Governors Ball Music Festival line-ups

The Governors Ball Music Festival (commonly known as Governors Ball or Gov Ball) is a music festival, taking place in New York City, United States.

Line-ups

Headline performers are listed in boldface. Artists listed from the latest to earliest set times.

2011

The 2011 festival was held on June 18 at the Governors Island, New York City and was headlined by Girl Talk, Pretty Lights and Empire of the Sun. ^[1]

Saturday, June 18

Big Apple Stage	Gotham Stage
Pretty Lights Empire of the Sun Neon Indian Miami Horror Das Racist Reptar	Girl Talk Big Boi People Under the Stairs Mac Miller Passion Pit (DJ set) Outasight

2012

The 2012 festival was held on June 23 to 24 at the Randalls Island, New York. It was headlined by Passion Pit, Kid Cudi, Chromeo, Modest Mouse, Beck and Explosions in the Sky. ^[2]

Saturday, June 23

Hype Machine Stage	Honda Stage
Passion Pit Chromeo Major Lazer Santigold Penguin Prison Art vs. Science	Kid Cudi Duck Sauce Atmosphere Special Disco Version (James Murphy & Pat Mahoney) Big Gigantic Walk the Moon K.Flay

Sunday, June 24

Hype Machine Stage	Honda Stage
Modest Mouse Fiona Apple Built to Spill Cults Freelance Whales Alberta Cross	Beck Explosions in the Sky Cage the Elephant Devendra Banhart Phantogram The Jezabels Turf War

2013

The 2013 festival was held on June 7 to 9 at the Randalls Island, New York. It was headlined by Kings of Leon, Guns N' Roses and Kanye West. ^{[3] [4]}

Friday, June 7

GovballNYC Stage	You're Doing Great Stage	Honda Stage	Skyy Vodka Tent
Feist Of Monsters and Men Dinosaur Jr. St. Lucia Swear and Shake	Beach House Local Natives Best Coast Poliça Solid Gold	Pretty Lights Young the Giant Dillon Francis Holy Ghost! Reignwolf Pacific Air	Erykah Badu & The Cannabinoids Crystal Castles Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs The Knocks Bear Mountain

Saturday, June 8

GovballNYC Stage	You're Doing Great Stage	Honda Stage	Skyy Vodka Tent
Guns N' Roses Kings of Leon Cut Copy Divine Fits Japandroids Wild Nothing	Animal Collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Dirty Projectors MS MR The Rubens	Nas Kendrick Lamar Alt-J Paper Diamond GRiZ Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics	Thievery Corporation Azealia Banks Fucked Up Icona Pop Robert DeLong Moon Hooch

Sunday, June 9

GovballNYC Stage	You're Doing Great Stage	Honda Stage	Skyy Vodka Tent
Kanye West Grizzly Bear Foals Portugal. The Man Haim The Revivalists	The xx Beirut Deerhunter Steel Pulse Roadkill Ghost Choir	The Avett Brothers The Lumineers Gary Clark Jr. Cold War Kids The Vaccines On An On	Bloc Party Yeasayer Twin Shadow Freddie Gibbs Cherub

2014

The 2014 festival was held on June 6 to 8 at the Randalls Island, New York. It was headlined by Outkast, Phoenix, TV on the Radio, Jack White, The Strokes, Skrillex, Vampire Weekend and Axwell Λ Ingrosso. ^{[5] [6]}

Friday, June 6

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Gotham Tent
Outkast Phoenix Julian Casablancas Janelle Monáe Jason Isbell Haerts	TV on the Radio Neko Case Bastille Kurt Vile Drowners	Damon Albarn Damian "Jr Gong" Marley Jenny Lewis The 1975 Run the Jewels Little Comets	Grimes La Roux Washed Out Ratking Little Daylight The Chain Gang of 1974

