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CalJam 2018 took place on Friday, Oct 5th and Saturday Oct. 6th, 2018 in San Bernardino, CA at the Glen Helen Regional Park & Festival Grounds.
The two day rock event featured camping, free carnival rides and tons of attractions. The events kicked off Friday night with Black Sabbitch, Cosmic Kahuna, Bridget Everett and Closing out the night with a performance by Billy Idol.
Saturday the festivities continued with Foo Fighters, Iggy Pop with Post Pop Depression, Tenacious D, Garbage, Greta Van Fleet, Manchester Orchestra, The Front Bottoms, Black Mountain, Deer Tick, Gang of Youths, Slaves (UK), Giants in the Trees, Metz, Yungblud, Thunderpussy, Fea, Charlie Overbey & the Broken Arrows and Kingfish.
Along with an all rock show, this year CalJam added a comedy tent located in the campgrounds with performances on Friday night from Jamie Kennedy, Harland Williams & Skyler Stone, Brenton Biddlecombe, Carlie & Doni. On Saturday the fun continued with The Fresh Drunk Stoned Comedy Tour featuring Tim Hanlon, Matt Bellak, Forrest Shaw, Jerry Rocha, Franco Harris, Brett Erickson, John Wynn and Bryan Vokey.
The Big Finish came Saturday night with a surprise performance by the surviving members of Nirvana, Pat Smear, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. They were joined on stage by Brody Dalle from The Distillers, John McCauley from Deer Tick and Punk Queen Joan Jett. They finished off the night with Nirvana Classics: Serve the Servants, Scentless Apprentice, In Bloom, Breed, Smells Like Teen Spirit, and All Apologies.