Ken Earnest - Acoustic Guitarist - Newport Beach, CA - Hero Main
Ken Earnest - Acoustic Guitarist - Newport Beach, CA - Hero Gallery 1
Ken Earnest - Acoustic Guitarist - Newport Beach, CA - Hero Gallery 2
Ken Earnest - Acoustic Guitarist - Newport Beach, CA - Hero Gallery 3
Ken Earnest - Acoustic Guitarist - Newport Beach, CA - Hero Gallery 4

Ken Earnest Acoustic Guitarist from Newport Beach, CA

Will travel up to 100 miles

  • Avg 5.0 | 170 Reviews
  • 312 Verified Bookings
  • Member Since 2010
  • 17 Awards & Badges
  • Accepts Online Payment
  • Starting at $350 per event

About Vendor 

Learn more about this vendor for your event.

* Eclectic mix of over 600 songs , all genres and decades * Quote includes all equipment, travel, set up & tear down and venue insurance if required * Corporate events, Private parties, Weddings and special occasions ------KEN'S STORY------ Ken, originally from Altoona, Pennsylvania, moved to California in his early twenties to launch a musical career. His initial band, White Lies, quickly garnered attention, culminating in a #4 ranking on Orange County Register's 1997 Top Ten original Bands list – a distinction shared with nationally touring and local acts alike. White Lies had the opportunity to open for industry recording artists Pat Benatar, Matchbox Twenty, John Waite, Eddie Money, Glenn Frey, The Goo Goo Dolls and Robben Ford. Ken's performances have spanned legendary venues including the Whisky a Go Go and The Roxy in Hollywood, alongside Orange County's The Coach House, The Galaxy, the Bren Events Center, and Irvine Meadows (Second Stage), both as a headliner and a supporting act. After the breakup of White Lies, Ken has dedicated the past 15 years to performing as an acoustic solo artist throughout the west coast, establishing a strong presence in Orange County, Los Angeles County, and San Diego County.

Reviews 

Check out these verified reviews from bookings on The Bash.

Avg 5.0 | 170 Reviews

See all 170 Reviews

Sort:

Review by Megan H.

Family ReunionReviewed on April 26, 2026From Pioneertown, CA

Ken did an amazing job performing for our family gathering. He is a great musician and fit right in! Thanks Ken for a great night and making our night so special and fun. I definitely would recommend Ken for your next event, big or small!

Review by Judy P.

Birthday Party (Adult)Reviewed on December 15, 2025From Los Angeles, CA

Ken was amazing! Can't say enough good things about his voice, guitar skills and overall performance. He played at a backyard party with about 50 people. He made the night and all the guests were so impressed! Would hire him again!! Thank you Ken!

Review by Patia M.

Rehearsal DinnerReviewed on November 17, 2025From Newport Beach, CA

Ken was incredible. He was timely and professional. Everyone was raving about his music and how he added such great entertainment. Thank you, Ken!

Awards & Badges 

See why this vendor is top rated on The Bash.

Song List 

Get a feel for the songs performed by this vendor. Contact them directly for special requests.

