The Governors Ball Is Coming To Queens This September

FLUSHING, QUEENS — For three days this September, Citi Field — home of the New York Mets turned mega vaccination site — will be transforming again, this time to host the annual Governors Ball music festival.

Straying from their usual summer date and Manhattan location, the festival announced on Tuesday that this year’s event, which is slated to run from Friday September 24 through Sunday September 26, will bring headliners by the likes of Billie Eilish, A$AP Rocky and Post Malone to the Queens stadium — where thousands of New Yorkers ventured this year to get vaccinated.

This year will be the 10th anniversary of The Governors Ball, following the cancellation of their festival last year amid the pandemic.

The festival announced that a limited amount of pre-sale tickets for Citibank card users are on sale now through Thursday at 12 p.m. (EST), at which time general admission tickets will become available on their website. Pre-sale tickets range from $129 for one-day admission, to $2,399 for the three-day platinum VIP pass.

According to their promotional material, The Governors Ball festival opted for this year’s Citi Field location because of its proximity to public transportation, and large, centralized space, which allows for stages to be within walking distance of each other without sound bleeding from one to the other.

Their website also says that the stadium will be decked out with astroturf and boast more flexible shelter options for bad weather, since the rain or shine festival has historically dealt with muddy, chaotic events.

The festival's announcement comes days after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city will return to a pre-pandemic normal on July 1, thanks to vaccinations, dubbing this summer “the summer of New York City.”