One festival, two venues, two cities. All Things Go, a music festival in its tenth year of production, will take place in September in Columbia, Maryland and Forest Hills, New York.
The festival first began in 2014 as the ‘All Things Go Fall Classic’. It was held in Union Park in Washington D.C before being transitioning to bigger venues, landing at Merriweather Pavillion in Columbia. This year, it was announced the festival would also be held at Forest Hills stadium in New York City on the same weekend.
The lineups share a few artists, though the newer New York City festival will have fewer artists than Columbia. Many of the artists on both lineups are out and proud LGBTQ+ artists, including icons like Janelle Monae, Renee Rapp, Chappell Roan, Julien Baker, and more.
Scroll on to see everything you need to know about both festivals!
Maryland
Objectively, the gayest of the two lineups, Maryland holds the OG All Things Go festival. Since 2014, the festival has been held at iconic Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.
Some of the biggest stars in music right now are included in this lineup, many of whom are publicly queer and changing the music industry.
The full lineup for Saturday, September 28th:
Laufey with the Kennedy Center Orchestra
Bleachers
Janelle Monáe
Remi Wolf
Ethel Cain
Julien Baker
Michael Kiwanuka
Maisie Peters
Briston Maroney
Sammy Rae & the Friends
Mannequin Pussy
Indigo De Souza
Grentperez
Rachel Chinouriri
Wasia Project
Annie DiRusso
Allison Ponthier
Oliver Malcolm
The full lineup for Sunday, September 29th:
Hozier
Reneé Rapp
Conan Gray
Chappell Roan
Maren Morris
The Japanese House
Holly Humberstone
David Kushner
Del Water Gap
Flipturn
Soccer Mommy
Medium Build
Blondshell
Lola Young
Infinity Song
Towa Bird
Sadurn
Abby Roberts
Tickets for the festival are sold-out, though you can join the waitlist here!
New York City
While New York gets a smaller lineup for it’s first year, it is nonetheless powerful. Unlike Columbia, those in the city will get to see indie-pop girl power band Muna, who is not simply a queer pop band, “Even though yes, ultimately, we’re very gay. I mean, look at us,” guitarist Naomi McPherson told Independent in an interview.
New York also will be graced with the presence of singer-songwriter Samia and pop duo Coco & Clair Clair.
The full lineup for Saturday, September 28th:
Reneé Rapp
MUNA
Chappell Roan
Holly Humberstone
Del Water Gap
Soccer Mommy
Coco & Clair Clair
Towa Bird
The full lineup for Sunday, September 29th:
Janelle Monáe
Ethel Cain
Julien Baker
Maise Peters
Samia
Mannequin Pussy
Indigo DeSouza
Annie DiRusso
Tickets for the festival are sold-out, though you can join the waitlist here!
