Pop's reigning vanguardist — the brat era's architect bringing club-pop chaos to the main stage, a decade of underground experiments finally cashing out at scale.
From Essex, UK · Sounds like Slayyyter, SOPHIE, Lorde
Outside Lands 2026 Lineup
Three days in the Golden Gate Park fog — indie, hip-hop, and house music with sourdough and Karl the Fog on the side.
About Outside Lands 2026
Outside Lands is San Francisco distilled into a festival: three August days in Golden Gate Park where Karl the Fog rolls over the polo field, the food and wine program is genuinely worth planning around, and the lineup splits its heart between indie rock, hip-hop, and house music. The 2026 edition runs 97 acts deep — Charli xcx, The Strokes, The xx, and RÜFÜS DU SOL up top, the GRIZTRONICS b2b for the bass faithful, and an undercard stacked with the kind of left-field bookings (a Tokyo cult DJ, a Mexican folk jewel, the SF Gay Men's Chorus) that make the fog feel like atmosphere instead of weather. Bring layers. Seriously.
Expect indie rock, pop, alternative and electronic across 97 acts.
Outside Lands 2026 lineup: all 97 acts
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Emotional stadium-scale melodic house — sunset-slot perfection from the Australian trio, 'Innerbloom' as the communal cry.
From Sydney, AU · Sounds like ODESZA, Lane 8, Bob Moses
The band that rebooted New York rock — a deep catalog of deadpan cool, still untouchable live when the engine catches.
From New York, NY · Sounds like Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, The Voidz
Whispered minimalism that somehow fills a festival field — intimacy at headline scale, 'Intro' still raising arm hair.
From London, UK · Sounds like Beach House, Rhye, London Grammar, James Blake
The family ties run deep — elastic, unpredictable rap with pgLang polish and beat-switches that keep entire songs off balance in the best way.
From Las Vegas, NV · Sounds like Kendrick Lamar, Vince Staples, Denzel Curry, JID
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
Pusha T and Malice, reunited — coke-rap scripture over pristine beats, one of rap's great comebacks and a masterclass in brotherly chemistry.
From Virginia Beach, VA · Sounds like Pusha T, Westside Gunn, Roc Marciano, Killer Mike
Indie rock's tender institution — twenty-five years of songs that hurt nicely, from 'Transatlanticism' devastation to elder-statesman grace.
From Seattle, WA · Sounds like The Postal Service, The Shins
Songs that sound recorded live in a crowded room by accident — ragged, intimate, and completely singular, with a live band that pushes them even further loose.
From Baltimore, MD · Sounds like Bon Iver, Steve Lacy, Blood Orange, Mk.gee
Technicolor disco-house — relentless fun, zero pretension, hooks big enough to convert whoever wandered past the stage.
From Denver, CO · Sounds like Dom Dolla, LP Giobbi
Joe Keery's psych-pop project — vocoders, fuzz, and a genuine ear for a Tame Impala-shaped hook, well past the celebrity-side-project stage.
From Chicago, IL · Sounds like Tame Impala, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Post Animal, Mild High Club
Theatrical Aussie synth-pop royalty — headdresses, spectacle, and 'Walking on a Dream' euphoria, a duo that treats every festival set as full-scale cinematic ritual.
From Sydney, AU · Sounds like MGMT, Cut Copy, Tame Impala
Southern-gothic epics — hymn-like, haunted Americana that turns festival fields reverent, the 'Preacher's Daughter' mythology unfolding at its own patient pace.
From Perry, FL · Sounds like Lana Del Rey, Florence + the Machine
Unhinged Brooklyn art-rock — yelping, swaggering, and critically adored, like the Stones reassembled by art students mid-fever.
From Brooklyn, NY · Sounds like Black Midi, Parquet Courts, King Krule, The Rolling Stones
Memphis crunk revival with a foghorn flow — every set a gym-class riot, 'F.N.F.' still the roll-call anthem.
From Memphis, TN · Sounds like Megan Thee Stallion, Sexyy Red
Saxophone-wielding electro-funk — half of the GRIZTRONICS b2b with Subtronics, and a solo catalog of brass-blasted future-funk joy.
