Trance's group-therapy session — push-the-button moments and crowds crying happy tears at sunrise.
From London, UK · Sounds like Armin van Buuren, Ilan Bluestone
îLESONIQ 2026 Lineup
Montreal's electronic weekend on Île Sainte-Hélène — two days of house, bass and trance on the same island stages Osheaga uses a week earlier.
About îLESONIQ 2026
îLESONIQ is the electronic weekend on Parc Jean-Drapeau — the same island stages Osheaga uses a week earlier, handed over to house, bass and trance. The 2026 edition is its 11th: two days, three stages, 46 acts, plus a downtown prelude, îLESONIQ in the City, on the Friday night before the gates open.
Saturday is the four-to-the-floor day. Chris Lake & Friends closes the Bell OASIS stage after deadmau5, Boris Brejcha and a Boys Noize b2b Tiga hold the MIRAGE tent, and ATLiens takes the Coca-Cola NEON stage into the night. Sunday runs melodic and heavy at once — Dom Dolla headlines, Above & Beyond play into the sunset, and MIRAGE stacks Seven Lions, Wooli and Dabin back to back. Set times and stages are published for every act.
Expect house, dubstep, techno and electronic across 46 acts.
îLESONIQ 2026 lineup: all 46 acts
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The Black Book boss whose vocal-hook tech house set the template a hundred producers now copy — the "& Friends" billing means a rotating cast of guests through the set.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Fisher, Dom Dolla, Solardo, Green Velvet
The mouse head outlasted every trend it was supposed to date with. Joel Zimmerman builds progressive house like architecture — long, patient, cold-edged, and unbothered by the drop.
From Toronto, Canada · Sounds like Eric Prydz, Rezz, Kaskade
Australian tech house built for the moment the whole field sings back — big, simple basslines and a vocal you'll still be humming at breakfast.
From Melbourne, Australia · Sounds like Fisher, Chris Lake, John Summit, Sonny Fodera
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
German 'high-tech minimal' techno in a joker mask — precise, melodic, relentless, with marathon sets that build like clockwork machinery.
From Germany · Sounds like Charlotte de Witte, ARTBAT
Berlin electro meets electroclash mischief — two producers who have been bending club music sideways since the mid-2000s.
Sounds like Erol Alkan, Justice, Soulwax
Melodic house from both ends — widescreen Australian polish against Finnish deep-house patience.
Sounds like Lane 8, Ben Böhmer, Yotto
UK bass house at its most swaggering — rolling low end and hip-hop cadence, built for a dark room rather than a sunny field.
Sounds like Chris Lake, Cloonee, Sammy Virji
High-velocity festival bass designed for maximum impact in the shortest possible window — Ohio-bred drops engineered like demolition charges.
From Toledo, OH · Sounds like Excision, Subtronics, Svdden Death
Melodic bass with a guitarist's instincts — emotional drops built around playing rather than only programming.
From Toronto, ON · Sounds like Illenium, Said The Sky, Seven Lions
Melodic house with actual guitars — classically trained multi-instrumentalist whose live sets turn festival EDM into something closer to a band performance.
From San Francisco, CA · Sounds like Illenium, Kygo, San Holo
Norwegian brothers making melodic, festival-facing house — polished grooves engineered for golden-hour main stages, sleek Scandinavian craft with real emotional lift.
From Bergen, NO · Sounds like Meduza, Vintage Culture, Joshwa, Odd Mob
Two heavy-dubstep technicians trading eight bars at a time — grit against Disciple-school precision.
Sounds like Svdden Death, Space Laces, Barely Alive
Melodic dubstep with a trance heart — soaring vocal tops over drops that still hit hard underneath, Ophelia-label worldbuilding included.
From Santa Barbara, CA · Sounds like Illenium, Said The Sky, Trivecta, Dabin
Grammy-nominated house duo — greasy basslines and instant grooves, 'On My Mind' the calling card, grooves greasy enough to require napkins.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Chris Lake, John Summit
Nick Douwma's melodic drum-and-bass — euphoric, precisely engineered, and built for a very large sound system, arena-rave architecture at its cleanest.
From Guildford, UK · Sounds like Wilkinson, Netsky, Camo & Krooked
Swings between crushing riddim and full melodic bass, often inside the same set — mammoth branding, matching drops.
From New York, NY · Sounds like Subtronics, ATLiens, Crankdat, Trivecta
Tokyo cult selector Yousuke Yukimatsu — genre-shredding DJ sets that went from viral clips to worldwide bookings, anything-goes technique with total joy.
From Osaka, Japan · Sounds like DJ Nobu, Powell, Yousuke Yukimatsu
Bouncy, bass-heavy tech house built for peak hour — San Diego swagger engineered for the biggest room available.
From San Diego, CA · Sounds like John Summit, Chris Lake
Montreal DJ working the club-edit end of house — remix-heavy, high-tempo sets.
