Bamboozled: Asbury Park Rocks

Seven stages scattered throughout Asbury Park's North Beach were taken down this week after a three day music festival along the shore. Bamboozle 2012 headlined a variety of musical acts providing something for everyone on May 19, 20, and 21. Incubus, Skrillex, the Foo Fighters, and Bon Jovi were just a few of the artists to entertain the mass crowd that took over Asbury Park, NJ for the weekend.

Using wristbands instead of a classic ticket, patrons of the music festival entered on the boardwalk through Convention Hall after waiting on the massive line. 

Vendors were set up throughout the festival in addition to the large ferris wheel which people could take a quick ride on in between sets. 

Bamboozle, which is usually held in the Medowlands (MetLife Stadium), mixed it up for its 10th year by returning to its origins. In addition to returning where the festival was originally held, Bamboozle made sure to include many New Jersey born artists in its venue. Bon Jovi, a native New Jerseyian, talked of his time in the state and even became nostalgic when talking of Asbury Park on Sunday. 

"I wanted to come back and remember all the times I just wanted to play Convention Hall," said Jovi while up on the main stage at the festival. 

The Gaslight Anthem, another Jersey native band, also highlighted the idea of locality in Sunday's venue. 

Friday's line-up was less rock and more dub. New artists such as Skrillex and other electro-dj's were featured attracting the younger crowd to the shore.

Saturday was the most crowded of all the days with over 30,000 people in attendance. The Foo Fighters were the big act of the night playing a full two hour set before jetting off to NYC to play with Mick Jagger on SNL. 

Dave Grohl - Lead Singer of the Foo Fighters

Other artists on Saturday's venue included the All-American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World, and even Jersey Shore's DJ Pauly D.

Although most traces of the festival are now gone from the shoreline, many people are still tweeting about the amazing time they had at the concert. Follow @thebamboozle to see more reviews from people who cannot stop talking about it. Still, despite the great response from the spectators it has yet to be determined if the festival will be returning to Asbury Park in 2013.