Wave Gathering lineup announced

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Posted by Alex Biese on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 1:30 PM

The Wave Gathering, the annual music festival celebrating the Asbury Park music scene and some of its most active performers, is set to return to the Shore next month (June 19 to 21) and the festival recently announced its initial artist roster on its Web site.

The fourth annual festival, which is sponsored by Metromix Jersey Shore, looks to be striving to offer something for everybody, judging by the 70 acts that are currently listed on the festival's site.

Looking for an evening of blues rock? Then check out red hot up-and-coming Shore band Outside the Box or local stalwart Matt O'Ree. Craving the sonorous sounds of local songstresses? Then give the Eryn Shewell Band, Jillian Rhys or Jerzy Jung a try. If you're in the mood to check out some locals who have done good, rock out to former Styx guitarist Glen Burtnik or "Ugly Betty" co-star Val Emmich.

And folks who love to haunt local coffeehouses will have no shortage of top-quality singer/songwriters to pick and choose from, with acts such as Christine Martucci, George Wirth, Rick Barry and Anthony Fiumano on the bill.

Other acts set to rock Asbury Park for the Wave Gathering include Belmar-based party band Barry and the Penetrators, pop-rock quartet Status Green and experimental ensemble Chemtrail.

Here's the current lineup for the Wave Gathering, according to the festival's Web site:

Amanda Duncan, Anthony Fiumano, Ari Hest, Arlan Feiles, Aster Pheonyx, Barry and the Penetrators, Bob Denson, Bret Mosley, Carlon, Chemtrail, Chris Ayer, Chris Batten and the Woods, Christine Martucci Band, Dave Pittenger, Deena and the Laughing Boys, Dirty Sweet, Divine Sign, Eryn Shewell Band, Friends of Bill Wilson, Geena (Dragster), George Wirth, Glen Burtnik, Green Underground, Guggenheim Grotto, Highlines, Holtz, Howard Jennings, Jerzy Jung, Jessy Tomsko, Jillian Rhys, Joanna Burns, Joe Harvard Band, Joshua Van Ness, Kagero, Keith Kenny, Krista, Last Perfect Thing, Laura Warshauer, Lisa Bianco, Luke Brindley, Madi Diaz, Matt O'Ree, Maybe Pete, McRad featuring Chuck Treece, Mieka Pauley, Mossejaw Muldoon, My State of Attraction, Outside the Box, Quincy Mumford, Red Wanting Blue, Rick Barry, Scott Liss and the Sixty-Six, Stacie Rose, Stand, Status Green, Stringbean and the Stalkers, the Agreements, the Aviation Orange, the Bloodsugars, the Fave, the Grip Weeds, the Honors, the Lights Out, the Mill Stone, the Milwaukees, the Obvious, Todd Alsup, Tunnels to Holland, Val Emmich and Wellbaby.