Saturday, June 7

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Gotham Tent
Jack White The Strokes Broken Bells Lucius PAPA Hunter Hunted	Spoon The Naked and Famous Fitz and the Tantrums Tanlines Diarrhea Planet	Skrillex Childish Gambino Disclosure Classixx RJD2 Catfish and the Bottlemen	Sleigh Bells The Glitch Mob Chance the Rapper Deafheaven The Internet

Sunday, June 8

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Gotham Tent
Vampire Weekend Foster the People The Head and the Heart Frank Turner Bleachers Meg Myers	Interpol The Kills Tyler, the Creator Wild Belle Half Moon Run	Axwell Λ Ingrosso James Blake J. Cole Earl Sweatshirt SKATERS Cris Cab	Empire of the Sun The Bloody Beetroots AlunaGeorge Banks Cayucas Ben Cameron

2015

The 2015 festival was held on June 5 to 7 at the Randalls Island, New York. It was headlined by Drake, The Black Keys, deadmau5 and Florence and the Machine. ^{[7] [8]}

Friday, June 5

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Gotham Tent
Drake Florence and the Machine Chromeo Future Rae Sremmurd Priory	St. Vincent Death from Above 1979 Rudimental Benjamin Booker Black Pistol Fire	My Morning Jacket The Decemberists Vance Joy Charli XCX DIIV The Districts	Ratatat Odesza MØ Gorgon City (Live) People Under the Stairs

Saturday, June 6

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Gotham Tent
deadmau5 Björk Little Dragon Marina and the Diamonds Clean Bandit Holychild	Flume Atmosphere Sharon Van Etten J. Roddy Walston and the Business Kae Tempest	Ryan Adams Conor Oberst Angus & Julia Stone Moon Taxi White Lung Charlotte OC	SBTRKT Future Islands Kiesza Rustie ASTR

Sunday, June 7

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Gotham Tent
The Black Keys Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Tame Impala Sturgill Simpson Echosmith Streets of Laredo	Hot Chip The War on Drugs Royal Blood Chronixx & the Zincfence Redemption DMA's	Lana Del Rey Big Gigantic A-Trak Logic Strand of Oaks The Picturebooks	Flying Lotus "Weird Al" Yankovic Mayer Hawthorne Hermitude Bishop Nehru

2016

The 2016 festival was held on June 3 to 4 at the Randalls Island, New York. It was headlined by The Killers and The Strokes. ^[9] Kanye West would have returned to headline on June 5 but the whole day was cancelled due to extreme weather conditions. ^[10]

Friday, June 3

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Bacardi House Stage
The Strokes Beck Of Monsters and Men Christine and the Queens Elle King The London Souls	Bloc Party Father John Misty Action Bronson Bully Public Access T.V.	Robyn Matt and Kim Big Grams (Big Boi + Phantogram) Years & Years Meg Mac Transviolet	Jamie xx Duke Dumont Bob Moses Boogie Black Pistol Fire

Saturday, June 4

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Bacardi House Stage
The Killers Haim Lord Huron Catfish and the Bottlemen Marian Hill Eliot Sumner	Miike Snow De La Soul MisterWives Jon Bellion Nothing	M83 Miguel Mac Miller Albert Hammond Jr. Torres Holly Miranda	Purity Ring Against Me! Thundercat The Knocks Louis the Child

Sunday, June 5
The Sunday date of the 2016 festival was cancelled.

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Bacardi House Stage
Kanye West Two Door Cinema Club CHVRCHES Cold War Kids Betty Who Tor Miller	Chet Faker Courtney Barnett Eagles of Death Metal Fidlar Whitney	Death Cab for Cutie Gary Clark Jr. Joey Bada$$ Vince Staples Whilk & Misky Blank Range	Thomas Jack Prophets of Rage Galantis Vic Mensa Bat for Lashes Day Wave

2017

The 2017 festival was held on June 2 to 4 at the Randalls Island, New York. It was headlined by Tool, Chance the Rapper and Phoenix. ^{[11] [12]}

