It's concert season! Here's Riverbend's full 2025 lineup 🤘
Nothing says summer like lounging on the lawn at a Riverbend concert. Or a nice intimate show at its little-sister stage, the PNC Pavilion. Riverbend Music Center's concert schedule is one of the most anticipated lineups in town, and it's falling into place for 2025. Here's a look at which artists are confirmed to play the beloved venue this season.
We'll keep this list updated with the newest show announcements and lineup shakeups.
Oh, and check out more Cincinnati concerts at Cincinnati.com/events.
June 8: Avril Lavigne: Greatest Hits Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With Simple Plan and We The Kings.
June 10: Barenaked Ladies: Last Summer on Earth 2025, PNC Pavilion. With Guster and Fastball.
June 13: Dave Matthews Band, Riverbend Music Center.
June 14: Hauser: The Rebel is Back!, PNC Pavilion.
June 22: Outlaw Music Festival, Riverbend Music Center. Featuring Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Trampled by Turtles, and Myron Elkins.
June 23: James Taylor & His All-Star Band, Riverbend Music Center. With Tiny Habits.
June 24: Rick Springfield: I Want My 80s Tour, PNC Pavilion. With John Waite, Wang Chung, Paul Young.
June 26: Keith Urban: High and Alive Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With Chase Matthew, Alana Springsteen, Karley Scott Collins.
July 8: The Lumineers, Riverbend Music Center. With Hippo Campus.
July 12: Wiz Khalifa & Sean Paul - Good Vibes Only Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With DaBaby, Chevy Woods, Fedd The God and DJ Bonics.
July 16: Kesha and Scissor Sisters: The T!ts Out Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With Slayyyter.
July 18: Dierks Bentley: Broken Branches Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With Zach Top and The Band Loula.
July 21: Beck with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, PNC Pavilion. With Molly Lewis.
July 22: Pantera, Riverbend Music Center. With Amon Amarth and Snafu.
July 25: The Offspring: Supercharged Worldwide in '25, Riverbend Music Center. With Jimmy Eat World and New Found Glory.
July 27: Kidz Bop: Live Certified Bop Tour, PNC Pavilion.
July 29: Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With Jake Wesley Rogers.
July 30: Big Time Rush: In Real Life Worldwide Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With Katelyn Tarver and Stephen Kramer Glickman.
Aug. 1: Luke Bryan: Country Song Came On Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With Avery Anna, Braxton Keith, Mae Estes, DJ Rock.
Aug. 3: Toto, Christopher Cross, Men at Work, Riverbend Music Center.
Aug. 10: Nelly: Where the Party at Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With Ja Rule, Eve, St. Lunatics, Jermaine Dupri, Chingy.
Aug. 14: Brit Floyd: Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary Tour, PNC Pavilion.
Aug. 15: Thomas Rhett: Better in Boots Tour, Riverbend Music Center.
Aug. 16: Lil Wayne: Tha Carter VI Tour - Celebrating 20+ Years of Carter Classics, Riverbend Music Center. With Tyga and Belly Gang Kushington.
Aug. 17: Volbeat: Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide, Riverbend Music Center. With Halestorm and The Ghost Inside.
Aug. 19: Styx & Kevin Cronin with Don Felder: Brotherhood of Rock Tour, Riverbend Music Center.
Aug. 23: Rob Thomas: The All Night Days Tour, PNC Pavilion. With A Great Big World.
Aug. 26: Tedeschi Trucks Band and Whiskey Myers, Riverbend Music Center. With Gov't Mule.
Aug. 29: Falling in Reverse: God Is A Weapon Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With Slaughter to Prevail, Hollywood Undead and Sleep Theory.
Sept. 10: Chevelle, PNC Pavilion. With Asking Alexandria and Dead Poet Society.
Sept. 11: Little Big Town: Summer Tour '25, Riverbend Music Center. With Wynonna Judd and Shelby Lynne.
Sept. 12: The Doobie Brothers: Walk This Road Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With The Coral Reefer Band.
Sept. 13: Conan Gray: The Wishbone Pajama Show, Riverbend Music Center. With Hemlocke Springs.
Sept. 16: Blink-182: Missionary Impossible 2025 Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With Alkaline Trio.
Sept. 17: $UICIDEBOY$ Present Grey Day Tour 2025 W. Bones & More, Riverbend Music Center.
Sept. 19: Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls: Yes We Are Tour, PNC Pavilion.
Sept. 23: Papa Roach: Rise of the Roach Tour, PNC Pavilion. With Rise Against, Underoath.
Sept. 26: Dwight Yoakam + The Mavericks, PNC Pavilion.
Oct. 3: Tyler Childers: On the Road, Riverbend Music Center. With Hayes Carll. SOLD OUT.
Oct. 4: Judas Priest and Alice Cooper, Riverbend Music Center. With Corrosion of Conformity.
Oct. 19: Pierce the Veil: I Can't Hear You World Tour, Riverbend Music Center. With Health, Ecca Vandal and Like Roses.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Riverbend concerts 2025: Check out the full season lineup here
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