Olivia Rodrigo is launching daisy chain fields, a one-day festival at Great Park in Irvine on August 29, and she says the project has been on her mind for a long time. The inaugural lineup is built entirely around female artists and female-fronted bands, with ticket presales set to open on Wednesday, June 24 at 1 p.m. EST.
“I actually feel like it’s my calling in some weird way. I…have had this dream to do this festival for a really long time,” Rodrigo told Pitchfork contributor Shaad D’Souza in Pitchfork’s latest zine. That gives the event a personal origin story, but the booking plan is what makes it operationally distinct: this is a single-day festival with a fixed date, a fixed place, and a lineup capped by a women-centered format.
Great Park in Irvine
August 29 is the anchor date, and Great Park in Irvine is the anchor location. The lineup includes Chappell Roan, Bikini Kill, Doechii, Mitski, the Breeders, Garbage, Katseye, Santigold, Rachel Chinouriri, Not for Radio, Die Spitz, Quiet Light, and Eli, with Stevie Nicks, Karen O, and Sarah McLachlan listed as special guests.
June 24 at 1 p.m. EST is the first public buying moment, and that matters because the festival is already framed as a one-day event rather than a sprawling seasonal run. For readers deciding whether to act, the practical takeaway is simple: presale opens before the August date, and the lineup is already broad enough that access will likely matter more than speculation.
Lilith Fair’s shadow
The festival is openly modeled on the kind of experience Lilith fans had in the late 90s, which gives Daisy Chain Fields a clear template without turning it into a revival act. Rodrigo told Shaad D’Souza that she hopes attendees will have that same feeling, and she tied the idea to her own audience by saying, “I feel really connected to the young girls that come to my concerts, and the fact that I get to be in the fabric of their lives is a real, true honor that I don’t take lightly,”
Net profits from ticket sales are directed toward nonprofits advancing and advocating for women and girls, including Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, Baby2Baby, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, FreeForm, Jhpiego, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Institute for Reproductive Health, and National Women’s Law Center. The artist roster adds another layer: all of the performers have agreed not to take a profit from their appearances, so the event’s money flow is built to move away from the stage and toward the charities.
“I just feel like we need something really positive to do and see, and young girls need awesome role models who are supporting other women and who are engaging in something that’s really joyful and musical and community-oriented,” Rodrigo said. That is the cleanest read on Daisy Chain Fields: a one-day festival with a strong social mission, a tightly defined lineup, and an unusual financial structure that makes the charitable pitch part of the booking, not an afterthought.
