Kilby's 2025 Lineup Drops • Salt Lake Magazine

Kilby Block Party 2024. Photo by Natalie Simpson

The sixth rendition of the ever-growing Kilby Block Party will take place May 15 to 18 at the Utah State Fairpark, and festival presenters Sartain & Saunders (S&S) have gone all out to provide Salt Lakers with another jam-packed weekend of local and national acts.

What began as an alt-block party outside of Kilby Court in 2019 has ballooned into the hottest spring ticket of the year. Last year we saw big-draw acts like The Strokes, Vampire Weekend, Wu-Tang Clan and LCD Soundsystem. This year promises more high-quality bookings. In their typical dream-big fashion, S&S has expanded Kilby Block Party 6 from three to four days, featuring 75 artists and an even larger festival footprint. Taking over the Utah State Fairpark, the 2025 Block Party is prioritizing festival goers with added space for amenities like water stations and relaxation areas. Organizers have also taken complaints about audio bleed from stage to stage into consideration and mapped out new areas for smaller stages to spread the sound around.

Ticket Info

The four-day festival begins on the evening of Thursday, May 14, 2025, and runs through Sunday, May 18, 2025. Like 2023, S&S is offering four-day passes only this year which will go on sale Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 10 a.m. Early bird passes for KBP6 went fast before the lineup dropped, so expect some competition when it comes to snagging this first tier of tickets! Of course, we’ll be providing readers with tons of pre-festival coverage as well as day-by-day reviews and photography of the 2025 festival, check out last year’s coverage here.

The 2025 Kilby headliner list has some stunners, including New Order, which is grinding out late-career touring like pros but might be moving toward the last-chance to-see column.

New Order

Beach House

Weezer

Justice

The so-called supporting acts are almost more exciting than the headliners. We’re looking at you Devo, which recently just started touring again. Future Islands and St. Vincent also raised our eyebrows. Here’s the full list.

Devo

Future Islands

Yo La Tengo

Slowdive

Car Seat Headrest

Wallows

St. Vincent

Toro Y Moi

TV on the Radio

Still Woozy

The supporting, supporting cast has a bright smattering of local acts (in bold) amid an interesting mix of up-and-coming performers and bands. Kilby’s free-range setup makes for a great chance to discover something new.

Teen Suicide, Levelor, Julien Baker & Torres, Built to Spill, Perfume Genius, Peter McPoland, Vacations, Youth Lagoon, The Lemon Twigs, Momma, Hey, Nothing, Hovvdy, Lunar Vacation, Wishy, Been Stellar, Being Dead, Cardinal Bloom, Free Range, Melancholy Club, Josaleigh Pollett, Montell Fish, Black Country, New Road, Panda Bear, Gang of Four, The Black Angels, IDKHOW, George Clanton, Wisp, Friko, Youbet, Over Under, Marchall Van Leuven, Hurtado, Nation of Language, Tennis, Real Estate, Boa, Jay Som, Geese, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Vagabon, Frost Children, Nourished by Time, Husbands, Lime Garden, Wlat Disco, Faerybabyy, Beeson, Gift, Hannah Frances, Poolhouse, Elowyn.

Other Kilby Court News

Kilby Court, Utah’s longest-running all-ages venue and the namesake of its biggest music festival, was recently sold to venture group Blaser Ventures in late October. The ownership change marks a new era for the venue. Buyer Brandon Blaser has assured Salt Lake music fans he plans to preserve the integrity of the venue. “Kilby is just such an essential part of the fabric of Salt Lake City and the Granary District. It’s one of those cultural icons and moments that is very unique to Salt Lake,” Blaser told development news source Building Salt Lake. “The loss of it would be absolutely detrimental to the history of the Granary area and what makes the Granary so special. We view it as an essential piece of our history and culture that we are proud to be partners in helping to preserve.”

The purchase of Kilby is another feather in Blaser’s cap of Granary Area acquisitions, which have included the Post District, Granary Square and the historic Pickle & Hide building next to the music venue. According to Building Salt Lake, all of Blaser’s projects in the area focus on adaptive reuse, rejuvenating local businesses, artist workshop spaces and other community hubs. Plans for the 2.3-acre Kilby Court development will follow suit as Blaser aims to reconfigure existing industrial and residential spaces into a cultural haven. Read Building Salt Lake’s full coverage here. (And let’s hope Blaser keeps his promises.)

Meanwhile, while you anticipate and work the angles on 2025 tickets, reminisce with our 2024 reviews and coverage.