The Van Buren 2025 schedule: every show announced so far

Modest Mouse, Jessie J and Cuco will light up the downtown Phoenix concert venue this year.

July 7, 2025

Image: The Van Buren: Where vintage charm meets modern tunes.

The Van Buren: Where vintage charm meets modern tunes. Benjamin Leatherman

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The Van Buren contains multitudes. Within its 20,000-square-foot historic property, the downtown Phoenix concert spot is part music venue, part time capsule and all vibe. There’s a bust of an esteemed U.S. president. Nods to the building’s past life as a midcentury car dealership. A gorgeous mural of the Arizona desert in full bloom. Even a retro pizzeria with a speakeasy-style pinball bar.

Then there’s Van Buren’s main draw: its enormous stage, where rock, pop, indie, hip-hop and EDM acts light up the 1,800-person main room multiple nights a week.

The Van Buren debuted in 2017 after veteran Arizona concert promoter Charlie Levy teamed up with Live Nation and rehabbed the circa-1929 Phoenix Motor Company building. The result: an impeccably designed venue named for President Martin Van Buren with polished charm, killer acoustics and fantastic sightlines.

The Van Buren quickly cemented its status as a live music hotspot, a reputation it maintains to this day. This year’s already delivered banger shows from the likes of Pixies, K.Flay, Cavalera and Denzel Curry. The rest of the lineup— which includes Modest Mouse, Niko Moon, Cuco and d4vd —looks just as stacked. Here’s a look at every upcoming concert at The Van Buren in 2025.

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Pixies performing at The Van Buren in June.

Neil Schwartz Photography

United We Dance: The Ultimate Rave Experience
Saturday, July 19, 8:30 p.m.

Less Than Jake
Friday, July 25, 7 p.m.
with The Suicide Machines, Fishbone and Catbite

Ekkstacy
Saturday, July 26, 8 p.m.
with Max Fry

Architects
Tuesday, July 29, 7 p.m.
with Erra and Holywatr

Oliver Anthony
Thursday, July 31, 8 p.m.

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d4vd is scheduled to perform two shows at The Van Buren in August.

Universal Music Group

d4vd
Friday, Aug. 1 and Wednesday, Aug. 6, 8 p.m.
with Bryant Barnes

We Came As Romans
Friday, Aug. 8, 7 p.m.
with Currents, After the Burial and Johnny Booth

Caloncho and Daniel, Me Estás Matando
Sunday, Aug. 10, 8 p.m.

Flatland Cavalry
Thursday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m.

Damian Marley and Stephen Marley
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m.
with J Boog

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Alaina Moore, left, and Patrick Riley of Tennis.

Big Hassle

Tennis
Saturday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m.
with Cults

Our Last Night
Sunday, Aug. 24, 7:15 p.m.
with Grayscale and Wind Walkers

Modest Mouse
Monday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m.
with Friko

X Ambassadors
Tuesday, Sept. 2, 8 p.m.

Bomba Estéreo and Rawayana
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 8 p.m.

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Rob Garza, left, and Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation.

Jen Maler

Thievery Corporation
Thursday, Sept. 4, 8 p.m.

Circle Jerks
Saturday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m.
with Gorilla Biscuits and Negative Approach

BabyTron
Sunday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m.

MJ Lenderman & The Wind
Monday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m.
with Nap Eyes

Max McNown
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m.

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Contemporary R&B and soul group Durand Jones & The Indications.

Ebru Yildiz

Durand Jones & The Indications
Thursday, Sept. 11, 8 p.m.
with The Psycodelics

Steven Wilson
Friday, Sept. 12, 8 p.m.

Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m.
with Cursive

Jeremy Zucker
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 8 p.m.

Bad Suns
Thursday, Sept. 18, 8 p.m.

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Bedroom pop/indie pop singer-songwriter Cuco.

Carlos Jaramillo

Cuco
Friday, Sept. 19 and Saturday, Sept. 20, 8 p.m.

2hollis
Sunday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m.

BUNT.
Thursday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m.

From Ashes to New
Friday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m.
with Magnolia Park, Until I Wake and Not Enough Space

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Marilyn Manson during a 2018 performance in Phoenix.

Melissa Menzinger

Marilyn Manson
Sunday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m.

Matt Maeson
Monday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m.

PUP and Jeff Rosenstock
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7:20 p.m.
with Ekko Astral

Mirador
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 8 p.m.

Cannibal Corpse
Thursday, Oct. 2, 6:55 p.m.
With Municipal Waste, Full of Hell and Fulci

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Mexican American country artist Louie TheSinger.

MCA Records

Louie TheSinger
Saturday, Oct. 4, 8 p.m.

Emotional Oranges
Monday, Oct. 6, 8 p.m.

Maddie Zahm
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m.

Cameron Whitcomb
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m.
with Jonah Kagen

Lorna Shore
Thursday, Oct. 9, 6:30 p.m.
with The Black Dahlia Murder, Shadow of Intent and PeelingFlesh

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Cartel's 20th anniversary tour of their album "Chroma" comes to The Van Buren in October.

Catherine Powell

Cartel
Sunday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m.
with Hunny and Macseal

Lenny Pearce
Monday, Oct. 13, 2 p.m.

The Beaches
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 8 p.m.
with Annie DiRusso

Nxworries
Friday, Oct. 17, 8 p.m.

Niko Moon
Saturday, Oct. 18, 8 p.m.
with David J

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m.

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Viral electro-rock favorites The Living Tombstone invade The Van Buren in October.

Live Nation

The Living Tombstone
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 8 p.m.

Bladee
Thursday, Oct. 23, 8 p.m.

Noah Cyrus
Friday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.

Viagra Boys
Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m.

Matt Maltese
Sunday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.

sombr
Friday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.

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Indie rock band Murder by Death brings its farewell tour to The Van Buren in November.

Becky Digiglio

Murder By Death
Saturday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m.
with AJJ

Garbage
Sunday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m.

The 502s
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m.
with Briscoe

Avatar
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.
with Alien Weaponry and SpiritWorld

The Beths
Thursday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m.
with Phoebe Rings

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Psych-rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Joe Eley

The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Friday, Nov. 7, 8 p.m.

The Happy Fits
Friday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m.

Dylan Gossett
Sunday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m.
with Willow Avalon and Buffalo Traffic Jam

Hot Mulligan
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m.
with Drug Church, Arm’s Length and Anxious

Jessie J
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m.

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EDM artist it's murph.

Live Nation

it’s murph
Friday, Nov. 21, 9 p.m.
with Westend and Twin Diplomacy

R&B Only: Colors Worldwide
Saturday, Nov. 29, 7:45 p.m.

Larry Fleet
Thursday, Dec. 4, 8 p.m.

GoldLink
Sunday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m.

Andy Bell
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 8 p.m.

The Floozies and Dirtwire Neon
Thursday, Dec. 11, 8 p.m.
with Honey Comb

Leon Thomas
Sunday, Dec. 21, 8 p.m.
with Ambré

For more upcoming concerts, visit Phoenix New Times’ concert calendar.

Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music and nightlife. He joined New Times in 2003. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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