The heaviest end of North American bass music, staged with a wall of subs and a light rig that does half the assault.
From Kelowna, BC · Sounds like Subtronics, Sullivan King, Zeds Dead, Svdden Death
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.
Bass Canyon 2026 lineup: all 88 acts
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Excision B2B Slander
Illenium B2B Dabin
Masked Atlanta duo working the dark, alien end of festival bass — extraterrestrial lore, subterranean growls, and drops built for maximum abduction.
From Atlanta, GA · Sounds like Wooli, Subtronics, Kompany, Ghengar
Saxophone and live drums over electronic production — the Colorado duo that made horns a festival-stage instrument again, equal parts jam band and drop machine.
From Boulder, CO · Sounds like GRiZ, Pretty Lights, The Floozies, Gramatik
The Subhumans' dub-and-ska-inflected sibling band, built for movement rather than confrontation — Dick Lucas leading the dance instead of the charge.
From Warminster, UK · Sounds like Subhumans, Citizen Fish, Los Fastidios
Excision (Detox Set)
Ganja White Night (Sunset Set)
Genre-hopping producer who moves between bass house and full-on dubstep in a single hour — ghoulish branding, versatile drops.
From Wenatchee, WA · Sounds like Wax Motif, Kompany, Bear Grillz, Riot Ten
Jump-up drum and bass with an unusually funky low end — rave weaponry with actual swing.
From London, UK · Sounds like Bou, Kanine, Hedex, Andy C
Half of Gud Vibrations — heavy festival trap with a melodic streak that keeps widening, drops built for fireworks cues.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Slander, Knock2, RL Grime, Zeds Dead
Coined 'Laserbeam' and turned it into one of the most recognisable drops in modern bass music — headbanger melodrama at maximum voltage.
From Boston, MA · Sounds like Subtronics, Wooli, Level Up, Tynan
Plays guitar and screams over his own dubstep — the metal/bass crossover taken entirely seriously, pits and drops in equal measure.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Krewella, Kai Wachi, Excision, Wooli
Producer's producer — sound design so intricate that other artists study his sessions, drops built like Swiss watches.
From Munich, DE · Sounds like Barely Alive, Pegboard Nerds, Excision, Modestep
Former competitive hockey player turned producer, making trap with unusual emotional range — heavy drops with a bruised heart.
From Vancouver, BC · Sounds like RL Grime, Jessica Audiffred, NGHTMRE, TroyBoi
$J
All The Reason
Fast-rising Denver bass producer — melodic drops with teeth, riding the front of the dubstep scene's younger, wilder generation.
From Denver, CO · Sounds like Subtronics, Excision
Austeria
Avello
BadKlaat
Disciple mainstays making precise, sound-design-obsessed dubstep — surgical basses and glitch detail that reward headphones as much as rail-riding.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Virtual Riot, Pegboard Nerds, Zomboy, Dubloadz
Bear-costumed producer whose gimmick outlasted the joke because the tracks hold up — heavyweight dubstep and riddim with genuine pit credentials.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Riot Ten, Ghastly, Barely Alive, Kompany
Israeli producer who coined 'gorestep' — deliberately obnoxious, and very good at it, with filthy drops engineered to offend and delight simultaneously.
From Tel Aviv, IL · Sounds like Zomboy, Getter, Excision, Snails
Brainrack B2B Wiley
Calcium
Canabliss
Capochino
Crumb Pit
Dennett
Dion Timmer
French crew who came up through drum and bass and never lost the punk energy — genre-hopping bass sets played like a rock show.
From Paris, FR · Sounds like Zomboy, Funtcase, Delta Heavy, Eptic
Dodge & Fuski
DØMINA
Dream Takers
Colorado duo making warped, psychedelic bass with genuine melodic instincts — squelchy, playful sound design from the experimental-bass underground.
From Denver, CO · Sounds like Shlump, Mersiv, Smoakland, Champagne Drip
Emorfik
Flozone
Masked UK producer dealing in the filthiest end of dubstep, and one of its most reliable live presences — DPMO sets with zero mercy.
From Bournemouth, UK · Sounds like Doctor P, Zomboy, Cookie Monsta, BadKlaat
Riddim producer with a distinctly murky, low-slung sound — phantom-themed bass aimed at the darkest corner of the pit.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Blossom, ATLiens, Cyclops, Hekler
Heavy, percussive dubstep with a distinct Latin rhythmic influence — San Diego drops with extra swing in the kick pattern.
From San Diego, CA · Sounds like Kompany, Eptic, Marauda, Svdden Death
Hexxa
Heyz
Hostage Situation
Psychedelic bass producer whose 'Overthinker' became an unlikely streaming phenomenon — Alan Watts samples and warm, curling melody.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Of The Trees, Shlump, CloZee, Liquid Stranger
Newer bass producer with a clean, aggressive sound — surgical drops from the scene's rising class.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Neotek, Cyclops, Sippy, Blossom
Izadi
Jkyl & Hyde
American drum and bass producer with a melodic, song-led approach — stateside proof the genre's next wave crossed the Atlantic.
From Boston, MA · Sounds like Muzz, Kanine, Culture Shock, Sub Focus
UK producer at the jump-up end of drum and bass — big, rowdy, and built for a rave, double-drops thrown like confetti.
From London, UK · Sounds like Bou, Hedex, Sammy Virji, Andy C
Kill Safari
KLO
Riddim producer with a heavy, minimal approach — a lot of space around some very large sounds, engineered for maximum stank face.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Ray Volpe, Subtronics, Tynan, Wooli
Liquid Smoak
Luci
Machaki
Mersiv (Sunset Set)
Newer riddim producer whose tracks land squarely in the genre's heaviest lane — no-frills drops built for rail-riders.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Cyclops, Sippy, Level Up, Tynan
Nikita, The Wicked
Otsukare
Paper Skies
Scandinavian duo with a bright, hyperactive take on bass music and a big Monstercat catalogue — neon drops with pop bones.
From Copenhagen, DK · Sounds like Barely Alive, Virtual Riot, Zomboy, Knife Party
Phrva
Pretty Sweet
Ravenscoon B2B Jantsen
Richard Finger
Rossy
Seth David
Sigma with Armanni Reign
Siren
Smith.
Bay Area duo working the funky, wonky end of West Coast bass — Oakland low-end with a grin.
From Oakland, CA · Sounds like Ravenscoon, Eazybaked, Jantsen, Liquid Stranger
Stoog3s
Halftime-leaning bass with a lot of negative space and a very deep sub — restraint as the flex.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Ravenscoon, Jantsen, Ivy Lab, Mersiv
Super Future
Svdden Death presents: VOYD
The Resistance
Tripp St.
Ophelia-affiliated producer working the emotional, trance-leaning end of melodic bass — soaring vocals over drops with genuine lift.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Seven Lions, Dabin, Illenium, Said The Sky
Twopercent
Riddim producer with an ear for the exact moment a drop should stop dead — silence weaponized.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Level Up, Ray Volpe, Subtronics, Wooli
Usaybflow
Long-running Minneapolis dubstep producer from the genre's first American wave — an OG still swinging, first-wave credibility fully intact.
From Minneapolis, MN · Sounds like Barely Alive, Zomboy, Virtual Riot, Tisoki
Versa
Crankdat and Wooli's tag-team alias — maximum-silliness name, maximum-damage bass.
Sounds like Crankdat, Wooli
Emotional melodic bass with a confessional streak — heartbreak anthems engineered for the festival rail.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Illenium, Dabin, Said the Sky
Yosuf
Z3lla
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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