Lorde
The NZ art-pop auteur — brooding, minimal, and generation-defining, back on a headline stage where the whispered verses hit hardest.
BottleRock 2026 Lineup
BottleRock 2026 has already wrapped — but you can still dig through the lineup and find the acts you would have loved.
Three May days in Napa — Foo Fighters, Backstreet Boys and Lorde over a bill that mixed arena rock, 90s hip hop and a Silent Disco.
About BottleRock 2026
BottleRock ran its usual Memorial Day weekend slot at the Napa Valley Expo, with 80 performances across three days. Lorde, Teddy Swims and Lil Wayne led Friday; Foo Fighters, LCD Soundsystem and Zedd took Saturday; Backstreet Boys, sombr and Ludacris closed Sunday.
BottleRock books wider than almost any festival its size, and 2026 was a good example: Chaka Khan, Men at Work, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Kool & The Gang and Rev Run of Run-DMC sharing a weekend with sombr, almost monday and Good Neighbours. Rilo Kiley's reunion sat in the middle of it.
The festival's other signature is the Silent Disco, which books names rather than filling a tent with a playlist — DJ Pauly D, Meredith Marks and Jess King all took slots in 2026.
Expect pop, hip hop, alternative and indie pop across 80 acts.
The headliners
- Lorde — The NZ art-pop auteur — brooding, minimal, and generation-defining, back on a headline stage where the whispered verses hit hardest.
- Teddy Swims — A tattooed Georgian with a genuinely enormous soul voice, who covered his way to a following and then wrote the heartbreak records to match.
- Lil Wayne — The most influential rapper of his generation, and still the most quotable — a mixtape run that rewired the whole genre.
- Foo Fighters — Thirty years of Dave Grohl turning grief and volume into the most reliably cathartic rock show going — a hits catalog three hours deep, played like it's still a club gig.
- LCD Soundsystem — The dance-punk philosopher kings — 'All My Friends' remains the great festival closer, and James Murphy its most self-aware master of ceremonies.
- Zedd — A classically trained producer whose precision-engineered pop-EDM defined mainstage sound for a decade — 'Clarity' still the gold standard.
- Backstreet Boys — Thirty years in, still performing the choreography and hitting the harmonies that sold a hundred million records — 'Everybody', 'I Want It That Way', and a field-wide singalong guaranteed.
- sombr — Moody, reverb-soaked alt-pop from a Manhattan teenager who went from bedroom demos to festival bills — heartbreak at streaming scale.
- Ludacris — Atlanta's fastest wit — twenty years of hits delivered with a showman's grin, from 'Southern Hospitality' to stadium-hosting polish.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- sombr — Went from bedroom recordings to a Sunday headline slot in barely two years.
- almost monday — San Diego trio making relentlessly sunny guitar-pop that sounds like the beach it came from.
- Good Neighbours — A London duo whose first single went everywhere before they had played a show.
- The Beths — Auckland power-pop with the sharpest harmonies and the most anxious lyrics going.
- Folk Bitch Trio — Melbourne three-part harmony singing, funny and unsparing in equal measure.
- Izzy Escobar — Bay Area songwriter, one of several local acts BottleRock puts on the real bill.
Other acts worth planning around
- Foo Fighters — Saturday headliner, three decades into being the most dependable rock band alive.
- LCD Soundsystem — James Murphy's dance-punk institution, still the best-sounding band on any bill.
- Backstreet Boys — Thirty years in, still hitting the choreography and the harmonies.
- Rilo Kiley — Jenny Lewis's early-2000s indie institution, reunited.
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts — The blueprint for fronting a rock band on your own terms.
- Chaka Khan — One of the great voices of the last fifty years, and no sign of it thinning.
- Kool & The Gang — Six decades of funk and disco standards everyone knows whether they realise it or not.
- Busta Rhymes — The fastest, most physically committed delivery in rap, undimmed.
The lineup by day
Friday May 22 through Sunday May 24.
