Golden Gate Park is gearing up for another August takeover. The 18th annual Outside Lands festival returns to San Francisco from August 7 to 9, and the 2026 lineup leads with three heavy hitters: three-time Grammy winner Charli XCX, making her long-awaited Outside Lands debut, Australian electronic trio Rufus Du Sol, and the returning Grammy-winning band The Strokes.
The festival remains the largest independently owned festival in the United States, co-founded by Another Planet Entertainment and Superfly back in 2008. It spreads the best in music across seven stages alongside food, wine, beer, cocktails, art, and cannabis, with over 100 restaurants and a roster of wineries and breweries nearly all local to Northern California.
The undercard runs deep. The bill also features The XX, Baby Keem, Turnstile, Geese, GRIZTRONICS (Subtronics and GRiZ), Djo, Labrinth, Empire of the Sun, Dijon, Disco Lines, Death Cab For Cutie, GloRilla, Ethel Cain, Clipse, Lucy Dacus, Wet Leg, Malcolm Todd, Modest Mouse, Mariah the Scientist, Sierra Ferrell, Tinashe, Audrey Hobert, Jade, DJ Trixie Mattel, Destin Conrad, Cruz Beckham, Bay Area locals The Story So Far, and many more.
Outside Lands has also revealed the lineup for Soma, its dedicated house and techno stage, an open-air club experience featuring Boys Noize, Lane 8, Hyperbeam, Boris Brejcha, Carlita, Miss Monique, Ben Böhmer, and more.
Beyond the music, the festival leans into everything that’s made it a Bay Area institution. Grass Lands returns for its eighth year, spotlighting innovation in the cannabis space, alongside the Taste of the Bay Area, Wine Lands, Beer Lands, and Cocktail Magic, plus curated programming on the Soma, Dolores’, and Duboce Triangle specialty stages.
The festival has generated over $1 billion for the local economy since its inception, and the 2026 edition looks set to keep that creative, community-driven spirit going. Tickets are on sale now, with 3-Day GA passes starting at $445 plus fees, GA+ at $699, VIP at $1,150, and the elevated Golden Gate Club at $4,895, with payment plans available across all ticket types starting at $99 down.