High Water Festival drops 2025 lineup to North Charleston | Charleston Scene

Next year’s High Water Festival lineup is here, headlined by Lord Huron, Mt. Joy, Arcade Fire and Counting Crows.

The two-day music festival in North Charleston’s Riverfront Park is set for June 26-27. April, and it will be the first year that local duo Shovels & Rope are not involved in the curation.

The indie rock and folk forward ticket includes one local band. Charleston rock ‘n’ roll group Easy Honey will open the day on Saturday.

The full lineup is:

Saturday

• Lord Huron
• Mt. Joy
• The back seat lovers
• Amos Lee
• Julien Baker and Torres
• Joy Oladokun
• Medium building
• Evan Honer
• Darren Kiely
• Easy honey

Sunday

• Arcade Fire
• Counting crows
• Trampled by turtles
• Flip turn
• Waxahatchee
• Wild rivers
• The war and the treaty
• Gigi Perez
• Goldie Boutilier
• Ethan Tasch

Fans can sign up for presale access to one-day and two-day tickets now, including General Admission options (starting at $125 one-day, $225 two-day), GA+ ($275, $400), Stono Stage Bleacher Ticket/GA+ with grandstand seating ($325, $475 ), VIP ($410, $695) and Platinum ($925, $1,750).

High Water’s general admission price compares to a recent $310 for the three-day Atlanta festival Shaky Knees, $267 for the four-day Tennessee camping festival Bonnaroo and $299 for the three-day Gulf Shores festival Hang Out. Locally, by comparison, Darius Rucker’s two-day Riverfront Revival Festival at the same venue as High Water, which ran at $215 for general admission.

The High Water pre-sale runs from 10-11 on November 14 at the lowest possible ticket price before an increase. Layaway plans are available, and $3 from each ticket sold will benefit yet-to-be-disclosed charities in the North Charleston area. Any remaining tickets will then be available to the public starting at noon on November 14 at highwaterfest.com.

After organizational problems at last year’s festival that included traffic problems, a liquor license debacle and locker break-ins, the brand released a statement on social media promising traffic and parking improvements as well as a “world-class” overall experience this time around.

This will be the seventh annual High Water Festival. It was founded in 2017 and the original lineup included one artist who is returning this year: Julien Baker. Baker is part of the girl supergroup boygenius along with Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus. The first rendition of High Water also featured The Avett Brothers, The Shins, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Margo Price, Lucius and Dawes.

The War and Treaty are also High Water alums playing the festival in 2018.