Weezer, The Killers, Hozier and Vampire Weekend are the headliners for the two-day 2025 Soundside Music Festival. The festival will happen Sept. 27 and 28 in Bridgeport’s Seaside Park.
Twenty major music acts have been announced for the fourth annual festival *(which went by a different name, Sound on Sound, for its first two years). Ten bands play each day.
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On Saturday Sept. 27 the line-up is:
- The Killers, the leather jacket clad indie rock band for Las Vegas
- Weezer, the ever-popular alt-rock pioneers of the 1990s co-founded by Connecticut native Rivers Cuomo
- Djo, the singer/songwriter/rocker also known as actor Joseph David Keery who did some guitar shredding as Steve Harrington in the Netflix TV series “Stranger Things”
- Japanese Breakfast, the indie pop band from Philadelphia whose hits include “Be Sweet”
- The Last Dinner Party, from England, known for “Nothing Matters”
- Inhaler, an Irish rock band who’ve just released their third album “Open Wide”
- Rachel Chinouriri, the British singer/songwriter whose song “So My Darling” went viral on TikTok
- Wild Rivers, the Canadian folk ensemble.
- Hollow Coves, the Australian indie folk duo.
- Dipsea Flower, a California-rooted, now Boston-based folk rock quartet.
Sunday’s Soundside line-up includes:
- Hozier, the internationally popular Irish singer/songwriter
- Vampire Weekend, a hit soft-rock act since 2008 who released their fifth album last year
- The Backseat Lovers, the alt-rock act from Utah known for the song “Kilby Girl”
- Remi Wolf, the California singer/songwriter and “American Idol” season 13 contestant who released her debut album in 2019
- Chelsea Cutler, the Westport native who had a pop hit with “Sad Tonight” in 2020
- Alex Warren, the singer/songwriter who is also an important social media influencer who was one of the founding members of the Hype House collective
- Gigi Perez, who had a big hit last year with “Sailor Song”
- Brenn!, a folk-pop singer/songwriter from Alabama
- Vundabar, the “Alien Blues” indie rockers from Boston
- Happy Landing, an alt-folk band from Mississippi.
Pre-sale ticket deals for the Soundside Musical Festival begin April 3 at 10 a.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public an hour later, April 3 at 11 a.m. Tickets range from general admission to General Admission Plus, VIP and Bleachers ticket categories. All the categories have one- or two-day options. The Bleachers ticket is new this year and, according to the promoters, includes “entry to Seaside Park and access to all GA+ and GA amenities, plus bucket seating with prime views of the Main Stage. Seating is unassigned and first-come, first-served, and please note that the Main Stage Bleachers are not shaded.”
The festival is offering layaway plans for ticket purchases. Eligible Bridgeport residents can receive a 15% discount on tickets while available.
Seaside Park was known for many years as the site of the Gathering of the Vibes festivals, which had an affinity for the sounds and culture of the Grateful Dead. The Soundside Festival is in some ways more stylistically diverse but also more pop-driven, bringing in major contemporary acts currently on the charts.
Last year’s festival had to deal with last-minute changes when one of the headliners, Foo Fighters, canceled their appearance just days before Soundside began. The festival was able to add two other major national acts, Jack White and Greta Van Fleet to make up the loss of Foo Fighters.
More information on the Soundside Festival, including ticket sales, is at soundsidemusicfestival.com.
