The trio who kept melodic trance emotionally serious through the years nobody else would — and built Anjunabeats around it.
From London, UK · Sounds like Ilan Bluestone, Andrew Bayer, Gabriel & Dresden
Dreamstate SoCal 2026 Lineup
Two November nights of trance on the Long Beach waterfront, across four stages — uplifting, psy and melodic techno, with a bill that reaches back three decades.
About Dreamstate SoCal 2026
Dreamstate is Insomniac's trance sanctuary, and the 2026 SoCal edition runs two November nights on the Queen Mary Waterfront in Long Beach across four stages. The headline row spans the genre's whole family tree: Paul van Dyk with an Essence Of Acid concept set, Above & Beyond playing Anjunabeats classics, psytrance flag-carriers Vini Vici, and melodic-techno giants ARTBAT.
The 70-act bill is built the way trance heads like it — heavy on special sets and back-to-backs. Uplifting purists get Aly & Fila with Billy Gillies, Solarstone and Cold Blue; the psy wing runs Astrix, Infected Mushroom, Neelix and John 00 Fleming; the hard end belongs to Key4050, MaRLo and John Askew with Simon Patterson; and a techno guest list — Reinier Zonneveld live, Enrico Sangiuliano, Giorgia Angiuli — shows how far the brand's borders have stretched.
Expect trance, techno, psytrance and dance across 70 acts.
Dreamstate SoCal 2026 lineup: all 70 acts
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Ukrainian duo whose melodic techno went from small rooms to main stages on the back of a handful of enormous records.
From Kyiv, Ukraine · Sounds like Tale Of Us, Adriatique, Massano
One of trance's founding figures, three decades in and still building sets around momentum rather than drops. The Essence of Acid project digs back into the 303.
From Berlin, Germany · Sounds like Ferry Corsten, Above & Beyond, Andy Moor
The Israeli duo who dragged psytrance onto main stages worldwide — full-on, fast, and completely unashamed about it.
From Israel · Sounds like Astrix, Infected Mushroom, Ace Ventura
Psytrance at its groove-led, progressive end — rolling and hypnotic rather than frantic.
From Israel · Sounds like Neelix, Perfect Stranger, John 00 Fleming
Arty's ALPHA 9 alias alongside Anjunabeats mainstay Ilan Bluestone — melodic trance from two of the label's most dependable writers.
Sounds like Above & Beyond, Andrew Bayer, Ferry Corsten
Egypt's Aly & Fila — uplifting trance purists — paired with Billy Gillies's harder and much newer take on it.
Sounds like Solarstone, Bryan Kearney, Andrew Rayel
Cinematic, high-drama trance; Extasia is the alias for when he wants it harder and faster.
From Moldova · Sounds like Dash Berlin, MaRLo, Ferry Corsten
UK producer and remixer whose fingerprints are on a generation of the genre's defining records.
From UK · Sounds like Solarstone, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten
Full-on psytrance played with a driving, relentless pulse — one of the genre's most reliable live draws.
From Israel · Sounds like Vini Vici, Infected Mushroom, GMS
BT — whose production techniques half the genre quietly borrowed — with progressive producer Matt Fax.
Sounds like Above & Beyond, Andrew Bayer, Sasha
Built on enormous vocal trance singles — the anthems are the entire point and the set is arranged around them.
From Netherlands · Sounds like Andrew Rayel, Ferry Corsten, Above & Beyond
Italian techno producer with a sound-design obsession — long sculpted builds and a low end you feel before you hear.
From Italy · Sounds like Charlotte de Witte, Adam Beyer, Amelie Lens
Ferry Corsten's three decades of trance beside Marsh's warmer, slower-burning progressive end.
Sounds like Above & Beyond, Paul van Dyk, Andrew Bayer
Israeli duo who never sat still — psytrance roots with rock and electronica grafted on, and a live show that leans into all of it.
From Haifa, Israel · Sounds like Astrix, Vini Vici, Shpongle
Thirty years in trance's darker, psy-leaning corner — sets that unfold across hours rather than peaks.
From UK · Sounds like Ace Ventura, Perfect Stranger, Astrix
Bryan Kearney and John O'Callaghan's joint project — hard-edged, high-tempo trance from two Irish veterans of it.
From Ireland · Sounds like Bryan Kearney, John O'Callaghan, Simon Patterson
Dutch-Australian producer trading in hard-hitting, high-energy trance sized for the biggest room available.
From Melbourne, Australia · Sounds like Bryan Kearney, Andrew Rayel, Ben Gold
German producer whose progressive-leaning psytrance became one of the scene's most widely played sounds.
From Germany · Sounds like Ace Ventura, Phaxe, Vini Vici
Pegassi
Performs techno entirely live on hardware — acid lines assembled and torn down in front of you, nothing pre-baked.
From Netherlands · Sounds like Charlotte de Witte, Enrico Sangiuliano, Adam Beyer
The loudest voice for 'pure trance' — uplifting, melodic and deliberately unhurried, as a matter of principle.
From UK · Sounds like Above & Beyond, Andy Moor, Cold Blue
Dutch project behind 'Take Me Away' — vocal trance from the genre's commercial high-water mark.
From Netherlands · Sounds like Dash Berlin, Ferry Corsten, Above & Beyond
A.N.I.
UK producer making cinematic, orchestral-leaning techno — closer to a film score with a kick under it.
Sounds like ARTBAT, Tale Of Us, Massano
Dutch uplifting producer Allen Watts alongside Talla 2XLC, a German DJ whose career predates most of the room.
