Chicago’s ARC Song Pageant Pronounces Sprawling 2025 Lineup

Chicago’s ARC Song Pageant has introduced a sprawling 2025 lineup that includes just about 100 artists.

The 5th version of the house-focused pageant will characteristic performances by way of Jamie xx, Amelie Lens, Adam Beyer, Richie Hawtin, John Summit, Luciano, Fisher, Blond:ish, Eric Prydz (who will play below this title and likewise do units below his Pryda and Cirez D aliases) and lots of extra.

Moreover, the lineup includes a assortment powerhouse b2bs, together with Boys Noize b2b VTSS, Cajmere b2b Carl Craig, Honey Dijon b2b Derrick Carter, Inexperienced Velvet b2b Skepta Más Tiempo and Skream b2b Hamdi. See the entire lineup underneath.

ARC Song Pageant 2025 occurs August 29-31 at Chicago’s Union Park. The overall price ticket sale starts on March 14.

ARC is produced by way of the Chicago-based Auris Gifts, a manufacturing corporate introduced in 2020 by way of companions Nick Karounos, a veteran venue proprietor and pageant manufacturer, Stuart Hackley, the founding father of nationwide tournament corporate Loud Crowd and John Curley, who hails from digital promoter Paradigm Gifts and who’s been a staple within the Chicago dance track scene for the reason that early ’90s. The pageant’s objective has been celebrating residence track’s Chicago roots whilst championing artists who’ve solid the style throughout the many years.

“You spot a large number of gala’s that incorporate legends and innovators of a scene, they usually’re occasionally relegated to facet levels or decrease portions of a lineup — puts the place their affect within the tradition of track isn’t correctly mirrored,” Hackley informed Billboard in 2021. “That has to do with many stuff — artist billing, price ticket gross sales, artist’s profile dimension — however a part of our venture used to be to take all of the artists which can be a part of the Chicago residence track neighborhood over the years, folks with out whom this sound would now not be round, and put them proper subsequent to the bigger artists which can be taking part in this track this present day.”