DEF LEPPARD, MÖTLEY CRÜE, NICKELBACK, HALESTORM & More Booked For Boardwalk Rock 2025

The first-ever Boardwalk Rock festival will take place on May 17 and 18, 2025 in Ocean City, MD. The lineup includes headliners Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Nickelback, and Shinedown with support from bands like Halestorm, Chevelle, Three Days Grace, Alice Cooper, and way more. Tickets and information are available here. The full lineup for Boardwalk Rock festival is:

Saturday, May 17

• Def Leppard
• Mötley Crüe
• Halestorm
• Bush
• Chevelle
• Flyleaf (with Lacey Sturm)
• The Struts
• Extreme
• Everclear
• Puddle Of Mudd
• Trapt
• Kat Von D
• Royale Lynn

Sunday, May 18

• Nickelback
• Shinedown
• Three Days Grace
• Alice Cooper
• 3 Doors Down
• Bret Michaels
• Candlebox
• Night Ranger
• Crossfade
• Dorothy
• Black Stone Cherry
• Fuel
• Saliva
• Tim Montana

And look, if this is your thing then go and have a blast. But the Instagram comments about this lineup are hilarious. I mean seriously, if you can read “Pray for all the drywalls in that area” and “Do you have to be a divorced middle aged man to go?” without laughing then you may be devoid of a sense of humor.