Skate and Surf Unveil 2015 Line-Up, Two Big Reunions

It’s only been a little over a month since Skate and Surf Festival announced just a small portion of their 2015 festival line-up and now, after promising fans for a while, the New Jersey festival has revealed a hefty portion, if not all, of the line up.

Headlining the event will be Jersey’s own The Gaslight Anthem and the Dropkick Murphys who will be in the middle of their “Celtic Punk Invasion” Tour when they drop by Asbury Park in May.

Kevin Devine, mewithoutYou, American Nightmare and more have now joined previously announced acts like Manchester Orchestra, The Wonder Years, The Story So Far, Modern Baseball, From Autumn to Ashes, Four Year Strong, and many more.

Like last year, the festival will have two (as of now) awesome reunions going on.

The first of two reunions will be Acceptance, who broke up in 2006 after releasing their super successful debut record. Fittingly enough, this comes a couple of months after guitarist Christian McAlhaney’s other band, Anberlin, called it a day.

The other band making a triumphant return to the stage will be Poison the Well who went on hiatus back in 2010.

Check out the newly revised line-up for this year’s Skate and Surf Festival.

Like the poster says, tickets for the weekend-long event are currently available. Skate and Surf 2015 will once again be returning to their home territory of Asbury Park on May 16 and May 17. For more information, head on over to the festival’s website.

Skate and Surf Festival Unveil First Batch of 2015 Performers

Skate and Surf Festival organizers had been dropping hints that they would be revealing some of the artists that will be going to New Jersey for the two-day festival in May of 2015. Now, the initial line-up of performers have been unveiled and so far, so good.

Bands such as a newly reunited From Autumn to Ashes, the Dropkick Murphys, Manchester Orchestra, The Wonder Years, The Story So Far, Modern Baseball, Motionless in White, and many more have already been revealed. The full official flyer for the two-day show can be seen below.

Once again, Skate and Surf will be returning home to Asbury Park, NJ though last year, they almost weren’t allowed to do so, but as we saw, they were.

Tickets for the festival will officially go on sale tonight at 8 p.m., so we will suggest if you’re digging the line-up so far, go ahead and get them while you can, especially when there are still some acts that have yet to be announced.

Remember, last year we saw the reunion of Midtown and a super special reunion including Anthony Green rejoining Saosin for their performance. Of course, that reunion has led to Green rejoining the band he once fronted for an actual tour.

Skate and Surf Fest Show Times

Heading to Asbury Park, New Jersey this weekend to check out the newly reunited Midtown and Saosin featuring original vocalist Anthony Green? Well if you are, you don’t want to get to the show and some how miss two of the most anticipated acts of the weekend.

All you need to do is look below and see the set times for all the acts that will be taking the stage throughout the weekend and plan accordingly.

SKATE AND SURF FESTIVAL SET TIMES:

SATURDAY

• Midtown: 8:50-9:50 p.m.

• Saosin feat. Anthony Green: 7:40-8:30 p.m.

• The Early November: 6:30-7:20 p.m.

• Brick + Mortar: 5:30-6:10 p.m.

• What’s Eating Gilbert: 4:40-5:10 p.m.

• Wyland: 3:50-4:20 p.m.

• Incircles: 3-3:30 p.m.

• Check Your Morals: 2:10-2:40 p.m.

SUNDAY

• New Found Glory: 8:30-9:30 p.m.

• Alkaline Trio: 7:10-8:10 p.m.

• Circa Survive: 6-6:50 p.m.

• Midtown: 4:40 p.m.-5:40 p.m.

• Hidden in Plain View: 3:25-4:20 p.m.

• We Came As Romans: 2:40-3:15 p.m.

• The New Royalty: 2:05-2:30 p.m.

Saosin to Head Out on Mini-Tour with Anthony Green

Fans of Saosin, it looks like the reunion featuring former frontman Anthony Green was not just a one shot deal, because it was announced today that the original line-up will be heading out on a mini-tour.

The news of that the Circa Survive frontman would be returning to his former band broke a few months back when Skate and Surf Festival organizers revealed that Saosin would be performing with Green on vocals. For those wanting to see the original line-up, but couldn’t find a way to get to Asbury Park, NJ for the two-day festival seemed to be out of luck, but their wished just might have been answered.

All morning, there had been a rumors on the internet that the original line-up would be taking to the touring circuit with Green in tow. Green confirmed the mini-tour this afternoon when he posted on his Instagram a four-day tour schedule beginning with Skate and Surf on May 17.

For now, the other three dates on the posted schedule are all taking place in California (one in Pomona, one in Los Angeles and one in San Diego), but where else would you have a mini-tour than in your own home state?

The mini-tour and return of the original line-up comes almost eleven years after the release of their breakout EP, Translating the Name.

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Skate and Surf Festival to Return Home

When the Skate and Surf announced that they were trying to return to their original location of Asbury Park, some were wondering if the festival would be able to do so.

Turns out, they could and they did.

Festival organizers confirmed today that the music festival would be heading back home to Asbury Park, NJ; a perfect way to continue their mission on going back to their roots. Reportedly, the City of Park voted unanimously on a multi-year deal last night to bring Skate And Surf back. The unanimous vote also has allowed the festival to expand to the beach area of the town.

According to the Asbury Park Press, there will be five stages on Ocean Avenue and Bradley Park as well as a gaming interactive room will be at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel. After parties will reportedly be held at the near by clubs.

Last month, the full line-up for the show had been revealed which included Circa Survive, The Early November, Saosin with Anthony Green and of course the reunion of Midtown. Alongside the news of the location permit, five more acts had been revealed for the two-day festival as well as some squashed rumors that had been floating around.

The new additions to the line-up will include Knuckle Puck, Unlocking the Truth, Lil Dicky, Animals as Leaders, and United Nations. As for the denounced rumors, Brand New and My Chemical Romance are not performing at the festival, even though it would be a fantastic way to welcome the festival back home.

Check out the revised schedule and a map of Asbury Park to familiarize yourselves with if you’re heading to Jersey for the shows in May.