Excision
The heaviest end of North American bass music, staged with a wall of subs and a light rig that does half the assault.
Bass Canyon 2026 Lineup
Excision's dubstep pilgrimage at the Gorge — three days of nothing but bass, in the most spectacular amphitheatre in America.
About Bass Canyon 2026
Bass Canyon is Excision's own festival, held at the Gorge Amphitheatre — a natural bowl above the Columbia River that is arguably the most spectacular concert setting in North America. Three days, one genre, no pretence of breadth: this is dubstep and its immediate relatives, played very loud on a stack Excision designs himself.
Excision plays all three days in different configurations — solo on Friday, a Detox set and a b2b with Slander on Sunday. Around him the bill is a survey of where heavy bass currently sits: Illenium b2b Dabin and Ganja White Night on Saturday, ATLiens and Svdden Death's VOYD alias on Sunday, and a Friday undercard leaning toward the genre's UK originators. Every act's day is published.
Expect dubstep, electronic, dance and riddim across 88 acts.
The headliners
- Excision — The heaviest end of North American bass music, staged with a wall of subs and a light rig that does half the assault.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- Neotek — Newer riddim producer landing squarely in the genre's heaviest lane.
- Crumb Pit — One of Saturday's newer names, deep on the bill.
- Otsukare — Sunday booking worth arriving early for.
- Z3lla — Rising producer closing out the Sunday undercard.
- Dream Takers — Newer duo on the Sunday bill.
- Stoog3s — Friday's early slot, and a name to watch.
Other acts worth planning around
- Excision — The festival's founder, playing Friday solo before two more sets on Sunday.
- Excision B2B Slander — Sunday's headline pairing — heavy and melodic in the same set.
- Illenium B2B Dabin — Saturday's melodic-bass centrepiece from two of its best songwriters.
- Ganja White Night (Sunset Set) — A sunset slot at the Gorge is the best possible use of this booking.
- Virtual Riot — The producer other producers study.
- Sullivan King — Guitar and screaming over dubstep, played entirely straight.
- Big Gigantic — Live sax and drums — the closest this bill gets to a band.
The lineup by day
- Friday, August 14: Excision, NGHTMRE, Big Gigantic, Sullivan King, Virtual Riot, $J + 24 more
- Saturday, August 15: Illenium B2B Dabin, Ganja White Night (Sunset Set), Ray Volpe, Culture Shock, Muzz, Alleycvt + 24 more
- Sunday, August 16: Excision B2B Slander, Excision (Detox Set), ATLiens, Ghastly, Whipped Cream, All The Reason + 22 more
Bass Canyon 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Bass Canyon 2026?
August 14–16, 2026 — Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Where is Bass Canyon held?
The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington.
Who is headlining?
Excision, who plays all three days — solo on Friday, plus a Detox set and a b2b with Slander on Sunday.
How many acts are playing?
88 acts across three days.
Are day-by-day lineups published?
Yes — the daily lineup poster is out and every act's day is shown here.
How do I work out which acts I'd like?
Type a few artists you already love into the search at the top of this page and you'll get ranked matches from this lineup, with reasons.
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NGHTMRE
Half of Gud Vibrations — heavy festival trap with a melodic streak that keeps widening, drops built for fireworks cues.
Big Gigantic
Live saxophone and drums over electronic production — Colorado's most durable livetronica act, turning festival sets into brass-led communal uplift.
Sullivan King
Plays guitar and screams over his own dubstep — the metal/bass crossover taken entirely seriously, pits and drops in equal measure.
Virtual Riot
Producer's producer — sound design so intricate that other artists study his sessions, drops built like Swiss watches.
$J
BadKlaat
Barely Alive
Disciple mainstays making precise, sound-design-obsessed dubstep — surgical basses and glitch detail that reward headphones as much as rail-riding.
Bear Grillz
Bear-costumed producer whose gimmick outlasted the joke because the tracks hold up — heavyweight dubstep and riddim with genuine pit credentials.
Borgore
Israeli producer who coined 'gorestep' — deliberately obnoxious, and very good at it, with filthy drops engineered to offend and delight simultaneously.
