Psychedelic festivals

4 festivals still to come with Psychedelic on the bill, carrying 12 of the 34 Psychedelic acts we track. Every act has a page: which festivals they play, what time they go on once the festival says, and what they sound like if the name is new to you.

Psychedelic sets run on repetition and volume. A guitar figure circles for a minute before the drums land, then the band holds one groove far past where a single would end. The poppier end keeps vocal harmonies up front. Outdoors the reverb thins, so the low end and the fuzz carry it.

These acts usually land mid-afternoon on a side stage or late at night in a tent, where the projections and strobes finally have something to work with. The crowd sways in place, and plenty of people sit on the grass. Sets often run as one piece, songs bleeding into each other without a pause.

Psychedelic festivals in 2026

Every bill still ahead of you with real Psychedelic on it, deepest first. A festival needs at least 2 Psychedelic acts to be here, so one stray booking on a bill about something else does not count.

Who carries Psychedelic this season

All 34 acts we have tagged Psychedelic, sorted six ways. The lists disagree with each other, and the names they disagree about are usually the ones worth hearing.

Booked the most in 2026

The Psychedelic acts who spent 2026 on the road. Go to more than one festival and you have probably seen a few of them already.

  1. 1Djo6Joe Keery's psych-pop project — vocoders, fuzz, and a genuine ear for a Tame Impala-shaped hook, well past the celebrity-side-project stage.
  2. 2Gwenno3Welsh- and Cornish-language psych-pop with a krautrock pulse underneath — minority-language records that come out expansive and forward-looking rather than archival.
  3. 3Holy Wave3Austin psych with the tempo down and the reverb up — hazy, organ-lined grooves built for drifting rather than freaking out.
  4. 4My Morning Jacket3Jim James's reverb-drenched howl over southern rock that keeps drifting into something cosmic and unhurried — jam-scene trust earned two hours at a time.
  5. 5Tash Sultana3A one-person band who builds whole songs live from loops — guitar, beatbox, trumpet, all stacked in front of you.
  6. 6The Beta Band3Scotland's beloved kitchen-sink psychedelicists, reunited — 'Dry the Rain' at last, and the High Fidelity scene made flesh.
  7. 7Ty Segall3Garage rock's most prolific fuzz dealer — a new album every time you blink, and the live band hits harder than any of them.
  8. 8White Denim3Austin's virtuosic boogie machine — prog chops, garage soul, and tempo changes played like party tricks.
  9. 9Allah-Las2Los Angeles record-store clerks turned reverb evangelists — sun-bleached jangle and surf-edged garage psych that sounds recorded in 1966 and mixed somewhere near the Pacific.
  10. 10Dope Lemon2Angus Stone's hazy side project — slacker psych for a very late afternoon, all languid grooves and heavy-lidded charm.

Most upcoming bookings

Everything still ahead of us, for anyone with festivals left on the calendar.

  1. 1My Morning Jacket3Jim James's reverb-drenched howl over southern rock that keeps drifting into something cosmic and unhurried — jam-scene trust earned two hours at a time.
  2. 2Dope Lemon2Angus Stone's hazy side project — slacker psych for a very late afternoon, all languid grooves and heavy-lidded charm.
  3. 3Portugal. The Man2Alaskan psych-rockers who backed into a global pop hit and kept the weirdness in the live set anyway — 'Feel It Still' plus deep-catalog detours.

Most headline slots

The names printed in the biggest type, trusted to send everyone home.

  1. 1My Morning Jacket2Jim James's reverb-drenched howl over southern rock that keeps drifting into something cosmic and unhurried — jam-scene trust earned two hours at a time.
  2. 2Ty Segall2Garage rock's most prolific fuzz dealer — a new album every time you blink, and the live band hits harder than any of them.

Most places played

Whose year reads like a world tour that happened to be made of festivals.

