bio
BEES! is an Arcade Rock band from Philadelphia featuring Mike Huff, Ralph Lepera and Adam Sivilich. It's not like they're the bees; it's more like you're in a horror movie being chased by giant radioactive bees, screaming “BEES!" Inspired by The Presidents of the United States of America, Queens of the Stone Age, and the music from Super Mario World, a BEES! show feels like you're in the middle of a punk rock arcade.
highlights
Performed at BitGen Gamer Fest XX in Baltimore, MD, August 2026
Performed "Dare To Be Stupid" with MC Lars at the Quirky Cat Club benefit, August 2025
Performed as the Presidents of the United States of America at Half-Covered Presidents' Day in Pittsburgh, PA, February 2025
Performed @ Outsider Music Fest in Morgantown, WV & Pittsburgh, PA, March 2024
Opened for Soul Glo @ Swarthmore College's Olde Club, February 2023
Won WSTW Hometown Heroes Award - Best Alternative Rock Song 2023 for "A Thousand Times"
World Cafe Live/WXPN Emerging Artist 2023
Nominated for Best Live Act @ Elephant Talk Indie Music Fest 2023, Atlantic City, NJ
Upcoming Shows
83) 8/1: BitGen Gamer Fest @ Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)Past Shows
82) 7/24: Ortlieb's (Philly) w/ The Remote Controls, Civil Rats & Total Whine
81) 7/2: Super SMASH Tour @ Nikki Lopez (Philly) w/ Master Hand, Lex the LexiCon Artist and Schaffer The Darklord6/27: PlantFest (Lehighton, PA)
80) 6/20: Quirky Cat Club Benefit @ Old Post (Merchantville, NJ) w/ Pack of Larks, Elephant Jake & Cheer Up Dusty 79) 5/30: West Philly Porchfest - Nerd Porch! w/ Player One and the Mad Catz, Wonderhouse, Memory Card, Sloopygoop & Sam Mulligan78) 5/29: The Nail (Ardmore, PA) w/ Tamagotchi Bay and more TBA
77) 5/23: The Mill at Rockdale (Aston, PA) w/ The What Now's?! and Fuzzy Slippers
2026
76) 4/24: The Grape (Manayunk, PA) w/ DelCobras, Haha Charade & The Hollow Truths 75) 2/28: Little Big Planet (Philly) w/ Grandeur, Spricket & Die We Die? 74) 2/14: The Gem (Spring City, PA) w/ The What Now's?!, The Amorphous Blob Orchestra & Penelope Rose 73) 1/16: Kelly Center (Havertown, PA) Gun-Shy Butterfly EP Release2025
72) 11/8: Double Nickel Brewing (Pennsauken, NJ) w/ Naive Nature, The Mack Brothers and The Hollow Truths 71) 10/31: The Nail (Ardmore, PA) w/ Happy Time, Smother Nature, Blast Furnace and DAMIA. Performed as The Presidents of the United States of America 70) 10/17: The Nail (Ardmore, PA) w/ Scott Radway, The Ditches, The Spots & Feline Mind Control 69) 10/3: Obscura Brewing (Cape May Court House, NJ) 68) 8/2: Quirky Cat Club Benefit @ WaR3house3Live (Swarthmore, PA) w/ MC Lars, Wishful Thinking, Fuzzy Slippers & Cheer Up Dusty 67) 7/26: Fat Lady Brewing (Manayunk, PA) w/ DelCobras, Longfriend Timefriend & Guest Bed 66) 7/5: The Gem (Spring City, PA) w/ DelCobras, Versailles & Cheap 52 65) 5/22: Delaware Mystic Fest (Townsend, DE) 64) 5/18: HUFF-FEST (Mt. Airy) w/ Young Sam James & The Spots 63) 5/3: Onion Transfer (West Philly) w/ sooflay & David Juro 62) 3/22: 830East (Vineland, NJ) w/ Sapped & Jima 61) 3/21: Olde Club (Swarthmore, PA) w/ Zeta & Shopping Cart 60) 3/15: The Nail (Ardmore, PA) w/ Fataday Korngor & Ronald Reagan? The Actor? 59) 3/8: Tuned Up Brewing (Spring City, PA) w/ Make Money From Home & Dirty Soap 58) 2/15: Half-Covered Halloween @ 222 Ormsby (Pittsburgh, PA) as The Presidents of the United States of America 57) 1/18: Ortlieb's (Philly) w/ Longfriend Timefriend, The What Nows?! & Crabwalk2024
56) 10/19: Elephant Talk (Atlantic City, NJ)
55) 10/5: Alternative Gallery (Allentown) w/ Birds? & Brother JT
54) 9/26: The Dolphin (Philly) w/ Scorched Waves, Sacred Monsters & Koser
