Flushing Town Hall will celebrate Día de los Muertos, Mexican art, and community resilience with its first-ever MexFest, featuring an art exhibition (October 15–November 30) and a Day of the Dead celebration on Saturday, November 1.

The free event includes arts workshops, story-gathering activities, and a concert with Linda EPO and Mariachi Tapatio de Alvaro Paulino.

Community Participation

Today, Insomniac has revealed the lineup for its intergalactic celebration, Countdown NYE. Returning for its 11th edition, Countdown makes first contact with a brand new home in Downtown Los Angeles for its most ambitious edition yet.

WinterWonderGrass Steamboat is thrilled to announce the 13th annual installment of the beloved music, brews, mountains festival. This year will feature 30 bands on 4 stages over 3 days filled with new acts, music on the mountain, skiing and fun for the whole family including free pop up shows at Thunderhead Lodge, the infamous Grass After Dark late night sets and more.

By Sunday, the final day of the 2025 Ohana Festival, Doheny State Beach was both calm and wild. The salty Pacific breeze echoed with surfboards and amplifiers as the weekend’s most intense lineup played under an orange sky. If Friday evoked nostalgia and Saturday leaned soulful, Sunday unleashed raw punk energy—a celebration of purpose and persistence.

Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival (OMF) has unveiled the first wave of the diverse, multi-genre lineup for its upcoming 10-year reunion, once again showcasing an awe-inspiring variety of global superstars, rising new artists, certifiable legends, and more, many of whom are making their long-awaited return to the iconic gathering following previous fan favorite performances.

Aftershock 2025, the West Coast’s ultimate rock, punk, and metal destination, reached new heights this year—drawing more than 164,000 fans from all 50 states and over 30 countries to Sacramento’s Discovery Park for four unforgettable days of music, community, and chaos. Produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, the event generated an estimated $35 million in local economic impact and capped off a record-breaking 2025 festival season.

The 2025 Lineup & Highlights

Thursday

The venerable Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival (HSB) celebrated its 25th anniversary last weekend with three days of free music on six stages in Golden Gate Park. Sunny weather and friendly fans cooperated to manifest merriment worthy of the magnificent musical lineup.

Friday, September 27th, dawned bright and sunny. Tropical clouds from Hurricane Narda dissipated along the Southern California coast as the second day of the Ohana Festival began. On Doheny Beach below the festival, surfers gathered, ready for the new swell spawned by Narda’s remnants.

The celebrated West Coast music gathering Wintergrass returns to the Hyatt Regency Bellevue from February 19-22, 2026, unveiling its official lineup and embracing a “Rad Trad” vision that celebrates both the roots and evolution of traditional music.

The 80’s New Wave tour TOTALLY TUBULAR FESTIVAL has announced four East Coast shows to close out 2025. Running December 27–31, the tour will stop in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, featuring such artists as A Flock Of Seagulls, Men Without Hats, Thomas Dolby, The Motels, Bow Wow Wow, Tommy Tutone, The Romantics, and Animotion (original members). One highlight is a free New Year’s Eve show in Niagara Falls, New York at Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino.