The heaviest end of North American bass music, staged with a wall of subs and a light rig that does half the assault.
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Forbidden Kingdom 2027 Lineup
Bassrush's bass music festival at the Central Florida Fairgrounds grows to three days in 2027, with Excision, Black Tiger Sex Machine, Levity and Crankdat on a 129-act bill for ages 18 and up.
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About Forbidden Kingdom 2027
Forbidden Kingdom 2027 runs Friday April 23 to Sunday April 25 at the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, Bassrush's bass music festival stretched to three days this year. Excision is the one name above the rest, with Black Tiger Sex Machine, Levity, Crankdat, Kai Wachi, Ray Volpe and Riot Ten in the next row.
Under them sit 129 acts, nearly all of them bass: riddim from Cyclops, Ghengar and Level Up, melodic dubstep from ALLEYCVT and Costa, and a long run of B2B pairings. Justin Hawkes and Shinobi bring some drum and bass. There are no day splits or set times yet, and entry is 18 and up with photo ID.
Expect dubstep, electronic, bass and dance across 129 acts.
At a glance
- Dates
- –Friday to Sunday, three days
- Where
- Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL
- Lineup
- 129 acts
- Ages
- 18+ to enter, with valid photo ID.
- Passes
- 3-Day GA is $229, GA+ $269 and VIP $399, fees included but not taxes or delivery.
- Website
- Official site
Forbidden Kingdom 2027 lineup: all 129 acts
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beastboi. B2B FuntCase B2B Versa (DPMO Presents)
Montreal's helmeted apocalypse trio, who perform cinematic electro-bass like a dystopian rock band.
ElectroDubstep
High-velocity festival bass designed for maximum impact in the shortest possible window, with Ohio-bred drops engineered like demolition charges.
BassRiddim
San Antonio producer behind the crunkstep sound, splicing Southern crunk and hip-hop vocals onto heavy, lurching dubstep drops.
Dance
Sings and plays guitar over his own productions, which is closer to a band than a DJ set: melodic bass with a rock frontman's instincts.
ElectronicAlt-pop
HOL!
French producer working at the abrasive end of dubstep, with distorted, metallic basslines and tearing drops aimed at the heaviest crowds.
DubstepRiddim
Mexico's leading bass export and a genuinely relentless live presence, with heavyweight drops delivered with headliner command.
DubstepTrap
Bass music with metal's aggression baked in, heavy, dark, and increasingly vocal-led, with Boise drops of blast-furnace weight.
DubstepMetal-bass
Trio riding the new melodic-bass wave: riddim with feelings, drops that aim at the chest and the heart at once.
BassElectronic
Coined 'Laserbeam' and turned it into one of the most recognisable drops in modern bass music, with headbanger melodrama at maximum voltage.
DubstepRiddim
Riot
Dance
Texas producer whose 'Rail Breaker' became a festival-circuit standard, with hype-first dubstep and a mosh-caller's instincts.
DubstepTrap
S.Y.N (Svdden Death, yvm3, NIMDA)
Disciple-school dubstep that is technical, mechanical and built around sound design rather than melody.
DubstepRiddim
sfam
Dubstep
Swings between crushing riddim and full melodic bass, often inside the same set, with mammoth branding and matching drops.
DubstepMelodic-bass
Bass music with a wrestling-heel swagger: heavy edits and heavier drops.
BassTrap
2DY4
Electronic
9B49
House
A Hundred Drums B2B Zen Selekta
Advptive B2B Dubba D
ÆON:MODE
Dance
AG
Hip-hop
All The Reason
Electronic
Fast-rising Denver bass producer with melodic drops that have teeth, riding the front of the dubstep scene's younger, wilder generation.
BassDubstep
Alpha:Omega (AC13 & Reaper)
Arcando
Dutch producer of bright, melodic dance tracks with pop toplines, whose releases through NoCopyrightSounds found a wide audience online.
Dance
Masked Atlanta duo working the dark, alien end of festival bass, with extraterrestrial lore, subterranean growls, and drops built for maximum abduction.
DubstepBass
Audia B2B MADB
AVELLO
Electronic
B-Rod B2B Xytron
Bagha
Electronic
BARROWZ
Dubstep
beastboi.
Greensboro producer working the heaviest, most stripped-back end of dubstep, where riddim's repetitive wobble patterns do the damage.
