The Observatory Festival Grounds
July 19, 2025
The Garden – L7 – FEAR- Hong Kong Fuck You – Snow Strippers – Ceremony
You missed out if you weren’t in Santa Ana mid-July for One Strange Night In Orange County. We had the absolute best time hitting the stage alongside a stacked lineup that captured the energy and diversity of punk across generations. Playing on home turf is always special, and the love from the Orange County crowd was loud, raw, and honest. It was a sweaty, beautiful blur of chaos, power, white paint, and I loved every second of it!
The next generation of punk bands especially blew me away— the Tijuana noise of Hong Kong Fuck You and Bay Area’s Ceremony both came in hot and left nothing on the table. Their sheer intensity and dominating stage presence reminded me of the fire that lit this whole thing for us back in the day. It’s exciting to see new bands keeping punk innovative, weird, and fearless. Also, what a joy to see FEAR again! Watching them rip through their set was like stepping back into a glorious, gnarly time warp—Lee Ving and the rest of the guys are legends for a reason.
Another highlight for me was seeing The Garden—I’ve been into what they do for a while, and they totally delivered live. It turns out this was our second time playing together, since they were at No Values last year. Their set had this off-kilter charm and urgency that just works, and they’re seriously nice guys too, which always makes things better. It felt like a big, loud family reunion with a bunch of unruly cousins and loud uncles. Jerk of All Trades did a wonderful job recapping the weekend!
@l7theband, @_thegarden_, @snowstrippers, @ceremony, @fearleevingofficial, @hongkongfuckedyou
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