From Detroit, MI · Sounds like Big Gigantic, Pretty Lights
Little Mix's Jade gone gloriously weird — 'Angel of My Dreams' announced a real pop auteur, camp and chaos with A-list polish.
From South Shields, UK · Sounds like Little Mix, Charli xcx
The Euphoria score come to life — falsetto gospel-pop maximalism, orchestral drama built by one of pop's most in-demand studio minds.
From London, UK · Sounds like ZAYN, James Blake
This Never Happened boss — phone-free deep-house journeys that reward patience, melodic sets built as arcs rather than drops.
From Denver, CO · Sounds like RÜFÜS DU SOL, Ben Böhmer
A novelist's eye for the specific detail, delivered in the warmest voice in the boygenius orbit — 'Night Shift' still the slow-burn masterclass.
From Richmond, VA · Sounds like Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, Waxahatchee, boygenius
Funk-flecked Gen-Z bedroom pop — 'Chest Pain (I Love)' and a fast-rising live rep, Steve Lacy instincts with his own snap.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Steve Lacy, Dominic Fike
Slow-burn Atlanta R&B — heartbreak delivered with surgical calm, ballads that cut deeper for never raising their voice.
From Atlanta, GA · Sounds like Summer Walker, SZA, Ravyn Lenae, Coco Jones
Isaac Brock's jittery, seasick guitar songs about the highway and the void — three decades of them, still unmistakable from the first yelp.
From Issaquah, WA · Sounds like Built to Spill, Pixies, Cursive, The Shins
Anonymous collective making orchestral hip-hop spectacle — the mystery is the point, and the strings are real.
Two-minute drum'n'bass-pop confections — the internet's most influential songwriter-per-second, nostalgia sampled into something brand new, hooks gone before you can replay them.
From Bath, UK · Sounds like Nia Archives, Shygirl, Erika de Casier, Piri
Riddim-dubstep heavyweight — appearing in the GRIZTRONICS b2b with GRiZ, an hour of pure bass warfare with a funk streak.
From Philadelphia, PA · Sounds like Excision, Zeds Dead, Ganja White Night
Hardcore's joyful crossover kings — dreamy interludes, stage dives, total communion, and a crowd that moves as one.
From Baltimore, MD · Sounds like Scowl, Militarie Gun, Trapped Under Ice, Fugazi
Deadpan, hook-loaded post-punk — the Isle of Wight duo grown into a full-blast rock band, 'Chaise Longue' just the opening joke.
From Isle of Wight, UK · Sounds like Dry Cleaning, Franz Ferdinand, Sleater-Kinney
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
Playful UK garage-house — pitched-up vocals, rolling two-step drums, and a warm nostalgic streak that nods to the genre's late-'90s golden age while staying strictly dancefloor-first.
From London, UK · Sounds like MPH, Interplanetary Criminal
Club-circuit electronic project.
Fast-rising Denver bass producer — melodic drops with teeth, riding the front of the dubstep scene's younger, wilder generation.
From Denver, CO · Sounds like Subtronics, Excision
Irish folk trio — hushed three-part harmonies and homesick story-songs that have been quietly filling rooms far bigger than anyone expected.
From Ireland · Sounds like Hozier, Dermot Kennedy, Noah Kahan
Wry, conversational pop songwriting from Gracie Abrams's longtime collaborator turned solo act — diaristic detail delivered with sharp comic timing.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Gracie Abrams, Olivia Rodrigo
Minimalist LA synth-punk trio — icy grooves and motorik precision, like a security-camera feed of a party you're not cool enough to attend.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Devo, Suburban Lawns
Fuzzy Bay-adjacent indie rock.
Hyperspeed UK power-pop — Ramones velocity with Strokes melody, two-minute songs played like the venue is on fire.
From Essex, UK · Sounds like Ramones, The Strokes
Kiwi brothers making slinky, falsetto-led alt-funk — Auckland groove-pop polished to a late-night sheen, with basslines that do most of the flirting.
From Auckland, NZ · Sounds like Glass Animals, Jungle
Argentina's beloved indie-pop romantics — silky, synthy heartache anthems that made them a fixture of Latin America's festival circuit.
From Buenos Aires, AR · Sounds like Babasónicos, Simon Grossmann
Berlin melodic-house romantic — the hot-air-balloon Cercle set guy, whose gorgeous live performances turn synth washes into genuine emotional events.
