Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival Proves There Is Hope For Us All: 13 Best Moments
Olivia Rodrigo held the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields, her own women-led music festival, in Irvine, California, on 29 August 2026, raising significant funds for charities supporting women and girls. The event was announced two months earlier as a long-held dream of Rodrigo's, featuring an all-women lineup of artists she described as her "heroes and friends", with the aim of using the occasion to advance a broader cause rather than simply stage a concert.
Ticket sales alone generated $10 million for ten nonprofit partners, including Planned Parenthood, Baby2Baby and the Center for Reproductive Rights, and philanthropist Melinda French Gates announced on stage that she had doubled this figure, bringing total donations to $20 million. The one-day festival, held in intense heat, saw performances from Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, Rachel Chinouriri and Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna, while Rodrigo's headline set featured guest appearances from Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette and Stevie Nicks. Rodrigo confirmed the festival would return, telling the crowd, "see you next year!"
- Olivia Rodrigo launched all-women charity festival Daisy Chain Fields in California
- Event raised $20 million for women's and girls' charities after Melinda French Gates matched funds
- Rodrigo confirmed the festival will return next year