Australian hip hop festival Juicy reveals ‘massive’ 2025 line-up

The largest hip-pop and R&B music festival in the southern hemisphere has revealed a “massive” line-up for Aussie fans.

One of Australia’s largest hip hop and R&B festivals will return to Sydney, Melbourne and more in 2025 with a “massive” line-up of industry titans and international music stars.

The one-day summer music festival Juicy Fest announced the line-up for its 2025 tour on Monday, including headliner and three-time Grammy award winner, hip hop “icon” Ludacris.

Hip hop singer Ludacris will perform during the 2025 Juicy Fest Australia tour. Picture: Juicy Fest

The Fast and the Furious star will join multi-genre and decade signer Akon, hip hop artists Tyga and Fat Joe, and R&B singers Keyisha Cole, SWV, Blackstreet, Omarion, and Jacquees.

Juicy Fest promoters Matthew Spratt and Glenn Meikle said the line-up was packed with artists responsible for some of R&B and hip hop’s biggest hits of the ’90s, 2000s, and 2010s.

“Every year we are excited to bring another line-up to Australia and we believe we’ve come up with a high calibre group of artists that people will be excited to see,” Mr Meikle said.

Mr Spratt added: “We’ve locked in some of the biggest names in R&B and hip hop from the ‘90s and 2000s and they’re just as excited about coming to Australia as we are hosting them”.

The line-up also includes rapper Tyga. Picture: Juicy Fest

Singer Akon will also perform. Picture: Juicy Fest

The 2025 Juicy tour will kick off in Perth on January 15 before moving east and on to Melbourne on January 17, Sydney on January 18, and finally finishing in Queensland on January 19.

Pre-registration for tickets will begin at 6pm on May 1 before the general sale kicks off on May 2. This year’s event included notable artists such as T-Pain, Trey Songz, and The Game.

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