Sounds like Solarstone, Cold Blue, Andy Moor
Animato
Barakuda
BK
Burn In Noise
Chris Metcalfe
German producer making uplifting trance that leans on melody and restraint rather than volume.
From Germany · Sounds like Solarstone, Andy Moor, Above & Beyond
Two uplifting-trance heavyweights back to back, both known for going harder than the label suggests.
Sounds like Solarstone, Bryan Kearney, Andy Moor
Das Pharaoh
David Forbes + Mark Sherry pres Thick As Thieves
David Rust + Olly James
Not a fixed act — an open-call talent search whose winner takes the slot, so the name behind it changes each time it appears.
Two British radio-era veterans back to back — Halliwell's fast, technical mixing against Judge Jules's anthem-heavy history.
Sounds like Ben Nicky, Bryan Kearney, Paul van Dyk
FRANKYEFFE
Performs techno live using toy instruments and her own voice alongside the hardware — a genuinely unusual stage setup.
From Italy · Sounds like Reinier Zonneveld, Nina Kraviz, ARTBAT
Long-running psytrance project rooted in the sound's Goa origins — full-on and fast, with the history to back it.
Sounds like Astrix, Infected Mushroom, Vini Vici
Hannah Laing + Marie Vaunt
JOA
Two British DJs from trance's harder, psy-tinged edge, playing back to back the way they usually do.
Sounds like Bryan Kearney, MaRLo, John 00 Fleming
KARMÅ
KAUFMANN (DE)
Lee Ann Roberts
Dutch producer working the trance-techno crossover since before it needed a name.
From Netherlands · Sounds like Mauro Picotto, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten
Maria Healy
Matty Ralph
Italian veteran whose late-'90s records — 'Komodo', 'Lizard' — are still set staples a quarter century on.
From Italy · Sounds like Marco V, Paul van Dyk, Warp Brothers
Maximizer
Mirage (Live)
NRG2000
Nu Aspect
Panteros666
Parallel Worlds
Progressive psytrance with a deep, patient groove — closer to a slow tide than a peak.
From Israel · Sounds like Ace Ventura, John 00 Fleming, Neelix
Danish producer at psytrance's melodic, progressive end — big hooks over a rolling bassline.
From Denmark · Sounds like Neelix, Ace Ventura, Rising Dust
Rising Dust
Schrotthagen
Sequence Six
Shay De Castro
Sighter
Steve Dekay
Terra
TH;EN
The Rocketman
VisionV
German duo behind 'Phatt Bass' — hard dance with a rave-anthem streak that has aged better than it had any right to.
From Germany · Sounds like Mauro Picotto, Ben Nicky, Darren Styles
The headliners
- Above & Beyond (Anjunabeats Classics) — The trio who kept melodic trance emotionally serious through the years nobody else would — and built Anjunabeats around it.
- ARTBAT — Ukrainian duo whose melodic techno went from small rooms to main stages on the back of a handful of enormous records.
- Paul van Dyk pres Essence Of Acid — One of trance's founding figures, three decades in and still building sets around momentum rather than drops. The Essence of Acid project digs back into the 303.
- Vini Vici — The Israeli duo who dragged psytrance onto main stages worldwide — full-on, fast, and completely unashamed about it.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- Aaron Hibell (Live) — Cinematic melodic techno performed live — the crossover kid on a trance bill.
- Cold Blue — Uplifting trance's most consistent new craftsman — pure altitude.
- Maria Healy — Irish trance on the rise — warm, driving, and increasingly hard to miss.
- Lee Ann Roberts — The hard-techno ascendant bringing the dark end to a trance crowd.
- Shay De Castro — Techno's side of the family — a name climbing fast on both coasts.
Other acts worth planning around
- Reinier Zonneveld (Live) — Hours of acid built from scratch on hardware — nothing else on the bill is made in front of you.
- Infected Mushroom — Psytrance's restless experimentalists — thirty years of refusing to repeat themselves.
- John 00 Fleming — The long-form master — give his set time and it pays compound interest.
- Key4050 — Kearney and O'Callaghan at full tilt — the hardest trance craftsmanship there is.
- Solarstone — Pure trance as a principled stand — unhurried and proud of it.
- Eddie Halliwell + Judge Jules — British radio-era royalty back to back — a history lesson at 140 BPM.
- 4 Strings (Classics Set) — 'Take Me Away' and the vocal-trance songbook, played as written.
Dreamstate SoCal 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Dreamstate SoCal 2026?
November 20–21, 2026 — Friday and Saturday nights.
Where does Dreamstate SoCal take place?
The Queen Mary Waterfront in Long Beach, California, across four stages.
Who is headlining Dreamstate SoCal 2026?
Above & Beyond with an Anjunabeats Classics set, Paul van Dyk presenting Essence Of Acid, ARTBAT, and Vini Vici.
Is Dreamstate only trance?
Trance is the spine — uplifting, vocal, psy and tech-trance all get stages — but the 2026 bill stretches into melodic techno and live hardware sets with ARTBAT, Reinier Zonneveld, Enrico Sangiuliano and Giorgia Angiuli.
How many acts are playing Dreamstate SoCal 2026?
70 acts across the two nights, many of them back-to-backs and one-off concept sets.
How do I work out which acts I'd like?
Tell the finder at the top of this page a few artists you love — it'll match you with the acts on this lineup you shouldn't miss, with reasons why.
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