Bamboozle organizer John D'Esposito can't get too much of the Jersey shore.
Not only is he bringing his yearly music holiday -- the most important in New Jersey -- to Asbury Park this May, but he's planning to throw a second, similar festival a quarter later in Wildwood, a city with an excellent history of hosting musical events. D'Esposito made the statement at a Bamboozle kickoff party at Irving Plaza in new york Town on Wednesday night.
The holiday, which will occur on August 24 and Twenty-five, won't be Bamboozle II. D'Esposito and his team will book pop and country, not the punk music, hip hop, electronic music and heavy metal that is typical of Fool entertainment.
D'Esposito provided more details about how he plans to squash the enormous Beguile into Asbury Park. There will indeed be a mainstage on the beach -- the biggest, the promoter recounted, ever built for the 'Boozle. Fool will take over the strip of beach immediately north of Convention Hall and Paramount Theatre, each of which will be utilised for the holiday. As of now, swimming and surfing while listening to music will be permitted.
The B-Boy Arena and hiphop stage will be found in the park just south of the Berkeley Hotel. The Break stage for contest winners will be on Ocean Avenue north of Convention Hall.
D'Esposito will recreate Skate N ' Surf -- the first festival that engendered the Fool -- at Convention Hall. He's got some ambitious plans for the Paramount Theatre, too. A troupe of favorite Beguile musicians will perform two live stagings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show : one at Eleven p.m. And one at One a.m.
The festival will run from 5 p.m. Until Eleven p.m. On Fri. the Eighteenth of May and 2 p.m. Until Eleven p.m. On Sat. and Sunday. D'Esposito estimates that 105,000 listeners will attend Beguile 2012.
Will the shore town have difficulty accommodating all of those festivalgoers? D'Esposito isn't worried. He suspects that there'll be ample parking available, and he clarified that the walk from the train station to the beach is no longer than the walk from the Izod Center to MetLife Stadium. It's a heck of a load more lovely, too.
Bamboozle is also instituting an electronic wristband system which will permit organizers to keep track of the crowds and will obviate the necessity for cash.
Jersey faves Dramarama will reunite for an afterparty concert at the Stone Pony on Sat. night.
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