
Bands Announced for Sturgis Buffalo Chip 2025!
Update (2/6/25): ZZ Top announced for Friday, Aug. 1
The planning and prep for the Buffalo Chip - Best Party Anywhere - is in full swing for 2025! Here's the concert lineup...so far with more updates and announcements soon:
Friday, Aug. 1: ZZ Top (Be one of the first 100 to reserve and enjoy the ZZ Top in the amphitheater with your bike!)
Sunday, Aug. 3: Gene Simmons Band. Yes. That Gene Simmons. KISS may have retired from the road but Gene wants to party at the Chip!
Monday, Aug. 4: Five Finger Death Punch
Tuesday, Aug. 5: Jason Aldean (don't hit any bikes with that Big Green Tractor)
To get camping/concert tickets for any or all of the shows, click here, safely and securely.
Spread across eight locations, including local bars, campgrounds, and indoor/outdoor stages, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally regularly lures approximately 500,000 people to South Dakota every year. Reports show the occasion also brings around $800 million in revenue to the area.
With three-quarters of a century of history and millions of attendees, who started it all?
The founder is generally considered to be Clarence "Pappy" Hoel. He purchased an Indian Motorcycle franchise in Sturgis in 1936 and formed the "Jackpine Gypsies" that same year.
The first rally was held on August 14, 1938, by the "Jackpine Gypsies" motorcycle club, who still own and operate the tracks, hill climb, and field areas where the rally is centered.
The first event was called the "Black Hills Classic" and consisted of a single race with nine participants and a small audience. The focus of the motorcycle rally was originally racing and stunts.
The event has grown to be one of the largest motorcycle rallies in the world.
Enjoy some of my favorite moments from several years at the Rally!
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