THE STONE PONY SUMMER STAGE

DOGS IN A PILE
on The Stone Pony Summer Stage

Something organic has been blooming from Asbury Park, New Jersey, and is now making its way around the world. Dogs In A Pile, a band of five twenty somethings with old souls and limitless chops, is waking people up to the timeless and ineffable joys of psychedelic-tinged jazz-funk rock n’ roll.

This is one of the busiest touring bands of today, averaging 130 live shows per year since 2022. The road has become their creative engine, generating a rapidly growing catalog of original tunes. Distroid, the band’s newest album, is a 10-song collection featuring long-awaited studio versions of some of the Dogs’ most beloved repertoire.

Dogs In A Pile is guitarist Jimmy Law, guitarist Brian Murray, keyboardist Jeremy Kaplan, bassist Sam Lucid, and drummer Joe Babick. In addition, the Dogs In A Pile community includes the Dog Pound, the group’s extended family of fans across the country.

Besides being a lyric from the Grateful Dead song, “He’s Gone,” the name “Dogs In A Pile” is an apt description of the five-piece band’s stylistic breadth. The sonic image it conjures is a heap of storyteller Americana, bluegrass, jazz improvisation, eccentric instrumental excursions, pop-rock sophistication, and deep-pocket grooves, ranging from funk to Latin to reggae and beyond.

Distroid features material that has already become staples of the band’s live show. These studio renditions have afforded the group a chance to present the compositions just how they envision them. Distroid offers a cross-section of the Dogs In A Pile essence, tight and tuneful four-minute funk and jazz informed psych-rock songs, and then sprawling 15-minute compositions with intricate unison lines, agile genre-jumping, and dazzling improvisation.

4:30 Door for Inside Pony Stage
5:00 – 5:50 Reality Check
6:00 – 10pm on the Summer Stage: Dogs in a Pile
Late Show Inside Pony Stage:
10:00 – 11:15 Fungkshui

DYLAN SCOTT
on The Stone Pony Summer Stage

Despite a multi-Platinum story and six No. 1 singles, including two fresh smashes in 2025 alone, Curb Records hitmaker Dylan Scott has always kept an underdog mindset. A rowdy roughneck with a romantic side – one whose modern edge was sharpened by timeless, emotional twang – the consummate family man broke out with the epic triple-Platinum devotion of “My Girl” in 2016 and followed up with scrappy, under-the-radar consistency. Chart-topping heart-forward anthems like “Hooked,” “Nobody” and “New Truck” all reached RIAA-certified status, but last year launched the crooner into the stratosphere. Posting back-to-back No. 1s with Gold-certified “Boys Back Home” (with Dylan Marlowe) and Platinum-certified “This Town’s Been Too Good to Us,” Scott wrapped 2025 as the third most-played country artist of 2025 and continues his hot streak with his current single, Platinum-certified “What He’ll Never Have,” which nears the Top 10 at Country radio and was honored by ASCAP as one of the most-performed country songs of 2025. With nearly 5 billion career streams, legions of fans and countless sold-out shows to his credit, his stardom has somehow grown in relative stealth. But with his third full album, Easy Does It, he’s not sweating. Sure of himself, his talent and his fans, Scott heads toward a new creative chapter with total confidence. Featuring 11 tracks, his signature vocal and vivid intensity take center stage on a set defined by personal truth – whether through heartbreak, romantic devotion or small-town dedication. The in-demand live act spent last year on his Country Till I Die Tour, headlining his biggest venues yet including his first-ever arenas and record-breaking attendance, and his Easy Does It Tour. He will continue headlining across the country on his Till I Can’t I Will Tour, launching this spring.

5:30 Inside Pony Door
Early show before Summer Stage
6:00 to 6:45 John Pronto Band
Late Show Inside Pony after SPSS
10:00 to 11:00 Lindsay Jordan (band show)
All are Welcome after Summer Stage!

CHANCE THE RAPPER
Coloring Book 10 Year Anniversary Tour
La Reezy
on The Stone Pony Summer Stage

Chance the Rapper is a Grammy Award–winning independent hip-hop artist from Chicago. He made history as the first independent artist to win a Grammy with Coloring Book, earning Best New Artist and Best Rap Album. Known for projects like Acid Rap, Coloring Book, and Star Line, Chance blends hip-hop, gospel, and soul while exploring faith, family, resilience, and Black identity.

Equally committed to community impact, Chance founded SocialWorks, a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering youth through the arts, education, and civic engagement. Through initiatives such as OpenMike, Support CPS, and the New Chance Fund, the organization has invested more than $12 million in the city, providing opportunities and resources for the next generation. From mixtape phenom to cultural innovator, Chance The Rapper remains a singular voice whose independence reflects a creative philosophy rooted in faith, community, and joy.

CHARLEY CROCKETT
Age of the Ram Tour
Durand Jones & the Indications
on The Stone Pony Summer Stage

Charley Crockett, in partnership with PLUS1, will contribute $1.00 from every ticket sold to Last Prisoner Project, a 501(c)(3) organization, to support efforts to free individuals incarcerated for cannabis-related offenses and repair the harms of the war on cannabis. Founded in 2019, Last Prisoner Project works nationwide to advance cannabis justice and advocate for policies that repair the harms of cannabis prohibition. Charley Crockett is proud to support this work and help raise awareness in communities across the country. For more information, visit LastPrisonerProject.org. No portion of the ticket purchase is tax deductible.

RISE AGAINST
Ricochet 2026
with ALKALINE TRIO
Teen Mortgage
on The Stone Pony Summer Stage

Few bands have ever been as accurately named as the Chicago punk quartet Rise Against. While fleeting styles and fashionable imitations have entered and exited vogue, Rise Against have remained a north star of artful resistance. While continuously updating their formula, they’ve sustained their original spirit of rebellion over a quarter century – amassing a body of work that doubles as a chronicle of our collective unraveling. Melodic hardcore detonations co-exist in perfect tension with dire warnings about looming dystopia. And on their latest release, Ricochet, they’ve made what might be their most visceral, urgent, and high-stakes song cycle.
“We rely on each other, whether we like it or not,” Rise Against lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and lyricist, Tim McIlrath says. “Everything that you do will affect somebody.”
“We are not as isolated as we think,” the musician said. “What we do, good or bad, creates one big ricochet effect.”
Ricochet is a success at simplest level: a collection of indelible rock and roll songs with infectious hooks that sound best played at eardrum-shattering volume. But it also functions as something more profound: a document of artists capturing the chaos of the moment, articulating complex truths with seismic power, and an awareness of the consequences that may befall us. This is an album built to be a part of the solution.

In more than 25 years together, Alkaline Trio has created their own little universe in their songs, one that is a bit dark, a bit brooding, and always just a few short steps away from Armageddon. Their music has been a reliable black mirror of reality. And now, as the band releases their 10th album, the real world looks more like an Alkaline Trio song than ever before.
“A lot of the stuff that was inspiring me on this record was this apocalypse culture that we live in,” says guitarist Matt Skiba. “Without sounding trite, it’s the way that we get our information now through social media. There’s always been good and there’s always been horror, but it feels like the horror hits our doorsteps much quicker these days.”
“It’s tough all around right now,” adds bassist Dan Andriano. “We can’t do drugs anymore because they’ll kill you. We can’t go anywhere safely because people are shooting places up. It’s dark and it’s a bummer.”

Gates: 5:30PM
Show: 6:30PM