Michigan’s immersive music festival Electric Forest returns to Rothbury from June 25-28 with an expansive first wave lineup featuring 100 artists. Known for its art installations, community-driven spirit and late-night discoveries, the 2026 edition brings together electronic heavyweights, crossover innovators and genre-defying live acts in one woodland playground.
Headliners include Illenium, Excision and Kaskade, alongside two sets from GRiZ, including a Chasing The Golden Hour performance. Chris Lake joins jam icons The String Cheese Incident, who will deliver multiple incidents, including a special Shebongle Shebang. A first-time DJ Diesel B2B T-Pain Bass DJ Set adds a curveball moment to the weekend.
The electronic spectrum runs deep with Eli Brown, Purple Disco Machine, ISOxo, Ganja White Night, LSDream, Madeon and Wilkinson. Andy C and Ivy Lab bring drum and bass precision, while Odd Mob, Devault and Sidepiece anchor the house contingent. From UKG via MPH and Oppidan to bass innovators Wooli and Ravenscoon, the Forest pulses across styles.
Beyond the dancefloor, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, Frost Children, Underscores, INIKO, Jean Dawson and SBTRKT expand the festival’s creative reach. The reveal unfolded through riddles, poems and a curated EF Radio broadcast, turning the announcement into a shared celebration. Electric Forest 2026 shapes up as another multi-sensory gathering in the Michigan woods.