Trance festivals

5 festivals still to come with Trance on the bill, carrying 38 of the 44 Trance 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.

A trance set on a big stage is built around the long approach: a kick that runs for minutes, a breakdown where the percussion vanishes and one melody carries alone, then the drums return and every hand in the field goes up at once. Psytrance works differently, a rolling bassline that never fully stops.

These acts usually hold the night slots on a dedicated stage or tent, with the harder and faster material landing once it is dark. Daylight hours belong to the progressive end, slower and more patient. Expect sets that run long and blend track into track, and a front section that arrives early and stays put.

Trance festivals in 2026

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

Who carries Trance this season

All 44 acts we have tagged Trance, 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 Trance acts who spent 2026 on the road. Go to more than one festival and you have probably seen a few of them already.

  1. 1KI/KI9Amsterdam's hard-trance revivalist — acid lines and 150 BPM joy, rave classicism played with total exuberance.
  2. 2Hannah Laing7Scottish DJ whose doof-inflected hard house has become one of the UK's biggest club draws — Dundee dental nurse turned rave phenomenon.
  3. 3DJ Gigola5Live From Earth affiliate splicing trance euphoria into contemporary club music — Berlin-honed sets that treat nostalgia as fuel, not a crutch.
  4. 4Seven Lions5Melodic dubstep with a trance heart — soaring vocal tops over drops that still hit hard underneath, Ophelia-label worldbuilding included.
  5. 5Above & Beyond4Trance's group-therapy session — push-the-button moments and crowds crying happy tears at sunrise.
  6. 6Marlon Hoffstadt4DJ Daddy Trance himself — Berlin's cheekiest revivalist making trance cool again, hands-up euphoria played fully sincere.
  7. 7Armin van Buuren3Trance's tireless statesman — A State of Trance turned a genre into a global congregation.
  8. 8Vini Vici3The Israeli duo who dragged psytrance onto main stages worldwide — full-on, fast, and completely unashamed about it.
  9. 9Ben Hemsley2Newcastle DJ who turned euphoric trance revival into arena business — big melodies, bigger drops, no irony anywhere.
  10. 10MaRLo2Dutch-Australian producer trading in hard-hitting, high-energy trance sized for the biggest room available.

Most upcoming bookings

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

  1. 1KI/KI5Amsterdam's hard-trance revivalist — acid lines and 150 BPM joy, rave classicism played with total exuberance.
  2. 2Hannah Laing4Scottish DJ whose doof-inflected hard house has become one of the UK's biggest club draws — Dundee dental nurse turned rave phenomenon.
  3. 3Seven Lions3Melodic dubstep with a trance heart — soaring vocal tops over drops that still hit hard underneath, Ophelia-label worldbuilding included.
  4. 4Above & Beyond2Trance's group-therapy session — push-the-button moments and crowds crying happy tears at sunrise.
  5. 5MaRLo2Dutch-Australian producer trading in hard-hitting, high-energy trance sized for the biggest room available.

Most headline slots

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

  1. 1Above & Beyond3Trance's group-therapy session — push-the-button moments and crowds crying happy tears at sunrise.
  2. 2Armin van Buuren3Trance's tireless statesman — A State of Trance turned a genre into a global congregation.
  3. 3KI/KI2Amsterdam's hard-trance revivalist — acid lines and 150 BPM joy, rave classicism played with total exuberance.
  4. 4Seven Lions2Melodic dubstep with a trance heart — soaring vocal tops over drops that still hit hard underneath, Ophelia-label worldbuilding included.

Most places played

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

  1. 1KI/KI8Amsterdam's hard-trance revivalist — acid lines and 150 BPM joy, rave classicism played with total exuberance.
  2. 2Hannah Laing7Scottish DJ whose doof-inflected hard house has become one of the UK's biggest club draws — Dundee dental nurse turned rave phenomenon.
  3. 3DJ Gigola5Live From Earth affiliate splicing trance euphoria into contemporary club music — Berlin-honed sets that treat nostalgia as fuel, not a crutch.
  4. 4Seven Lions5Melodic dubstep with a trance heart — soaring vocal tops over drops that still hit hard underneath, Ophelia-label worldbuilding included.
  5. 5Above & Beyond4Trance's group-therapy session — push-the-button moments and crowds crying happy tears at sunrise.
  6. 6Armin van Buuren3Trance's tireless statesman — A State of Trance turned a genre into a global congregation.
  7. 7Marlon Hoffstadt3DJ Daddy Trance himself — Berlin's cheekiest revivalist making trance cool again, hands-up euphoria played fully sincere.
  8. 8Vini Vici3The Israeli duo who dragged psytrance onto main stages worldwide — full-on, fast, and completely unashamed about it.
  9. 9Ben Hemsley2Newcastle DJ who turned euphoric trance revival into arena business — big melodies, bigger drops, no irony anywhere.
  10. 10MaRLo2Dutch-Australian producer trading in hard-hitting, high-energy trance sized for the biggest room available.

All 44 Trance acts

KI/KIHannah LaingDJ GigolaSeven LionsAbove & BeyondMarlon HoffstadtArmin van BuurenVini ViciBen HemsleyMaRLoNeelixOmikiPhaxeTrivecta4 Strings (Classics Set)Above & Beyond (Anjunabeats Classics)Ace VenturaAllen Watts + Talla 2XLCALPHA 9 + Ilan BluestoneAly & Fila + Billy GilliesAndrew Rayel pres ExtasiaAndy MoorAstrixBen Nicky Presents XtremeBT + Matt FaxBurn In NoiseCold BlueDarren Porter + Sean TyasDash BerlinEddie Halliwell + Judge JulesFerry Corsten + MarshGMSHalieneInfected MushroomJohn 00 FlemingJohn Askew + Simon PattersonKey4050Marco VMauro PicottoPaul van Dyk pres Essence Of AcidPerfect StrangerSolarstoneTDJ présente DJ GenevièveWarp Brothers

Trance festivals: common questions

What festivals have the most Trance in 2026?

Dreamstate SoCal 2026 (31 Trance acts), EDC Thailand 2026 (3 Trance acts), Lost Lands 2026 (3 Trance 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 Trance booking.

Where can I see Trance live in 2026?

5 festivals still to come have Trance on the bill. The next is Lost Lands 2026, September 18–20, 2026 at Legend Valley, Thornville, OH, with 3 Trance acts playing.

Which Trance artists are playing the most festivals in 2026?

KI/KI (9), Hannah Laing (7), DJ Gigola (5), Seven Lions (5), Above & Beyond (4). Counted per festival across the whole season, finished bills included.

How many Trance acts are playing festivals in 2026?

44 Trance acts appear on the lineups we track, across 5 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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