WHY NOT NOW? Festival to Bring Gorgon City, Chase & Status, and More to Brooklyn

The festival's inaugural installment comes to Brooklyn's Industry City complex from May 23 – 24.

Rachel Narozniak

1 min •

Mar 5, 2026

Chase Status

A new dance/electronic music festival is coming to New York. From May 23 – 24, the inaugural WHY NOT NOW? Festival will welcome headliners Gorgon City and Chase & Status to Brooklyn's Industry City complex. The 21+ event will also feature sets from GENESI, Linksa, TOBEHONEST, DREYA V, Joy (Anonymous) b2b MPH, Flava D, and Bambii.

Presale tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. ET on March 10, with the general sale to follow at the same time on March 11. Register for the presale here.

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