- Friday, May 22: Lorde, Teddy Swims, Lil Wayne, Papa Roach, Jon Bellion, Chaka Khan + 20 more
- Saturday, May 23: Foo Fighters, LCD Soundsystem, Zedd, Rilo Kiley, AJR, Busta Rhymes + 21 more
- Sunday, May 24: Backstreet Boys, sombr, Ludacris, Mt. Joy, Slightly Stoopid, BigXthaPlug + 21 more
BottleRock 2026 lineup FAQ
Who headlined BottleRock 2026?
Lorde, Teddy Swims and Lil Wayne on Friday; Foo Fighters, LCD Soundsystem and Zedd on Saturday; Backstreet Boys, sombr and Ludacris on Sunday.
When and where was BottleRock 2026?
May 22–24, 2026, at the Napa Valley Expo in Napa, California.
How many acts played BottleRock 2026?
80 performances across the three days.
What is the BottleRock Silent Disco?
A headphone stage that BottleRock books with actual names rather than a playlist. DJ Pauly D, Meredith Marks and Jess King all played it in 2026.
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Teddy Swims
A tattooed Georgian with a genuinely enormous soul voice, who covered his way to a following and then wrote the heartbreak records to match.
Lil Wayne
The most influential rapper of his generation, and still the most quotable — a mixtape run that rewired the whole genre.
Papa Roach
'Last Resort' to now — nu-metal survivors who never stopped filling fields, with Jacoby Shaddix still working every inch of stage.
Jon Bellion
A songwriter's songwriter who writes hits for everyone else, then plays his own with a full band and no cynicism.
Chaka Khan
Every woman, one voice — funk and soul royalty whose catalog with Rufus and beyond never quits, still one of the great living instruments.
Tash Sultana
A one-person band who builds whole songs live from loops — guitar, beatbox, trumpet, all stacked in front of you.
Del Water Gap
Heartthrob indie-pop — leather-jacket romanticism with pop craft, swooners engineered for the barricade and the long drive home.
BØRNS
Falsetto-led glam-pop with a '70s sheen and hooks built for a car stereo — 'Electric Love' plus a catalog slicker than its one-hit reputation.
Men at Work
The Australian new-wave band behind one of the most recognisable flute riffs ever committed to tape — Colin Hay's charm does the rest.
Natasha Bedingfield
Mid-2000s British pop whose biggest single has had roughly three separate cultural afterlives — 'Unwritten' refuses, gloriously, to die.
Rev Run
One third of Run-DMC, and one of the voices that made rap a stadium proposition in the first place — history behind the decks.
The Beths
Auckland's harmony-stacked power-pop treasures — jazz-school chops, huge hearts, and 'Expert in a Dying Field' proof of mastery.
Chevy Metal
Taylor Hawkins's covers band, carried on by its surviving members as a straight-ahead classic-rock revue — deep-cut rock joy played in his honor.
Treach
Naughty by Nature's frontman, whose delivery on the group's early singles still sets the bar for a hook — 'Hip Hop Hooray' on demand.
MELT
Meredith Marks
The Paradox
Penelope Road
New Constellations
Hannah Cohen
Indy
The Chin Chins
Khatumu
Malick Koly
The Rookie5
Foo Fighters
Thirty years of Dave Grohl turning grief and volume into the most reliably cathartic rock show going — a hits catalog three hours deep, played like it's still a club gig.
LCD Soundsystem
The dance-punk philosopher kings — 'All My Friends' remains the great festival closer, and James Murphy its most self-aware master of ceremonies.
Zedd
A classically trained producer whose precision-engineered pop-EDM defined mainstage sound for a decade — 'Clarity' still the gold standard.
Rilo Kiley
Jenny Lewis's early-2000s indie institution, reunited — sharp, sardonic songs that helped define the era, back for the faithful.
AJR
Three brothers building maximalist, theatrical pop out of a bedroom studio — brass-band drops, confessional lyrics, and a live production that plays like a Broadway show about anxiety.
Busta Rhymes
Three decades of the fastest, most physically committed delivery in rap, and none of it has slowed down — a hits catalog that turns any field into a block party.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
The blueprint for women fronting a rock band on their own terms, still playing it with total conviction — 'Bad Reputation' as mission statement.
