Light of Day WinterFest 25 Presents – Our 25th Anniversary!
WinterFest Kickoff

FANTASTIC CAT, JAMES MADDOCK, WILLIAMS HONOR, MATT O’REE BAND, JAKE THISTLE BAND, EMILY GROVE, DAVE VARGO, SONiA, BOB POLDING, GABBY & FRAN

21+

The Light of Day Foundation, Inc., utilizes the power of music to raise money and awareness in its continuing battle to defeat Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative diseases ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) within our lifetime.

The Foundation’s mission is to fund research into possible cures, improved treatments and support for patients who suffer from those illnesses, their families and their caregivers to help improve their quality of life. The primary fundraising efforts are an annual series of concerts held in Asbury Park, NJ. Since its inception in 2000, Light of Day has raised over $6.5 million in the fight to find a cure for Parkinson’s disease. What began as a single concert in New Jersey has grown into approximately 50 shows in 13 countries on two continents including North America and Europe!

Light of Day WinterFest 25 Presents – Our 25th Anniversary!
Dramarama
with very special guests The Weeklings
plus Bobby Mahoney, SONiA, Pete Mancini

DRAMARAMA, the Wayne, NJ alternative rock band that exploded onto the music scene in 1985 will be performing a full 90+ minute show, this year headlining The Wonder Bar for LOD WinterFest 25! JEM recording artists THE WEEKLINGS from Asbury Park, NJ who released their 4th, Raspberry Park and 5th, Christmas albums in 2024 will be direct support followed by Wicked Cool recording artist BOBBY MAHONEY.

SONiA, architect of the legendary Baltimore band disappear fear and Pete Mancini who’s been opening for songwriting legend Jimmy Webb all across America for the last 2 years will appear in-between band sets on the acoustic stage.

21+

The Light of Day Foundation, Inc., utilizes the power of music to raise money and awareness in its continuing battle to defeat Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative diseases ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) within our lifetime.

The Foundation’s mission is to fund research into possible cures, improved treatments and support for patients who suffer from those illnesses, their families and their caregivers to help improve their quality of life. The primary fundraising efforts are an annual series of concerts held in Asbury Park, NJ. Since its inception in 2000, Light of Day has raised over $6.5 million in the fight to find a cure for Parkinson’s disease. What began as a single concert in New Jersey has grown into approximately 50 shows in 13 countries on two continents including North America and Europe!

Light of Day WinterFest 25 Presents – Our 25th Anniversary!
 Celebrating 45 Years of JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS, TANGIERS BLUES BAND JAM, WILLIE NILE, JOE D’URSO & STONE CARAVAN, ADAM EZRA GROUP

The Light of Day Foundation, Inc., utilizes the power of music to raise money and awareness in its continuing battle to defeat Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative diseases ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) within our lifetime.

The Foundation’s mission is to fund research into possible cures, improved treatments and support for patients who suffer from those illnesses, their families and their caregivers to help improve their quality of life. The primary fundraising efforts are an annual series of concerts held in Asbury Park, NJ. Since its inception in 2000, Light of Day has raised over $6.5 million in the fight to find a cure for Parkinson’s disease. What began as a single concert in New Jersey has grown into approximately 50 shows in 13 countries on two continents including North America and Europe!

Light of Day WinterFest 25 Presents – Our 25th Anniversary!
ASBURY BLUES
BOCCIGALUPE & THE BADBOYS, JOE BONANNO & GODSONS OF SOUL, HOPE WELL, STORMIN’ NORMAN, BILLY WALTON BAND, DEBRA DEVI, JON CASPI & THE FIRST GUN, MIKE MONTREY, MISS EMILY, JAMES DALTON, GARY CAVICO, MIKE ROCKET, RED BIRD

21+

The Light of Day Foundation, Inc., utilizes the power of music to raise money and awareness in its continuing battle to defeat Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative diseases ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) within our lifetime.

The Foundation’s mission is to fund research into possible cures, improved treatments and support for patients who suffer from those illnesses, their families and their caregivers to help improve their quality of life. The primary fundraising efforts are an annual series of concerts held in Asbury Park, NJ. Since its inception in 2000, Light of Day has raised over $6.5 million in the fight to find a cure for Parkinson’s disease. What began as a single concert in New Jersey has grown into approximately 50 shows in 13 countries on two continents including North America and Europe!

Light of Day WinterFest 25 Presents – Our 25th Anniversary!
Cover Me – The Best in NJ Tribute and Cover Bands with BEST OF THE EAGLES, DECADE (Neil Young Tribute), CHICKS THAT ROCK THE ’80S, BOWIE & BEYOND, LATE FOR THE SKY (Jackson Browne Tribute), SHARON LASHER (Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt Tribute) and more, Jake Thistle’s Tom Petty Tribute, Fat Mezz

The Light of Day Foundation, Inc., utilizes the power of music to raise money and awareness in its continuing battle to defeat Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative diseases ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) within our lifetime.

