Hugh Jackman will host the 2025 Global Citizen Festival, set to take place September 27th on Central Park’s Great Lawn.
This year’s live event will be headlined by The Weeknd and Shakira, with performances by Tyla, Ayra Starr and Mariah the Scientist, and more yet to be announced.
The fest marks Jackman’s eleventh year as host, and he’s “thrilled by the progress we’ve made over the years,” says the Australian entertainer, who also serves as Global Citizen Ambassador.
“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.”
Global Citizen, the international advocacy organisation, is the brainchild of founder and CEO Hugh Evans, the Australia-born philanthropist who, in his pre-teen years, identified wrongs in the world and set about solving them.
The 2025 Global Citizen Festival campaign will focus on providing energy access for 1 million people across Africa, ensuring 30,000 children around the world can access a quality education and football, in partnership with FIFA, mobilising $200 million to protect 30 million hectares of the Amazon rainforest, and registering 40,000 New Yorkers to volunteer across The Big Apple.
Tickets are free and can be earned by taking action on these issues on the Global Citizen app or at globalcitizenfestival.com.
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“Music has always been my way of connecting with people and leaving a mark on the world. I can’t wait to perform, unite, and inspire action,” Shakira says in a statement.
The announcement comes just days after the organisation produced the first-ever FIFA Club World Cup halftime show, headlined by Coldplay with support from Australian artist Emmanuel Kelly and others.
Global Citizen and FIFA, soccer’s global administrative body, recently launched the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund to raise US$100 million, which would provide at least 100,000 children worldwide with access to quality education, by providing grants for community-based programs in over 150 countries.