Boston Calling Music Festival, held at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Boston, MA, revealed its lineup featuring Luke Combs, Dave Matthews Band, and Fall Out Boy.
The three-day festival will take place over Memorial Day Weekend on May 23rd through the 25th.
Luke Combs is the first country headliner the festival has seen, though they have had many folk acts headline like Mumford & Sons, The Avett Brothers, and now, Dave Matthews Band.
Dave Matthews Band headlining will be a replacement to the band’s typical stop in Mansfield, which would be breaking Boston Calling’s radius clause.
Fall Out Boy rings no surprise, as the band has played many times in Boston, most notably at Fenway Park in 2023, and are set to play many festivals under C3 Presents’ name.
Other notables in the undercard include Megan Moroney, Avril Lavigne, Vampire Weekend, Sublime feautring Jakob Nowell, Cage the Elephant, and many more.
Below is the full lineup:
Tickets start at $350 this year for the full weekend, a cheaper price than last year.
Other changes to the festival this year include merging the Red Stage and Green Stage into one, with a rotating mechanism for non-stop music. The festival will also be bringing back their arena on the grounds.
Boston Calling is roughly a 4 hour and 30 minute drive from the center of New Jersey. Typically, 2-3 artists crossover from the Boston Calling lineup to the Sea.Hear.Now lineup in Asbury Park.
Here is the crossover between Boston Calling and Sea.Hear.Now:
2024: 3.92% (Trey Anastasio Band, The Revivalists)
2023: 3.85% (Foo Fighters, Mt. Joy)
2022: 5.77% (Celisse, The Backseat Lovers, DJO)
2021: 0%
2019: 0%
2018: 2.27% (The Menzingers)
Overall: 2.63%
Continuing with the C3 Presents lineup reveals this year, Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN is expected to reveal their lineup on Wednesday, and the Governors Ball in Flushing, NY is expected to reveal theirs next week, with dates rumored to be June 6, 7, and 8.
There isn’t much crossover between Sea.Hear.Now and Bonnaroo (2.15%) or GovBall (0%), but there should be overlap between Bonnaroo and GovBall.
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