The Friends of the Bandshell and Boardwalk Merchants are pleased to present the
2025 FREE Star Spangled Summer Concert Series Line-Up!
DAYTONA BEACH, FL (April 7, 2025) – On Saturday, May 24th, the Daytona Beach Bandshell’s 2025 FREE Star Spangled Summer Concert Series, presented by Boardwalk Merchants and Friends of the Bandshell will officially kick off the popular summer concert series by hosting the first Saturday night concert of the 2025 Free Star Spangled Summer Concert Series. Back by popular demand, the night sky will come alive with the “Kona Big Wave Lights Up Daytona Fireworks Display” over the ocean after the shows. Concerts begin at 7:15 PM, and fireworks over the ocean follow the concerts at 9:45 PM.
The Star Spangled Summer Concert Series is an annual free summer concert series that takes place on Saturday nights at the world’s most famous beach’s historic Bandshell, located on the North end of the Daytona Beach Boardwalk and is an experience both locals and visitors alike look forward to every summer. The Star Spangled Summer Concert Series is known for bringing the best Tribute Bands to the beach and will begin the 2025 concert series on May 24th and continue every Saturday night through September 27th.
Additionally, a special holiday concert will be held on Friday, July 4th. The family-friendly concerts make for a star-spangled summer of fun for everyone.
On Saturday, May 24th, the concert series will officially kick off with RUSHOUR and KISS AMERICA, tributes to RUSH and KISS. RUSHOUR is a mind-blowing recreation of a real RUSH concert! RUSH has to be one of the hardest bands to portray, and RUSHOUR is as close as one can get! Their dedication to note-for-note playing and fantastic vocals that sound just like Geddy Lee will astound attendees. RUSHOUR plays all of the many big classic songs RUSH made famous, like Tom Sawyer and Limelight, and many of the deep cuts and fan favorites like 2112, By-Tor & The Snow Dog, Fly By Night, Spirit Of The Radio, Working Man, A Passage to Bangkok, and many more.
Following RUSHOUR, KISS AMERICA will take the stage. KISS AMERICA brings an amazing tribute to KISS and is a fantastic recreation of a KISS concert with amazing costumes, props, and look-alike performers with years of experience playing big shows and events! KISS America will perform KISS’s great big hits and all of the KISS fan favorites.
Concert attendees can expect to hear great fist-pumping anthem songs and sing-a-longs like Detroit Rock City, I Was Made For Loving You, Strutter, Lick It Up, Cold Gin, Shout It Out Loud, Rock And Roll All Night, Love It Loud, Forever, Beth, Heavens On Fire, Black Diamond, Shock Me, Crazy Nights and many more!
On June 7th, Friends of the Bandshell will recognize the service of our veterans and will commemorate the Bud Asher Memorial Celebration by honoring local veterans with a patriotic flyover and the singing of the National Anthem at the Bandshell. BEST OF ROD will perform a tribute to Rod Stewart.
On Friday, July 4th, Friends of the Bandshell will celebrate Independence Day with a show featuring Alter Eagles, an Eagles Tribute Band. The show will also include a special extended “Kona Big Wave Lights Up Daytona Fireworks Display” paired with patriotic music provided by 95.7 The Hog radio show. Happy Birthday, America!
The public is invited to bring their entire family. Attendees may bring their own chairs. VIP seat tickets will be sold on Ticketmaster starting Monday, April 14. Ticketmaster will continue selling VIP tickets to each show through 2 PM the day before each show. Bandshell Box Office will also sell VIP tickets at the Bandshell on the day of the show at 5 PM. VIP tickets are $15 per person, and chairs may be rented for $5 each.
Bandshell parking is available at the nearby Ocean Center garage and surface lots. Attendees parking in the Ocean Center garage can take the pedestrian overpass to the Bandshell, purchase concessions and drinks, and enjoy the live show!
Additionally, while appreciating cool evenings with live music under the stars, concert attendees may stroll the boardwalk, play skeeball or video games while enjoying food and drinks, and the street performers on the world's most famous Boardwalk.
For more information, please visit the Friends of the Bandshell Facebook page at www.facebook.com/friendsofthebandshell, the Friends of the Bandshell Website at www.bandshell.info, or call 386-671-3472.
SPECIAL THANKS: The 2025 Star Spangled Summer Concerts are made possible by corporate and individual sponsors, annual members' donations, Volusia County and Florida State grants, volunteers, the City of Daytona Beach, corporations’ "in-kind" contributions, audience donations, chair rentals, light-up merchandise, and Coca-Cola products.
The 2025 Star Spangled Summer Concert Series title sponsor is Daytona Beach Boardwalk Merchants and the Friends Of The Bandshell. Presenting sponsors are the City of Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau, Kona Big Wave, Ocean Walk Shoppes, and Daytona Turkey Run. Participating sponsors are 95.7 The Hog Radio, Jon Hall Chevrolet Daytona, Ocean Center Daytona Beach, Ocean Deck, Coca-Cola, Daytona International Speedway, and Pizza King on the Boardwalk.
Friends of the Bandshell:
In 1996, Friends of the Bandshell, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, was formed to restore this jewel of Daytona Beach and bring back a repertoire of outstanding artists with concerts for area residents and visiting tourists. Their goal is to make this a cultural force in the community through live entertainment and as an arts-educational beacon shining on the Northeast Florida student population.
Their mission is to develop the Bandshell into a first-class outdoor performing arts center that will stimulate and educate the community with a variety of uplifting, cultural presentations aimed at entertaining and raising appreciation for the continued use and preservation of a historic beachside treasure:
