Same Same But Different 2025 Was The Perfect Kiss-Off To The Summer Festival Season

Hope In LA Photography/Ethan Karlin/Ross Allen/Uproxx From the moment you hit the sand at Same Same But Different (SSBD) festival at Lake Perris, the world turned technicolor. Paddleboards bobbed at the shoreline, sun shards reflected across the water, and that boutique festival energy that SSBD has bottled since its early days was on full display. This year’s two big performance sites — the Same Stage and the Different Stage — ran like a relay. No overlaps, no FOMO. The weekend’s biggest name headliner, Zeds Dead, leveled the beach with a set that swung from pop-culture winks to full-bod