powerful Ohio-based underground alternative rock band, will undoubtedly be taking the stage to the uproarious cheers of those in-the-know Asbury Park scenesters who’ve caught the touring band when they’ve played The Saint. The anticipated crowds of thousands will in be in for a thrill when Jay Weinberg, fresh off his European tour with Springsteen and The E Street Band takes to the stage with his post-hardcore punk rock band, The Reveling. The apple doesn’t fall far and The Mighty Max’s son packs a provoking power punch capable of keeping you wound up for days. Local blues rocker Matt O’Ree will be displaying his extraordinary guitar prowess with his well -built Matt O’Ree Band,and the buzz-worthy Stone Pony house band, Outside The Box, should also delight. The widely and wildly popular Asbury Park rock band, Status Green, will close the afternoon at 5 p.m.Friday night, Saturday night, and all day Sunday there will be indoor performances held around the city from the Boardwalk to Main Street. Many of Asbury Park’s most highly touted talents will be performing in the various participating venues. Up and coming tri-state area bands will be joining other emerging artists from across the country and around the world on the stages of Asbury Park all weekend.Finding a member of the Asbury Park music community who doesn’t have his or her heart and soul invested in the cultural and economic growth of the City by the Sea is a challenge. I recently met up with a few who represent the core of the dedicated and hard working individuals who define Asbury Park. Lindsey Miller, 27-year-old singer songwriter, Asbury Park resident, and member of local bands Divine Sign and The Sunday Blues, had this to say about the festival, “Being part of the Wave Gathering really is what being part of our community is all about. We all look forward to it and each year it gets better. It’s also a very important networking weekend for us. It gives us the opportunity to meet bands from out of state and possibly develop working relationships with them, for trading shows in each others areas and telling our friends and fans about each other.”Another outstanding member of the music community and Asbury Park resident as well, artist Rick Barry, also 27, said, “The Wave Gathering Music Festival is all about community. The artist community here in Asbury has been thriving and growing throughout the city’s redevelopment. We’ve been supporting Asbury Park since before they tore down the old Skeleton building to put up the new one. Ideally, we’ll be able to continue to preserve the artistic disposition that has kept this town alive culturally in the past,while also assisting in the economic growth and rebuilding of Asbury Park,meaning both sides of the tracks, East and West, not just Cookman and Ocean Avenues.” In speaking with Ken Sorensen, a 25-year veteran musician of the Asbury Park music scene who will be playing the Wave Gathering beside Miller and Barry, I asked him to reflect on the progressions that the music of Asbury Park has made in the time he’s been around. “Asbury Park has always been a hot bed of music. Has been since the early 1900s when it was a developing resort town. There was a big peak with Springsteen, but things have always come in cycles here. Now is much better than I’ve ever known it to be. The variety of music being played is incredible. There’s always something going on. The Wave Gathering is a great way to showcase local talent and to help the music community grow. I really think that the Wave Gathering could become as big as the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, TX,and potentially help Asbury Park to become a national destination for music lovers much like New Orleans and Memphis.Like the man behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz, co-founders and organizers of the Wave Gathering, Gordon Brown, of All Hour Entertainment, and Scott Stamper, co-owner of The Saint, would rather you pay attention to the music being played than to know all the magic it takes to put the festival together. I did, however, get the answers I wanted to a couple of key questions I had for the two.I asked Gordon Brown how the idea for the Wave Gathering was born and what was it that inspired him to put the festival together.“After being a songwriter, a touring and recording musician for the last 15 years, and now working with many talented new artists, I felt we needed to have something that represented our area’s diverse music community. Together, Scott and I felt the need to create an event for all the artists that work so hard to do this. When you play in a band, write songs, and perform,you need to have a music community that supports what you do. We are lucky enough to have that here in Asbury Park. The festival helps bring that community together and gives everyone a chance to learn about the music industry. I went to my partners with the idea and we all came up with the right name and concept.In not so many words, I asked Scott Stamper exactly how long is it that he’s been The Wizard, the man behind the curtain of the Asbury Park music scene?

“I started in 1989 at T-Birds Café (Asbury Park). My first show was with Dash Rip Rock (New Orleans). The first time I saw them was at my first South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival earlier that year. I started to book at T-Birds Cafe full time in 1991. I opened The Saint along with Adam Weisberg in the fall of 1994. The Saint has gotten stronger every year. We are the longest running music venue in Asbury Park since 1994. We have not missed one week since November 18th of that year. Many of the local music venues that had closed have now reopened. I feel very proud to be here for the local musicians and we are very proud to be part of the Asbury Park Music Scene, The Saint and the Wave Gathering Music Festival.” If you’ve heard that Scott is a whiz of a wiz if ever a wiz there was. He certainly is… because of the wonderful things he does.

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