Sea.Hear.Now, the Jersey Shore’s premier music and surfing festival, has announced the artist lineup for its 2026 event, set to return to the Asbury Park beachfront on September 19th and 20th [ticketing information].
Resurgent British folk-rockers Mumford & Sons will headline the festival’s first day on Saturday, September 19th alongside an eclectic mix of nostalgic favorites and cross-genre tastemakers including The Offspring, Chaka Khan, The War on Drugs, The All-American Rejects, Shaggy, Men at Work, Susanna Hoffs, Fitz and the Tantrums, Tom Odell, 54 Ultra, Anders Osborne, Steph Strings, Nat Myers, and Jarod Clemons.
On Sunday, September 20th, seminal early-aughts NYC rockers The Strokes will headline on the beach following performances by Goo Goo Dolls, Fontaines D.C., Moby, Pixies, Ziggy Marley, Kim Gordon, Ben Howard, Flipturn, Die Spitz, Alice Phoebe Lou, Makua, King Stingray, Blaise, and Status Green.
Related: Sea.Hear.Now 2025: A Musical Love Letter To The Jersey Shore [Photos/Videos]
As always, the 25+ artists on the Sea.Hear.Now 2026 roster will perform across two stages on the beach and a third at the adjacent Bradley Park in Asbury Park, NJ, amid immersive installations and an onsite art gallery. This year will once again include a surf contest in which “the ocean calls the winner.” Per a press release, “The ‘North Beach Sessions’ pro surfer who catches the ‘wave of the day’ will take home the prize purse.”
The 2026 surf lineup includes Sam Hammer, Cassidy McClain, Cam Richards, Balaram Stack, Rob Kelly, Pat Schmidt, Mike Gleason, Tommy Ihnken, Logan Kamen, Jamie DeWitt, Cole Deveney, Audrey Iglay, Paul Francisco, Mia Gallagher, Eden Edwards, and Cruz Dinofa.
Two-Day and One-Day General Admission, GA+, VIP and Platinum Tickets will be available via a pre-sale on Thursday, March 26th at 10:00 a.m. ET. A general on-sale will follow on Thursday, March 26th at 11:00 a.m. ET if any tickets remain. To sign up for the pre-sale, head here. For more information on Sea.Hear.Now tickets, head here.
GA+ allows unlimited access to the GA+ Lounge, featuring relaxed seating and air-conditioned restrooms, a private bar with drinks for purchase, a complimentary water refill station, and a dedicated GA+ Concierge. VIP tickets provide exclusive viewing areas at all three stages, unlimited access to VIP Lounge at Surf Stage with relaxed seating and air-conditioned restrooms, a private bar with drinks for purchase, dedicated food for purchase, lockers and mobile charging units for rent (available first-come, first-served), an official festival merchandise store within VIP Lounge, and more.
Platinum Tickets offer all GA+ and VIP amenities, plus exclusive front-of-stage viewing at the Surf, Park, and Sand stages, unlimited access to the Platinum Lounge with relaxed seating and air-conditioned restrooms, a complimentary full-service bar in the Platinum Lounge, complimentary all-day dining within Platinum Lounge, a dedicated Platinum Concierge, complimentary lockers with mobile charging units (available first-come, first-served), an exclusive festival gift, and more.
Asbury Park artists Pork Chop and Brad Hoffer will return with their famous jellyfish installation and surfboard arch, serving as the festival’s visual compass, while Stoke Henge will once again surround Convention Hall as the festival’s center of all things art, anchored by the disco ball-paneled “Jonathan the Sea Monster” emerging from the sand. Legendary Jersey Shore surf photographer Bruce Chrisner will lead the creation of community murals on the beach, joined by a diverse range of contributors from the Asbury Park community. Danny Clinch‘s Transparent Gallery will also return, showcasing special artwork from participating festival musicians alongside pop-up performances.
Check out the full Sea.Hear.Now 2026 lineup below. Get excited for this year’s event by revisiting Live For Live Music‘s coverage of the 2025 festival here.
