A Guide to the Music Festivals of Summer & Fall 2025

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We’re midway through the summer, which means that several marquee music festivals have come and gone. But that also means there are plenty more to enjoy with a couple of months of summer to go, and the crisp days of autumn still to come.

Below, find a number of notable upcoming festivals taking place around the globe.

AfroFuture Detroit

Detroit, MI; August 16-17
Featuring: Asake, Davido, Kaytranada, Tee Grizzley, Ludmilla, Gims

Headliners Asake and Davido are the tip of the iceberg of this year’s inaugural edition of AfroFuture Detroit, the U.S. debut of a festival founded in Ghana in 2019. A preliminary program titled The Road to Detroit begins on August 11, with events built around African innovations in food, music, tech, cinema, and art, before the festival proper descends on the Douglass Site to round out the weeklong celebration.

Check out the entire worldwide list at Pitchfork.com