Ohana Festival //
Doheny State Beach – Dana Point, CA
September 26th-28th, 2025 //
With festival season officially underway and warmer days ahead, it’s already time to start looking past summer and turn our attention toward what’s coming this fall.
That means Ohana Festival for those in the know out here, and the three-day event founded by Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and named a three-time Music Festival of the Year recipient by Pollstar is still going strong at Doheny State Beach nearly a decade after its 2016 debut.
The ninth installment of Ohana will see Vedder return to the stage as a headliner, but unlike his solo appearances in 2023, 2022 and 2021, this time he’s being billed with his Earthlings backing band that boasts former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist and current Pearl Jam touring member Josh Klinghoffer (guitar), Pearl Jam producer Andrew Watt (guitar), the legendary Pino Palladino (bass), Glen Hansard (guitar) and RHCP timekeeper Chad Smith (drums, backing vocals).
While last year’s edition ended up requiring Sting to replace Neil Young & Crazy Horse when an illness struck the band a few months prior, we hope the same won’t transpire again with a lineup that not only features Hozier and Green Day as the fest’s other headlining material but also includes Kings of Leon, Hozier and Cage the Elephant right below them on the bill.
Garbage are back as well after having to cancel their Ohana slot in 2024 due to Shirley Manson’s injury and subsequent surgery, and even though the lead singer admitted then that “time is running out” on her career, there will be at least one more opportunity for SoCal fans to witness the 90’s alt-rockers onstage following their performance at Cruel World in Pasadena next month.
Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Wet Leg, Stereophonics, Tedeschi Trucks Band, James, Lukas Nelson, Royel Otis, Mannequin Pussy, Kim Deal (of Pixies), Margo Price, The Chats and Deep Sea Diver are some of the other big names standing out on the poster when they arrive in Dana Point this September.
Tickets can be purchased starting this Thursday, May 1st at 10 a.m. PT during the festival’s presale, but you must sign up here to receive a code if you want to secure a spot! Both three-day and single-day GA passes will go on sale for $530 and $198, respectively, with three-day and single-day VIP still priced at $1,589 and $624. And of course, we can’t forget to mention the three-day Ultimate VIP option for two at just $10,255 in case you have a trust fund or are looking to go broke quickly.
Ohana fam, are you ready to party or what?!?!
UPDATE (September 9th): Set times for Ohana 2025 have been ushered out with the festivities more than two weeks away as Eddie Vedder and the Earthlings and Kings of Leon kick things off at the beach Friday, Hozier and Leon Bridges lead what’s sure to be a soulful Saturday, and Green Day close things out Sunday after Cage the Elephant rock the stage. Three-day passes as well as single-day tickets for both Saturday and Sunday are all sold out at this point, but you can join the waitlist here. Pōmaikaʻi!
