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How to get Boston Calling Music Festival tickets: Lineup, dates, and prices

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Boston Calling Music Festival

The Boston Calling music festival returns this Memorial Day Weekend with another all-star lineup, bringing together artists from various genres to the city for three days of music and entertainment. We’ve outlined everything you need to know about how to buy Boston Calling 2025 tickets, including details about the day-by-day lineup.

Boston Calling 2025 marks 12 years since the music festival’s debut. It was originally a twice-a-year event before becoming an annual festival in 2016. In addition to a stacked lineup of music each day, Boston Calling provides more entertainment with a 100-foot Ferris wheel, visual arts, and food from over 30 local food vendors.

Located at Harvard Athletic Complex in Boston, the popular musical celebration will take over the city from Friday, May 23, until Sunday, May 25 this year. With a lineup that includes performances by over 50 artists, Boston Calling 2025’s headliners include established and up-and-coming big names from various genres, including Luke Combs, Megan Moroney, Fall Out Boy, Avril Lavigne, Dave Matthews Band, and Vampire Weekend.

We’ve got you covered if you’re looking for how to get Boston Calling 2025 tickets. Below is our breakdown of Boston Calling’s musical lineup, ticket purchasing details, and price comparisons between original and resale tickets. You can also look through specific ticket and festival details at your convenience on StubHub and Vivid Seats.

Boston Calling Music Festival’s 2025 schedule

Kicking off on Friday, May 23, and coming to a close on Sunday, May 25, 2025, Boston Calling celebrates three days of music in the city over Memorial Day weekend. In addition to full weekend passes that cover all three days, Boston Calling offers single-day tickets for Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

Friday’s lineup is headlined by Luke Combs and Megan Moroney, Saturday by Fall Out Boy and Avril Lavigne, and Sunday by Dave Matthews Band and Vampire Weekend. The doors open time is listed in Eastern Standard Time.

DateCityStubHub pricesVivid Seats prices
May 23 to 25Boston, MA$197$208
Friday, May 23Boston, MA$127$136
Saturday, May 24Boston, MA$123$136
Sunday, May 25Boston, MA$108$114

How to buy tickets for Boston Calling Music Festival 2025

You can buy original tickets for Boston Calling 2025 directly through the music festival’s website. At the time of writing, Boston Calling’s website still has tickets available in every purchasing category, including general admission, general admission plus (GA+), VIP, and platinum options for three-day, two-day, and single-day passes.

Tickets to Boston Calling’s 2025 music festival can be purchased through verified resale ticket vendors such as StubHub and Vivid Seats. If inventory on the festival’s site becomes low, you may find better luck with ticket availability on these platforms.

How much are Boston Calling Music Festival tickets?

Prices for tickets to Boston Calling 2025 aren’t relatively cheap for three-day, two-day, or single-day passes, but are worth it for fans of the artists looking for a larger music-based entertainment experience.

On Boston Calling’s website, an original general admission three-day ticket costs $361, including fees. Meanwhile, the least expensive three-day general admission resale tickets on StubHub start at $197, with Vivid Seats offering similar prices beginning at $208 for the weekend.

For Boston Calling’s original three-day GA+ tickets, which include access to a dedicated lounge, entrance lane, and private bar, the cost increases to a starting price of $545 with fees. The three-day VIP passes for Boston Calling 2025 start at $920, including enhanced stage viewing, a VIP lounge, a dedicated festival entrance, and lockers and mobile charger rentals. Three-day platinum ticket starting prices then jump up to $2,899, which includes all VIP amenities plus a complimentary bar, inclusive food offerings, on-site parking, and a festival gift each day.

Boston Calling’s website also has a two-day ticket option, which allows you admission to two festival days of your choice. The Friday/Saturday, Friday/Sunday, and Saturday/Sunday two-day general admission bundles have the same starting price of $348, including fees.

The least expensive option is a one-day GA pass to Boston Calling’s 2025 music festival. When buying directly through the festival, the starting price for a general admission Friday, Saturday, or Sunday ticket is $178, including fees. Single-day GA+ passes start at $315, VIP passes at $474, and platinum at $1,399.

Meanwhile, general admission resale tickets for each day of Boston Calling 2025 come at similar prices before fees. The cheapest Friday tickets start at $127 on StubHub or $136 on Vivid Seats, the least expensive Saturday tickets begin at $123 on StubHub or $136 on Vivid Seats, and the lowest-cost Sunday-only passes begin at $108 on StubHub or $114 on Vivid Seats.

Boston Calling’s 2025 event also has two special ticket offers. Students can get a discounted price starting at $169 for one-day general admission tickets or $350 for three-day weekend passes. The festival has partnered with GOVX Members to offer the same discount to military, first responders, medical services, and educators.

It’s also important to note that all children under 10 can be admitted into Boston Calling 2025 for free with a ticketed adult.

Who is in the Boston Calling Music Festival lineup?

The 2025 Boston Calling music festival lineup includes some popular new and established names in the industry, with over 50 acts playing across the event’s three-day schedule. There’s also a great variety in musical genres, such as country’s Luke Combs and Sheryl Crow, pop-punk’s Fall Out Boy and Avril Lavigne, rock’s Dave Matthews Band and The Black Crowes, rap’s T-Pain, R&B’s TLC, and punk’s Sublime.

Here’s a breakdown of which artists will be performing on each day in Boston Calling 2025’s lineup:

Friday, May 23:

  • Luke Combs, Megan Moroney, Sheryl Crow, T-Pain, TLC, Mike., Thee Sacred Souls, Max McNown, Wilderado, Infinity Song, Kyle Dion, Bebe Stockwell, Holy Roller, Latrell James, Megan from Work, Future Teens, and Battlemode.

Saturday, May 24:

  • Fall Out Boy, Avril Lavigne, Cage the Elephant, The Black Crowes, All Time Low, James Bay, The Maine, Lucius, Valley, Mon Rovîa, Amble, Sofia Isella, Timmy Skelly, Simon Robert French, Rebuilder, Sidebody, and Pinklids.

Sunday, May 25:

  • Dave Matthews Band, Vampire Weekend, Sublime, Public Enemy, Remi Wolf, Goth Babe, Tom Morello, The 502s, Spin Doctors, I Don’t Know How But They Found Me, Mo Lowda & the Humble, Sam Austins, Snacktime, Layzi, Copilot, Vivid Bloom, and Nate Perry & Ragged Company.

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