House music is coming home in 2025 after the organizers of Chicago’s ARC Music Festival unveiled a jaw-dropping lineup that proves the genre’s birthplace is still beating strong.
The beloved techno and house music festival returns to Chicago’s Union Park over Labor Day Weekend from August 29-31. This year’s lineup marks ARC’s “most sonically diverse and ambitious curation yet,” according to a press release.
Heading to the Windy City in 2025 are Jamie xx, Richie Hawtin, Boys Noize, Amelie Lens, FISHER, Hot Since 82, John Summit, Anfisa Letyago, Nicole Moudaber, Honey Dijon, Duck Sauce, Claude VonStroke, Sub Focus and many more. The lineup also features a slew of compelling b2b sets from the likes of Skream and Hamdi, Ahadadream and Nikki Nair, and Adam Beyer and Layton Giordani, among many others.
Its pièce de résistance, however, is Eric Prydz, who is returning to perform under three of his aliases—Eric Prydz, Pryda and Cirez D—after doing so at ARC’s inaugural festival back in 2021.
And what would ARC be without Chicago house legends? Returning home this year are Derrick Carter, Gene Farris, Felix da Housecat and Green Velvet, the lattermost of whom will also DJ as Cajmere. They’ll all perform across four stages at Union Park: Grid, elrow, Expansions and Area 909.
Produced by local promotion powerhouse Auris Presents, ARC will also once again offer its branded series of afterparties, which allows festival ticket-holders to dance into the wee hours of the morning. This year’s “ARC After Dark” programming runs through Monday, starting with an exclusive opening party on Thursday, August 28th headlined by Pryda.
You can purchase tickets to ARC via the festival’s website and check out the festival’s full lineups below.
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