  • 3 Doors Down | Kryptonite
  • Adele | Rolling in the deep
  • Adele | Make you feel my love
  • Alan Jackson | Dont rock the jukebox
  • Alan Jackson | Remember when
  • Alice in Chains | Nutshell
  • Allman Brothers | Melissa
  • Allman Brothers | Ramblin' man
  • America | Horse with no name
  • American Authors | Best day of my life
  • Avicii | Wake me up
  • Bad Company | Feel like making love
  • Bad Company | Shooting star
  • Badfinger | Baby Blue
  • Ben E. King | Stand By Me
  • Ben Harper | Diamonds on the inside
  • Ben Harper | Steal My Kisses From You
  • Bill Withers | Lean on me
  • Billy Currington | People Are Crazy
  • Billy Idol | Eyes without a face
  • Billy Joel | She's got a way
  • Black Crows | She Talks To Angels
  • Blake Shelton | God gave me you
  • Blink 182 | All the small things
  • Bob Dylan | Don't think twice its alright
  • Bob Dylan | Like a rolling stone
  • Bob Dylan | Forever young
  • Bob Dylan | Lay lady lay
  • Bob Marley | Is This Love
  • Bob Seger | Night moves
  • Bon Iver | Skinny Love
  • Bon Jovi | Living on a prayer
  • Bruce Springsteen | Brilliant disguise
  • Bruce Springsteen | Dancing in the dark
  • Bruce Springsteen | Working on a dream
  • Bruce Springsteen | Thunder Road
  • Bruce Springsteen | Pink Cadillac
  • Bruno Mars | Just The Way You Are
  • Bruno Mars | Marry you
  • Bryan Adams | Everything I do (I do it for you)
  • Bryan Adams | When you love someone
  • Bryan Adams | Heaven
  • Buddy Holly | Not fade away
  • Buffalo Springfield | For what its worth
  • Bush | Glycerine
  • Cage the Elephant | Ain't no rest for the wicked
  • Cat Stevens | Father and son
  • Cat Stevens | Wild world
  • Cat Stevens | Morning has broken
  • Chris Stapleton | Tennessee Whiskey
  • Christina Perri | A thousand years
  • Christina Perri | A Thousand Years
  • Coldplay | Green eyes
  • Coldplay | Clocks
  • Coldplay | Yellow
  • Coldplay | The scientist
  • Coldplay | Fix you
  • Collective Soul | The world I know
  • Counting Crows | A long December
  • Cracker | Low
  • Creed | Higher
  • Creedence | Bad moon rising
  • Creedence | Have You Ever Seen the Rain
  • Crowded House | Don't Dream it's Over
  • Cyndi Lauper | Time after time
  • Damien Rice | The blower's daughter
  • Damien Rice | Cannonball
  • Darius Rucker | Wagon Wheel
  • Dave Matthews Band | Crash Into Me
  • Dave Matthews Band | The Space Between
  • David Bowie | Space Oddity
  • David Gray | If your love is real
  • David Gray | Babylon
  • David Gray | This Year's Love
  • Dean Martin | Blue Moon
  • Death cab for cutie | I will follow you into the dark
  • Deep blue something | Breakfast at Tiffany's
  • Dobie Gray | Drift Away
  • Don Henley | Boys of summer
  • Don McClean | American Pie
  • Dramarama | Anything anything
  • Dwight Yoakum | Fast as you
  • Dwight Yoakum | A thousand mile from nowhere
  • Eagle-eyed Cherry | Save tonight
  • Ed Sheeran | Perfect
  • Ed Sheeran | Thinking out loud
  • Edwin McCain | I'll Be
  • Elton John | Your song
  • Elton John | Tiny Dancer
  • Elton John | Candle In The Wind
  • Elvis Presley | All Shook Up
  • Elvis Presley | Its now or never
  • Elvis Presley | Can't help falling in love
  • Eric Clapton | Layla
  • Eric Clapton | Tears in Heaven
  • Eric Clapton | Wonderful Tonight
  • Etta James | At Last
  • Five For Fighting | 100 Years To Live
  • Five For Fighting | Superman (It's not easy)
  • Fleetwood Mac | Dreams
  • Fleetwood Mac | Landslide
  • Foo Fighters | Learn to fly
  • Foo Fighters | Everlong
  • Foster the People | Pumped up kicks
  • Frank Sinatra | All of me
  • Frank Sinatra | The way you look tonight
  • Garth Brooks | Friends In Low Places
  • Garth Brooks | The Dance
  • Gary Jules | Mad world
  • Gin Blossoms | Hey jealousy
  • Glen Cambell | Wichita Lineman
  • Glen Hansard | Falling slowly
  • Goo Goo Dolls | Slide
  • Goo Goo Dolls | Sympathy
  • Goo Goo Dolls | Iris
  • Gordon Lightfoot | If you could read my mind
  • Gram Parsons | Return of the grievous angel
  • Grand Funk | Bad Time
  • Green Day | Time Of Your Life
  • Guns and Roses | Patience
  • Hank Williams | Jambalaya
  • Hank Williams | Hey good looking
  • Harry Nilsson | Everybody’s talkin’
  • Harry Styles | As it was
  • Herb Albert | This guys in love
  • Hootie and the Blowfish | Only wanna be with you
  • Hootie and the Blowfish | Let her cry
  • Howie Day | Collide
  • Imagine Dragons | Radioactive
  • Iron and Wine | Trapeze Swinger
  • Iron Maiden | Wasted Years
  • Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ver. | Somewhere over the rainbow
  • Jack Johnson | Banana Pancakes
  • Jack Johnson | No other way
  • Jack Johnson | Better Together
  • Jack Johnson | Flake
  • Jack Johnson | Upside Down
  • Jack Johnson | Do you remember
  • Jackson Browne | Doctor My Eyes
  • James Blunt | Monsters
  • James Blunt | You're beautiful
  • James Taylor | Fire and rain
  • James Taylor | Sweet Baby James
  • James Taylor | Shower the people
  • James Taylor | How sweet it is
  • Jason Mraz | I wont give up
  • Jason Mraz | I'm Yours
  • Jim Croce | Time in a bottle
  • Jimmy Buffet | Margaritaville
  • Jimmy Buffett | A Pirate looks at forty
  • John Denver | Take me home country roads
  • John Legend | All of me
  • John Lennon | Woman
  • John Lennon | Imagine
  • John Lennon | Love
  • John Mayer | Slow dancing in a burning room
  • John Mayer | Waiting on the world to change
  • John Mayer | Your body is a wonderland
  • John Mellencamp | Jack and Diane
  • John Mellencamp | Little pink houses
  • John Pardi | Head over boots
  • John Prine | Angel from Montgomery
  • Johnny Cash | Ring of fire
  • Joni Mitchell | Both sides
  • Journey | Don't stop believing
  • Journey | Faithfully
  • Keith Urban | Memories of us
  • Keith Urban | Without you
