2026 California Dance/Electronic Festivals [Updating]

From weekends in the desert to waterfront gatherings, downtown takeovers, and off-the-grid campground fêtes, California’s 2026 festival landscape once again reflects the state’s outsized role in dance music culture, with events and sounds for every kind of fan. Below, we round up the major dance/electronic festivals happening throughout California in 2026, organized by season, with dates, locations, and ticket information updated as new details are announced.

Spring

• CRSSD Festival (Spring)
  • Where: Waterfront Park, San Diego
  • When: March 14-15
  • Who’s playing: Dom Dolla, Polo & Pan, Ben Sterling, Lane 8, Mita Gami, Odd Mob, The Martinez Brothers, Vintage Culture, Alignment, Amelie Lens, Cirez D, Deborah De Luca + more
  • Tickets
• Beyond Wonderland SoCal
  • Where: NOS Events Center, San Bernardino
  • When: March 27-28
  • Who’s playing: Alison Wonderland, Benny Benassi, D.O.D., Ilan Bluestone, Interplanetary Criminal, Lilly Palmer, Matroda, Nicole Moudaber, Tiesto, Zedd + more
  • Tickets
• Coachella 2026
  • Where: Empire Polo Club, Indio
  • When: April 10-12; 17-19
  • Who’s playing: Anyma, Fatboy Slim, Kaskade, Disclosure, Nine Inch Noize, Prospa, Max Dean, Subtronics, Chloe Caillet, Marlon Hoffstadt, Josh Baker, AZZECCA + more
  • Tickets
• Lightning in a Bottle 2026
  • Where: Buena Vista Lake, Bakersfield area
  • When: May 20-24
  • Who’s playing: ALLEYCVT, Barry Can't Swim, Chase & Status, Desert Hearts, Dimension, DJ Trixie Mattell, Empire of the Sun, Flava D, Hot Since 82, J. Worra, Jayda G + more
  • Tickets

Summer

• Day Trip Festival 2026
  • Where: Queen Mary Waterfront, Long Beach
  • When: June 27-28
  • Who’s playing: CID, Cloonee, Discip, Elderbrook, Green Velvet b2b Josh Baker, Odd Mob, Chasewest, Gordo, Julian Fijma, Rebecca Black, Roddy Lima, Swimming Paul + more
  • Tickets
• Dirtybird Campout x Northern Nights Music Festival 2026
  • Where: Cook’s Valley Campground, Humboldt/Mendocino county line, Northern California
  • When: July 17–19
  • Who’s playing: Clozee, Tape B, Justin Martin, LP Giobbi, Flowdan, Kaleena Zaners, Sacha Robotti, Will Clarke, Gene Farris, Todd Edwards, Christian Martin + more
  • Tickets
• Splash House 2026
  • Where: Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel, Hilton Palm Springs, and Saguaro Palm Springs, Palm Springs
  • When: August 7-9; 14-16
  • Who’s playing: To be announced
  • Tickets
• HARD Summer 2026
  • Where: Hollywood Park, Los Angeles
  • When: August 1-2
  • Who’s playing: Charlotte de Witte, Chris Lorenzo, DJ Snake, Kali Uchis, Knock2 b2b Zedd, Maceo Plex, Mau P, Sammy Virji, Shygirl Presents Club Shy, Vintage Culture + more
  • Tickets

Fall

• Nocturnal Wonderland 2026
  • Where: Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino
  • When: September 19-20
  • Who’s playing: To be announced
  • Tickets
• CRSSD Festival (Fall)
  • Where: Waterfront Park, San Diego
  • When: September 2026, dates to be announced
  • Who’s playing: To be announced
  • Tickets
• Wasteland 2026
  • Where: NOS Events Center, San Bernardino
  • When: September 4-5
  • Who’s playing: To be announced
  • Tickets
• Portola Festival 2026
  • Where: Pier 80, San Francisco
  • When: September 2026, dates to be announced
  • Who’s playing: To be announced
  • Tickets
• Escape Halloween 2026
  • Where: NOS Events Center, San Bernardino
  • When: October 30-31
  • Who’s playing: To be announced
  • Tickets
• Dreamstate SoCal 2026
  • Where: Southern California
  • When: November 20-21
  • Who’s playing: To be announced
  • Tickets

Winter

• Proper NYE/NYD 2026
  • Where: Petco Park, San Diego
  • When: New Year’s weekend, dates to be announced
  • Who’s playing: To be announced
  • Tickets
• Countdown NYE 2026
  • Where: NOS Events Center, San Bernardino
  • When: Dec. 31, 2026 - Jan. 1, 2027
  • Who’s playing: To be announced
  • Tickets