53) 8/16: Rec Room (Phoenixville, PA) w/ Alright Junior & HNBL
52) 9/7: GremlinFest (Clementon, NJ) w/ Wishful Thinking, My Cousin's Girlfriend's House, Prevailer, Card Reader, Smother Nature, Friend Hospital & Hyperfang
51) 6/8: West Philly Porchfest w/ The Mack Brothers, Unlucky Mammals & Jima
50) 5/19: Bonk's Bar (Philly) w/ All Systems Go, Headways & Wishful Thinking
49) 4/26: Kelly's Logan House (Wilmington, DE) w/ Haha Charade & The Collingwood
48) 4/20: Elephant Talk (Atlantic City, NJ)
46, 47) 3/8-9: Outsider Music Fest (Morgantown, WV & Pittsburgh, PA)
45) 2/3: Silk City (Philly) w/ Scoopski & Haha Charade
2023
44) 11/17: Rec Room (Phoenixville, PA) w/ The What Nows?!, The Manipulators & The Booze Brothers
43) 10/14: Elephant Talk (Atlantic City, NJ)
42) 9/30: Skid Row Garage (York, PA) w/ The What Nows?!, The Filthy Lowdown & Sh'Bang
41) 8/11: Dawson St. Pub (Manayunk) w/ Creatures of Content
40) 7/28: Beta Hi-Fi @ World Cafe Live (Philly) w/ The Side Chicks & Baldini and the Bastards
39) 7/14: Silk City (Philly) w/ Haha Charade & Wisher
38) 5/31: The Nail (Ardmore, PA) w/ Diet Lite & Sacred Monsters
37) 5/20: Oddity Bar (Wilmington, DE) w/ Haha Charade, The Cult of Nasty & Big Gorgeous
36) 5/13: Delaware Mystic Fest (Smyrna, DE)
35) 4/24: The Koh Show w/ Haha Charade
34) 2/24: Olde Club (Swarthmore, PA) w/ Soul Glo
33) 2/24: The Soundbank (Phoenixville) w/ South Street Strays, Half Dizzy & The Cozy
2022
32) 12/29: Kung Fu Necktie (Philly) w/ Sacred Monsters, Jima & Unlucky Mammals
31) 11/4: Grape Room (Manayunk) w/ Don Pretty, The Hollow Truths, Wisher & Unlucky Mammals
30) 9/10: Part-Time Rockstar Fest @ Phantom Power (Millersville, PA)
29) 8/6: Dawson St. Pub (Manayunk) w/ the Mack Brothers
28) 8/5: Elephant Talk (Mays Landing, NJ)
27) 7/19: The Nail (Ardmore, PA) w/ Scoopski, Graham Repulski & Phil Yates and the Affiliates
26) 7/2: The Soundbank (Phoenixville) w/ Big Fang, Dr. Martino & Perlin Noise
25) 6/3: Khyber Pass (Philly) the Howard Hues & Jules McCorry
24) 5/21: Pilger Ruh Brewing (Pottsville, PA) w/ The What Nows?!, Ford The River & Goblin City Rat Boys
23) 4/1: The Soundbank (Phoenixville, PA) w/ Perlin Noise, Bern and The Bastards & Creepyslayerz
2021
22) 11/5: The Basement @ PJ Ryan's (Phoenixville, PA) w/ Big Gorgeous & Haha Charade
21) 10/30: Four Fingers Brewing (Aston, PA) w/ As I Am & Crumble Boy
20) 10/26: Live on WDNF w/ Longfriend Timefriend
19) 9/18: The Soundbank (Phoenixville, PA) w/ Vassar & Hometown Ghosts
18) 9/9: Camp Punksylvania!
17) 7/3: Hollow Truths Backyard Party
2020
16) 11/25: Pickle Monster Variety Hour w/ Science Penguin, Rally Point & Better Human
15) 10/2: VIRTUAL CH Point Local Band Crossover Concert
14) 8/15: VIRTUAL Live @ The Green House
13) 7/17: VIRTUAL Trevor Project Benefit
CANCELED 3/14: Khyber Pass (Philly) EP Release Party
12) 1/24: Oddity Bar (Wilmington, DE) w/ Haha Charade, Pinwheel & Bayrides
11) 1/4: Kung Fu Necktie (Philly) w/ Egocentric Plastic Men, The 1940s, Rabbit Heart
2019
10) 12/27: The Pick (Phoenixville, PA) w/ People Food, Rabbit Heart & Goat-Dog
9) 11/8: Khyber Pass (Philly) w/ Haha Charade & Bug Martin
8) 10/19: Oddity Bar (Wilmington, DE) w/ Pinwheel, Diamond Jim & Ed Lasher
7) 9/12: Kung Fu Necktie (Philly) w/ Josh Levinsky & Bug Martin
6) 7/4: The Fire (Philly) w/...
5) 2/15: The Fire (Philly) w/ Magnificent Birds of Prey & Good Morning Daydreamer...
2018
4) 12/12: The Fire (Philly) w/ Haha Charade...
3) 11/28: Ernst & Scott Taproom (Wilmington, DE) w/ Haha Charade...
2) 9/13: Sweeney's (NE Philly) w/ Rabbit Heart & Bitchfork
1) 6/2: West Philly Porchfest w/ Tim Oz & ...
