Trance's group-therapy session — push-the-button moments and crowds crying happy tears at sunrise.
Seismic Dance Event 2026 Lineup
Three days of house and techno in an Austin warehouse complex, booked by people who clearly go out.
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About Seismic Dance Event 2026
Seismic Dance Event is Austin's house and techno weekender, held at The Concourse Project across November 13, 14 and 15. This is the ninth edition, and the booking has always been sharper than the festival's size suggests.
Friday leans dark and fast: Chris Liebing, VTSS, Maddix and Porter Robinson playing a DJ set rather than the live show, with HorsegiirL and Chris Lorenzo for contrast. Saturday is the melodic day, topped by Above & Beyond and SG Lewis with ØTTA hosting a Hotties stage takeover. Sunday closes hard with Sara Landry, Layton Giordani, Brutalismus 3000 and KI/KI, plus a Next Gen House takeover.
Expect dance, house, techno and electronic across 47 acts.
Seismic Dance Event 2026 lineup & schedule: all 47 acts
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Berlin's gabber-punk duo — screamed German vocals over pummeling club tempos, equal parts rave, hardcore show, and performance-art provocation.
UK bass house at its most swaggering — rolling low end and hip-hop cadence, built for a dark room rather than a sunny field.
Berlin's masked 'farmcore' phenomenon — giddy barnyard-trance house played dead serious, 'My Barn My Rules' as manifesto.
Amsterdam's hard-trance revivalist — acid lines and 150 BPM joy, rave classicism played with total exuberance.
New York techno raised on Drumcode — driving and melodic rather than austere, built for rooms where techno still has to move a festival crowd.
Sun-soaked tech house on the rise — California grooves tuned for pool decks and peak hour alike.
Porter Robinson (DJ Set)
The producer behind Worlds and Nurture, playing records here rather than the full live show.
Hard techno delivered with genuine showmanship — one of the fastest rises in the genre in years, industrial pressure with headliner presence.
UK dance-pop craftsman — glossy, feel-everything disco-house built for golden hour, collaborator to half of pop's A-list.
Brisbane producer working in house — club tracks built for local dancefloors rather than festival-sized drops.
Adam Sellouk
Benwal
BOLO
Brunello
Chris Liebing
Cole Knight b2b Dreya V
Conrad Taylor
Dark, cinematic bass and techno crossovers from the LA underground — trap-schooled drops recast in warehouse shadows.
Diffrent
Fallon
Frederic.
HILLS
HNTR
Jenna Shaw
Joss Dean
Kamino
Kyle Starkey
Melbourne minimal-house groover on the rise — sleek, rolling grooves from the city's flourishing club scene.
Dutch producer riding the big-room-to-hard-techno pipeline with real conviction — main-stage scale at underground tempos, drops built for the biggest rigs.
Marco Strous
Rock-derived hard techno — leather-jacket energy at 150 BPM.
Spanish duo folding flamenco and classical strings into club sets — live violin over techno, played straight rather than as novelty.
UK garage revival heat — skippy drums and low-end pressure, two-step engineered for the new generation of dancefloors.
UK bass and garage — clean, physical, dancefloor-first, drops with surgical timing and low-end pressure without a wasted bar.
ØTTA
OZA
Paige Tomlinson
Smokey Bubblin' B
SPFDJ
Starjunk 95
STÜM
Toccororo
TWOFACED
Volkoder
Polish techno provocateur — fast, hard, and gleefully irreverent, rave intensity with an internet-native sense of humor.
Welker
The headliners
Above & Beyond — Trance's group-therapy session — push-the-button moments and crowds crying happy tears at sunrise. Trance's most emotionally manipulative act, and they know it.
Brutalismus 3000 — Berlin's gabber-punk duo — screamed German vocals over pummeling club tempos, equal parts rave, hardcore show, and performance-art provocation. Berlin punk-techno played far too fast.
Chris Lorenzo — UK bass house at its most swaggering — rolling low end and hip-hop cadence, built for a dark room rather than a sunny field.
HorsegiirL — Berlin's masked 'farmcore' phenomenon — giddy barnyard-trance house played dead serious, 'My Barn My Rules' as manifesto. A gimmick on paper and a genuinely good selector in practice.
KI/KI — Amsterdam's hard-trance revivalist — acid lines and 150 BPM joy, rave classicism played with total exuberance. Dutch trance-leaning techno and one of the fastest rises in the format.
Layton Giordani — New York techno raised on Drumcode — driving and melodic rather than austere, built for rooms where techno still has to move a festival crowd. Peak-time techno built for a room this shape.
Max Styler — Sun-soaked tech house on the rise — California grooves tuned for pool decks and peak hour alike.
- Porter Robinson (DJ Set) — The producer behind Worlds and Nurture, playing records here rather than the full live show. Rare as a DJ set, which is the draw.
Sara Landry — Hard techno delivered with genuine showmanship — one of the fastest rises in the genre in years, industrial pressure with headliner presence. Hard techno with a following built almost entirely outside the circuit.
SG Lewis — UK dance-pop craftsman — glossy, feel-everything disco-house built for golden hour, collaborator to half of pop's A-list. Disco-facing house with a songwriter behind it.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- Toccororo — Latin rhythms pushed through club music.
Other acts worth planning around
The lineup by day
Friday lineup (November 13)
Chris Lorenzo, HorsegiirL, Porter Robinson (DJ Set), BOLO, Chris Liebing, Cole Knight b2b Dreya V + 10 more
Saturday lineup (November 14)
Above & Beyond, Max Styler, SG Lewis, 1TBSP, Adam Sellouk, Brunello + 9 more
Sunday lineup (November 15)
Brutalismus 3000, KI/KI, Layton Giordani, Sara Landry, Benwal, Diffrent + 10 more
Seismic Dance Event 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Seismic Dance Event 9.0?
November 13 to 15, 2026 at The Concourse Project in Austin, Texas.
Who headlines?
The festival prints two tiers rather than ranking each day. The top tier is Above & Beyond, Brutalismus 3000, Chris Lorenzo, HorsegiirL, KI/KI, Layton Giordani, Max Styler, Porter Robinson, Sara Landry and SG Lewis.
What are the stage takeovers?
ØTTA hosts a Hotties takeover on the Saturday and there is a Next Gen House takeover on the Sunday, both listed on the festival's own day splits.
Are set times out?
Not yet. Day splits are published; clock times usually follow closer to the weekend.
How do I find the acts I'd like?
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Who plays Friday at Seismic Dance Event 2026?
Friday, November 13: Chris Lorenzo, HorsegiirL, Porter Robinson (DJ Set), BOLO, Chris Liebing, Cole Knight b2b Dreya V, plus 10 more acts.
Who plays Saturday at Seismic Dance Event 2026?
Saturday, November 14: Above & Beyond, Max Styler, SG Lewis, 1TBSP, Adam Sellouk, Brunello, plus 9 more acts.
Who plays Sunday at Seismic Dance Event 2026?
Sunday, November 15: Brutalismus 3000, KI/KI, Layton Giordani, Sara Landry, Benwal, Diffrent, plus 10 more acts.
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