Katseye Drops Out Of Olivia Rodrigo's Irvine Festival Over Ankle Injury

Katseye will not take the stage at Olivia Rodrigo's all-women music festival in Irvine this weekend after member Megan Skiendiel sprained her ankle during tour rehearsal. The group announced its withdrawal from Daisy Chain Fields via Instagram Stories and Weverse, just two days before the festival's Saturday, August 29 date at Great Park.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Skiendiel sprained her ankle during rehearsal on August 27 and was advised by doctors, per the group's notice, to stay off it and allow it to heal. Katseye debuted as a six-member group, but the roster performing at festivals and on tour has been in flux: Manon Bannerman went on an indefinite hiatus in February 2026 to focus on her health and wellbeing, and Sophia Laforteza announced her own hiatus on August 7 to focus on her mental health. That leaves Daniela Avanzini, Yoonchae Jeung, Lara Raj and Megan Skiendiel as the group's active members, and it was Skiendiel's injury that ultimately sidelined the act from Irvine.

A Tight Turnaround Before a Global Tour

The timing could hardly have been worse. Katseye is set to begin its Wildworld Tour on Monday in Dublin, a 28-date international arena run that, per 313 Presents, stretches through late November and includes a stop at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena on November 21. The group had released its third EP, WILD, on August 14, following a 2025 breakout that brought two Grammy nominations for their song “Gabriela,” according to the MGM Resorts Newsroom. Katseye's setlists have leaned on tracks like “Gnarly” and “Gabriela,” the songs the group was expected to bring to the Great Park stage before the injury forced the cancellation.

The withdrawal underscores the physical toll facing rising pop acts asked to juggle marquee festival slots against grueling arena schedules, especially for a group already contending with lineup absences. Daisy Chain Fields will proceed without them, still featuring Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan, Mitski and Doechii, with special guest appearances from Karen O, Sarah McLachlan and Stevie Nicks.

Rodrigo's Lilith Fair-Inspired Vision

Rodrigo announced Daisy Chain Fields in June 2026 as an all-women music festival, and the concept traces directly back to her appearance in the 2025 documentary Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, according to the Los Angeles Times. She modeled the festival explicitly after the 1990s touring festival, going so far as to enlist Lilith Fair co-founder Sarah McLachlan as a featured performer for Saturday's lineup. Great Park Live's official schedule shows the single-day event running across two main stages with 14 acts and no overlapping set times, meaning attendees can catch every performance rather than choosing between simultaneous sets.

To host the festival, Great Park in Irvine expanded its typical concert venue capacity from 10,000 attendees to accommodate up to 45,000 fans, according to Time Out. That kind of scale sits within Irvine's broader $1.1 billion, multi-phase redevelopment of Great Park, which Hoodline has previously reported is converting the 1,347-acre former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro into sports, cultural and entertainment hubs, with plans for a permanent 10,000-seat outdoor amphitheater. All participating acts agreed to perform without fee compensation so that 100 percent of net ticket sales — which started at $250 — go directly to women-focused charitable organizations, per the same Time Out report.

Philanthropy Baked Into the Festival Grounds

On-site infrastructure includes a dedicated Philanthropy Village hosting 10 core nonprofit partners, among them Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Baby2Baby, the Black Mamas Matter Alliance and the National Domestic Workers Alliance, according to Great Park Live's event listing. Rodrigo has said she does not consider demanding safety and bodily autonomy for women and girls a radical idea, framing the festival as an extension of that stance rather than a departure from it.

Daisy Chain Fields also builds on Rodrigo's existing Fund 4 Good initiative, which she launched during her 2024 Guts Tour. Through that fund, Rodrigo directed $2.5 million in profits and donations to global women's-rights groups, a figure that BORGEN Magazine's earlier accounting had put above $2 million in support for reproductive rights, girls' education and domestic violence prevention organizations. Daisy Chain Fields directs all its proceeds toward charities benefiting women and girls, extending that model from a single tour into a 45,000-capacity festival.

What Comes Next for Rodrigo in Southern California

Two days after Saturday's festival, Rodrigo's Southern California run continues with the September 1 opening of “Olivia Rodrigo: The Cure Unraveled,” a multi-room exhibition at the Grammy Museum in Downtown Los Angeles, as Hoodline reported this week. That exhibit arrives just ahead of her 86-date global Unraveled Tour, set to begin later in September. For Katseye, the road now points to Dublin, where the group's Wildworld Tour opens Monday without the Irvine stop that once bridged its own arena run and Rodrigo's charity festival.