From Montreal, QC
Montreal party crew turned booth residency — high-energy club sets with a hometown following.
From Montreal, QC
A bass-music tag team, two rising producers splitting one set.
The voice behind a run of dancefloor anthems, now fronting them live rather than only appearing in the credits.
Sounds like John Summit, Sub Focus
Jump-up drum & bass's loudest new star — pure warehouse chaos, double-drops stacked until the low end wins.
From UK · Sounds like Macky Gee, DJ Hazard, Sub Zero
Holy Priest
Izzy Vadim
Jkyl & Hyde
Kattana
Amsterdam's hard-trance revivalist — acid lines and 150 BPM joy, rave classicism played with total exuberance.
From Amsterdam, NL · Sounds like horsegiirL, Marlon Hoffstadt
Kleed
Two riddim technicians back to back — snarling low end against surgical sound design.
Sounds like Svdden Death, Virtual Riot, Space Laces
Textural, psychedelic bass music — heavy without being blunt about it.
Sounds like LSDREAM, CharlestheFirst, Ravenscoon
Marco Strous
French tech house with peak-time bluntness — big riffs, bigger drops, no subtlety intended.
Sounds like Michael Bibi, Solardo, Cloonee
MVNGO
Novah
OGUZ
Liverpool DJ-producer pushing bassline-flecked house — Merseyside heat in the garage revival's slipstream, club momentum rising fast.
From Liverpool, UK · Sounds like Sammy Virji, Interplanetary Criminal, Salute
Roddy Lima
Sin Less
Stoog3s to Death
Trance and Eurodance revivalism with a wink — 2000s dancefloor nostalgia rebuilt with modern low end, played here under her own DJ Geneviève alias.
From Montreal, QC · Sounds like Anetha, Kettama
Opening-set house and techno from two local selectors, played back to back.
Tomas Grey
Zorza
The headliners
- Chris Lake & Friends — The Black Book boss whose vocal-hook tech house set the template a hundred producers now copy — the "& Friends" billing means a rotating cast of guests through the set.
- Dom Dolla — Australian tech house built for the moment the whole field sings back — big, simple basslines and a vocal you'll still be humming at breakfast.
- Deadmau5 — The mouse head outlasted every trend it was supposed to date with. Joel Zimmerman builds progressive house like architecture — long, patient, cold-edged, and unbothered by the drop.
- Above & Beyond — Trance's group-therapy session — push-the-button moments and crowds crying happy tears at sunrise.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- Kattana — Opens the MIRAGE stage on Sunday — first slot of the day, and worth the early gate.
- Zorza — Sunday afternoon on the NEON stage, deep on the bill.
- Badgalquirit — Montreal DJ opening Sunday's NEON stage.
- MVNGO — Saturday's first Bell OASIS set.
- Novah — Sunday evening on NEON, between the bigger names.
- Sin Less — Opens MIRAGE on Saturday.
- Tom DŪNO b2b Yurie — Two local selectors sharing the Sunday opening slot on the main stage.
Other acts worth planning around
- Chris Lake & Friends — Saturday's closer on the main stage — the guest list is the part nobody announces in advance.
- Dom Dolla — Sunday's headliner, and the single biggest draw of the weekend.
- Deadmau5 — Saturday main stage, an hour before the closer — the Canadian producer at full festival scale.
- Above & Beyond — Trance's most emotionally direct act, playing into the Sunday sunset.
- Boys Noize b2b Tiga — Tiga is a Montreal fixture, and pairing him with Boys Noize is the weekend's likeliest set to go sideways in the best way.
- TDJ présente DJ Geneviève — Montreal's own TDJ under an alias, playing the 2000s trance revival she helped restart.
- Seven Lions — Closes MIRAGE on Sunday — melodic dubstep at its most widescreen.
- ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U — The least predictable booking on the bill, and the reason to be on the NEON stage late on Sunday.
The lineup by day
- Saturday, August 8: Chris Lake & Friends, Deadmau5, ATLIENS, Boris Brejcha, Layz b2b Kompany, Boys Noize b2b Tiga + 18 more
- Sunday, August 9: Dom Dolla, Above & Beyond, Seven Lions, Wooli, Dabin, Gryffin + 16 more
îLESONIQ 2026 lineup FAQ
When is îLESONIQ 2026?
August 8–9, 2026 — Saturday and Sunday. îLESONIQ in the City runs downtown on Friday, August 7.
Where is îLESONIQ held?
Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène, Montreal — the same island site as Osheaga.
Who is headlining?
Chris Lake & Friends and deadmau5 on Saturday; Dom Dolla and Above & Beyond on Sunday.
How many acts are playing?
46 acts across three stages — Bell OASIS, Coca-Cola NEON and MIRAGE.
Are set times published?
Yes — the full schedule is out, and every act's day, stage and start time 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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