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The 14th Annual Montauk Music Festival
Presented by the Montauk Sun
May 15-18, 2025
Opening Party on Thursday May 15th at the Westlake Fish House
Enjoy an evening of music, appetizers, cocktails, and dancing. Twenty of the Festival Bands will do a sneak preview of their weekend shows- on three stages: inside and out under the tent.
Tickets- $60- includes appetizers and free sponsor drinks along with over four hours of live music.
Over 400 performances beginning Friday afternoon and running through Sunday evening- there will be shows throughout Montauk showcasing 100 acts at about 40 satellite venues.
On Saturday and Sunday- May 17th and 18th
The MAIN STAGES will once again be on the Green in the center of town.
Bring a Beach Chair and/or Blanket- friends and family-and be ready for 2-days of entertainment. No coolers or outside alcohol. Beer/Wine/Soda, and fun at the sponsor tent available during the event.
There will be an admission/donation fee [$20 for 2-day pass], and children under 5 are free- this will allow you entrance for both Saturday and Sunday’s shows 11am- to 5 or 6pm. {Cash or VENMO only}
A percentage of the proceeds will benefit
Lucia’s Angels & East End Coalition for Women’s Cancers
The Montuak Music Festival APP– with up-to-date schedules, artists, and venue information will be available in May.
2024 promo video- song
2022 promo video- song by Drop the 4

Donald Bikoff
Donald Bikoff
Guitarist Don Bikoff, a contemporary of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, drew from the same influences in American music, also adding Eastern scales. In the late 1960's, his lone LP, "Celestial Explosion" was released, and sits comfortably among the great guitar soli records.

Aqua Cherry
Aqua Cherry
"Aqua Cherry has shared the stage with, Artikal Sound System, Steel Pulse, Rebelution, Slightly Stoopid, The Original Wailers, Sublime with Rome, SOJA, Common Kings, BadFish, Zac Deputy, The Scofflaws, Junior Marvin and The Wailers, Perro Bravo, Murphy's Law, The Big Takeover, The Toasters, Oogee Wawa, Everlast, The Spin Doctors, Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens, Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer, Corky Lang and The Mind Thieves, and Wonder Mike from The Sugar Hill Gang. Aqua Cherry has four studio albums, ""The Sum of Love EP"", ""Auto-Kiss Proof"", ""So Pretty"" EP, and ""Drowning in the Shallow End"". ""The Sum of Love"" makes good on a promise to keep bringing fans a lot of great music to enjoy."

KarmaRé
KarmaRé
KarmaRé is the stage persona of Long Island native, Rachel Karmel, a classical/ jazz/ musical theatre vocalist with a passion for writing pop music. KarmaRé’s genre is fluid, and her style is influenced by the subject matter. Currently, she has 2 EPs available for streaming, Not Fazed(2017), and Mood Ring(2019). She believes that music is a personal experience, and with her degree in music education, she enjoys teaching private lessons in addition to performing. Check out @Karmaremusic on Instagram or Karmaremusic.com to listen!

The Big Happy
The Big Happy
The Big Happy emerges from Long Island, NY, known for their high energy performance- the head bangin’, guitar skankin’, rhyme bustin’, 5 piece powerhouse blends sounds of Reggae, Hip Hop and Rock and roll, mixing up the perfect recipe for a good time.

Playing in Traffic
Playing in Traffic
"Playing in Traffic one of N.Y.C’s Premier Hard Rock Bands’ Featuring: Karais James - Shane Sarno - Raymond Carroza and Jim Horan. Playing in Traffic’s Rock style is really hard to pin Down. They are Having too much fun creating music to worry about Style, They write what they feel and bring Fire To it! Rock’n’Roll is Alive and well with This band. Playing in traffic is available for bookings year round in The N.Y.C. area and beyond please contact us at (631)-223-9118 Playing in Traffic was formerly known as Chemically Controlled Children) the band has been together since 2011 "

Days OF Wild
Days OF Wild
yezzz we r the daysOFwild LIVE worldwide wildfreee fUNkeee positivity from the usa-germany-japan-quaam-ethiopia-denmark-italy-argentina-spain and yezzz in june 2000 we played LIVE 4 the one and only pRiNcE at hiz birthday party at paisley-park in mpls !!!! woowoo allll peace reespect and music>>>

Calliope
Calliope
Calliope's mission in music is to break all barriers and boxes in which music and their genres carry. She is a Long Island born and raised solo singer/songwriter, recording artist, advocate for mental health & the LGBTQ Community, specializing in all genres from pop/rock, rNb, rock, and pop.

Paris Ray & The Crush
Paris Ray & The Crush
Paris Ray & the Crush is so excited to be back at the Montauk Music Festival this year! Paris Ray & the Crush is a local band who is quickly becoming known for their groovy vibes, powerful vocals and electric chemistry. Since our debut as an original band at last year’s festival, we’ve released four singles, amassed over 50,000 streams, played the Great South Bay Music Festival, and have been working on our first full length album! Cannot wait to share our music with everyone this year!