  • Keith Urban | Somebody like you
  • Keith Whitley | When you say nothing at all
  • Kenny Loggins | Danny’s Song
  • Kenny Rodgers | The Gambler
  • Kings of Leon | Use somebody
  • Kris Kristofferson | Why me Lord
  • Kris Kristofferson | Me and Bobby McGee
  • Led Zeppelin | Goin' To California
  • Lee Greenwood | God bless the USA
  • Lifehouse | Hanging by a moment
  • Lifehouse | You and me
  • Linda Rondstadt | Blue Bayou
  • Lionel Richie | Stuck On You
  • Lit | My Own worst Enemy
  • Live | Lightning Crashes
  • Lord Huron | The night we met
  • Lord Huron | The night we met
  • Luke Bryan | Play it again
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd | Tuesdays gone
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd | Sweet Home Alabama
  • Mamas and Papas | California Dreaming
  • Matchbox 20 | Push
  • Matchbox 20 | 3 AM
  • Modern English | I melt with you
  • Morgan Wallen | Cover me up
  • Morgan Wallen | Chasin' you
  • Mumford and Sons | I will wait
  • Nat King Cole | Smile
  • Natalie Imbruglia | Torn
  • Neil Diamond | Sweet Caroline
  • Neil Young | Harvest Moon
  • Neil Young | Heart Of Gold
  • Nine inch nails -Johnny Cash Ver. | Hurt
  • Norah Jones | Come away with me
  • Oasis | Wonderwall
  • Old Dominion | One man band
  • Otis Redding | Dock Of The Bay
  • Pearl Jam | Just breathe
  • Pearl Jam | Black
  • Pearl Jam | Better man
  • Peter Frampton | Baby I Love Your Way
  • Peter Gabriel | In Your Eyes
  • Peter Paul and Mary | The Wedding song
  • Phil Collins | Against all odds
  • Phillip Phillips | Home
  • Phillip Phillips | Gone gone gone
  • Pink Floyd | Comfortably Numb
  • Plain White T's | Hey there Delilah
  • Police | Every Little Thing She Does
  • Post Malone | Circles
  • Postal Service | Such Great Heights
  • Prince | Nothing compares 2 U
  • Prince | Purple rain
  • Psychedelic Furs | Love my way
  • Queen | Crazy little thing called love
  • R.E.M | Losing My Religion
  • R.E.M. | The One I Love
  • Radiohead | High and dry
  • Ray LaMontagne | You Are The Best Thing
  • Ray LaMontagne | Trouble
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers | Under the bridge
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers | Dani California
  • Rhett Miller | Question
  • Rick Springfield | Jessie's Girl
  • Rickey Nelson | Traveling man
  • Rod Stewart | Maggie May
  • Roger Miller | King of the road
  • Rolling Stones | Wild horses
  • Rolling Stones | Beast of burden
  • Rolling Stones | You can't always get what you want
  • Roy Orbison | Pretty woman
  • Ryan Adams | When the stars go blue
  • Ryan Bingham | The weary kind
  • Santana / with Rob Thomas | Smooth
  • Shania Twain | You're still the one
  • Shawn Colvin | Sunny came home
  • Shawn Mullins | Rockabye
  • Simon & Garfunkel | Homeward Bound
  • Simon & Garfunkel | Cecelia
  • Simple Minds | Don't you forget about me
  • Smashing Pumpkins | 1979
  • Snow Patrol | Chasing cars
  • Social Distortion | Ball and Chain
  • Spin Doctors | Two Princes
  • Stained | Its been a while
  • Stephen Sanchez | Until I found you
  • Steve Miller Band | The joker
  • Stevie Ray Vaughn | Pride & Joy
  • Stevie Wonder | Signed Sealed Delivered
  • Sting | Fields Of Gold
  • Stone Temple Pilots | Sour Girl
  • Stone Temple Pilots | Plush
  • Sublime | Santaria
  • Sublime | Badfish
  • Sublime | What I got
  • Supertramp | Give A Little Bit
  • Tal Bachman | She's so high
  • The Band | The Weight
  • The Beach Boys | Surfin U.S.A.
  • The Beatles | Across the universe
  • The Beatles | Act Naturally
  • The Beatles | In My Life
  • The Beatles | Here comes the sun
  • The Beatles | You've got to hide your love away
  • The Beatles | Norwegian wood
  • The Beatles | Long and Winding Road
  • The Beatles | Let It Be
  • The Bee Gees | To Love Somebody
  • The Black Keys | Lonely boy
  • The Byrds | Mr Tambourine man
  • The Calling | Wherever you will go
  • The Cars | My best friend girl
  • The Clash | Should I stay or should I go
  • The Cure | Lovesong (311 ver.)
  • The Cure | Just like Heaven
  • The Drifters | Under The Board Walk
  • The Eagles | Take it easy
  • The Eagles | Peaceful easy feeling
  • The Eagles | Hotel California
  • The Eagles | Tequila Sunrise
  • The Fray | You found me
  • The Fray | How To Save A Life
  • The Gin Blossoms | Hey Jealousy
  • The Gin Blossoms | Til I hear it from you
  • The Killers | Mr Brightside
  • The Lumineers | Ho Hey
  • The Monkees | I'm a believer
  • The Ronettes | Be my baby
  • The Temptations | My Girl
  • The Verve | Bittersweet Symphony
  • The Wallflowers | 6th Ave heartache
  • The Weekend | Save your tears
  • The White Stripes | We're gonna be friends
  • Third eye blind | Hows it gonna be
  • Third eye blind | Semi charmed life
  • Tim McGraw | My best Friend
  • Tim McGraw | It's your love
  • Toad The Wet Sprocket | All I Want
  • Toby Keith | I Love This Bar
  • Tom Petty | Wildflowers
  • Tom Petty | Breakdown
  • Tom Petty | American girl
  • Tom Petty | Free Fallin'
  • Tom Petty | The Waiting
  • Tom Waits | The heart of Saturday night
  • Tom Waits | Jersey girl
  • Tommie James | Crimson and clover
  • Tracy Chapman | Fast Car
  • Traditional American | Amazing Grace
  • Train | Marry me
  • Train | Hey Soul Sister
  • Train | Drops of Jupiter
  • U 2 | One
  • U2 | Stuck in a moment
  • U2 | Sweetest Thing
  • U2 | With or without you
  • Van Morrison | Brown Eyed Girl
  • Van Morrison | Have I Told You Lately
  • Van Morrison | Crazy Love
  • Van Morrison | Into The Mystic
  • Vertical Horizon | Best I ever had
  • Vertical Horizon | Everything You want
  • Waylon Jennings | Luckenback Texas
  • Weezer | Beverly Hills
  • Weezer | Island in the sun
  • Willie Nelson | Stardust
  • Willie Nelson | Blue eyes crying in the rain
  • Zac Brown Band | Chicken Fried

