Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler, the Creator, Hozier to Headline Governors Ball 2025 Festival

Tyler, the Creator, Olivia Rodrigo and Hozier will headline the 2025 edition of Governors Ball, New York City’s biggest music festival. Gov Ball — which featured an iconic performance from Chappell Roan last year — will make its return to Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens on June 6-8, once again aligning with New York Music Month.

Other major artists on the bill include Variety 2024 Hitmakers honorees Benson Boone and Young Miko, as well as Tyla, Raye, Feid, Mk.Gee, Clairo, Glass Animals, Japanrese House, Conan Gray, Artemas, Mannequin Pussy, Mariah the Scientist, Mt. Joy, the Backseat Lovers, Young Miko.

Celebrating 15 years and staged for the third time at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Gov Ball will feature three days of performances from over 60 bands across three stages. The festival site is easily accessible by public transportation, with train stops just a few minutes’ walk away — either the subway from New York’s five boroughs or the Long Island Railroad from points east.

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The festival will once again feature some of the city’s top local, gourmet food offerings including fan favorites from around Queens, plus a beverage program suitable for beating the New York summer heat. Fun and engaging fan experiences, photo opportunities and more will abound at every corner of the iconic New York City park. Vendors, activations and additional programming to be announced in the coming weeks.

Roan made the most of her appearance at last year’s festival, stating that she turned down an offer from the Biden Administration to perform during its Pride event and performed her entire set dressed as the Statue of Liberty. Referencing her costume, she said, “I am in drag of the biggest queen of all,” she said to cheers and laughs. “But in case you had forgotten what’s etched on my pretty little toes, ‘Give me your tired, your poor; your huddled masses yearning to breath free,’” she said, quoting the poem written on the 1903 bronze plaque in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. “That means freedom and trans rights, that means freedom and women’s rights, and it especially means freedom for all people in oppressed” — she paused, apparently tearing up — “for all oppressed people in occupied territories.”