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3 Alternative Rock Songs That Feel Like Bonfire Season

These alternative rock songs will prepare you for bonfire season as the weather shifts into fall and winter.

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It’s officially bonfire season as we’re halfway through October already. As the weather cools down and we’re switching out summer clothes for sweaters and flannels, it’s time to grab hot dogs and s’mores to gather around the bonfire. These alternative rock songs will prepare you for your first bonfire of the 2026 fall season.

“California Stars” by Wilco & Billy Bragg

Not only this track, but the entire Mermaid Avenue album has the feeling of sitting around a campfire, swapping songs on an acoustic guitar. It’s because the project brought the Chicago-based Wilco and English folk-punk icon Billy Bragg together to add music to Woody........

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