From Berlin, DE · Sounds like Yotto, Tinlicker, Jerro
Hushed English folk with a river-water voice — quietly one of the best writers of her generation, turning small domestic details into devastating songs.
From Ripon, UK · Sounds like Laura Marling, Lizzy McAlpine
Alex Ridha's brand of electro is abrasive by design — hardware-driven, distorted, and consistently ahead of whatever is fashionable, two decades running.
From Berlin, DE · Sounds like Justice, Gesaffelstein, Soulwax
Soulful singer-songwriter riser.
Sugar-rush club music — Jersey club drums and glittering hyperpop melody, engineered for maximum serotonin per minute.
From Montreal, CA · Sounds like Ninajirachi, Dylan Brady
Cello-trained Istanbul selector — sun-drenched, organic house that folds Mediterranean color into long, golden-hour sets, jet-set warmth with classical bones.
From Istanbul, TR · Sounds like Dixon, Bedouin
'Beanie' broke him everywhere — woozy, warm bedroom soul from Baton Rouge, falsetto sighs over underwater guitar.
From Baton Rouge, LA · Sounds like Steve Lacy, Omar Apollo
Cruz Beckham
Anthemic young alt band.
Velvet-toned R&B intimacy from the Kehlani school — plush late-night vocals with an internet-native fanbase that sings every ad-lib.
From Tampa, FL · Sounds like Kehlani, Summer Walker
Austin's instrument-swapping all-women punk-metal wrecking crew — everyone plays everything, and it all lands at full force.
From Austin, TX · Sounds like Amyl and the Sniffers, The Linda Lindas, Gully Boys, L7
The drag superstar behind the decks — camp, pop edits, and pure joy, a set built for singing along in sunglasses.
From Milwaukee, WI · Sounds like Slayyyter, Kim Petras
Erykah Badu's secret weapon gone solo — a four-octave R&B comedian-virtuoso whose live show swings between gospel chops and stand-up bits.
From Cleveland, OH · Sounds like Thundercat, Erykah Badu
Half of 100 gecs behind the decks — chaos engineering as a solo set, hyperpop's producer-in-chief running unfiltered.
From St. Louis, MO · Sounds like 100 gecs, umru
Rising electronic producer on the Bay bill.
From Los Angeles, CA
Moroccan-Canadian vocal powerhouse — dramatic, belt-heavy pop with runs that stop scrollers mid-thumb, technique that turns ballads into main events.
From Carman, MB (via Morocco) · Sounds like Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande
Sibling NYC hyperpop chaos agents — glitchy, funny, and relentless, a live set that plays like a timeline scrolled at maximum speed.
From New York, NY · Sounds like 100 gecs, Charli xcx
Cinematic Nova Scotia noir-pop — smoky, widescreen ballads with an old-Hollywood streak, torch songs delivered with movie-star poise.
Scrappy, hook-stuffed bedroom electro-pop with real wit — Brooklyn miniatures that do more in two minutes than most albums manage.
From Brooklyn, NY · Sounds like Caroline Polachek, Magdalena Bay
Genre-hopping duo bringing club heat.
Sibling harmony machine — 'soft rock' with church-honed vocals and viral charm, family blend polished to studio-grade smoothness.
From New York, NY · Sounds like The Free Nationals, Lawrence
Feel-good house edits gone huge — crowd-pleasing flips built for hands-up moments, a set with zero pretension and full commitment.
From United States · Sounds like Disco Lines, John Summit
South London genre-blur — drill, indie, and R&B folded into diaristic collage, homemade and heartsore in equal measure.
From London, UK · Sounds like Wesley Joseph, Berwyn, Jean Dawson, Dave
Smoky, cinematic electronica — Tom Waits filtered through a modular synth, slow-burn grooves for desert highways.
From London, UK · Sounds like Bob Moses, Nicolas Jaar
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
Anthemic Irish folk-rock — banjo-driven singalongs built for fields, Limerick lads on a steep national rise.
From Limerick, IE · Sounds like Mumford & Sons, Noah Kahan
UK R&B songwriter with quiet-storm control — hushed vocals and late-night restraint, minimal production leaving all the room for the voice.