Friday, June 2

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Bacardi Stage
Chance the Rapper Lorde Bleachers Kehlani MUNA Tkay Maidza	Beach House Michael Kiwanuka Charli XCX Judah & the Lion Roosevelt	Flume Schoolboy Q Tove Lo The Strumbellas Blossoms Jenaux	Majid Jordan Danny Brown Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaries Francis and the Lights Michael Blume

Saturday, June 3

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Bacardi Stage
Phoenix Wu-Tang Clan The Head and the Heart Saint Motel Dua Lipa VANT	Mark Ronson vs Kevin Parker Local Natives YG Car Seat Headrest Welles	Childish Gambino Marshmello A$AP Ferg Stormzy ARIZONA Jessie Reyez	BANKS Rüfüs Du Sol Rae Sremmurd The Range Lo Moon

Sunday, June 4

GovballNYC Stage	Big Apple Stage	Honda Stage	Bacardi Stage
Tool Cage the Elephant Royal Blood Parquet Courts The Orwells Ron Gallo	Logic Franz Ferdinand Warpaint Zane Lowe Mondo Cozmo	Wiz Khalifa Phantogram Mac DeMarco Gryffin Saint Jhn Barns Courtney	Air The Avalanches Skepta EDEN Kaiydo Jack Martini

2018

The 2018 festival was held on June 1 to 3 at the Randalls Island, New York. It was headlined by Eminem, Jack White and Travis Scott. ^{[13] [14]}

Friday, June 1

GovballNYC Stage	Bacardi Stage	Honda Stage	American Eagle Stage
Jack White Yeah Yeah Yeahs Maggie Rogers Alvvays Pond Slaves	Damian "Jr Gong" Marley Tash Sultana GoldLink Wolf Alice Lophiile	James Blake Post Malone Shawn Mendes D.R.A.M. Belly Sir Sly Lou the Human	The Glitch Mob 6lack Flight Facilities Two Feet A$AP Twelvyy

Saturday, June 2

GovballNYC Stage	Bacardi Stage	Honda Stage	American Eagle Stage
Travis Scott Halsey Cut Copy LANY AURORA Mikky Ekko	Silk City (Diplo + Mark Ronson) Manchester Orchestra Japandroids Jay Electronica The Spencer Lee Band	The Gaslight Anthem performing The '59 Sound Galantis 2 Chainz The Menzingers VHS Collection The Regrettes	Russ Brockhampton Kelela Moses Sumney Cuco

Sunday, June 3

GovballNYC Stage	Bacardi Stage	Honda Stage	American Eagle Stage
Eminem CHVRCHES Khalid Aminé Middle Kids Confidence Man	Sylvan Esso Dirty Projectors Margo Price Quinn XCII Westside Gunn & Conway	N.E.R.D. Third Eye Blind The Struts Berhana Alice Merton	Lil Uzi Vert Vic Mensa Kali Uchis Billie Eilish Knox Fortune

2019

The 2019 festival was held on May 31 to June 2 at the Randalls Island, New York. It was headlined by The Strokes, Tyler, the Creator and Florence and the Machine. ^{[15] [16]}

Friday, May 31

GovballNYC Stage	Bacardi Stage	Honda Stage	American Eagle Stage
Tyler, the Creator Brockhampton The Internet Amber Mark Dennis Lloyd Deal Casino	Lil Wayne Blood Orange Jessie Reyez Cautious Clay Hundredth	Gesaffelstein Jorja Smith Mitski Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Injury Reserve Njomza	The Voidz MØ Hippo Campus Jeremy Zucker Still Woozy

Saturday, June 1

GovballNYC Stage	Bacardi Stage	Honda Stage	American Eagle Stage
Florence and the Machine The 1975 Kacey Musgraves Clairo Calpurnia Dreamers	Zhu King Princess Ravyn Lenae Sunflower Bean Suzi Wu	Major Lazer Vince Staples Playboi Carti Denzel Curry U.S. Girls Tobi Lou	Lord Huron Ty Dolla $ign Saba Elohim Easy Life

