Chicagoland’s premier electronic music event, North Coast Music Festival, has revealed a massive Phase 1 lineup for the event’s 15th anniversary installment, which will return to SeatGeek Stadium from Friday 29th – 31st August 2025. In celebration of its 15th edition, North Coast Music Festival promises to maintain its reputation as the preeminent Labor Day Weekend festival with a bevy of stadium-smashing performances and ‘you-had-to-be-there’ surprises.
North Coast 2025 will host an ensemble of heavy-hitting, NCMF-veteran headliners, such as three-time GRAMMY award-winner and multi-platinum artist ZEDD, dubstep legend EXCISION, Black Book Records boss CHRIS LAKE, Swedish electro-pop sensation GALANTIS, trap pioneer RL GRIME, Deadbeats-label bosses and bass music juggernauts ZEDS DEAD, mid-tempo queen REZZ, Ophelia Records label boss SEVEN LIONS, experimental bass trailblazer OF THE TREES and riddim eccentric SVDDEN DEATH PRESENTS VOYD,
The festival will also host special headlining performances from Chicago natives such as GRAMMY-nominated producer KASKADE and renowned dance-pop duo LOUIS THE CHILD – two acts who will return to their hometown to celebrate North Coast’s 15th year celebration in the Chicagoland area.
Adding to the festivities, dance music icon DEADMAU5 will be headlining North Coast for the first time since 2017, commemorating the festival’s 15th anniversary with a special drum & bass set.
North Coast 2025 will also feature first-time festival headliners such as GRAMMY-nominated duo SOFI TUKKER and multi-platinum producer / live instrumentalist TIMMY TRUMPET.
We’re very grateful to be celebrating our 15-year anniversary. Most importantly, to do it as an independent group in Chicago, by Chicago residents, for Chicago, and to have built the community of Coasties that exists now. We have some very special anniversary surprises in store for all who attend – Pat Grumley, NCMF partner
In addition to its collection of world-class headliners, North Coast’s 2025 lineup touts a talented roster of support acts, including festival debut performances from orchestral bass music legend APASHE, dubstep virtuoso KAI WACHI, Norwegian melodic techno producer/DJ duo KREAM, Dutch house duo TINLICKER, RAY VOLPE and a special b2b set between NGHTMRE and DIMENSION.
The NCMF 2025 lineup also features returning acts such as electro-soul maestro purveyor, piano house queen LP GIOBBI, Australian tech house maestro WAX MOTIF, experimental bass wizard DETOX UNIT, Italian electro-house pioneer BENNY BENASSI and the world debut of PEEKABOO b2b CASPA.
The lineup is rounded out by BONNIE X CLYDE, HEYZ, IAN ASHER, JON CASEY, JUELZ, KALEENA ZANDERS, DISTINCT MOTIVE, LIL TEXAS, MC4D, SKEPSIS, TAIKI NULIGHT, WESTEND, YOOKIE, AUDIO-FREQ, CASTER, CONTROL FREAK, DARKSIDERZ, DENNETT, KREATION, MUZZ, PROSECUTE, PYKE, ROHAAN, SHERM, VKTM, STOOGES: DJ HAMRO, BLVNKSPVCE, SQISHI and WATERSPIRIT.
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