Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2026
Tyler's carnival, two days on the Dodger Stadium grounds
November 14–15, 2026
Venue: UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium, 1000 Elysian Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2026 Lineup
Both Days · November 14–15, 2026
- Don Toliver
- Future
- Steve Lacy
- Turnstile
- Tyler, the Creator
- 2hollis
- 310babii
- 54 Ultra
- AMA
- Audrey Nuna
- Casey Veggies
- Concrete Boys
- Domo Genesis
- Earl Sweatshirt
- Gabriel Jacoby
- GENA
- Isaiah Rashad
- Jane Remover
- JID
- Latin Mafia
- Left Brain
- Leon Thomas
- Liim
- Lola Young
- Lupe Fiasco
- Magdalena Bay
- MIKE
- Mike G
- Natanya
- nomi.
- Not For Radio
- Nourished By Time
- NSQK
- Quadeca
- Syd
- The Alchemist
- Thee Sacred Souls
- threetwenty
- Vince Staples
- Wallows
- Wyatt Waddell
Why Camp Flog Gnaw
Camp Flog Gnaw is what happens when a musician who genuinely loves carnivals gets to build one. Tyler, the Creator started it in 2012 as a one-day Odd Future gathering at a downtown club; twelve editions later it takes over the parking grounds of Dodger Stadium for a weekend, with a Ferris wheel, midway games Tyler curates himself, and a bill of roughly forty acts that reliably sells out before anybody knows who's playing.
The 2026 lineup arrived the way things arrive here — as a word scramble on the festival's own site, one anagram per artist, clues of dubious helpfulness. Underneath it: Tyler, Future, Turnstile, Steve Lacy, Don Toliver, Vince Staples, JID, Earl Sweatshirt with MIKE, Lupe Fiasco, Isaiah Rashad, Syd, Magdalena Bay, Wallows, and a deep bench of newer names. Rap, R&B, punk and indie on the same grounds, which is the whole point.
For a traveler the pitch is unusually clean. It's mid-November in Los Angeles, which is the best weather the city has. It's two days, one wristband, no camping, twenty minutes from downtown. And it's the rare festival where the non-music programming is a real reason to go rather than a filler tent.
Best For
Fans who want a festival that isn't only a festival — the rides and games are genuinely half of it. Anyone building a long weekend in Los Angeles around a marquee show, since November is the city at its most pleasant and least crowded. Groups with a mix of ages, given it's all ages with under-fives free.
Less ideal for
Less ideal for: anyone who needs to buy passes at face value — this sold out in June and resale is the market now. Anyone hoping to come and go during the day, since there are no ins and outs across a noon-to-11pm run. And anyone counting on parking, which is very limited, sold in advance to existing pass holders only, and unlikely to be available on the day.
Where to Stay
Dodger Stadium sits in Chavez Ravine, tucked between Downtown Los Angeles, Chinatown and Echo Park. There's no camping and no lodging attached to the grounds, so where you sleep is really a question of how you plan to get to the gates — and because there are no ins and outs, you'll only make that trip once each day. Four ways to play it.
- Downtown LA / Union Station (≈2–3 miles). The strategically correct answer. The festival runs a free shuttle from Union Station straight to the grounds, so a downtown room turns the commute into a short walk plus a fifteen-minute ride, with no parking pass and no exit-traffic problem. The Metropolitan, Hotel Per La, the Biltmore, the Freehand and the Miyako in Little Tokyo are all within reach of the station. This is where we'd stay.
- Chinatown (≈1.5 miles). The closest neighborhood to the stadium and one Metro stop from Union Station. Inventory is thinner and more boutique, but you're close enough that a rideshare on a gridlocked night is a genuinely short trip rather than an hour of sitting still.
- Echo Park & Silver Lake (≈2–4 miles). The move if you want the neighborhood more than the convenience — coffee, record shops, the lake, and some of the better casual food in the city. You'll rely on rideshare rather than the shuttle, and mostly find short-term rentals rather than hotels.
