Vampire Weekend, Rilo Kiley, Bloc Party lead stacked Just Like Heaven 2025 line-up

Vampire Weekend, Rilo Kiley, Bloc Party and more have been announced as performers at this year’s Just Like Heaven festival.

The festival – which was spearheaded by Coachella and Day N Vegas organisers Goldenvoice – will return to Brookside at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA on Saturday, May 10.

The line-up – which is known for its 2000s staple of indie-rock and pop trailblazers – also includes the likes of Empire Of The Sun, TV On The Radio, The Drums, Courtney Barnett, Toro y Moi, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, GROUPLOVE, Perfume Genius, The Sounds, Panda Bear, Beach Fossils, Peter Bjorn and John and more. Slowdive have also been announced to play at this year’s festival as special guests.

Passes for the indie music bash are set to go on sale on Friday (January 31) at 11am PT (2pm ET and 7pm GMT) at JustLikeHeavenfest.com. General Admission passes are available at the starting price of $174 plus fees and VIP passes will be available starting at $399 plus fees.

This year, Goldenvoice has teamed up with the Rose Bowl Operating Company and donated $250,000 to the Eaton Fire Relief & Recovery Fund. The fund offers flexible support to local nonprofit organizations actively responding to the fires. Those interested in donating their own can visit here for more details.

Verified GOVX First Responders will be able to secure up to two complementary general admission passes to the Just Like Heaven festival as a thank you for their continued service in wildfire-affected areas. The passes are available for a limited time, while supplies last.

The appearance of Rilo Kiley at the bash will mark their first show in 17 years. According to setlist.FM, Jenny Lewis’ beloved emo band last played together on June 18 2008 at LA’s Greek Theatre. The set will see Lewis renting with her bandmates Blake Sennett, Pierre De Reeder and Jason Boesel. Other tour dates are set to follow.

Speaking about the reunion in a press release, the band shared: “We are so very excited to come back together for Just Like Heaven in Pasadena, California — Los Angeles. As a band, we began here, and we feel so fortunate to return among so many artists and friends, to this community we hold so dear, in such a beautiful and meaningful place.”

it’s happening! just like heaven festival 2025 announced and there’s more to come! sign up for our mailing list at https://t.co/HbtKXo7Owz to get updates.@JLHeavenFest #justlikeheaven #rilokiley pic.twitter.com/flmuB5HAAQ

— Rilo Kiley (@RiloKiley) January 27, 2025

Various artists on the bill will be celebrating different milestones at the festival. Bloc Party will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut LP ‘Silent Alarm’ while Peter Bjorn and John will also be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their semi-conceptual third album ‘Writer’s Block’. Courtney Barnett will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of her award-winning debut album ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’.

Last year’s edition of Just Like Heaven saw the likes of The Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, Phoenix,  The War on Drugs, Miike Snow, Passion Pit, Alvvays, Two Door Cinema Club, Phantogram, Metric, Gossip, Tegan and Sara, Washed Out, CSS, Broken Social Scene, Warpaint, Be Your Own Pet, Sleigh Bells, The Go! Team, Them Jeans and Chris Cruse take over the Rose Bowl.

It marked Gossip’s first US festival performance following the release of their hotly anticipated album, ‘Real Power’ – their first album release in 12 years – as well as Miike Snow’s first performance since 2019 and CSS’s 20th anniversary celebration.

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