Homer’s public radio station KBBI AM 890 hosted their annual Concert on the Lawn Saturday, drawing hundreds to Karen Hornaday Park and countless other listeners to the radio as the concert was broadcast live.
Saturday’s seven-hour lineup included songwriter Jenny Baker kicking off the event at noon, followed by artists from the local music scene — The Discopians, The Owen Duffy Band, Jim Maloney and John Cottingham, English Bay Band and the Cosmic Creature Club — who played a range of genres for concert-goers to dance to. More than a dozen vendors had also set up in the park with a range of offerings from food to gifts to information and advocacy.
Homer News arrived on the scene during the Discopians’ soundcheck, as KBBI General Manager Josh Krohn thanked the concert’s sponsors and encouraged those in attendance and listening over the airwaves to contact Alaska’s senators and ask them to support federal funding for public broadcasting as Congress reviews the Trump administration’s rescissions package that would eliminated already-Congressionally-approved funding for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
The Discopians consist of Jack Pierre on drums, Justin Herrmann on bass and Orion Donicht as lead vocalist and guitar. Like Baker and The Owen Duffy Band, they made their Concert on the Lawn debuts this year.
In his introduction of the group, Krohn described them as a “high-energy trio” that blends punk rock, rock ‘n’ roll, country and ska and makes “music built for dancing at the end of the world.” The group lived up to their reputation as their songs roared through the speakers on Saturday, pulling people off their blankets and onto the lawn to dance off the infectious energy.
Concert on the Lawn also serves as an annual fundraiser for KBBI. Krohn wrote in an email Saturday that he estimated in-person attendees to be more than 400.
KBBI AM 890 general manager Josh Krohn thanks Concert on the Lawn sponsors on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
The Discopians make their Concert on the Lawn debut on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
A Concert on the Lawn attendee dances up close to the stage during The Discopians’ performance on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
Concert-goers dance to music by The Discopians at KBBI’s Concert on the Lawn on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
Concert-goers dance to music by The Discopians at Concert on the Lawn on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
Concert-goers listen to The Discopians at Concert on the Lawn on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
Concert on the Lawn attendees spread out on blankets and in camp chairs on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic is one of more than a dozen vendors at the Concert on the Lawn Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
Kids play with a bubble machine set up by one of the vendors at the Concert on the Lawn on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
