Mumford & Sons and the Strokes will headline the 2026 edition of Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on Sept. 19-20. The Offspring, Fontaines D.C., Chaka Khan, and the Pixies have also been tapped to perform at the event, which includes a surf contest and art installations.
Mumford & Sons are set to headline on Saturday. Among the artists performing on the first day of the festival are the Offspring, Chaka Khan, the War on Drugs, the All-American Rejects, Shaggy, Men at Work, Susanna Hoffs, and Fitz and the Tantrums.
Sunday will feature the Strokes as the headliner. Goo Goo Dolls, Fontaines D.C., Moby, Pixies, Ziggy Marley, Kim Gordon, and Ben Howard also perform on Sunday.
In addition to more than 25 musical performances across three stages set up on the Beach at North Beach and in Bradley Park, attendees can catch the two-day surf contest featuring East Coast pro surfers, including Sam Hammer, Cassidy McClain, Cam Richards, Balaram Stack, Rob Kelly, and more. Also on-site, Transparency Gallery will showcase artwork from musicians on the lineup as well as pop-up performances. Proceeds from artwork sales will benefit Asbury Park charities.
Tickets for the festival will be available for presale on March 26 at 10 a.m. ET, with a general on sale to follow at 11 a.m. ET for any remaining tickets. Ticket tiers include two-day and one-day general admission; GA+, VIP, and Platinum. More information is available via the fest’s official website.
Headliners Mumford & Sons are also tapped to perform at the Bourbon & Beyond Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, which takes place Sept. 24-27. The band released their sixth album, Prizefighter, in February.
Meanwhile, the Strokes are also headlining Shaky Knees Festival the same month in Atlanta; it takes place Sept. 18-20. They’re also playing Coachella and Bonnaroo. They last released a new album in 2020, The New Abnormal.
