A new summer concert venue is coming to the beach in Atlantic City
'Peach at the Beach' is the first event announced at the new Summer Concert Stage, adjacent to Bart Blatsteins' Waterpark.
Atlantic City is getting a new music venue this summer.
Peach at the Beach, a one-day spin-off from the Allman Brothers-themed Peach Music Festival, will be staged at the Summer Concert Stage at Island Waterpark at Showboat Resort.
The July 13 concert will be headlined by Grateful Dead-adjacent band Joe Russo’s Almost Dead and include Asbury Park jam band Dogs in a Pile, Trouble No More performing the Allman Brothers’ 1972 album, flashy bassist Karina Rykman and her band, and Mykal Rose of reggae greats Black Uhuru.
Beyond Peach at the Beach, the Summer Concert Stage, which is situated between developer Bart Blatstein’s $100 million waterpark located at States Avenue and the Boardwalk, is of interest because it’s a new place to hear live music during the summer down the shore.
The venue, which will hold between 5,000 and 7,500 concertgoers, isn’t actually on the beach. It’s on the other side of the Boardwalk. The open air space is being booked by Live Nation, which has plans to place more shows there this summer, though none have yet been announced.
The concert promotion giant also books shows a few blocks away at the Mark G. Etess Arena at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, and at the nearby Borgata Hotel & Casino.
In recent summers, outsized concerts have been staged on the Atlantic City beach with Phish, the Blink 182-headlined Adjacent Festival, and the country TidalWave Festival. No beach shows have been scheduled yet for the 2024 season.
The Peach Music Festival was founded in 2012 and has typically taken place at Montage Mountain in Scranton on July 4 weekend. This year, while “the Peach Music Festival takes a pause,” according to a news release, the jam band gathering aims to keep the vibe alive with Peach at the Beach, which is presented in partnership by Live Nation and the Allman Brothers Band. It has not been announced whether or not the Peach will return to Montage Mountain in 2025.
A Peach at the Beach presale begins at 10 a.m. Thursday and tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday at the Peach at the Beach website.