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Welcome to Make Music Big Bear 2025!

Come join our 5th Year of Live Music in the Village of Big Bear Lake. The line up is all local talent, the venues are our local businesses, and the audience is everyone who is in town.

Make Music Day is a live, free musical celebration on June 21, the longest day of the year – the Summer Solstice. Launched in France 1982 as Féte de la Musique, it is now held on the same day in more than 1,000 cities in 120 countries.

Growing, you bet! This event is getting huge, and the town is loving this. With over 15 Village businesses hosting over 75 musicians/bands on Village Drive, and Pine Knot Avenue. More hours to fit in all the musicians and performers we have expanded hours from 11:00 am to 10 pm on Saturday, June 21 in the Village of Big Bear Lake. Along with timed performers at set locations, you will find Busking…. you mean street musicians, yes busking. Some of us like to just let it out no matter where we are. This is all for our community enjoyment and your listening ears, so come on into town, enjoy free music, and help us celebrate Make Music Big Bear!

Our hosting venues for 2025 are: The Elks Lodge, Old German Deli, Stella Luna, Oakside Restaurant and Bar, Amangela’s Sandwich and Bagel House, Queen Bee, Whiskey Daves, Muchacos Tortilla Bar, Village Sports Bar, La Pergola Trattoria, Copper Q, A Christmas Store N More, Sotheby’s Real Estate, 572 Social Kitchen & Lounge, SoCalResorts/Compass Real Estate, and Nottinghams Tavern Outdoor Patio.

And once again we will be presenting the popular Open Mic, with varied musicians every 30 minutes. Hey, if you play, sing, humm a toon, come on down and get your name on the list. Share your talent with us all.

We invite all musicians and singers, circle drummers, bucket drummers, and instrumentalists of all kinds to collaborate on making June 21 a huge musical celebration. Singers, church choirs, jazz combos, rock bands, glee clubs, mariachis, marching bands, and every other kind of musician, of any age group or skill level, are all welcome. How about a percussion or horn group rocking out while walking down the streets? Come make it happen. Contact us and we will make sure you get on the schedule.

The Time Travel Madams gettin’ down at Nottinghams Tavern Patio Open Mic 2021.

The Current Lineup of Musicians…

Bob Middleton, Robbie Bos, and Tim Simms jam it out during sound check at the main stage in 2021, our very first year. Yes, we have grown!

Things can change, so keep your eyes open, but this is the current lineup.

(Last years lineup – 2025 Coming Soon….)

Make Music Big Bear 2024 Lineup:

2:00 pm. Rich Spaulding – 2:00-3:00 – Old German Deli

Boswell Project – 2:00-3:00 – Stella Luna

Mike Cross – 2:00-3:00 – Amangala’s Sandwich & Bagel House Breezeway (west)

Danny Wilson and the Roadkill Bluegrass Band – 2:00-3:00 – Queen Bee

Drew Plakos – 2:00-3:00 – Muchachos Tortilla Bar

Kelsey Manning – 2:00-3:00 – Village Sports Bar

Steve Cain – 2:00-2:45 – Sotheby’s Real Estate

The Stagehands – 2:00-3:00 – 572 Social Kitchen & Lounge (west)

Brian Johnson – 2:00-2:45 – SoCal Resorts / Compass Real Estate

Time Travel Madams – 2:00-3:10 – Nottinghams Tavern Patio

Intimate Worship – 2:00-2:50 – Elks Lodge

2:30 pm Rod York – 2:30-3:30 – A Christmas Store & More

3:00 pm Emily & Matt – 3:00-4:00 – Oakside Restaurant & Bar

Brad Riesau – 3:00-4:30 – Amangela’s Sandwich & Bagel House Breezeway (south)

David Graham – 3:00-4:00 – Queen Bee

The Gitty Ups – 3:00-4:00 – 572 Social Kitchen & Lounge (east)

Loose Affiliates – 3:00-4:00 – SoCal Resorts / Compass Real Estate

3:15 pm Heavily Discounted – 3:15-4:30 – Elks Lodge

Bob Loza – 3:15-4:00 – Sotheby’s Real Estate

3:20 pm Hippi Chix – 3:20-4:30 – Nottinghams Tavern Patio

3:30 pm Simone Scherzer – 3:30-4:30 – Old German Deli

Alec Johnson – 3:30-4:30 – Muchachos Tortilla Bar

Robbie Bos – 3:30-4:30 – Village Sports Bar

4:00 pm John Phane & Mike Early – 4:00-5:00 – Stella Luna

Ed Krause – 4:00-5:00 – Queen Bee

David Blanton – 4:00-5:00 – La Pergola Trattoria

Fran’s Van – 4:00-5:00 – A Christmas Store N More

Dana Larson – 4:00-5:00 – 572 Social Kitchen & Lounge (west)

