According to Concert Archives, these are just some of the performers who graced the stage at Convention Hall, and we’re only looking at the 1950s through the end of the century. There was Bill Haley & ...

As you walk through the hallowed hall breezeway between the Paramount Theater and Convention Hall the next time you are at the Asbury Park Boardwalk, just think of some of the legendary musicians who ...

The festival itself takes place in Bradley Park across the street from the Asbury Park Convention Hall. It will run 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday with free admission, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday ...

ASBURY PARK — The City Council heard plans for a proposed expansion of Porta — the pizzeria, restaurant and bar that hosts live music and doubles as a nightclub — at its Feb. 28 meeting.

Convention Hall hosted The Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, Ray Charles and Led Zeppelin in the 1960s. It survived the flight of business and tourists from Asbury Park in the 1970s.

According to Led Zeppelin’s website, their manager Peter Grant turned down the offer to perform at Woodstock and routed the band to Asbury Park New Jersey instead. So, there they were, on stage at the ...

A retired cop who was seriously injured by a stage diver at a 2017 punk rock concert at Asbury Park Convention Hall scored a $2 million settlement. Jason Kooken, 46, sued Asbury Audio, Inc., which ...

The Woodstock Music & Art Fair, held from Aug. 15-18, 1969, wasn’t the first big outdoor music concert. Monterey Pop in California in 1967 had featured major performers such as Otis Redding and ...

Eater states "Asbury Park has become the hottest dining destination", one of the 'Best Place to Travel Worldwide" by Travel + Leisure, "16 Places everyone will be talking about in 2017, by Yahoo ...

By the early 1990s, Convention Hall, that had been the site of memorable concerts, and much of the east side resembled a ghost town. It wasn't until the turn of the 21st century, that Asbury Park ...

The show kicked off with Johnny Cash's "Big River"; the country legend famously spent years as an Asbury Park booster, investor and occasional resident. That number then gave way to "Reuben and ...

And the once-proud Asbury Park Convention Hall that echoed with sounds ranging from Frank Sinatra to Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd was now a mausoleum to more prosperous times.