Daisy Chain Fields is set to bloom Saturday.

Founded by Olivia Rodrigo, the music festival will unite a lineup of women artists across genres and generations at Great Park in Irvine. Beyond the performances, the festival is working toward a bigger goal: raising funds and awareness for causes supporting women and girls.

“Daisies are wild and beautiful,” Rodrigo said in the festival’s mission statement. “As a chain, they are strong and unbreakable.”

The festival will feature 14 performers across two stages, with the first set, Quiet Light, beginning at 11:20 a.m. The highly anticipated event sold out within 30 minutes.

Keep reading to learn about the acts Daily Bruin Arts contributors are most excited to see take the stage.

The Breeders

Rather than “Drivin’ on 9,” the Breeders will be taking Interstate 405 to Irvine on Saturday.

The Ohio-based band will be rocking the Marigold Stage from 4:30-5:10 p.m. The Breeders initially began as a side project between Pixies bassist Kim Deal and Throwing Muses guitarist Tanya Donelly in 1989, and later expanded to include Josephine Wiggs, Jim Macpherson and Kim Deal’s twin sister Kelley Deal. During the alternative rock boom of the ’90s, the Breeders’ hit album “Last Splash” broadened the genre’s audience with its combination of pop hooks and jagged punk chords. It doesn’t come as a surprise, then, that Olivia Rodrigo invited the band to open for the world tour of her pop rock album “Guts” in 2024.

Even though Rodrigo traded power chords for acoustic ballads on “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love,” expect the Breeders to fill the festival’s early afternoon with alternative rock hits. Kim Deal’s sweet harmonies and the band’s distorted sounds on tracks like “I Just Wanna Get Along” or “Divine Hammer” will give the festival’s rock ‘n’ roll fans what they’re looking for.

The Breeders set will be no short of a “Cannonball.”

– Lucine Ekizian

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Doechii

This Saturday, Doechii will take the Dandelion Stage.

From 5:20 to 6 p.m., the Tampa-born rapper will put on her first full set in five months following her performance at Festival Estéreo Picnic. In 2025, Doechii took home the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album for her 2024 mixtape, “Alligator Bites Never Heal.” She capitalized on her momentum with the highly anticipated release of “Anxiety,” which amassed over 600 million streams on Spotify and won the Grammy for Best Music Video earlier this year.

After achieving both critical and commercial success, Doechii is undeniably a can’t-miss performer at Daisy Chain Fields. Her electrifying energy and effortless flow are all the more impressive live when paired with hypnotizing choreography, dazzling quick changes and massive stage props. Whether Doechii will premiere any songs from her upcoming album at the festival is yet to be known, but fans can expect 40 minutes of high energy and hits regardless. Plus, with collaborations with artists like JT, Lady Gaga and SZA under her belt, there’s always a chance the rapper will bring out a surprise guest. Having played festivals like All Things Go, Lollapalooza and Outside Lands, Doechii is guaranteed to put on a headline-worthy set before the sun sets on the Great Park.

Whether you’re at the barricade or in the “nosebleeds,” Doechii promises to look – and sound – worthy of your time.

– Kiara Mack

Chappell Roan

Chappell Roan is bound to be “The Giver” of a captivating performance this weekend.

The “Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” singer will perform at the Dandelion Stage at 7 p.m. Roan’s Daisy Chain Fields Festival performance promises high-energy, magnetic backup dancing and a stellar vocal range. Roan centers her creative work around her queer identity. The Missouri-based artist’s most popular song, “Good Luck, Babe!” sits at over two billion streams on Spotify and laments the end of a relationship because of her partner’s inability to accept her own sexuality.

Like Rodrigo, Roan has been passionate about using her platform to support philanthropic causes and founded the Midwest Princess Project in October 2025, a non-profit focused on supporting transgender and LGBTQ+ youth. By the end of 2025, the Midwest Princess Project reported having raised over half a million dollars through donations, tabling and benefit performances. Roan herself is hosting the Super Graphic Spectacular this October, a charity fundraiser for her organization.

At Daisy Chain, Roan is promising to introduce attendees to a “Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl” like her.

– Julia Kinion

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Olivia Rodrigo with special guests Karen O, Sarah McLachlan and Stevie Nicks

Olivia Rodrigo’s star-studded headlining act is sure to end the festival on a high.

Daisy Chain Fields’ founder will perform at 8:40 p.m. during the sold-out music festival. The closing set is only Rodrigo’s third performance since the June 12 release of her chart-topping album, “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.” The album explores the emotional highs and lows of a relationship across 13 songs, told chronologically from first attraction to post-breakup feelings. Attendees may get a glimpse of her upcoming “Unraveled Tour” setlist and visuals nearly a month prior to its 86-show run, which starts Sept. 25 in Hartford, Connecticut, before making its way to Los Angeles in January 2027. Many fans are eagerly awaiting Rodrigo’s first performance of newly released track “serena joy,” which came out Monday. Named after a character from “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a portion of net proceeds from the song will go to the festival’s donation fund.

Joining Rodrigo in the hour-and-20-minute-long set will be special guests Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac and Sarah McLachlan. The festival itself is inspired by McLachlan’s 1990s women-led festival, Lilith Fair. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter has a history of bringing out artists she admires at music festivals – such as David Byrne from Talking Heads and Robert Smith from the Cure. The frequent inclusion of acclaimed artists allows Rodrigo to bridge generations of music lovers together during her sets. Choosing these three women makes it clear she appreciates rock and pop trailblazers from across the decades.

Rodrigo has surely set big “expectations” ahead of Daisy Chain Fields.

– Cara Putterman