The Foundation’s mission is to fund research into possible cures, improved treatments and support for patients who suffer from those illnesses, their families and their caregivers to help improve their quality of life. The primary fundraising efforts are an annual series of concerts held in Asbury Park, NJ. Since its inception in 2000, Light of Day has raised over $6.5 million in the fight to find a cure for Parkinson’s disease. What began as a single concert in New Jersey has grown into approximately 50 shows in 13 countries on two continents including North America and Europe!

Light of Day WinterFest 25 Presents – Our 25th Anniversary!
Next Generation

Octopus School, Maddie Freeman, Lakehouse Music, Connor Parente, Rock’n Music Academy, Dakota Diehl, Krayzer, Angelina Bella, Rockit

The Light of Day Foundation, Inc., utilizes the power of music to raise money and awareness in its continuing battle to defeat Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative diseases ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) within our lifetime.

The Foundation’s mission is to fund research into possible cures, improved treatments and support for patients who suffer from those illnesses, their families and their caregivers to help improve their quality of life. The primary fundraising efforts are an annual series of concerts held in Asbury Park, NJ. Since its inception in 2000, Light of Day has raised over $6.5 million in the fight to find a cure for Parkinson’s disease. What began as a single concert in New Jersey has grown into approximately 50 shows in 13 countries on two continents including North America and Europe!

DRKHRT

Best Dressed Ghost, Tango Machina and Manaaki

DRKHRT is a rock band from Asbury Park, NJ, formed by Paul Ritchie (The Parlor Mob, gods) Ray Beck (Mohican, slowdust) Gary Zampini (Gringo Motel, gods) & Chad Sabo (The Cold Seas). Their first release “Wild Dreams” was something right out of their inner minds transferred like ink to paper, an erratic and chaotic story sketched out in under 15 minutes of heavy tones, blown out drums, riffs, and catchy melodies.

• 21 and up

MYLES KENNEDY
The Art of Letting Go Tour
with Tim Montana
and Sons of Silver

As a prolific songwriter, powerhouse vocalist, and a skilled guitar player, Myles Kennedy tunes into the rhythm of his surroundings and goes with the flow. Fronting Alter Bridge, his soaring vocals, open-hearted lyrics, and airtight riffs have fueled the group’s global impact as a critically acclaimed, arena-filling force of nature over two decades-plus.

On the microphone for Slash and The Conspirators, his towering range and magnetic stage presence has consistently stunned audiences since 2010. Becoming a celebrated collaborator, he’s the rare presence just as comfortable on a track with Disturbed, Halestorm, and Sevendust as he is with Gov’t Mule and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels. It’s why he’s generated over 1 billion cumulative streams, earned gold and platinum certifications worldwide, uplifted countless fans, and KERRANG! christened him “one of rock’s finest vocalists.” It’s also why he’s carved out his own lane.

With two solo efforts under his belt and sold out headline tours in the rearview, a sense of keenly honed intuition guides his third full-length LP, The Art of Letting Go [Napalm Records]. “I’ve been going through a massive Bruce Lee kick, no pun intended,” he smiles. “His quote, ‘Be water, my friend’, always stuck with me. On a grander scale, it represents the record. It’s an exercise in removing prior restrictions and shattering the parameters I set up for myself as a solo artist. This is a rock record. In the past, I thought rock might be a little too close to the other projects. Instead, I just let go and embraced my essence as a singer, guitar player, and writer. This is who I am. This is my DNA. Instead of being apologetic and shying away from it, I’m letting go and being myself.”

SURFING FOR DAISY
Via Ripa
Backhouse

Join us for the Jersey Shore’s own Surfing for Daisy self-titled CD Release show! Surfing for Daisy has been making waves all along the Jersey shore and now the alt-folk-rock band’s debut album is finally on the horizon. The band’s sound flows like the tides of Asbury Park — smooth, soothing, yet unpredictable. Undulating like ocean waves, calm and hypnotic one moment, crashing with raw energy the next. Surfing for Daisy headlines the Wonder Bar for their album release show with support from friends and shore rockers Via Ripa and Backhouse.

21 AND UP

Since her breakthrough in 2020, acclaimed singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun has been hailed by Rolling Stone as “Nashville’s most low-key musical revolutionary” and celebrated for her uniquely vulnerable voice. Oladokun has released two highly acclaimed albums—2021’s in defense of my own happiness and 2023’s Proof of Life—both appearing on numerous best-of-the-year lists. Oladokun’s forthcoming project, Observations From a Crowded Room, due out October 18, marks a significant evolution in her career. This 15-track collection—comprised of 12 songs and 3 interludes—reflects her growth as an artist and producer, blending her pop-folk roots with electronic and psychedelic elements. Solely written and produced by Oladokun, the album represents a personal and artistic turning point, crafted during a period of introspection and questioning. Her song “i see america” was a finalist for the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Award for Best Song for Social Change. Widely respected by her peers, Oladokun has collaborated with artists such as Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile and Noah Kahan and has joined Kahan, John Mayer, Tyler Childers, Hozier, My Morning Jacket, Pink Sweat$, Leon Bridges and Manchester Orchestra on the road.

Tickets: $26 in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $31 at the door

Joy Oladokun has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold will go to The Ally Coalition’s work to support homeless and at-risk LGBTQ youth.