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Olivia Rodrigo announces Daisy Chain Fields, an all-women festival on August 29 in Irvine CA, with Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, and Stevie Nicks
Olivia Rodrigo has announced a new music festival, Daisy Chain Fields, featuring an all-women lineup led by artists including Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, Bikini Kill, Garbage, Rachel Chinouriri, and Rodrigo herself. The single-day event will take place on 29th August at Great Park in Irvine, California, with special guest appearances from Karen O, Sarah McLachlan, and Stevie Nicks.
The announcement arrives ten days after Rodrigo’s third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard 200 with 485,000 equivalent album units, the largest solo debut of 2026 and her biggest week ever. The timing is not accidental. Rodrigo is operating at the peak of her commercial power and using that position to build something with explicit purpose.
Net proceeds from the festival will be donated to organizations that support and advocate for women and girls. The partner organizations confirmed are Planned Parenthood, Baby2Baby, the Center for Reproductive Rights, the National Women’s Law Center, and Black Mamas Matter Alliance. The festival’s charitable structure is central to its identity, not an afterthought appended to a concert announcement. Daisy Chain Fields is, by design, a political and cultural event that happens to have an extraordinary lineup.
The Lineup and What It Means
Daisy Chain Fields is built on the belief that joy, community, and creativity can inspire meaningful change,” Rodrigo says. “I’m so excited to celebrate this incredible lineup of women, and I’m grateful to all of our partners in helping us make this festival come to life”
The bill itself is one of the more significant assembled for a one-day event in recent memory. Chappell Roan, whose 2025 trajectory from cult favorite to mainstream breakthrough positioned her as the defining new name in American pop, headlines alongside Rodrigo. Doechii, whose Grammy-winning Alligator Bites Never Heal made her one of the most discussed artists in hip-hop going into 2026, is a headliner in every meaningful sense.
Mitski’s presence signals the festival’s commitment to artists who have built long-term careers outside the mainstream. Bikini Kill and Garbage bring a lineage that connects Daisy Chain Fields directly to the riot grrrl tradition and 1990s alternative rock that shaped the genre landscape all of these artists are working inside today.
The special guest appearances from Stevie Nicks, Karen O, and Sarah McLachlan are generationally significant additions that give the festival a cross-era dimension rare in single-day events. Nicks, whose influence on female rock and pop songwriting runs directly through the work of nearly every headliner on the bill, and Karen O, whose Yeah Yeah Yeahs career redefined what women in rock could do in the 2000s, connect the younger performers to the tradition they are extending.
The Event, the Cause, and What Comes Next
Alongside live performances across two stages, the festival will feature charity and community activations, educational resources, art installations, and local vendors. The festival will be produced by C3 Presents and Live Nation, with ticket presales beginning on 24th June.
Rodrigo’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and Top Rock and Alternative Albums charts with opening sales of 485,000 album-equivalent units, of which 273,000 were pure album sales. It marked Rodrigo’s third consecutive US number-one album, and made her the first act in Billboard history to have their first three lead singles and studio albums debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200.
Daisy Chain Fields arrives as the live and community expression of that moment: an artist at the top of the commercial game deciding to use that position to center women’s voices, women’s organizations, and a lineup that spans multiple generations of exactly that tradition.
Full Daisy Chain Fields Lineup:
Olivia Rodrigo / Chappell Roan / Doechii / Mitski / Bikini Kill / Garbage / Rachel Chinouriri / Santigold / The Breeders / KATSEYE / Die Spitz / Eli / Not For Radio / Quiet Light
Special Guests: Karen O / Sarah McLachlan / Stevie Nicks
