Lord Huron, Arcade Fire Headline for High Water Fest 2025

The High Water Festival is back in Charleston for its seventh year. On Tuesday, the festival announced that Lord Huron, Mt. Joy, Arcade Fire and Counting Crows will headline next year’s festival, scheduled for April 26 and 27 in South Carolina’s Riverfront Park.

Lord Huron and Mt. Joy will headline the first day, which will also include performances from Backseat Lovers, Amos Lee, Julien Baker & Torres, Joy Oladokum, Medium Build and Evan Honer.

Day two – headlined by Arcade Fire and Counting Crows – will see Trampled by Turtles, Flipturn, Waxahatchee, Wild Rivers, the War and Treaty, Gigi Perez and Goldie Boutilier perform.

Each night will feature two stages with no overlapping sets so fans can enjoy all the artists on the lineup. Fans can sign up for presale access now.

General admission tickets start at $225, GA+ is $400, Stono Stage Bleacher seats are worth $475, VIP starts at $695 and Platinum tickets are $1,750. For single-day admission, GA tickets are $125, GA+ starts at $275, Stono Stage Bleacher seats are $325, VIP admission is valued at $410, and Platinum admission is worth $925.

The general public will be able to access tickets from Thursday at 12 ET, and $3 from each ticket will benefit North Charleston area charities, according to festival organizers. High Water will also bring back the Refuge, which will offer food from regional restaurants and bars to festival-goers.

Noah Kahan and Hozier headlined the festival last year, which also featured Fleet Foxes and Grace Potter. Beck, Rainbow Kitten Surprise and Wilco were responsible for the 2023 edition. Lana Del Rey also joined Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff for a performance of Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd‘Margaret’ that year.