The Weeknd & Shakira Top 2025 Global Citizen Lineup

Global Citizen is set to take place on Central Park’s Great Lawn on Sept. 27, and the festival announced this years lineup featuring The Weeknd, Shakira, Tyler, Ayra, Starr and Mariah the Scientist. Once again, Hugh Jackman will host the event.

The 2025 festival campaign focuses on energy access for one million people across Africa, helping to ensure 30,000 children around the world can access quality education and football in partnership with FIFA, and mobiliing $200 millioin to protect 30 million hectares of the Amazon rainforest. Tickets to Global Citizen Festival are free and earned by taking action on issues via the Global Citizen app or at globalcitizen.com.

“I’m honored to headline the incredible Global Citizen Festival in Central Park this September,” Shakira said in a statement. “Music has always been my way of connecting with people with people and leaving a mark on the world. I can’t wait to perform, unite and inspire action.”

This year’s festival is presented by Cisco, with major partners including Authentic Brands Group, Bridgewater Associates, Delta Air Lines, PayPal and Venmo and P&G. Live Nation serves as the production partner, with iHeartRadio the exclusive U.S. audio partner.

“The 2025 Global Citizen Festival marks my 11th year as host, and I’m thrilled by the progress we’ve made over the years,” Hugh Jackman, Global Citizen Ambassador, said in a statement. “The growing impact of the Global Citizen movement touches every corner of the world, and I’m eager to advocate alongside my fellow ambassadors, performers, world leaders, and private sector executives to leave the world better than we found it.”

The 2025 Global Citizen Festival campaign also calls on governments, philanthropies and the private sector to fund healthcare, nutrition and safe classrooms for children across the globe to access educational opportunities. The festival is teaming up with non-profits across New York City’s five boroughs including Bowery Mission, Breaking Ground, Citymeals on Wheels, Covenant House, Henry Street Settlement, Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, South Asian Youth Action, South Bronx Unite and WIN (Women in Need, Inc).

“Ending extreme poverty is within our reach – but only if we come together to ensure governments and corporations deliver on their promises: scaling up renewable energy, protecting the Amazon and investing in education for the next generation,” Hugh Evans, Co-Founder and CEO of Global Citizen, said in a statement. “The time to act is now – because every delay puts more lives and more futures at risk. This is about investment in our future, not about aid.”