Thursday, June 19, 2025

21 live bands coming to Knott’s Summer Nights

Knott’s Berry Farm will host a summer music festival with 21 live bands along with DJ dance music and a backyard barbeque food festival as part of the Knott’s Summer Nights event running all summer long.

Knott’s Summer Nights kicks off on Friday, June 13 and runs through Sept. 1 at the Buena Park theme park.

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The Calico Mine Stage and Calico Park Stage will play host to live bands every night from June 13 through Aug. 10 and on weekends through the rest of August.

Krazy Kirk and the Hillbillies will play the Wagon Camp Stage while the Ghost Town Miners take the Fireman’s BBQ Stage throughout the summer.

Here’s the musical lineup for Knott’s Summer Nights 2025:

The cover band, Hiatus, performs on the Calico Stage at Knott's Berry Farm during the kick off of Knott's Summer Nights in Buena Park on Thursday, May 20, 2021. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
The cover band, Hiatus, performs on the Calico Stage at Knott’s Berry Farm during the kick off of Knott’s Summer Nights in Buena Park on Thursday, May 20, 2021. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Calico Mine Stage

80z All Stars

7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

  • June 21, 28
  • July 26
  • August 9, 23, 30

90’s Rock Show

7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

  • June 24
  • July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
  • August 5

Hiatus

7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

  • June 19, 26
  • July 3, 10, 13, 17, 24, 31
  • August 7, 10, 31

Holy Crow

7:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.

  • June 16
  • July 7, 14, 20
  • August 3, 10, 31

Island Reggae

7:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.

  • June 18, 25
  • July 2, 16, 23, 30
  • August 6

Jonathan Stout & His Campus Five

7:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.

  • June 15, 22, 29
  • July 6, 13, 27
  • August 17, 24

Mic Dangerously & The Royal We

7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

  • June 15, 22, 29
  • July 6, 20, 27
  • August 3, 17, 24

Midnight Regret

7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

  • June 14
  • July 12, 19
  • August 2, 16

Mobility Rock Band

7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

  • July 5

Suffragettes

7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

  • June 18, 25
  • July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
  • August 6

Tomasina

7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

  • June 13, 16, 17, 20, 23, 27, 30
  • July 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28
  • August 1, 4, 8
Knott's Summer Nights visitors dance to the Doo-Wah Riders on the Calico Park Stage during Knott's Summer Nights. (Photo by Brady MacDonald / Orange County Register)
Brady MacDonald / Orange County Register

Knott’s Summer Nights visitors dance to the Doo-Wah Riders on the Calico Park Stage during Knott’s Summer Nights. (Photo by Brady MacDonald / Orange County Register)

Calico Park Stage

Adelaide Pilar

7:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.

  • June 13, 20, 27
  • July 4, 11, 18, 25
  • August 1, 8

Doo Wah Riders

7:30 p.m., 8:45 p.m. and 10 p.m.

  • June 14
  • July 5, 12, 19, 26
  • August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Franklin Wall

7:30 p.m., 8:45 p.m. and 10 p.m.

  • June 21

Just Dave Band

7:30 p.m., 8:45 p.m. and 10 p.m.

  • June 28

Savuti

7:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.

  • July 9

Stone Soul

7:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.

  • June 17, 24
  • July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
  • August 5

Ritchie Hummins Band

7:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.

  • June 23, 30
  • July 21, 28
  • August 4
  • September 1

Tommy Drinkard & The Remedy

7:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.

  • June 19, 26
  • July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
  • August 7

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