PHXLIGHTS EDM festival in Arizona announces 2025 lineup

Prepare yourself for a close encounter with beats and bass.

January 14, 2025

Image: Rezz is scheduled to perform on April 4 at PHXLIGHTS: Solar Sound System.

Rezz is scheduled to perform on April 4 at PHXLIGHTS: Solar Sound System. Jacob Tyler Dunn/Relentless Beats

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Electronic dance music fans of Arizona, prepare yourself for another close encounter with beats and bass.

PHXLIGHTS, the extraterrestrial-themed music festival held every spring, is set to return on April 4 and 5 at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale.

This year’s edition is called PHXLIGHTS: Solar Sound System and will showcase more than a dozen DJs/producers from a mix of genres, including riddim, bass house, electronica dance-pop and drum ‘n’ bass.

Relentless Beats, the Arizona concert and event promoter behind the festival, announced the 2025 PHXLIGHTS lineup on Monday. It includes Ukrainian–Canadian DJ and producer Rezz, trap and bass house producer NGHTMRE, dance-pop duo Louis the Child, dubstep wizard Said the Sky, Belgian d ‘n’ b musician Netsky, electronic art Of the Trees and tech-house guru J. Worra.

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PHXLIGHTS patrons wearing otherwoldly gear at the 2024 edition of the alien-themed EDM festival.

Benjamin Leatherman

PHXLIGHTS launched in 2015 and is inspired by extraterrestrial mythos and named for the 1997 UFO encounter over Arizona. As such, the two-day event features an otherworldly vibe, visuals and artwork, as well as patrons who dress up in alien-themed costumes and rave gear.

Read on for the complete lineup for PHXLIGHTS: Solar System and other info.

PHXLIGHTS: Solar Sound System 2025 Friday lineup

Here’s who is set to perform during the first night of PHXLIGHTS:

Rezz
NGHTMRE
Said the Sky
It's Murph
Hybrid Minds
Zero
Edward Joseph

PHXLIGHTS: Solar Sound System 2025 Saturday lineup

The following DJs and producers will perform at the festival on April 5:

Louis the Child
Of the Trees
Netsky
J. Worra
Jon Casey
Dark Mark

A spokesperson for Relentless Beats told Phoenix New Times that they may add some local DJs and EDM artists to the PHXLIGHTS lineup at some point before the event takes place.

PHXLIGHTS EDM festival 2025 tickets

Tickets to PHXLIGHTS Solar Sound System 2025 go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at phxlightsfest.com. General admission and VIP options will both be offered.

Ticket prices will start at $129, according to a Relentless Beats spokesperson.

Presale registration offering first access to the lowest-price tickets to PHXLIGHTS Solar Sound System is also available.

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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