Black Eyed Peas to headline 2025 Wake the Giant Music festival

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 11, 2025 12:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Chart-topping radical the Black Eyed Peas volition beryllium performing successful Thunder Bay this fall, headlining the 2025 variation of the Wake the Giant Music Festival.

The radical - which is made up of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo - is 1 of 8 that volition instrumentality the signifier for the day-long festival.

The remainder of the lineup includes:

• Prozzak
• Neon Dreams
• Crystal Shawanda
• The Poets
• Wyatt C. Louis
• G DUBZ, and
• Walking Bear Drum Group

The 2025 lineup was announced connected Friday astatine a media lawsuit astatine Dennis Franklin Cromarty (DFC) High School successful Thunder Bay.

"This has ever been the dream!" Wake the Giant co-founder and organizer Sean Spenrath said successful a statement. ""The chart-topping, hit-making legends — The Black Eyed Peas— are bringing their signature vigor to Wake the Giant, and for the archetypal clip successful our festival history, an Indigenous creator is starring the complaint arsenic a headliner."

A media merchandise states Taboo from the radical is known for Indigenous rights advocacy.

"The rapper that is arrogant of his Shoshone heritage, doesn't conscionable speech the talk— he's walked it his full career," the merchandise states. "He's authored a children's publication inspired by his ain travel of embracing his practice and makes it his ngo to bring Indigenous artists into the mainstream."

Wake the Giant was created to invited students from bluish First Nations, arsenic they get successful Thunder Bay successful the autumn to be precocious school.

The euphony festival volition besides see a kids  zone, Indigenous trade market, nutrient vendors, and creation activities.

The 2025 Wake the Giant Music Festival volition instrumentality spot connected Sept. 6 astatine Marina Park.

Tickets are disposable astatine wakethegiant.ca.