  1. 1Djo6Joe Keery's psych-pop project — vocoders, fuzz, and a genuine ear for a Tame Impala-shaped hook, well past the celebrity-side-project stage.
  2. 2My Morning Jacket3Jim James's reverb-drenched howl over southern rock that keeps drifting into something cosmic and unhurried — jam-scene trust earned two hours at a time.
  3. 3Tash Sultana3A one-person band who builds whole songs live from loops — guitar, beatbox, trumpet, all stacked in front of you.
  4. 4Dope Lemon2Angus Stone's hazy side project — slacker psych for a very late afternoon, all languid grooves and heavy-lidded charm.
  5. 5Les Big Byrd2Motorik repetition with a psych haze on top — a Swedish band that understands the value of staying on one chord for an uncomfortably long time.
  6. 6Melody's Echo Chamber2Melody Prochet's French psych-pop, layered and slightly disorienting in the best way — kaleidoscope production around featherweight melodies.
  7. 7Portugal. The Man2Alaskan psych-rockers who backed into a global pop hit and kept the weirdness in the live set anyway — 'Feel It Still' plus deep-catalog detours.
  8. 8The Flaming Lips2Confetti cannons, giant balloons, and Wayne Coyne's cracked falsetto — a live show engineered as a sensory event, 'Do You Realize??' as the group hug.

Most saved to a plan

The Psychedelic acts people are building a Saturday around.

  1. 1The Beta BandScotland's beloved kitchen-sink psychedelicists, reunited — 'Dry the Rain' at last, and the High Fidelity scene made flesh.
  2. 2ShagwüfFierce Virginia DIY power trio — psych-rock, '60s power pop, and fuzzed-out metal welded into something uncompromising and loud.
  3. 3Ulrika SpacekReverb-drenched art-rock — two guitars arguing beautifully, motorik patience under the haze, built for repeat listens.
  4. 4FORAGERBrooklyn trio of intricate guitars, melismatic vocals, and shapeshifting grooves — "buttery" and "complex" per NPR, jazz-school chops loosened into something warm and strange.
  5. 5MemorialsVerity Susman (Electrelane) and Matthew Simms (Wire) — hypnotic motorik art-rock with woodwinds, synths, and film-score strangeness, pedigree put to genuinely new use.
  6. 6Peach Candy Nut BoysBoone psych-rockers raised on weird riffs and complex harmony — basement-born, self-recorded, and gleefully energetic live, mountain-town psych with real chops.
  7. 7SpacemothMaryam Qudus's tape-warped psych project — sci-fi synths and spring-loaded pop songs that wobble like old film, studio-scientist craft throughout.
  8. 8STEEFSwamp-born freak-rock entity — astonishing technical skill funneled into brain-scrambling psychedelic benders, Primus energy with bayou humidity.
  9. 9Ty SegallGarage rock's most prolific fuzz dealer — a new album every time you blink, and the live band hits harder than any of them.

All 34 Psychedelic acts

DjoGwennoHoly WaveMy Morning JacketTash SultanaThe Beta BandTy SegallWhite DenimAllah-LasDope LemonLes Big ByrdMelody's Echo ChamberPortugal. The ManThe Flaming LipsCommon SaintsConnan MockasinFORAGERFrankie and the Witch FingersIlliterate LightKarina RykmanLa LuzMedicine Singers with Lee Ranaldo & Yonatan GatMemorialsPeach Candy Nut BoysPsychedelic Porn CrumpetsShagwüfSpacemothSTEEFSuper Furry AnimalsThe MossThumperUlrika SpacekUnknown Mortal OrchestraW.I.T.C.H.

Psychedelic festivals: common questions

What festivals have the most Psychedelic in 2026?

Hulaween 2026 (4 Psychedelic acts), Bourbon & Beyond 2026 (2 Psychedelic acts), Iron Blossom 2026 (2 Psychedelic acts). We count the acts on each published lineup rather than going by how a festival bills itself, so this is the depth of the actual Psychedelic booking.

Where can I see Psychedelic live in 2026?

4 festivals still to come have Psychedelic on the bill. The next is NC Folk Festival 2026, September 18–20, 2026 at Downtown Greensboro, NC, with 2 Psychedelic acts playing.

Which Psychedelic artists are playing the most festivals in 2026?

Djo (6), Gwenno (3), Holy Wave (3), My Morning Jacket (3), Tash Sultana (3). Counted per festival across the whole season, finished bills included.

How many Psychedelic acts are playing festivals in 2026?

34 Psychedelic acts appear on the lineups we track, across 4 festivals still to come. Each one has a page with its dates, stages and set times wherever the festival has published them.

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