Lolla, The Town and more: see which festivals are taking place in Brazil in 2025

The year 2024 is coming to an end and several Brazilians are already counting down to next year’s shows. In addition to solo performances, many festivals are expected to excite fans in 2025.

Highlighted, we have the Lollapalooza Brazil which takes place in March and already has several names confirmed in its line-up, and the second edition of The Town which has already confirmed the arrival of artists like Katy Perry and Green Day to São Paulo.

The return of Popload Festival after a three-year hiatus is also planned, as well as confirmation of the next edition of events such as Coala Festival and C6 Fest.

Check out which festivals are already confirmed to take place in Brazil in 2025

Lollapalooza Brasil 2025

The festival will take place on the days March 28th, 29th and 30th at the race track Interlagos located in the south zone of São Paulo and will feature Olivia Rodrigo, Shawn Mendes, Alanis Morissette and Justin Timberlake on your list of attractions.

Entrance to the event in the next edition will also abandon the traditional bracelets, which serve as entry to the event. This time, to access Lollapalooza Brasil, the ticket will be virtual, which, according to the event, guarantees more security and practicality, in addition to avoiding shipping fees.


Movement of fans of the British band Nothing but Thieves at the Lollapalooza Brasil 2024 Festival

The Town

In the first two weekends of September, the 2nd edition of The Town takes place, also at the Interlagos located in the south zone of São Paulo. The singer Katy Perry was the first headliner announced at the São Paulo festival and will perform on September 14th.

Then bands like Green Day , Sex Pistols and the artists Iggy Pop and Pitty were also confirmed — all for the September 7th . Unlike Lolla, the attractions for the other days have not yet been revealed by the event.


Koala Festival

The 11th edition of the festival is also scheduled for 2025. Based at the Memorial da América Latina, in São Paulo, the event takes place on the days September 5th, 6th and 7th. This week, Koala announced that Caetano Veloso will perform at the event. Besides him, the singer Liniker was also confirmed for the 2025 edition of the festival.

In September this year, the 10th anniversary edition of the festival brought together attractions such as Lulu Santos, Os Paralamas do Sucesso, Planet Hemp in your line-up. This year, the Koala Festival expanded its operations with the first edition outside Brazil, in the city of Cascais, in Portugal.


Koala Festival, in 2019

C6 Fest

The new edition of the event was announced in August this year and will take place between May 22 and 25, 2025 in Ibirapuera Park, in São Paulo. Among the first attractions, it was revealed that the bands Air and Pretenders would come to Brazil to perform at the event.

Stephen Sanchez Shows, Your Jorge , AG Cook and Wilco were also confirmed. Check out the full line-up.


Rock the Mountain

The festival Rock the Mountain which takes place in Petrópolis, in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, already has a date to take place in 2025: from October 31st to November 2nd and from November 7th to 9th. As usual, the shows are repeated on both weekends.

João Gomes , Gloria Groove, Jorja Smith, Ney Matogrosso, Liniker, BaianaSystem and Pedro Sampaio are confirmed so far.


Rock the Mountain Festival

Popload Festival

THE Popload Festival has also announced the complete line-up for the 2025 edition . After a three-year hiatus, the event returns to Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo, on the day May 31 .

Among the attractions are: St. Vincent, Laufey, Kim Gordon, The Lemon Twigs, Terno Rei & Samuel Rosa, Tássia Reis and Exclusive Os Cabides. The first attraction announced for the 9th edition of the São Paulo festival was the American singer Norah Jones.


Last edition of Popload took place in 2022

I Wanna Be Tour

Initially scheduled to take place in February 2025, the festival postponed its second edition to August . The emo and pop punk tour will pass through two cities in Brazil: São Paulo and Curitiba.

The event will take place on August 23rd, in Curitiba, and on August 30th, in São Paulo and depending on the festival, the line-up will be revealed at the beginning of next year.

The first edition of the I Wanna Be Tour took place on five dates in March this year and brought together a total audience of 150 thousand people. Bands such as Simple Plan, A Day To Remember, The All-American Rejects, NX Zero and Fresno were some of those who attended the festival’s debut.


Monsters of Rock

The festival Monsters of Rock announced the line-up for 2025 edition that marks the 30th anniversary of the event: Scorpions and Judas Priest will be the headliners, in addition to Europe, Savatage, Queensrÿche and Stratovarius. The event takes place in April 19, 2025 in São Paulo.