4:15 pm Bob Loza – 4:15-5:00 – Sotheby’s Real Estate

4:30 pm Jimmy Lewis – 4:30-5:30 – Old German Deli

Farley The Fiddler – 4:30 – 5:30 – Sotheby’s Real Estate

Troy Story – 4:30 – 5:30 – SoCal Resorts / Compass Real Estate

5:00 pm Rukus – 5:00-6:15 – Elks Lodge

Rebecca Jane – 5:00-6:00 – Oakside Restaurant & Bar

Mo Hollis – 5:00-6:00 – Amangala’s Sandwich & Bagel House Breezeway (west)

Scott & Amy – 5:00-6:00 – Queen Bee

Boswell Project – 5:00-6:00 – Muchachos Tortilla Bar

The Gitty Ups – 5:00-6:00 – Village Sports Bar

5:30 pm Dave Graham – 5:30-6:30 – La Pergola Trattoria

Beth Wheat Trio – 5:30-6:15 – A Christmas Store N More

6:00 pm Ed Masuga – 6:00-7:00 – Stella Luna

Mass Appeal / “Harmonica Jam Take III” – Lead by Mo Hollis – 6:00-7:15 –

Amangela’s Sandwich & Bagel House (west)

Rich Spaulding – 6:00-7:00 – Queen Bee

Mass Appeal / Beat Your Bucket Jam – Drum Circle – Lead by Ping Carlisle

– 6:45-7:45 – Sotheby’s Real Estate

Revolver – 6:00-7:30 – SoCal Resorts / Compass Real Estate

6:30 pm David Blanton – 6:30-7:30 – Muchachos Tortilla Bar

The Blackbook – 6:30-8:00 – Village Sports Bar

6:45 pm Social Habit – 6:45-8:00 – Elks Lodge

7:00 pm Alec Johnson – 7:00-8:30 – Oakside Restaurant & Bar

Kelsey Manning – 7:00-8:00 – La Pergola Trattoria

Participant Group Jam – 7:00-8:00 – Copper Q

And of course, Open Mic at the “Copper Q” this year:

1:57 pm – Robbie Bos – “Welcome To Make Music Big Bear”

2:00 pm – Connie Ybarra

2:30 pm – Barbara Andrik

3:00 pm – Bob Greenan

3:30 pm – Kelsey Manning

4:00 pm – Regina

4:30 pm – Les Paul

5:00 pm – Capt John

5:30 pm – Tony Ferrara

6:00 pm – Jr. Da Capo

6:30 pm – Taylor Ariel

7:00 pm – Group Musician Jam

7:30 pm – Group Musician Jam

Schedule at a Glance…

(2025 Schedule coming soon………………..)

Updated June 20, 2024, 1:13 pm

Participate…

You want to get in on some action?

• The Mass Appeal Harmonica Jam Take III is happening at 6:00 pm at Amangala’s Sandwich & Bagel House. Mo Hollis will be passing out 24 Hohner Harmonicas, and taking you through the history and playing styles of the harmonica. Then Mo will teach you different harmonic blowing styles, and do some play alongs. This will end with a harmonica jam session with some special guests.

• The Mass Appeal Beat Your Bucket Jam / Drum Circle will take place at 6:45 pm at Sotheby’s Real Estate. Come get some Vic Firth Drum Sticks and a bucket and join in the fun. Start with some simple beats, and grow into a full out drum beat session.

• Volunteers – Did you say volunteers? Yes, we need you this year. Hanging banners, setting up EZ-UPs for shade, running extensions chords around. Helping hands are needed. Set it up and tear it down. Contact us! Find our contact info at the very bottom of this website.

If you did not get in on the action this year by performing, contact us so we can include you in next year’s Make Music Event. Got a group of horn players, piano players, ukulele players, we want you. Would you like to parade up the street with a gang of kazoo players, come on out and let’s make this happen. We are open to all ideas and all levels of beginners to professional players. After all, this is a free day of music, all are welcome!