Riot Fest has revealed the official by-day lineups for its 2026 return to Douglass Park in Chicago, setting the stage for another massive weekend of punk, rock, alternative, hip-hop and left-field festival chaos. The festival takes place September 18 through 20 and will feature more than 100 artists across three days. Friday will be headlined […]
LEVITATION is leaning all the way into its reputation of feeling like someone’s dangerously well-curated record shelf exploding across Austin for a long weekend. The festival returns September 10 through 13 in Austin, Texas, with a lineup that stretches from punk and post-punk to psych rock, metal, electronic, indie, darkwave, and whatever strange corner The
Four Chord Music Festival is officially back for 2026, and its 12th installment is shaping up to be one of the biggest yet. Set for September 25 and 26 at F.N.B. Stadium in Pittsburgh, the two-day event brings together a wide-ranging lineup that spans punk, emo, hardcore, and alternative—continuing the festival’s reputation as one of
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By Jeremy Fortner BeachLife Festival returned to Redondo Beach May 1–3, 2026, delivering one of its most dynamic lineups to date and continuing to solidify its place as a staple on the Southern California festival calendar. With headliners like Duran Duran, The Chainsmokers, The Offspring, and James Taylor, the weekend pulled in a wide mix
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The Welsh countryside is about to get loud again. Green Man Festival has unveiled its 2026 lineup, with Wolf Alice, Four Tet, Wilco, and Mogwai set to headline the long-running independent weekender. The four-day festival returns August 14–17 to Bannau Brycheiniog National Park in Wales, continuing its reputation as one of the UK’s most carefully
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Atlanta’s biggest alternative festival just dropped its 2026 lineup, and it is massive. Shaky Knees will return to Piedmont Park September 18–20 with headliners The Strokes, Gorillaz, and Twenty One Pilots leading a bill that reads like a greatest hits playlist for the last two decades of rock and beyond. Also set to perform: Pavement,
Louder Than Life is swinging for the fences again. The Danny Wimmer Presents flagship festival will return to the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky from September 17 through 20, 2026, marking its 12th edition with what organizers are calling the largest lineup in the event’s history. Nearly 200 artists are slated to perform across
Austin Psych Fest returns May 8–10, 2026, reaffirming its place as one of North America’s most thoughtfully curated celebrations of psychedelic music. Set once again at South Austin’s The Far Out Lounge , the three-day gathering blends legacy acts, forward-thinking indie rock, global psych, and deep-cut favorites into a weekend that treats psychedelia less as
SNS & iHeartRadio Turns the Kia Forum Into a Modern Alt-Rock Pressure Cooker It’s not every night you get to open one of the biggest alternative rock festivals on the planet. But on January 17, 2026, that’s exactly what happened. The 2026 edition of iHeartRadio ALTer EGO, presented by Capital One, transformed the Kia Forum
