Olivia Rodrigo Launches 1-Day Daisy Chain Fields Festival, Sending 100% of Net Proceeds to Women's Rights
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 27
Olivia Rodrigo Launches 1-Day Daisy Chain Fields Festival, Sending 100% of Net Proceeds to Women's Rights
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 27
Summary
Daisy Chain Fields will debut on August 29 in Irvine, California, as Rodrigo’s first festival and an all-women event built around women’s rights advocacy rather than a standard commercial lineup.
100% of net proceeds will go to groups including Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights, with reproductive-rights education and nonprofit activations spread across the festival site.
Rodrigo personally recruited acts including Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, Garbage, Bikini Kill, the Breeders, Karen O, Sarah McLachlan and Stevie Nicks, and the festival will avoid overlapping sets or billing hierarchy.
The event also answers a persistent industry imbalance: women made up just 21.6% of headliners across nine major festivals in a 2025 Book More Women report.
Artists tied the festival’s mission to a wider political moment, with Shirley Manson calling 2026 a "crisis point" for women’s rights and Roan framing live shows as inclusive spaces that should also give back.
With Daisy Chain Fields kicking off in two days, can Rodrigo’s personally-booked, non-overlapping festival model truly revolutionize the live music industry?
Will the strict lack of overlapping sets at this week's star-studded festival create the ultimate fan experience or unprecedented crowd control challenges?
As Irvine prepares for massive closures, how will this ambitious mega-event balance immense production costs with its sweeping charitable promises?