All Things Go founders hail ‘defining’ year
The independent festival took a quantum leap in 2025, drawing 120,000 fans across three editions in North America
News By Lisa Henderson | 22 October 2025
All Things Go founders Will Suter and Stephen Vallimarescu have declared a ‘defining’ year for the independent US festival, as it goes from strength to strength.
What started as a music blog in 2011 has evolved into a three-city festival, now fondly known as ‘Gaychella’ for its strong representation of queer, female and non-binary talent.
The likes of Billie Eilish, Lana Del Rey, Maggie Rogers, Lorde, Charli XCX, St Vincent and Carly Rae Jepsen have performed at the festival since its 2014 launch in Columbia, DC and 2024 expansion to New York.
Following the sell-out success of previous years, All Things Go doubled its festival days to eight across DC, NYC and the inaugural Toronto edition, drawing a total of 120,000 fans.
“Each edition had its own character, but…