Sunday, June 2

GovballNYC Stage	Bacardi Stage	Honda Stage	American Eagle Stage
The Strokes Nas Lily Allen Charli XCX Taylor Bennett Jack Harlow	Beast Coast Bazzi Noname Chelsea Cutler Ric Wilson MKULTRA	SZA Louis the Child Sheck Wes Parcels Soccer Mommy Shaed	Kaytranada Bob Moses 070 Shake SOB X RBE Aaron Aye

2020

The 2020 festival would have held on June 5 to 7 at the Randalls Island, New York. It would have been headlined by Tame Impala, Missy Elliott, Flume and Vampire Weekend. ^{[17] [18]} The festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[19]

Friday, June 5	Saturday, June 6	Sunday, June 7
Tame Impala Stevie Nicks Miley Cyrus Foals Khruangbin Banks Danny Brown Alessia Cara Madeon Pink Sweat$ Snail Mail Cuco Tones and I Muna Nancy Whang (LCD Soundsystem) Sasha Sloan Frankie Cosmos Maxo Kream Chase Atlantic Nasty Cherry Kota the Friend Poppy Jean Crawford	Flume Vampire Weekend Ellie Goulding Portugal. The Man Carly Rae Jepsen Of Monsters and Men Bleachers Gryffin Steve Lacy EarthGang Oliver Tree Pinegrove Alec Benjamin PUP Poolside Slowthai Jay Som Charlotte Lawrence MAX Laundry Day Chiiild Almost Monday	Missy Elliott Solange Rüfüs Du Sol H.E.R. Summer Walker Jon Bellion Maren Morris Swae Lee Dominic Fike YBN Cordae ARIZONA Girl Talk Milky Chance Dave Charly Bliss Princess Nokia Fontaines D.C. Black Midi 99 Neighbors Jawny Yeek Ryland James Hand Made House

2021

The 2021 festival took place from September 24 to 26 at the Citi Field, New York City. It was headlined by Billie Eilish, A$AP Rocky and Post Malone. ^{[20] [21]}

Friday, September 24

GovballNYC Stage	Bacardi Stage	Honda Stage	Grubhub Stage
Billie Eilish Kehlani Leon Bridges Tate McRae Laundry Day	Portugal. The Man Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Sasha Alex Sloan 99 Neighbors Loony	Rüfüs Du Sol Future Islands EarthGang Bartees Strange Bankrol Hayden	24kGoldn Orville Peck ODIE RMR Forgivers

Saturday, September 25

GovballNYC Stage	Bacardi Stage	Honda Stage	Grubhub Stage
A$AP Rocky Megan Thee Stallion Bleachers Charlotte Lawrence Chiiild	Phoebe Bridgers King Princess ARIZONA Breland Nation of Language	J Balvin Big Thief Pink Sweat$ Muna Oliver Malcolm	Aminé Cordae The Brothers Macklovitch Mike Sarah Barrios

Sunday, September 26

GovballNYC Stage	Bacardi Stage	Honda Stage	Grubhub Stage
Post Malone 21 Savage Burna Boy Princess Nokia TeaMarrr	Young Thug Dominic Fike Umi Amaarae mazie	Ellie Goulding Carly Rae Jepsen Duck Sauce BJ the Chicago Kid Riz La Vie	Jamie xx Smino Caroline Polachek Faye Webster Yeek

2022

The 2022 festival took place from June 10 to 12 at the Citi Field, New York City. It was headlined by Kid Cudi, Halsey and J. Cole. ^{[22] [23]}

Friday, June 10

GovballNYC Stage	Gopuff Stage	Bacardi Stage
Kid Cudi Migos Black Pumas Beabadoobee Samia Julia Wolf Plastic Picnic	Louis the Child Quinn XCII Skepta Channel Tres Blu DeTiger Aly & AJ Ultra Q	Jack Harlow The Knocks JPEGMafia Coi Leray Paris Texas Between Friends

