The 7th annual Sea.Hear.Now. festival is now in the record books, but in Asbury Park, the cleanup continues just a day after crowds heard bands like Blink 182, Sublime, Hosier and Lenny Kravitz.

In just a few hours, the controlled chaos of the seventh edition of Sea.Hear.Now was replaced by cleaning crews on the beaches, leaving them free of any trash.

“It was great, it was a lot of fun, yeah,” said Adam Levine, of Randolph.  

Levine and his college roommate, Andrew Knight, stayed a few blocks from the venue with their friends and relatives. They say the speed of the breakdown is almost as impressive as the show itself.  

“To come out the morning after and see it almost back to pristine ocean view really, really impressed,’ said Knight, who was visiting from Annapolis, Maryland.  

“It’s crazy. They’re very efficient and fast. It’s almost, that stage is almost completely gone already so yeah,” added Levine.  

To get the party started, the city shut down Cookman Avenue and held a block party Friday evening to show some love to the businesses and give visitors a chance to explore.  

“The people who were walking around even if they weren’t shopping, the next day in the morning they came back. They are coming back even Monday morning shopping,” said Endless Waves owner Luis Morales.  

“Keep on doing it every year please, Friday night. Close the streets, have a stage going on by the lake and bring those vibes back,” said Danielle Angel, owner of Freedom Rocks.  

While set up takes a little over a week, clearing all of the equipment off the beaches and parks takes about half that time. By Wednesday, most of the beaches will return to their natural state as the countdown to 2026’s Sea.Hear.Now. is already underway.