New Years Day

The Coney Island Polar Bears are still selling merch and taking donations to support Coney Island non-profits.

2020 got off to a chilly start in Coney Island on a brisk, windy day with temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s, but that didn't deter hundreds from participating in the 116th annual New Years Day Polar Bear Plunge.

In addition to Metallica's previously announced two headlining sets, the fest also includes Social Distortion, Lamb of God, Rancid, Gojira, Anthrax, Code Orange, Power Trip, Knocked Loose, Sick Of It All, Agnostic Front, and more...

Plus: Gojira, Cypress Hill, The Darkness, Code Orange, Sick Of It All, Anti-Flag, Power Trip, Brutus, and more.

Aftershock has Tool, Korn, Slipknot, blink-182, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Lamb of God, and more; and Louder Than Life has Guns N' Roses, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, GWAR, Melvins, and more...

Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Megadeth, Ghost, Mastodon, and more are also playing this new hard rock and metal fest, and campers are invited to show up on their motorcycles.

The lineup also includes Rob Zombie, Melvins, Dropkick Murphys, Suicidal Tendencies, Andrew WK, Graveyard, Anti-Flag, Redd Kross, Die Antwoord, and more.

After a frigid New Years Day in 2018, where temperatures in Coney Island topped out around 17 degrees Fahrenheit, January 1, 2019 was balmy by comparison. Temperatures rose to the mid-50s, and attendance of the 2019 Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge reflected the relative warmth, with around 2500 peop…

2018 got off to a very cold start in Coney Island, with temperatures topping out around 17 degrees Fahrenheit. The cold didn't deter the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, who attracted hundreds to their annual New Year's Day plunge, wearing costumes, bathing suits, and their clothes, to take a…

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