Saturday, June 11

GovballNYC Stage	Gopuff Stage	Bacardi Stage
Halsey Roddy Ricch Still Woozy Tove Lo Benee Almost Monday Octavio the Dweeb	Flume Joji Chelsea Cutler YG Peach Tree Rascals Valley Dehd	Ashnikko Denzel Curry Diesel (Shaquille O'Neal) Gus Dapperton The Teskey Brothers Millington

Sunday, June 12

GovballNYC Stage	Gopuff Stage	Bacardi Stage
J. Cole Glass Animals Clairo J.I.D. Duckwrth The Brummies Kaien Cruz	Kaytranada Playboi Carti Becky G Coin Surf Curse Ken Car$on De'Wayne	Jazmine Sullivan Japanese Breakfast 100 gecs Soccer Mommy Del Water Gap Jax

2023

The 2023 festival was held on June 9 to 11 at the Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, New York. It was headlined by Kendrick Lamar, Lizzo and Odesza. ^{[24] [25]}

Friday, June 9

GovballNYC Stage	Gopuff Stage	Bacardi Stage
Lizzo Haim Diplo Eladio Carrión Saba KayCyy	Lil Uzi Vert Metro Boomin Ice Spice Joey Badass Tai Verdes Michelle PJ Morton School of Rock Queens Awfbeat	Kim Petras Remi Wolf 070 Shake Alexander 23 Maxo Kream Matt Maltese

Saturday, June 10

GovballNYC Stage	Gopuff Stage	Bacardi Stage
Odesza Aespa Rina Sawayama Amber Mark Suki Waterhouse Lovejoy The Amazons	Lil Baby Oliver Tree Finneas Snail Mail KennyHoopla Sarah Kinsley Zolita	Lauv Kenny Beats Koffee Syd Evan Giia Flipturn

Sunday, June 11

GovballNYC Stage	Gopuff Stage	Bacardi Stage
Kendrick Lamar Giveon Tems PinkPantheress Phony Ppl Charlie Burg Haiku Hands	Lil Nas X Sofi Tukker Central Cee Black Midi Cat Burns School of Rock Brooklyn PhatJazz	Girl in Red Pusha T Sabrina Claudio Maude Latour Coast Contra Ella Jane

2024

The 2024 festival was held on June 7 to 9 at the Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, New York. It was headlined by Post Malone, The Killers and SZA. ^{[26] [27]}

Friday, June 7

GovballNYC Stage	Gopuff Stage	IHG Hotels & Resorts Stage
Post Malone Dominic Fike Goth Babe Ryan Beatty Durry Blondshell School of Rock Queens	Rauw Alejandro Farruko Yung Gravy Qveen Herby Arcy Drive Alex Chapman	Labrinth Alex G Teezo Touchdown Flo Mimi Webb Underscores Donna Missal Lauran Hibberd

Saturday, June 8

GovballNYC Stage	Gopuff Stage	IHG Hotels & Resorts Stage
The Killers Carly Rae Jepsen Sabrina Carpenter Jessie Murph Quarters of Change Telescreens Maz & Kidd Revel	21 Savage Sexyy Red Doechii Bakar Riovaz The Thing	TV Girl Hippo Campus d4vd P1Harmony Claire Rosinkranz Skizzy Mars Little Stranger Kids Rock for Kids

Sunday, June 9

GovballNYC Stage	Gopuff Stage	IHG Hotels & Resorts Stage
SZA Reneé Rapp Chappell Roan Malcolm Todd Elyanna Husbands School of Rock Brooklyn	Peso Pluma Don Toliver Kevin Abstract Saint Levant Baby Queen Hotline TNT	Faye Webster Stephen Sanchez Cannons Beach Fossils Geese G Flip Fcukers The Hails

References

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22. Minsker, Evan (January 25, 2022). "Governors Ball 2022 Lineup Announced: Kid Cudi, J. Cole, Halsey, Playboi Carti, and More". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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External links

• Official website