Three of the attractions will play at Monsters of Rock for the second time: Scorpions (celebrating 60 years of career), Judas Priest and Queensrÿche. Participation in the festival also marks the return of Savatage, after a decade-long hiatus.

The first edition of Monsters of Rock took place 30 years ago, on August 27, 1994, at the Pacaembu Stadium, in São Paulo. The festival brought big names in the genre to Brazil, such as: KISS, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Suicidal Tendencies, Viper, Raimundos, Angra and Dr. Sin.


Rock Basement

The traditional Rock Basement known as one of the most emblematic events in the Brazilian music industry, is back in 2025. In celebration of the 26 years of history the festival takes place on the days May 23rd and 24th, in the BRB Arena Parking Lot, in Brasília.

In this edition, the program will feature performances by artists such as Sepultura, CPM 22, Raimundos, BaianaSystem and the American band Stone Temple Pilots . The space that will host Porão do Rock will feature three stages, lounges, a food court and an urban sports court, with a skateboard, parkour, climbing and slackline rink.


Stone Temple Pilots will be at Porão do Rock 2025

John Rock

On June 14, 2025, the 22nd edition of the João Rock festival will take place. Directly from Ribeirão Preto, in São Paulo, the event plans to bring together 70 thousand people in the Permanent Exhibition Park.

Maintaining the tradition of celebrating national music, there will be four stages set up to welcome big names from the Brazilian industry, simultaneously and uninterruptedly. So far, the attractions have not been announced. The 21st edition of John Rock took place on June 8th, bringing together names like Pitty, Lulu Santos, Marina Sena and Emicida.


João Rock 2025 takes place on June 14th

Afropunk Brazil

In November this year, the Afropunk organization announced that the British Jorja Smith will also be present at the next edition of the festival, which will take place on November 8th and 9th, 2025 in Salvador.

This will be the fifth Brazilian edition of the festival centered on black musical culture. The brand arrived in Brazil in 2021 and, since then, it has been held annually at the Exhibition Park in the capital of Bahia.


Nomad Festival

At the end of November, the Nomad Festival revealed in advance to the CNN that the BaianaSystem group will be one of the attractions for its sixth edition, which will take place on the weekend of May 3 and 4, 2025 . In addition to the Bahians, the singer Ney Matogrosso had also already been confirmed at the event.

In this year’s edition, which took place on the weekend of May 25th and 26th, Nômade hosted shows by names such as Pabllo Vittar, Marina Sena, Alceu Valença and Maria Rita. Leci Brandão, Nando Reis and Arnaldo Antunes also performed at the festival.


Nômade Festival will take place on May 3rd and 4th, 2025

Curitiba Country Festival

THE 16th edition of the Curitiba Country Festival which happens on the days May 24th and 25th, 2025 in the capital of Paraná, announced the first attractions in their line-up this month. The festival will feature performances by big country names such as Luan Santana Maiara and Maraisa, Murilo Huff, Clayton and Romário , Traia Véia and Brenno and Matheus .

The Curitiba Country Festival has been taking place since 2007, and will have three space options: Backstage, with an open bar, open food and services such as a beauty salon; the Cabin, also with unlimited drinks and a privileged view of the stage; and the Arena Vip, an area with exclusive bathrooms and access to the food court.


10,000 tickets were sold within 3 hours of sales starting

Time Warp Brazil

THE electronic music festival Time Warp Brasil happens between days May 2 and 3, 2025 in Vale Do Anhangabaú, in São Paulo. Created in Germany in 1994, the event arrived in Brazil in 2018, holding its first edition at the Sambódromo do Anhembi, in São Paulo. From 2023, the event started to take place in Vale Do Anhangabaú.

In the 2024 edition, the line-up featured DJs such as Sven Väth, Mochakk, Mari Boaventura, Black Coffee, 999999999, Bicep present Chroma (Av DJ Set), among others.


Party takes place between May 2nd and 3rd, 2025 in Vale Do Anhangabaú, in São Paulo

Planet Atlantis

The next edition of Planet Atlantis considered the biggest music festival in the south of the country, takes place on January 31st and February 1, 2025 at the rural headquarters of the Sociedade Amigos do Balneária Atlântida (Saba), north coast of Rio Grande do Sul.

With the theme “The South is Our Stage”, the event will feature names such as Natiruts , Anitta, Matuê, Ana Castela, Sorriso Maroto, Luísa Sonza, Pedro Sampaio, Dilsinho and much more.


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