Evanston Folk Festival 2025 Lineup: Iron & Wine, Margo Price, Bonny Light Horseman + More

Iron & Wine, Margo Price and Bonny Light Horseman are on the lineup for the 2025 Evanston Folk Festival. Returning for its second year, SPACE Presents will host the two-day event at Dawes Park in Evanston, Illinois on September 6 – 7.

Additional performers headed north of Chicago to play this year’s fest include Watchhouse, Tune-Yards, Loudon Wainwright III, John Moreland, The Milk Carton Kids, Kara Jackson, Marc Ribot, Ruthie Foster, Chris Smither, Mary Gauthier, Charlie Parr, Tommy Prine, Ken Pomeroy, Aaron Rowe, Sunny War, Amythyst Kiah and others.

Evanston Folk Festival 2025 tickets go on sale on Friday, April 25 at 10 a.m. CT.

Separately ticketed EFF late-night shows will feature Ani DiFranco with Hurray for the Riff Raff performing at Northwestern University’s Cahn Auditorium on Saturday, September 6 and Rosanne Cash performing at Cahn Auditorium on Sunday, September 7. Find further information below.