Olivia Rodrigo headlined the first Daisy Chain Fields, a charity music festival she created, on Aug. 29, 2026, at Great Park in Irvine, California. News coverage of the event reported that it raised roughly $20 million for women’s and girls’ nonprofits — about $10 million from the festival itself, matched by another $10 million donated by philanthropist Melinda French Gates through her charity, Pivotal Ventures. At the end of her set, Rodrigo suggested she hopes to do it again: “I will see you next year!” The apparent search interest likely reflects two closely timed developments: widespread recap coverage of the Aug. 29 charity festival and recent Ticketmaster ticket news ahead of the Sept. 25 launch of The Unraveled Tour. No single source establishes the exact cause; that connection is an inference from the timing of the coverage.
The festival capped a busy stretch for Rodrigo, who is also preparing to open her arena tour, The Unraveled Tour, next month — a run that has already dealt with a batch of tickets Ticketmaster canceled and released back to fans earlier in August after finding they violated resale rules.
Key facts
- What: The first Daisy Chain Fields, a charity music festival created and headlined by Olivia Rodrigo
- When and where: Aug. 29, 2026, at Great Park in Irvine, California
- Raised: About $20 million for women’s and girls’ nonprofits — roughly $10 million from the festival, matched by $10 million from Melinda French Gates’s Pivotal Ventures
- Guests: Chappell Roan, Doechii, Bikini Kill and Santigold, plus surprise sets from Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks and Alanis Morissette
- What’s next: Rodrigo suggested she hopes to bring the festival back next year
- Separately: The Unraveled Tour opens Sept. 25, 2026, in Hartford, Connecticut, and is not a stop on the festival
What happened at Daisy Chain Fields
Rodrigo organized Daisy Chain Fields as a one-day, women-led festival, drawing partial inspiration from the 1990s Lilith Fair tours. She played a headlining set that ran 17 songs, including material from her new album and the live debut of a song called “serena joy.” Chappell Roan, Doechii, Bikini Kill and Santigold were among the acts who performed.
The day’s biggest surprises came from guest performers who joined Rodrigo onstage: Sarah McLachlan sang “Building a Mystery” and “Angel” with her, Stevie Nicks joined for “Landslide,” and Alanis Morissette performed “Ironic” after stepping in for Karen O, who had a family emergency.
Proceeds are going to nonprofits including Planned Parenthood, the National Women’s Law Center, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, FreeFrom and the National Domestic Workers Alliance, all focused on women’s health, legal rights or workplace protections. That $20 million figure comes from early post-festival coverage and hasn’t yet been independently audited, so it’s best read as an early estimate rather than a final number.
Where the Unraveled Tour stands
Separately, Rodrigo is set to open The Unraveled Tour on Sept. 25, 2026, at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Connecticut, in support of her third studio album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” released June 12, 2026. Daisy Chain Fields is not a stop on that tour — the two are distinct projects, though a share of Unraveled Tour ticket proceeds also goes toward similar causes through Rodrigo’s Fund 4 Good initiative, which supports community-based nonprofits working on women’s and girls’ equity.
General on-sale tickets went up May 7, 2026, and reportedly sold out within minutes. Since then, some fans have run into a different problem: on Aug. 20, 2026, Ticketmaster said it had canceled a batch of tickets purchased in violation of the sale’s resale rules. Ticketmaster released that recovered inventory back to fans at the original face-value price through a request window that closed Aug. 21, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET. (The request program capped each buyer at four tickets per show, two shows per country.) No confirmed tour date has been postponed or canceled — only that batch of resold tickets was affected.
Fans still hoping to get in have another chance coming: a further batch of discounted “Silver Star” tickets, sold in pairs as part of an accessibility program tied to Fund 4 Good, is scheduled to go on sale Sept. 1, 2026, at 3 p.m. ET through Ticketmaster. Reported pricing for that batch has varied between outlets — from about $20 to $25 per pair — so check Ticketmaster’s own listing when the sale opens rather than relying on a specific number in advance.
The tour spans North America, the UK and Europe, but reports disagree on its exact total: official Live Nation materials and several outlets describe 65 dates (or “60+” in official language), while Wikipedia’s tour article lists 86 shows, so no single grand total is settled. Rodrigo’s team has called it bigger than her 2024 GUTS World Tour, which drew more than 1.4 million fans across 95 sold-out shows. Supporting acts on select Unraveled Tour dates include Devon Again, Die Spitz, Grace Ives, The Last Dinner Party and Wolf Alice. No 2026 Australian leg has been announced.
Sources and further reading
- City of Irvine Announces Daisy Chain Fields Festival Featuring Olivia Rodrigo
- Olivia Rodrigo: The Unraveled Tour – Ticketmaster Help
- Olivia Rodrigo Tickets, 2026-2027 Concert Tour Dates
- Olivia Rodrigo Announces ‘The Unraveled Tour’ Spanning 60+ Dates Across North America, Europe and the UK
- Daisy Chain Fields – Great Park Live