Asbury Park Music Foundation Launches 2025 Summer Music Season

Asbury Park Music Foundation Launches Summer Music Season Featuring Free Concerts Across the City
Music Mondays Celebrates 10 Years, AP Live Returns for Its 9th Season, and Asbury Park Concert Band Marks 80 Years of Community Tradition

The Asbury Park Music Foundation (APMF) is proud to announce the return of its signature summer music programs, bringing free live performances to public spaces throughout the city while raising funds to support music education for youth in Asbury Park and beyond.

This summer marks major milestones for each of APMF’s long-standing concert series:

Music Mondays at Springwood Park
Music Mondays celebrates 10 years of uplifting performances in the heart of the city’s West Side, with weekly shows beginning June 23 featuring The Soul Project NOLA. Concerts are held Monday evenings at 6:00 p.m.

The series features returning crowd favorites, including Alexander Simone, The Men of Soul, JT Bowen, Ms. G and da Guyz, and Des and the Swagmatics, along with many more.

Full 2025 Schedule:

• June 23 – Soul Project New Orleans

• June 30 – The Men of Soul | Leon Trent Waterfront Duo

• July 7 – Alexander Simone & Who Dat? Live Crew

• July 14 – Des & The Swagmatics | Soultron w/ Des Spinks & Ryan Gregg

• July 21 – JT Bowen & The Mighty Kings of Soul | Dorian Parreott Jazz Trio

• July 28 – The Funktion Band | Rebirth Church Praise Team

• August 4 – The Sounds of Sandstorm

• August 11 – TBA

• August 18 – Ms. G & Da Guyz | Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise

• August 26 (TUES) – The Sensational Soul Cruisers

Funding for Music Mondays includes support from Jules L. Plangere Family Foundation, Mullin Family, Donna and Ron Troppoli, and Asbury Audio.

AP Live on the Boardwalk

AP Live returns for its ninth season on the First Avenue Green, located next to MOGO Korean Fusion Tacos and Watermark on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. This Wednesday night series begins June 25 and showcases a diverse mix of pop, rock, funk, hip hop, and indie artists from across the region. Each show runs from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., with two acts per night and a student band from Lakehouse Music Academy opening the evening. Performances are free and open to the public. In case of rain, shows move inside to Watermark.

Full 2025 Schedule:

• June 25 – Blush | Preacher on the FM

• July 2 – Bryan Hansen Band | Jarod Clemons

• July 9 – Chill Smith | Naska

• July 16 – Dana Why | The dt’s

• July 23 – Nu Space | Polaroid Fade

• July 30 – Teen Idle | Dark City Strings

• August 6 – Indigo Sky | Emerson Woolf & The Wishbones

• August 12 (TUESDAY) – October Man | Great Oblivion

• August 20 – Mike Frank & Friends | Foes of Fern

• August 28 (THURSDAY) – Alors Alors | S0ulfood | Des & The Swagmatics

Asbury Park LIVE is run in partnership with MOGO Korean Fusion Tacos, Watermark, and Lakehouse Music Academy, with sponsor support from Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Pepsi, Asbury Park Sunset, Provident Bank, Asbury Park Brewery, Ansell Grimm & Aaron, Madison Marquette, the Stone Pony, and Wild Air Brewing.

Asbury Park Concert Band

The Asbury Park Concert Band celebrates an incredible 80 years of musical tradition with Tuesday night performances in July and August at the Arthur Pryor Bandshell on the rooftop of the 5th Avenue pavilion along the Boardwalk. This long-running ensemble continues to provide classic community band performances that honor the city’s musical history and bring generations together through song.

Full 2025 Schedule:

• July 1 – Celebrate the 4th (featuring student performers)

• July 8 – Jazz Night

• July 15 – Animal Kingdom (featuring student performers)

• July 22 – Broadway Favorites

• July 29 – Shall We Dance

• August 5 – Traveling the Seas (featuring student performers)

• August 12 – Perfect Pairs

• August 19 – More Broadway

• August 26 – Salute to American Entertainers (featuring student performers)