Chicago’s ARC Music Festival announces 2025 line-up

ARC Music Festival is returning to Chicago’s Union Park across Labor Day Weekend, August 29 to 31, this summer.

The 2025 line-up has now been revealed, featuring a stacked bill of Chicago legends and international house, techno and bass music heavyweights.

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Back-to-back sets lead the way, with the likes of Honey Dijon B2B Derrick Carter, Green Velvet B2B Skepta Más Tiempo, Boys Noize B2B VTSS, Interplanetary Criminal B2B Malugi, HAAi B2B Hiroko Yamamura, Adam Beyer B2B Layton Giordani, Eris Drew B2B Octo Octa and Skream B2B Hamdi playing a UKG set featuring.

Elsewhere headline sets come from the likes of Amelie Lens, Jamie xx, Richie Hawtin, John Summit, FISHER, KETTAMA, Hot Since 82, DESIREE, KI/KI, Chloé Caillet, Nicole Moudaber, Luciano, Duck Sauce, Claude VonStroke, HiTech, Sub Focus, Floorplan, Ahadadream, BLOND:ISH and Adriatique.

Chicago favourites on the bill include DJ Heater, DJ Lady D, Gene Farris and a first time back-to-back of Felix da Housecat B2B Mike Dunn.

Eric Prydz will also be bringing all three of his aliases - Eric Prydz, Pryda and Cirez D - to the event, with PRYDA headlining an opening party on Thursday, August 28.

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The daytime festival is spread across four stages - The Grid, elrow, Area 909 and Expansions - while five nights of pre and afterparties are running as part of the ARC After Dark series, taking over the city’s finest clubs and available exclusively for ARC ticket holders.

Tickets go on general sale at 12:PM CT today, March 14. Find out more and get yours at arcmusicfestival.com.