Outside Lands 2026 Lineup
San Francisco's foggy, food-obsessed answer to the desert megafestival.
August 7–9, 2026
This is the Outside Lands 2026 lineup. For dates, tickets and trip planning for the next edition, see the current Outside Lands guide.
Venue: Golden Gate Park, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
Outside Lands 2026 Lineup
Friday · August 7, 2026
- Charli XCX
- Clipse
- Geese
- GloRilla
- GRiZTRONICS (Subtronics + GRiZ)
- Labrinth
- Modest Mouse
- Sierra Ferrell
- Tinashe
- Turnstile
- Wet Leg
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- ALLEYCVT
- Bad Nerves
- Billie Marten
- Chezile
- Die Spitz
- Durand Bernarr
- Dylan Brady
- Faouzia
- Goldie Boutilier
- KI/KI
- Luke Alessi
- MPH
- NEZZA
- Odd Mob & OMNOM present HYPERBEAM
- Sawyer Hill
- The Story So Far
- Tobiahs
- Vertigo
Saturday · August 8, 2026
- The Strokes
- Dijon
- Djo
- Ethel Cain
- Lucy Dacus
- PinkPantheress
- The xx
- 1-800 GIRLS
- After RIO
- Audrey Hobert
- Automatic
- bad juuju
- Bandalos Chinos
- Ben Böhmer
- camoufly
- DJ Trixie Mattel
- Haute & Freddy
- it's murph
- KOSTA
- Lane 8
- Łaswezo
- Malcolm Todd
- Racing Mount Pleasant
- Red Leather
- RYMAN
- SIENNA SPIRO
- Silvana Estrada
- Snow Strippers
- Sultan + Shepard
- Wunderhorse
- Yard Act
Sunday · August 9, 2026
- RÜFÜS DU SOL
- Baby Keem
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Disco Lines
- Empire of the Sun
- Mariah the Scientist
- Balu Brigada
- Boris Brejcha
- Boys Noize
- Carlita
- Destin Conrad
- Frost Children
- JADE
- Kingfishr
- kwn
- Miss Monique
- Not for Radio
- The Temper Trap
Is Outside Lands Worth the Trip?
Outside Lands is the anti-Coachella, and that's the whole pitch. No desert, no heatstroke, no influencer runway. Just Golden Gate Park buried under a wall of Pacific fog, roughly 80 acts across seven stages, and a food-and-wine program serious enough that plenty of people fly in for the Dungeness crab rolls and barely mention who's playing.
You will be cold by 4pm. This is the one festival where the flannel is functional, not a costume. That's the trade: you swap the tan for eucalyptus air, a glass of Sonoma pinot poured steps from the main stage, and a 2026 headline run that goes Charli XCX on Friday, The Strokes on Saturday, and RÜFÜS DU SOL closing it out Sunday night.
Insider tip: the fog usually lifts for a couple of hours around midday, then rolls back hard by late afternoon. Eat during the bright window and save your can't-miss sets for after dark, when the park turns cinematic and cold.
Best For
Eclectic listeners who take the food lineup as seriously as the music, and anyone who wants a real city wrapped around their festival weekend. Groups who'd rather end the night in a warm SF restaurant than a dusty campsite.
Less ideal for
Less ideal for: heat-seekers, single-genre purists, and campers. This is an urban, day-only festival, and the weather is famously not summer — if you want sun and a tent, this isn't it.