Enter to Win a VIP Trip to See Devo, New Order, Nick Cave, and More at Cruel World Festival 2025

One lucky winner and their guest will be flown out to Pasadena for the annual post-punk/new wave fest, along with a meet-and-greet with Devo.
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Enter to Win a VIP Trip to See Devo, New Order, Nick Cave, and More at Cruel World Festival 2025

One lucky winner and their guest will be flown out to Pasadena for the annual post-punk/new wave fest, along with a meet-and-greet with Devo.

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photo: Wilson Lee

March 13, 2025

Spring is in the air, and that can only mean one thing: half a dozen can’t-miss music festivals taking place every weekend across the country. Among the really-can’t-miss events in the near future is Pasadena’s Cruel World Festival, initially launched in 2022 to nurture our post-pandemic nostalgia trips as it spotlights iconic acts from within post-punk, new wave, and gothic rock music. Scheduled for May 17, this year’s event will notably feature Devo, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, New Order, The Go-Go’s, Madness, OMD, Garbage, Stereo MC’s, and the reunion of Aimee Mann’s ’Til Tuesday, among other exciting acts.

While tickets for the event are still available, we’re here to help one lucky winner score a pair of VIP passes to the event, which includes a $600 travel credit, a hotel stay for the night of the festival, and even a meet-and-greet with Devo and signed energy domes! Find more information and enter to win here. You can also find the full slate of artists performing this year below.