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The Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel is once again the place to stay for Sand Blast Weekend, and is the location of five amazing parties including DEEP BLUE, Saturday night’s underwater musical journey with DJ Phil B (SF) and opening set by Nina Flowers (Denver, RuPaul’s Drag Race), the late night URGE Underwear Party with rising star DJ Grind (SF) and the rocking RIPTIDE Pool Party & Sand Blast Tea Dance on Sunday with New York City favorites DJ Eddie Martinez & Steve Sidewalk.
Get MORE BLAST for LESS CASH when you stay At The Berkeley by taking advantage of our EARLY BOOKING PACKAGES including amazing event ticket deals, shopping & dining discounts, beach passes & so much more.
Save Big On Our Host Hotel’s 3-Night Special
Sand Blast Weekend
Fun & Friends In The Summer Sun
What is Sand Blast Weekend Really Like?
Take a look at our video and see what’s in store for your weekend on the famed Jersey Shore. Whether it’s dancing next to the surf at our main event, The Beach Party, splashing with your friends in the ocean or at our super fun pool parties, exploring Asbury Park’s historic shopping district and mile-long boardwalk or getting sporty or silly with your gang, Sand Blast Weekend is the perfect getaway for your ultimate summer weekend.
Make the summer of 2013 something you’ll remember forever with a trip to Asbury Park and Sand Blast Weekend.


Getting to Asbury Park is easy by train, car or bus and takes from 1 to 2 hours from NYC and Philly and under 4 hours from DC. The NJ Transit trains and busses stop in our historic downtown every hour, and return just as frequently.
Freeways from both NYC and Philly bring you directly to the beach. Get detailed directions and schedules.
How Do You Get To Asbury Park?



Share your favorite Sand Blast Weekend photos with us by posting your best shots from 2012 with our hashtag #SandBlastWeekend. We’d love to see them and each week leading up to Sand Blast we’ll be giving away a VIP Upgrade to our favorite photo of the week. Hashtag it, Post it and then see if yours is the winning entry this week.
#SandBlastWeekend on Instagram & Win
Sand Blast is already has the best beach party, best pool party and best gay beach & boardwalk in the area. But it’s just gotten better!
You can win an entire Sand Blast Weekend FREE including 2 nights at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, 2 Weekend Passes, 4 free cocktails and over $250 in Shop / Dine / Activity discounts throughout town.
Click the image or HERE to visit our partner TLAgay and enter. What are you waiting for? Come Dance on the Beach!
This offer is good through June 30th so enter now.
Win 2-Nights Hotel & 2 Weekend Passes PLUS
Cocktails, Beach Badges & $250+ In Discounts


Grammy-nominated producer and superstar DJ Tony Moran never disappoints! You guys will not believe how amazing this podcast is. Tony really put his heart and soul into this special mix for Sand Blast Weekend, which he calls SOUVENIRS FROM THE SUN! The podcast already has 5,000+ downloads and includes exclusive mixes with Deborah Cox, Michelle Weeks and the debut of an original song Tony co-wrote called Where The Sky Meets The Sea. Tony's perfect summer Sand Blast podcast will get you pumped for summer on the shore. Download it here. How about Tony LIVE? Tony Moran steps up to the DJ booth for the Sand Blast Beach Party Saturday with the thundering surf as his backdrop & 2,000 revelers dancing in the sun. Don't miss this!
