Virtual concert planned to benefit local musicians
One of the main things Asbury Park is known for is its thriving music scene. But the pandemic slammed the door shut on live performances, leaving a lot of local musicians with no work.
To help address their plight, the legendary Stone Pony, along with the Vin Gopal Civic Association, are putting on a digital fundraiser called Band Aid on April 20 to “keep the music playing.”
The event will feature dozens of Jersey Shore bands:
Anthony Krizan
Brian Kirk
Splintered Sunlight
The B Street Band with Brian Kirk
The Nerds
All donations/proceeds will go to local artists of the struggling music scene.
Asbury Band Aid livestream to raise funds for Jersey Shore music scene
If music saved Asbury Park, who s going to save Asbury Park musicians?
An ambitious virtual event called Asbury Band Aid, set for April 20, will feature dozens of Jersey Shore acts and raise funds for the local scene, too.
The livestream is being organized by the city s Stone Pony and State Senator Vin Gopal’s Civic Association. The city live music scene was halted at the onset of the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020. Only a handful of city music venues, including the Langosta Lounge and Tim McLoone s Supper Club, have reopened at reduced capacity.
It s been all about the economics, Ivy said. There s a compelling case made to go through with the shutdown.
Lakeland Electric has faced a series of problems with the aging coal-powered plant that kept it offline, not producing power for most of the summer. It started in May when an unspecified electrical problem caused an outage at Unit 3 for approximately 14 hours, according to Lakeland Electric spokesperson Cathryn Lacy.
Less than a day later, utility workers discovered the plant’s bearings for the main boiler feed pump and turbine generator were damaged, Lacy said. Lakeland Electric had to send the parts off-site to be reworked. This led to Unit 3 being shut down from May 13 to Aug. 24.