Osheaga is a summer festival must!
One of Canada’s biggest outdoor summer music festivals, Osheaga Music and Arts Festival is one of the coolest festivals with the hottest lineup you’ll find all year, and 2025 hits the same stellar heights fans have come to expect. This year’s top-tier performers include The Killers, Tyler, The Creator, Olivia Rodrigo, Lucy Dacus, TV on the Radio, Amaarae, Future Islands, Jamie XX, Chet Faker and many more all taking the stages at Montréal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau on August 1 to 3, 2025. Check the festival’s preview playlist and feel the hype grow.
Osheaga is one of the coolest festivals with the hottest lineup you’ll find all year.
Old favourites and new discoveries
Osheaga’s programming has spans the genres of rock, indie, hip-hop, electronica and more, annually offering newbies their first festival stage in front of an eager sold-out audience. And for their 18th edition, the festival welcomes exciting up-and-comers like Debby Friday, bLAck pARty, La Femme, Aqyila Pretty Girl and Renon to their epic stages. Who doesn’t like a bit of ‘I saw them first’ cred once those side stage newbies hit the big time?
Osheaga has also been a long-time supporter of theMontréal music scene, so you’re sure to catch some local favourites in front of some of their biggest crowds yet, this year including Bibi Club, Rau_Ze, PyPy and others. It’s no wonder Osheaga brings music fans from all over North America for a packed weekend of unforgettable experiences and unbeatable performances.
Check some video footage of past headliners including Green Day, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Dua Lipa, Sonic Youth, Lana Del Rey, Radiohead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Snoop Dogg,The Flaming Lips and Chappell Roan for just a glimpse of Osheaga’s electric atmosphere!
A full service festival experience
But more than just a music festival, Osheaga brings interactive art installations, local food trucks and local vendors together to keep everyone refuelled, reenergized and ready for more.
The tasty food vendors on site feature a mouthwatering variety of cuisine, including vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. Foodies won’t want to miss the YUL EAT Gardens, featuring local chefs serving up signature dishes for the masses.
Throughout the festival site, arts installations both big and small guarantee a surprise around every corner. Working with a curated group of local artists, Osheaga’s festival grounds look as good as they sound. And better yet, it’s a family friendly all-ages event with play spots for the kids (and shady spots for their parents to take a rest too).
And if that weren’t enough, Osheaga regularly present concerts throughout the year at some of Montréal’s biggest and most iconic music venues. Keep informed on everything they’re up to through the off-festival months on their website.
Now let’s gosheaga!
Mark Hamilton
Mark Hamilton is the community director for QueerMTL, an internationally-touring musician with his projects Woodpigeon and Frontperson and a graduate studies student of history researching LGBTQ+ activism in the city. He’s lived in Montréal since 2015, during which time he’s most often spotted atop a BIXI bike usally running a few minutes late.