Music on the Beach, Kings Beach
- Jun 13 - Aug 29, 2025
- Kings Beach State Recreation Area
- Free
- Website

Friday nights during summer
It’s time to break out our happy dances! Kings Beach District is excited to announce our 2025 summer music series. Start your 2025 summer weekends off right by listening and dancing to FREE live music performances featuring a variety of genres on the beautiful North Shore of Lake Tahoe. Concerts take place every Friday night at the Kings Beach State Recreation Area; music starts at 6:30pm.
2025 MUSIC ON THE BEACH LINEUP
Suika T & Band
JUNE 13
Suika T & Band delivers a refreshing and groundbreaking fusion of live music. Blending Electro Cumbia, Latin rhythms, and Hip Hop with elements of Funk, Reggae, and Dancehall, their vibe is truly unique, and their groove is undeniable. This stellar band of musicians takes Latin party music to a whole new level. Together, they create the perfect recipe to keep the crowd dancing all night long.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon
Peter Joseph Burtt & The King Tide
JUNE 20
Peter Joseph Burtt is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who blends American roots music with global influences, especially from Africa. His sound fuses blues, folk, and reggae, often featuring traditional African instruments like the Kora and Mbira. The result is music with rhythmic and melodic depth, reflecting diverse traditions while staying grounded in the spirit of American roots.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon
Coburn Station
JUNE 27
Hailing from North Lake Tahoe, Coburn Station is dedicated to filling the mountains with cosmic vibrations via a soulful blend of rock n’ roll, groove, and psychedelia. With a knack for live improvisation, Coburn Station comes alive with the energy and spirit of the Sierras. The music pays tribute to the rockers of days past while incorporating elements that are new and powerful.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon
The Blues Monsters
THURSDAY, JULY 3
The Blues Monsters have been taking center stage for over 30 years! A red-hot rockin’ blues band from the North Lake Tahoe and Reno area, they feature a unique combination of R&B, funk, jazz, and Chicago-style blues. Whether paying respects to the masters of traditional blues, or rockin’ out original tunes, The Blues Monsters always get the whole house up and dancing.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon
Jimbo Scott & Yesterday’s Biscuits
JULY 11
A favorite of the Bay Area’s folk and Americana scene, Jimbo Scott has been entertaining audiences far and wide for more than a decade, including 2 years as a member of the famed NorCal Jamgrass band, Poor Man’s Whiskey. His solo work evokes traditions of Tennessee country and bluegrass, Oakland soul in sepia toned California landscapes and life-scapes.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional
JULY 18
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional hails from San Francisco, California. This juggernaut of a band blends rock-n-roll with folk music while maintaining the sensibilities and attitudes that come from growing up on a healthy diet of punk rock. With boot-stomping orchestration and lyrics that have been immortalized on the tattooed skin of their fans, The Sam Chase & The Untraditional doesn’t mess around.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon
Wolf Jett
JULY 25
The sound of Wolf Jett will make you dance, sing… and possibly even howl! Their all-original songs are an upbeat celebration, infusing folk, soul and Americana into what they call “Cosmic Mountain Music.” Co-founded by two life-long friends and musical partners, Wolf Jett combines southern-fried vocals and endlessly groovy drums with bass, electric guitar and their wolf pack family of female vocals.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon
Ideateam
AUGUST 1
Ideateam is an evolving cast of Sacramento-based musicians who collectively collaborate to refine their craft through their distinct original compositions, along with an array of both vintage and modern cover arrangements. The band’s live sets are known for flowing in and around a winding fusion of grooves while leaning on a foundation of experimental funk, soul, and R&B sounds.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon
Tracorum
AUGUST 8
Tracorum’s contagious musical journeying is a blend of southern swamp pop, soul, honky tonk, roots rock Americana with a rhythmic diversity that adds elements of funk, Latin-Caribbean and gospel stomp to their unique sound. Great songwriting steeped in rich vocal harmonies and urban storytelling are the vehicle on which this powerful quartet had made their national ascent.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon
Keyser Soze
AUGUST 15
Keyser Soze has an original ska/rocksteady sound with strong jazz and soul influences. The 8-piece ensemble has made a strong presence for themselves touring regularly throughout the west coast. The group will be bringing their addictive sound, incomparable style & infectious live performances to summer festivals, scooter rallies, ska-fests, & professional venues across the globe.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon
Broken Compass Bluegrass
AUGUST 22
Emerging as a band in 2021, Broken Compass Bluegrass has rapidly been recognized for their tight arrangements, tasteful picking, and distinguished songwriting. Though still in their youth, they are no strangers to the music industry. All four musicians are seasoned performers, multi-instrumentalists, singers, & songwriters and they have quickly established themselves as one of California’s most prominent up-and-coming string bands.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon
Jelly Bread
AUGUST 29
Jelly Bread is a powerhouse quintet whose distinct style is identified by a blend of desert twang meeting the urban tones of funk and rock. Exceptional songwriting and storytelling interlaced with four-part harmonies, intricate “in-the-pocket” drum and bass grooves, swampy lap steel guitar, dirt under the fingernails guitar licks, tasty talkbox, “take-’em-to-church” organ come together into a sound that is downright appetizing.
Concert Sponsor: coming soon