Booked Events 

: The Bash Verified Bookings

Upcoming Events

May 9, 2026 • Celebration
Sat7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Corona, CA
May 16, 2026 • Birthday Party (Adult)
Sat6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Menifee, CA
May 30, 2026 • Birthday Party (Adult)
Sat6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Big Bear Lake, CA

Past Events

April 25, 2026 • Family Reunion
Sat7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Pioneertown, CA
February 14, 2026 • ALZA Italian Kitchen
Sat6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
December 19, 2025 • ALZA Italian Kitchen
Fri6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
December 13, 2025 • Birthday Party (Adult)
Sat6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Los Angeles, CA
November 13, 2025 • Rehearsal Dinner
Thu4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Newport Beach, CA
November 8, 2025 • Community Event
Sat11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Anaheim, CA
October 10, 2025 • Barrel 33
Fri5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Big Bear, CA
September 28, 2025 • Community Event
Sun11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Newport Beach, CA
September 6, 2025 • Birthday Party (Adult)
Sat5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Glendale, CA

Share Ken Earnest

Information displayed on this page is courtesy of Ken Earnest

Plan, book, celebrate—with confidence

Find Acoustic Guitarists in Newport Beach, CA to bring your event to life.

Badge with check mark

Trusted Vendors

With verified reviews and thousands of ratings, it's easy to book the perfect Acoustic Guitarists for all types of events in Newport Beach, CA—no matter how big or small.

credit card protected by a shield

Money-Back Promise

You'll never lose a deposit or balance payment made through The Bash with our 100% money-back guarantee. Online payments are secure through Stripe.

envelope and phone with 5 stars

Top-Rated Service

Our Account Specialists are here to help every step of the way. Since 1997, we've connected planners with vendors for over half a million events.