Festivals in New Jersey

No state carries rock as deep in its DNA as New Jersey. It was here, on the boardwalk of Asbury Park, that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band forged their shoreline sound — and it's right there, feet in the sand facing the Atlantic, that Sea.Hear.Now Festival raises its stages every autumn, a weekend where surf and rock coexist like nowhere else. The Jersey Shore remains the beating heart of the local festival scene, but the energy now spills across the whole state with North To Shore Festival, linking Asbury Park, Atlantic City and Newark in one sprawling celebration of music, comedy and film.

Farther south, on the banks of the Delaware in Camden, XPoNential Festival keeps a rootsier, folkier tradition alive — born of public radio station WXPN — while the Northeast's independent galaxy finds its launchpad on the tight club stages of New Colossus Festival, a true showcase for indie discovery. Whether you're chasing the Shore's big headliners or the buried gems of a showcase, FestT calculates your FestiScore — the affinity between a lineup and your favourite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date.