I'd like to thank Debbie and everybody at The Wonder Bar for making my
experience there this weekend so good.
It was really fun and exciting to be part of such a great musical
event. This is exactly the kind of event that Asbury was made for, and
during the course of my 2 days of working at the WB, I saw a who's who
of people from our music scene in attendence, as well as many people
who just came out for the show.
It was also nice to finally meet Gary. Werner and Maureen from Asbury
Radio were also in attendence.
All I can say is that I hope the future of Asbury is more about music
then shopping. At the end of last nights show, it was stated that The
Wonder Bar will still be there for another year. I'd like to think
that if we all showed our support and went to as many shows as
possible, there would not be just one more year.
It's pretty clear to me that our area is full of talent that the whole
world could appreciate. Please support music in Asbury Park.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Gary Wien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This weekend showed once again just how easy it would be to have
> music play a vital role in Asbury Park's economy. Over 170 bands and
> artists played throughout the town in around 18 different venues.
> Cookman Avenue was one of the biggest winners with places like
> Twisted Tree Cafe, America's Cup and Jake & Lucy's having good to
> great crowds nearly the entire time. Last year the goal was simply
> to have the festival take place, this year I think people began
> embracing the festival from the very beginning. There was a great
> vibe throughout town. Even with the construction and lack of parking
> spots in some areas, people came. Even with hours of rain on
> Saturday, people came and hopped from venue to venue. And even with
> the lack of hotel rooms available, people came and found places to stay.
>
> It's a shame that there are still many people who don't want Asbury
> to capitalize on its musical heritage. Events like the Wave
> Gathering Festival prove that Asbury's music scene is still as
> vibrant as it ever was and can bring people to town. Imagine if
> everyone who came for the three days spent like $20 per day... It
> may not seem like much, but it would start adding up and this was
> only the 2nd year of the festival. Could this kind of festival ever
> be as big as a South by Southwest? Probably not because we're not
> located in a pure city with the amount of hotel rooms and venues to
> match that; however, it could become something bigger and bigger that
> is marketed to the roughly 25 million people within a 3 hour drive of
> Asbury Park. Tie in the hotels in Tinton Falls and surrounding areas
> with shuttles to Asbury and all of a sudden you do have something
> that brings in very significant revenue numbers.
>
> This festival was done (as with nearly everything in Asbury) on a
> rather limited marketing budget and yet the people came. Imagine
> what could be done with the town with a serious music tourism plan.
> Great things could be done.
>
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