The Las Vegas indie rock and emo festival returns for its second year October 10th - 13th. Best Friends Forever Announces 2025 Lineup Led by Jawbreaker, Minus the Bear, and Rilo Kiley

The Las Vegas emo and punk nostalgia festival Best Friends Forever has announced the lineup for its second year. Taking place Oct. 10 to Oct. 12, again at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, BFF ‘25 will feature reunions from the long-dormant bands Minus The Bear (playing Menos El Oso),

The emo/underground rock-leaning Best Friends Forever festival will return for a second edition Oct. 10-12 at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.

Break out the smelling salts, emo/indie rock fans. Best Friends Forever is back. After debuting at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center last October, the fest returns to the venue on Oct. 10-12 with another loaded lineup.

Last year marked the start of what Las Vegas-area fans of ’90s and 2000s indie and emo hope is a long tradition: The inaugural edition of the Best Friends Forever festival was hosted at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center with a lineup headlined by Bright Eyes, Sunny Day Real Estate, and Cap’n Jazz.

The second & fourth wave emo-centric fest is stacked once again, also including Mineral, Knapsack, Elliott, Cursive, Bear vs Shark, Snowing, Pity Sex, and much more.

Best Friends Forever Festival takes place at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center across three days and features two stages. Tickets for the all-ages festival are currently on sale. The inaugural edition of the festival in 2024 was headlined by Sunny Day Real Estate, Cap’n Jazz, and—after Bright Eyes had to drop out—the Blood Brothers.

The indie and emo fest returns to the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center October 10-12 with a stacked lineup of 30-plus acts.