Today, Do LaB have announced the music lineup for North America’s original boutique festival, Lightning in a Bottle, returning to Buena Vista Lake in Southern California during Memorial Day Weekend from May 21-25, 2025. LIB is your gateway to the extraordinary, a technicolor beacon for individuality in a monochrome world. It’s a place where outrageousness is currency and fun triumphs over all – a journey hand curated by the counterculturists and party-people of Do LaB, dotted with surprises that continually reimagine what a festival can mean to its attendees. It’s not just about catching Lightning, this is your chance to be the electricity you wish to see in the world and have the best time of your life in the process – are you ready?
Music curation is an art at LIB. The 2025 lineup is stacked with some of electronic music’s most sought after talent, but this festival isn’t just about names on a poster. The Do LaB crew have dedicated their lives to redefining how music is experienced. They designed stage atmospheres that bring out the absolute best from their artists, inspire joy, and promote connection. One minute you are seeing your favorite artist in a larger than life stage environment, the next you are seeing them go B2B with an under-the-radar DJ on a small community stage late into the night. It’s wild, it’s unpredictable, and it’s all waiting for you.
Lightning in a Bottle Lineup
LIB’s 2025 music programming criss-crosses electronic genres du jour, spanning from indie-electronic, house, and techno, to UKG and dubstep. Highlight acts include crossover super producer Jamie xx, meteoric Chicago tech house sensation John Summit and the inimitable UK selector Four Tet. Joining in, pioneering psychedelic funk trio Khruangbin, and Compton DJ and beatmaker Channel Tres will perform.
Other top billing highlights include British powerhouse Shygirl presents Club Shy, riddim royalty Subtronics, and breakout star Sammy Virji. In addition, German electro-dance producer Monolink, iconic and unifying dance figure The Blessed Madonna and trap titan TroyBoi will set the lake ablaze. And as a shocking reveal, legendary House producer and Dirtybird founder Claude VonStroke returns to LIB.
Indie music shines through on the 2025 lineup with acts such as Magdalena Bay and Alt R&B goddess Amaarae. Brooklyn brightlights and Book Club Radio founders Tinzo + Jojo, Toro y Moi and Poolside alumn Brijean, hyper pop princess Audrey Nuna, and Tamil-Swiss vocalist Priya Ragu will charm the event.
Additional highlights include euphoric UKG flagbearers salute and Interplanetary Criminal and the recent global underground triumphs of Joy Orbison. Then, fashionable twin sister duo Coco & Breezy join Haitian house star Francis Mercier, newly formed power duo Girl Math (VNSSA & Nala), melodic maestros like Sultan + Shepard (DJ Set) and Tinlicker. Furthermore, bass favorites Hamdi, Tape B, and PEEKABOO will make their appeareance.
Rounding out the lineup, fans will be able to enjoy sets from Sama’ Abdulhadi, Sofia Kourtesis, Chloé Caillet, Flowdan, and KILIMANJARO. The next generation of showstopping talent include SYREETA, BIIANCO, Sicaria, Bianca Oblivion, AHADADREAM, Mary Droppinz, Kito, and more.
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LIB’s musical journey guides attendees from its wildly immersive core stages Lightning, Woogie, and Thunder, onwards to its community-driven programming at The Stacks, The Junkyard, and The Grand Artique. Each stage features its own unique aesthetic, vision, and sound, balancing fan-favorite bookings with a constant sense of discovery.
The immersive Compass area offers a diverse array of educational opportunities to engage the senses. They can expand the mind, and inspire community action. Topics include indigenous cultures, psychedelic medicine, climate change, love & relationships, healthy eating, and more. Attendees can learn from the past and present in order to better integrate, collaborate, and thrive in our world’s future.
Lightning in a Bottle offers both three day and five day ticket options, as well as hotel packages. The three day pass will be available as part of the general on sale. In effect, they make the LIB experience more accessible.
Other packages available this year include the return of Easy Peasy Pre-Set Camping and Pre-Set RV options. This will take away any of the stress of setting up camp upon arrival. Moreover, VIP options will also be available for guests looking for the joy of an elevated experience. VIP pass holders can find reprieve in backstage lounges at Lightning, Thunder, and Woogie, grab refreshments in these areas at exclusive bars, enjoy special pop-up interactive experiences, and much more.
Book your escapade now!