Brothers making breezy, jazz-flecked bedroom pop — soft chords, shuffling drums, and a sun-warmed melancholy built for headphones and golden hour.
Melbourne minimal-house groover on the rise — sleek, rolling grooves from the city's flourishing club scene.
From Melbourne, AU · Sounds like Dom Dolla, X CLUB.
Bass-forward producer on the rise.
Ukrainian melodic-techno force — sleek, driving, globally streamed, with sets polished into cinematic arcs, a livestream-era star proven on real floors.
From Kyiv, UA · Sounds like ARTBAT, Korolova
Dual-frontwoman indie rock that lovingly resurrects '90s alternative — big fuzzy hooks, deadpan cool, and twin guitar harmonies built for radio that no longer exists.
From Brooklyn, NY · Sounds like Smashing Pumpkins, Pavement, Veruca Salt, Snail Mail
UK garage revival heat — skippy drums and low-end pressure, two-step engineered for the new generation of dancefloors.
From UK · Sounds like Sammy Virji, Interplanetary Criminal
Bilingual pop-R&B riser with viral-choir pipes — Spanish-language moments that became bigger than the songs, a voice that turned anthem-singing into a career.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Becky G, NIKI
Gauzy London dream-pop — midnight-drive music, synths blurred to streetlight smears, soft-focus songs that glow in the dark.
From London, UK · Sounds like Beach House, Men I Trust
Australian house heater — half of the HYPERBEAM b2b with OMNOM, flip-happy edits with festival-scale bounce.
From Brisbane, AU · Sounds like OMNOM, John Summit
Wonky, bass-heavy house — the other half of the HYPERBEAM b2b with Odd Mob, edits engineered for double-takes.
From Chicago, IL · Sounds like Odd Mob, Chris Lake
Sprawling Michigan collective — horn-swelling, patient indie rock that earned an instant cult, chamber-band arrangements with real payoff.
From Ann Arbor, MI · Sounds like Black Country, New Road, Slaughter Beach, Dog
Grit-and-leather rock-soul riser.
Hazy California duo — beachside indie-soul.
Emerging indie songwriter.
'Look At The Time' broke him overnight — big-voiced Southern alt-rock with grunge shadows and arena aims.
From Arkansas · Sounds like Royel Otis, Briston Maroney
The city's own — 300 voices strong, a Golden Gate Park tradition and a tearjerker, show tunes to protest anthems in one set.
From San Francisco, CA
Smoky-voiced UK balladeer — big-room soul at 19, torch songs with an old head's control, a debut voice that sounds decades deep.
Sounds like Adele, Raye, Jorja Smith, Duffy
West Virginia's gilded-age songbird — old-time, calypso, and honky-tonk swirled into something timeless, delivered in vintage lace and total command.
From West Virginia · Sounds like Gillian Welch, Zach Bryan, Molly Tuttle
Veracruz songwriter with a cuatro and one of the most arresting voices in Latin folk — jazz-schooled, heartbreak-fluent.
From Veracruz, MX · Sounds like Natalia Lafourcade, Mon Laferte, Ana Tijoux, Lila Downs
Lo-fi electroclash duo — distorted synths and detached vocals for the afterparty, Detroit cool for the post-everything generation.
From Detroit, MI · Sounds like Crystal Castles, 2hollis
Lo-fi guitar-R&B moods gone viral — Pittsburgh bedroom loops with a late-night glow, viral moods with real guitar underneath.
From Pittsburgh, PA · Sounds like Chezile, Steve Lacy
Oklahoma synth-funk duo — velvet grooves, zero pretension, chillwave warmth with actual pocket, made for golden-hour sway.
From Norman, OK · Sounds like Toro y Moi, Neon Indian
Grammy-nominated melodic house veterans in their warm, patient era — journey-built sets with pop-writing pasts, melodic arcs that breathe.
From Montreal, CA · Sounds like Lane 8, Yotto
Modern pop-punk standard-bearers — gruff, fast, and beloved, Walnut Creek's chip-on-shoulder anthems in full stride, pits and singalongs in equal measure.
From Walnut Creek, CA · Sounds like Neck Deep, The Wonder Years
'Sweet Disposition' forever — Melbourne's festival-euphoria specialists returned, delay pedals at the ready, euphoria delivered on schedule.
