Following a successful debut outing last year, the Best Friends Forever festival is set to return for its second annual edition with another impressive lineup of emo and indie rock goodness. Today, the Las Vegas festival unveiled (most of) its 2025 lineup, which is led by Jawbreaker, Minus the Bear (making their comeback and performing Menos el Oso), and the newly reformed Rilo Kiley.
The festival will go down from Friday, October 10th through Sunday October, 12th at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center. In addition to the artists listed above, Best Friends Forever 2025 will feature a host of special performances, including Mineral’s farewell show, Cursive playing Domestica and The Ugly Organ, Pedro the Lion’s 30th-anniversary show, Bear vs Shark performing Terrorhawk, and a Texas Is the Reason reunion.
Other standouts from the festival’s poster include Tigers Jaw, Wednesday, Narrow Head, Snowing, Pity Sex, Speedy Ortiz, Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), Prize Horse, awakebutstillinbed, and at least two yet-to-be-announced surprises — including a mystery headliner.
Tickets for Best Friends Forever 2025 go on sale Wednesday, March 5th at 10:00 a.m. PT via the festival’s website.
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