- Hollywood (≈6–8 miles). Deeper hotel inventory across every price point and plenty to do on the off-day, at the cost of a longer trip in and a much longer one back out. Workable if you'd rather build the weekend around Hollywood than around the festival.
Mid-November is shoulder season in Los Angeles, so rates are softer than summer — but this is a sold-out 40,000-a-day festival, and the downtown rooms nearest Union Station are the ones that go first. Book those early and favor refundable rates.
Getting There
Take Metro. Genuinely. The A, B, D and J lines all reach Union Station, and from there a free Camp Flog Gnaw shuttle runs continuously to the grounds both days — roughly a fifteen to twenty minute ride, dropping at Lot 13. Shuttles board from the far end of the station and start running in the morning. A round trip on TAP is about $3.50, and there's a Metro booth on site selling and loading cards if you arrive without one. On a festival night at Dodger Stadium this isn't the frugal option, it's the fast one.
Driving and parking. Parking is a $65 two-day add-on sold through the AXS FanAccount to existing pass purchasers only, and the festival says outright that it's very limited and unlikely to still be available on the day. No overnight parking, no RVs, no buses or limos, no tailgating. If you don't already hold a parking pass, assume you aren't driving in.
Rideshare. Drop-off and friends-and-family drop-off open at 10:00 AM in Lot 13, following the rideshare signage — no drop-off at Dodger Stadium proper, and Lot 13 is a no-waiting zone. Pickup moves to Sunset Boulevard at Vin Scully Avenue. Accessible vehicles drop in Lot 13 and pick up on Sunset, with an accessible shuttle running to the entrance by the Lot I accessible lot.
Flying in. LAX is the obvious arrival and about 45 minutes to downtown without traffic, which is not a condition that reliably exists — budget more. Burbank (BUR) is smaller, closer to the eastside and often the calmer choice; Long Beach (LGB) and Ontario (ONT) are worth a price check.
Where to Eat
The no-ins-outs rule makes this a two-part question: what you eat before you go in, and what's open after an 11:00 PM curfew. Chinatown is the closest answer to both, minutes from the grounds and Union Station, and it stays open late. Downtown gives you Grand Central Market for an early lunch before gates, plus Little Tokyo a short walk from the station for post-show ramen. Echo Park and Sunset Boulevard are the local move — taquerias, late counters, and the kind of place worth the detour on the way back. Inside, the grounds carry the full carnival spread of food vendors, but you're paying festival prices and standing in festival lines, so eat properly first.
The Carnival Is Not a Sideshow
Most festivals bolt on an art installation and call it programming. Camp Flog Gnaw was a carnival before it was a festival, and it still runs like one — a full midway of rides and games that Tyler curates personally, with the Ferris wheel over the Chavez Ravine skyline as the image the whole weekend gets remembered by.
One thing to know before you budget: game play is not included with GA or VIP admission. It's a separate 2-Day Unlimited Carnival Games wristband at $160, sold as an add-on to existing pass holders through the AXS FanAccount, verified at each game booth and valid only for the purchaser. Rides are included; games are not. Super VIP admission is the exception — that wristband covers unlimited games outright.
Make It a Weekend in Los Angeles
November is the argument. Los Angeles in mid-November is dry, mild, and empty of summer crowds — the best two weeks the city gives you, and the reason a festival weekend here extends naturally into a trip.
From a downtown base you're walking distance to Grand Central Market, the Broad and Disney Hall, and a short ride from Echo Park, Silver Lake and Highland Park for record shops and coffee. The beaches are forty minutes west and genuinely pleasant in November. Griffith Observatory is fifteen minutes north of the stadium and best at dusk.
Our move: fly in Friday, downtown near Union Station, spend the off-morning on the eastside, take the shuttle both festival days, and keep Monday for the beach before flying home.