INDEPENDENCE DAY
4th of July Parade, Festival and Fireworks
Moe, U-Melt on The Stone Pony Summerstage, 5 pm, all ages
Saturday, July 5
First Saturday, downtown
Asbury Shorts Film Festival
Moe, The Bridge on The Stone Pony Summerstage, 5 pm, all ages
Joe Harvard Band CD release party, Virago at The Saint, 8 pm
Sunday, July 6
Asbury Shorts Film Festival
Static Radio, Shot Baker at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm, all ages
Wednesday, July 9
Phoenix, Hollywood Hangover, Where Tragedy Sleeps, Filter Effect, Head Turn Heroes, Dead Man Anchor at The Stone Pony, 6 pm, all ages
Rick Barry, Doors Captian James Peacock, Christian Beach, Jon Caspi, Greg Wilkens, Dave Pittenger at The Saint, 8 pm
The Scandals, Mission Statement, Mispent Youth, The Creetons at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm, all ages
Thursday, July 10
Tea Leaf Green, The Breakfast at The Stone Pony, 7:30 pm, all ages
Jucifer, Zoroaster, Hunchback at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm
Outside the Box, Roamer, Marble Creek, Miles Brothers featuring Liz at The Saint, 8 pm
Friday, July 11
Metro Man Triathlon
Sasquatch & the Sickabillys, The Chop Tops at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm
Saturday, July 12
All Star Jazz Ensemble Musicians Workshop and Evening Concert presented by N.J. State Conference AFM Musicians Union at Salvation Army building, 805 Asbury Ave., 8:30 am (concert at 7 pm), info: 732-409-6166
Inspector 7, Dark Buster, Wretched Ones, Hammerlock, Hudson Falcons, Turnpike Wrecks, Final Summation, The Project (LV), Niblick Henbane, Last Call Brawl, Step2Far, Band of Felons, The Sirs, Tried and True, Graveyard School, Post No Bills, The STDs, Silver Dollar at The Stone Pony, noon
Metro Man Triathlon Expo in the Grand Arcade, 4-8 pm
Carmen with mezzo-soprano Mabel Ledo and Crystal Amendola as Micaela, conductor Anton Coppola, Metro Lyric Opera 50th Anniversary Season, Paramount Theatre, 8 pm
Sunday, July 13
Metro Man Triathlon sponsored by New York Life, racing begins at 6:30 am, awards ceremony 10:30 am at the Beach Bar, south side of Convention Hall
All-ages matinee featuring Silent Reconcilation, Lights On 9, Cop Drama, A Mans All, Dream Thief, Red Sea Affair, West Side Drive at The Saint, 1 pm
Help Wipe Out Melanoma benefit The Dirtbombs, The Brimstones, Big Fun, The Lost Crusaders at Asbury Lanes, 2 pm, all ages
Tuesday, July 15
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Haha Tonka, Johnny Action Figure at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm, all ages
Wednesday, July 16
Strength In Heart: Stop The Beat domestic violence benefit show featuring Aster Pheonyx, Jessica Paris, Manifest Destiny, Divine Sign, Maybe Pete at The Saint, 7:30 pm
Deathbed Repentance, Guns on the Run, Ambergris at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm, all ages
Thursday, July 17
Colour Reporter, Project 222, Salt Water All-Stars, Katie Pearlman Band at The Saint, 8 pm
Friday, July 18
Road Trip Weekend
Green Underground, Codename, Dave Tucker at The Saint, 8 pm
Saturday, July 19Road Trip Weekend
Status Green, Midatlantic, The Obvious, East Coast Addiction, Before the After Party at The Stone Pony, 7:30 pm, all ages
Sunday, July 20
Road Trip Weekend
Gov't Mule on The Stone Pony Summerstage, 5 pm, all ages
Tuesday, July 22
Geisert 8 at The Saint, 8 pm
Wednesday, July 23
The Phantom Rockers, Creepin Cadavers at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm, all ages
The Radio Knights at The Saint, 8 pm
Thursday, July 24
Karma Wash & the Cosmic Dryer, The Brainbox, Bugg Juice, Lemon Juice at The Saint, 8 pm
Friday, July 25
The Gutter Twins, Ed Harcourt at The Stone Pony, 7 pm, all ages
Running Still at The Saint, 8 pm
Saturday, July 26
Madame Butterfly with soprano Tami Swartz and tenor Raul Melo as Pinkerton, conductor Anton Coppola, Metro Lyric Opera 50th Anniversary Season, Paramount Theatre, 8 pm
Sunday, July 27
Kings X, Black Water Rising at The Stone Pony, 7 pm, all ages
Friday, August 1
The Beautiful Girls, Joe Purdy at The Stone Pony, 7:30 pm, all ages
Saturday, August 2
Kite Festival
Badfish (Sublime tribute), Battle of L.A. (Rage Against the Machine tribute), Scotty Don't, Midfall Drive, Word, Baldi & Suburban Graffiti, Flight's Kool and more at The Stone Pony, 3 pm, all ages
Sunday, August 3
Kite Festival
Scott H. Biram, American Speedway at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm
Tuesday, August 5
Keith Caputo of Life of Agony, Wil Ridge at The Stone Pony, 8 pm, all ages
Westbound Train at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm
Wednesday, August 6
Christine Martucci, Lou Montesano, Rick Barry at The Saint, 8 pm
Zydepunks, The Swaggerin Growlers, The Test Tube Casanova Brigade at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm, all ages
Friday, August 8
New Riders of the Purple Sage at The Stone Pony, 8 pm, all ages
Saturday, August 9
Asbury Park 5-K Run
Catch 22, Patent Pending, Supervillains at The Stone Pony, 6:30 pm, all ages
Wednesday, August 13
Kill Hannah, The Medic Droid, Innerpartysystem, White Tie Affair at The Stone Pony, 6:30 pm, all ages
Bob Dylan at Convention Hall, 7 pm
Saturday, August 16
Clearwater Festival
Paramore, Jack's Mannequin, Phantom Planet, Paper Route at Convention Hall, 6 pm
Sunday, August 17
Clearwater Festival
Friday, August 22
Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, Sly & Robbie on The Stone Pony Summerstage, 5:30 pm, all ages
Westbound Train at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm
Saturday, August 23
John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band at The Stone Pony, 8 pm
Monday, August 25
Keb' Mo, The Robert Cray Band at the Paramount Theatre, 7 pm
Friday, August 29
Creators of S.O.A.P., Vini Lopez & Steel Mill, Moment of Truth reunion at The Stone Pony, 7 pm, all ages
Westbound Train at Asbury Lanes, 8 pm
Saturday, August 30
Virago at Twisted Tree Cafe, 7 pm
Monday, September 1
LABOR DAY
Fireworks at the beach, dusk
Thursday, September 4
Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids and The New Amsterdams) and Kevin Devine at The Stone Pony, 7 pm, all ages
Saturday, September 27
ChessFest 2008 sponsored by Prevention First, attempt to set new Guinness record for the most chess games played simultaneously in one location, Boardwalk
Vanilla Fudge at The Stone Pony, 7:30 pm, all ages
Wednesday, October 8
Buckethead, That 1 Guy at The Stone Pony, 7 pm, all ages
Friday, November 14
Reverend Horton Heat, Reckless Kelly and more at The Stone Pony, 7 pm, all ages