From Melbourne, AU · Sounds like Phoenix, Two Door Cinema Club
Criminally consistent R&B auteur — 'Nasty' finally made the world match her freak, a decade of underrated catalog now vindicated.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like FKA twigs, Kehlani
Melbourne house producer with crossover hooks — club tools with pop DNA and festival bookings stacking fast.
Sounds like Dom Dolla, Fisher, John Summit
Club-circuit riser closing out Friday's undercard.
Raw-nerve UK rock — Cobain-worn songwriting building a serious cult, intensity that reads as truth, a band critics keep underestimating upward.
From London, UK · Sounds like Fontaines D.C., Sam Fender, Nirvana, The Murder Capital
Brisbane warehouse techno — breakbeats and big-room adrenaline, Australia's rave revival at full charge, breaks with zero brakes.
From Brisbane, AU · Sounds like KETTAMA, Overmono
Wry Leeds post-punk gone disco — talk-sung satire you can dance to, Britain narrated mid-groove, grooves with a permanent smirk.
From Leeds, UK · Sounds like Dry Cleaning, LCD Soundsystem
The headliners
- Charli xcx — Pop's reigning vanguardist — the brat era's architect bringing club-pop chaos to the main stage, a decade of underground experiments finally cashing out at scale.
- The Strokes — The band that rebooted New York rock — a deep catalog of deadpan cool, still untouchable live when the engine catches.
- The xx — Whispered minimalism that somehow fills a festival field — intimacy at headline scale, 'Intro' still raising arm hair.
- RÜFÜS DU SOL — Emotional stadium-scale melodic house — sunset-slot perfection from the Australian trio, 'Innerbloom' as the communal cry.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- Sawyer Hill — 'Look At The Time' broke him overnight — big-voiced Southern alt-rock.
- NEZZA — Bilingual pop-R&B riser with viral-choir pipes.
- Racing Mount Pleasant — Sprawling Michigan collective — horn-swelling, patient indie rock that earned an instant cult.
- Grace Ives — Scrappy, hook-stuffed bedroom electro-pop with real wit.
- camoufly — Sugar-rush club music — jersey club drums and glittering hyper-pop melody.
- sosocamo — Lo-fi guitar-R&B moods gone viral.
Other acts worth planning around
- Sierra Ferrell — West Virginia's gilded-age songbird — old-time, calypso, and honky-tonk swirled into something singular.
- Tinashe — Criminally consistent R&B auteur — 'Nasty' finally made the world match her freak.
- Durand Bernarr — Erykah Badu's secret weapon gone solo — a four-octave R&B comedian-virtuoso.
- Ben Böhmer — Berlin melodic-house romantic — the hot-air-balloon Cercle set guy, gorgeous live.
- Silvana Estrada — Mexican folk jewel — cuatro in hand, Grammy in pocket, voice like falling water.
- Yard Act — Wry Leeds post-punk gone disco — talk-sung satire you can dance to.
- SF Gay Men's Chorus — The city's own — 300 voices strong, a Golden Gate Park tradition and a tearjerker.
The lineup by day
- Friday, August 7: Charli xcx, Turnstile, Subtronics, GRiZ, Labrinth, GloRilla + 28 more
- Saturday, August 8: The Strokes, The xx, Djo, PinkPantheress, Dijon, Ethel Cain + 25 more
- Sunday, August 9: RÜFÜS DU SOL, Baby Keem, Empire of the Sun, Death Cab for Cutie, Disco Lines, Mariah the Scientist + 26 more
Outside Lands 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Outside Lands 2026?
August 7–9, 2026 — Friday through Sunday.
Where does Outside Lands take place?
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Pack layers — the fog is part of the experience.
Who is headlining Outside Lands 2026?
Charli xcx, The Strokes, The xx, and RÜFÜS DU SOL.
How many acts are playing Outside Lands 2026?
97 acts across three days.
What days do specific acts play?
Every act's day is already on this page — expand the full lineup below or check the day-by-day breakdown.
How do I figure out which of the 97 acts I'd actually like?
Tell the finder at the top of this page a few bands you love — it'll match you with your must-see sets, with reasons why.
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