June Jam promoter High Road Productions announced the news Wednesday in a statement posted to the event's social media.
“For a variety of reasons, we've decided to defer the summer rendition of June Jam 2025,” the statement read in part. “As much as we want to come out with another safe, comfortable, community-driven art-a-licious lovefest of a forest festival with all our favorite humans — we've come to the conclusion that this just isn't the right year for business as usual in June.”
The statement didn’t cite their specific reasons for canceling June Jam 2025, but hinted that a decline in ticket sales last year may have been a factor.
"2024 was the first year that ticket sales declined from the previous year after experiencing consistent year-over-year organic growth since we started this crazy thing," the statement read. "It was admittedly a bit of a gut punch and it's important to us that we operate sustainably because we're in this for the long haul."
June Jam takes place at the Playa Ponderosa, a private property in the Coconino National Forest outside of Flagstaff.
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‘We’re taking this summer off, but we’ll be back in 2026’
June Jam is one Arizona’s more unique EDM experiences. Launched in 2018 outside of Prescott before moving to the Coconino National Forest the following year, the event offers a weekend of camping, live entertainment, spiritual activities, mindfulness workshops and sets by dozens of DJs and producers.Described by co-founder and music director Christian Cortes as an “experience that is more than just about music,” June Jam has differed from many local EDM events or festivals in Arizona.
“We wanted to provide something that's more than just a ‘come listen to music, go home’ experience that so many festivals tend to end up becoming, especially as they move up in size,” Cortes told Phoenix New Times in 2024. “We've managed to maintain a very intimate feeling even as we've grown through the many years.”
June Jam features live entertainment, spiritual activities and sets by dozens of DJs.
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“The beauty of the off-grid, kind of remote nature of the event is knowing that people coming are invested,” Rider told New Times. “It's really a holistic, immersive experience that 's kind of like an alternate reality, where people live in a way that's more authentic to who they are as a person.”
In their posts to social media on Wednesday, June Jam's promoters assured its fans the event will return next year.
"We’re taking this summer off, but we’ll be back in 2026," they stated on social media.