Brainrack B2B Wiley
Calcium
Capochino
Dion Timmer
Dodge & Fuski
Emorfik
Funtcase
Masked UK producer dealing in the filthiest end of dubstep, and one of its most reliable live presences — DPMO sets with zero mercy.
Hexxa
Heyz
Hostage Situation
Ivory
Newer bass producer with a clean, aggressive sound — surgical drops from the scene's rising class.
Level Up
Riddim producer with a heavy, minimal approach — a lot of space around some very large sounds, engineered for maximum stank face.
Mersiv (Sunset Set)
Pegboard Nerds
Scandinavian duo with a bright, hyperactive take on bass music and a big Monstercat catalogue — neon drops with pop bones.
The Resistance
Stoog3s
Trivecta
Ophelia-affiliated producer working the emotional, trance-leaning end of melodic bass — soaring vocals over drops with genuine lift.
Usaybflow
Vaski
Long-running Minneapolis dubstep producer from the genre's first American wave — an OG still swinging, first-wave credibility fully intact.
Versa
Illenium B2B Dabin
Ganja White Night (Sunset Set)
Ray Volpe
Coined 'Laserbeam' and turned it into one of the most recognisable drops in modern bass music — headbanger melodrama at maximum voltage.
Culture Shock
The Subhumans' dub-and-ska-inflected sibling band, built for movement rather than confrontation — Dick Lucas leading the dance instead of the charge.
Muzz
Jump-up drum and bass with an unusually funky low end — rave weaponry with actual swing.
Alleycvt
Fast-rising Denver bass producer — melodic drops with teeth, riding the front of the dubstep scene's younger, wilder generation.
Austeria
Canabliss
Crumb Pit
Dennett
Dirtyphonics
French crew who came up through drum and bass and never lost the punk energy — genre-hopping bass sets played like a rock show.
Jkyl & Hyde
Justin Hawkes
American drum and bass producer with a melodic, song-led approach — stateside proof the genre's next wave crossed the Atlantic.
Kanine
UK producer at the jump-up end of drum and bass — big, rowdy, and built for a rave, double-drops thrown like confetti.
Kill Safari
Liquid Smoak
Neotek
Newer riddim producer whose tracks land squarely in the genre's heaviest lane — no-frills drops built for rail-riders.
Paper Skies
Phrva
Ravenscoon B2B Jantsen
Sigma with Armanni Reign
Siren
Smith.
Smoakland
Bay Area duo working the funky, wonky end of West Coast bass — Oakland low-end with a grin.
Sumthin Sumthin
Halftime-leaning bass with a lot of negative space and a very deep sub — restraint as the flex.
Super Future
Tripp St.
Tynan
Riddim producer with an ear for the exact moment a drop should stop dead — silence weaponized.
Wankdat (Crankdat B2B Wooli)
William Black
Excision B2B Slander
Excision (Detox Set)
ATLiens
Masked Atlanta duo working the dark, alien end of festival bass — extraterrestrial lore, subterranean growls, and drops built for maximum abduction.
Ghastly
Genre-hopping producer who moves between bass house and full-on dubstep in a single hour — ghoulish branding, versatile drops.
Whipped Cream
Former competitive hockey player turned producer, making trap with unusual emotional range — heavy drops with a bruised heart.
All The Reason
Avello
DØMINA
Dream Takers
Eazybaked
Colorado duo making warped, psychedelic bass with genuine melodic instincts — squelchy, playful sound design from the experimental-bass underground.
Flozone
Ghengar
Riddim producer with a distinctly murky, low-slung sound — phantom-themed bass aimed at the darkest corner of the pit.
Hekler
Heavy, percussive dubstep with a distinct Latin rhythmic influence — San Diego drops with extra swing in the kick pattern.
Inzo
Psychedelic bass producer whose 'Overthinker' became an unlikely streaming phenomenon — Alan Watts samples and warm, curling melody.
Izadi
KLO
Luci
Machaki
Nikita, The Wicked
Otsukare
Pretty Sweet
Richard Finger
Rossy
Seth David
Twopercent
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