FriendShip Unveils Disclosure, Anderson .Paak, Duck Sauce & more to Headline 2025 Sailing

October 28, 2024
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FriendShip, the world’s premier music cruise founded by dance music icon Gary Richards (aka Destructo), has unveiled the stacked lineup for its 2025 event – a curatorial masterclass featuring 70+ international artists from across the electronic music spectrum. Aboard the Norwegian Joy for the floating music festival’s fifth edition, FriendShip 2025 will take place Friday, February 21 – Wednesday, February 26, 2025, departing from Miami and landing at Harvest Caye island in Belize for a full 24-hour private island party, making this the festival’s most monumental installment yet.

“Why wouldn’t you want to come to the best party in the world?” – Gary Richards (FriendShip founder)

FriendShip 2025 will showcase superstar headliners making their festival debuts, including Disclosure (DJ Set), DJ Pee .Wee (DJ alias for modern neo-soul pioneer Anderson .Paak), and legendary electronic music superduo Duck Sauce (A-Trak & Armand Van Helden).

Other headliners performing at FriendShip for the very first time include A-Trak (Solo Set), underground house selectors Adam Ten, Mita Gami, and Ben Sterling, live electronic trio Klangphonics (making their Western Hemisphere festival debut), bass music producers Tape B and Hamdi, ethereal genre-blender HAAi, and percussive-oriented producer / Skrillex-collaborator Ahadadream.

Embodying his company’s All My Friends egalitarian ethos, Gary Richards designed FriendShip as a free-spirited playground that’s equally as fun for the performers as it is for the attendees – offering artists an unabashed forum to truly let loose and groove alongside their fans, while orchestrating once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for denizens to connect with their favorite artists, all in a safe and luxurious environment.

In addition to its meticulously-handpicked musical lineup, FriendShip boasts a unique curation of non-musical programming and activations. Olympic medalist skateboarder Nyjah Huston will appear at the festival for the very first time, joining the beloved ‘FriendShip Skate Team’ alongside ultra-talented skaters such as Aaron Jaws Homoki, Dominick Walker, and David Loy. Huston will also be playing his debut FriendShip DJ set aboard the 2025 sailing.

FriendShip 2025 will also welcome back festival-favorite Dita Von Teese for her annual ‘Ship Teese’ burlesque show, which will once again showcase the legendary performer’s lavish costumes and magnetic dance numbers.

FriendShip 2025 follows up a 2024 sailing that exceeded the festival’s own spellbinding reputation, and further cemented the event as the vanguard of dance music’s rare, ‘you-had-to-be-there’ moments. FriendShip 2024 featured an impromptu reunion of Dog Blood (Skrillex + Boys Noize) following their 4+ year hiatus; surprise sets/appearances from Rico Nasty and Chris Lake b2b Chris Lorenzo; a 24-hour island party; as well the festival’s signature unique activations.

FriendShip Cabins are already 80% sold out, view and book the final remaining cabins here.