Bush
Gavin Rossdale's post-grunge outfit, whose mid-'90s singles have aged into genuine festival-crowd catnip — 'Glycerine' and 'Machinehead' still land like it's 1995.
flipturn
Florida indie rock built for festival fields — 'August' euphoria, surging choruses, and a live energy that outruns the recordings.
Maoli
Hawaiian island reggae built on a genuinely soulful lead vocal — Maui warmth with country-soul phrasing.
Better Than Ezra
'Good' still is — New Orleans alt-rock lifers with easy charm and a '90s catalog deeper than the one-hit tag suggests.
Arrested Development
Early-'90s Atlanta collective who put southern, rural, spiritual concerns into hip-hop before anyone else did — 'Tennessee' and 'People Everyday' still radiate communal warmth.
almost monday
San Diego trio making relentlessly sunny guitar-pop that sounds exactly like the beach it came from — falsetto hooks, funky bass, and zero interest in being sad.
The Warning
Three sisters from Monterrey out-rocking everyone — Mexico's hard-rock pride, a family band that grew into arena-grade virtuosity.
Midnight Generation
Paris Jackson
Writes plainspoken, grunge-tinged rock songs and has been quietly building a real catalogue away from the surname — the songs stand on their own.
The Return of Jackie and Judy
Charlotte Lawrence
Moody LA pop with model-off-duty cool — smoky low-register vocals over sleek late-night production, noir mood sustained from first note to last.
DJ Pauly D
Zinadelphia
Saxsquatch
Folk Bitch Trio
Melbourne's deadpan folk harmonists — three voices, one wicked sense of humor, close-harmony singing with a stand-up's timing.
The Alive
Alicia Creti
Jake Zimma
DJ Umami
Bettina Maureenji
Backstreet Boys
Thirty years in, still performing the choreography and hitting the harmonies that sold a hundred million records — 'Everybody', 'I Want It That Way', and a field-wide singalong guaranteed.
sombr
Moody, reverb-soaked alt-pop from a Manhattan teenager who went from bedroom demos to festival bills — heartbreak at streaming scale.
Ludacris
Atlanta's fastest wit — twenty years of hits delivered with a showman's grin, from 'Southern Hospitality' to stadium-hosting polish.
Mt. Joy
Philly folk-rockers grown into amphitheater singalongs — warm, road-tested, communal, with 'Silver Lining' as the nightly high-water mark.
Slightly Stoopid
San Diego reggae-rock lifers, signed by Bradley Nowell and playing the same sunburnt groove ever since — beach-cruiser music, perfected.
BigXthaPlug
Dallas rapper with a booming, unhurried baritone over soul-sampled Texas production — heavyweight presence that made him one of the South's fastest risers.
Kool & The Gang
Six decades of funk and disco standards that everyone in the field knows whether they realise it or not — 'Celebration' is simply the closer.
Matt Maeson
A gravelled voice and songs shaped by a genuinely unusual upbringing playing prison ministry shows — redemption-arc folk with radio-sized choruses.
Paulo Londra
Argentine trap star who came up through freestyle battles and returned from a long contractual silence intact — Córdoba's comeback king.
Cut Copy
Melbourne's great indie-dance band — '80s synth textures with genuine songwriting under them, 'Lights & Music' still an instant floor-filler.
Larkin Poe
The Lovell sisters play slide guitar and harmony vocals with a Georgia blues fluency that took years to earn — roots-rock swagger, zero costume.
The California Honeydrops
An Oakland band that started busking in BART stations and still plays like the crowd is three feet away — second-line joy, coast edition.
Sons of the East
Sydney folk trio with banjo, harmonies, and songs built for singing back at them — coastal warmth with real craft.
Good Neighbours
A London duo whose first single went everywhere before they had played a show — sunny, whistling indie-pop now proving itself the traditional way.
Paco Versailles
Buffalo Traffic Jam
Absolutely
The Heavy Heavy
Jess King
The Paper Kites
Izzy Escobar
Girl Tones
Nat Myers
Korean-American country-blues revivalist — National steel guitar and dust-bowl holler, prewar blues played like breaking news.
Alec Shaw
Betty Taylor