Dubstep
Big Florida
Dance
Bloom
Punk
Heavy, dark bass music from one of the scene's newer names: grinding low end and horror-tinted atmosphere aimed squarely at the headbang.
DubstepBass
Bonker
House
Bonkers
Dubstep
Bynz B2B Inqu
Casey Club
UK dubstep act with a garage swing, built on deep basslines and off-kilter rhythms. The breakout was ‘Papi Riddim’.
Dubstep
CELO
Dance
Chassi
Dubstep
CHOZEN
Bass
Codd Dubz
American producer working the heavier, riddim-adjacent end of dubstep, with bass design built for sound systems rather than headphones.
Dubstep
Costa
New York-born, DMV-based producer who came up on flips of pop and R&B hits, now writing melodic dubstep of arpeggiated synths and wonky bass.
DubstepBass
Riddim producer with a heavy, deliberately repetitive approach built for the pit, with one-eyed branding and single-minded drops.
DubstepRiddim
Debbie Check
Dubstep
Not a fixed act but an open-call talent search whose winner takes the slot, so the name behind it changes each time it appears.
Electronic
DJ Kang
Dance
Fieldz B2B Ophion
Finnuh
Electronic
Flozone B2B STVSH
Dubstep
Frizn B2B Persè
GAMMA
Riddim producer with a distinctly murky, low-slung sound and phantom-themed bass aimed at the darkest corner of the pit.
DubstepRiddim
GorillaT (Sunset Set)
Hades x Persephone
Heavy, percussive dubstep with a distinct Latin rhythmic influence, with San Diego drops that have extra swing in the kick pattern.
DubstepRiddim
HerShe
Los Angeles producer working the heavy, high-impact end of bass music, with sets built around hard-hitting drops.
Dubstep
HEXX
Electronic
Hostage Situation
Dubstep
Hurtbox
Electronic
Inaktiv
Electronic
INFEKT
Montréal producer working the heavier, more mechanical end of dubstep, with sound design built for volume and all grinding textures and precision drops.
Electronic
INFEKT B2B MODAL NODES B2B roi* (Port Zero Presents)
Izzy Vadim B2B Warlord
Jkyl & Hyde
American duo working the heavy, low-slung end of bass music, built around abrupt switch-ups rather than steady momentum.
Electronic
JOUST
Electronic
American drum and bass producer with a melodic, song-led approach, stateside proof that the genre's next wave crossed the Atlantic.
Drum-and-bass
Klo
Los Angeles bass and UK garage, built for the sound-system end of the room, with an underground following and cosigns from Disclosure, Fred Again and Hamdi.
BassUK-garage
Lagrimas
LAYZ
Maryland producer working in hard-hitting dubstep, with dense low-end and drops built for maximum impact.
Dance
Riddim producer with a heavy, minimal approach: a lot of space around some very large sounds, engineered for maximum stank face.
DubstepRiddim
Lucas Larvenz
Pop
Mad Dubz
Guildford producer working the riddim end of dubstep, built on lurching mid-range and drops sized for a big soundsystem.
Electronic
Malfunktion
Dubstep
MAYLAY B2B Natty Lou
Meadoh
Electronic
Mile32
Electronic
MOCEANS
Electronic
MODAL NODES
Electronic
Mvrda
Dubstep producer working out of Southampton, on England's south coast.
Electronic
MVTR
Dubstep
Mythm
Canadian bass project working the slower, more textural end of dubstep, with heavy low end arranged with unusual patience.
Dance
Newer riddim producer whose tracks land squarely in the genre's heaviest lane, with no-frills drops built for rail-riders.
DubstepRiddim
Novuh B2B Wohlsy
Onaroi* (Onara B2B roi*)
Otsukare
Electronic
Ourboros
OZZTIN
Dubstep
P Money x Whiney
papajay
Perry Wayne
Dubstep
PJG
Hip-hop
Pnther
Dubstep
Pretty Sweet
Dubstep
Primate
Puffin
Raaket
Dubstep
Rev3nge
Dubstep
Richard Finger
Masked dubstep duo who built a following on SoundCloud-only drops, trading in choppy, off-kilter bass tunes.
Dubstep
RUVLO
Dance
SANDO
Hip-hop
Seeing Dubble
Miami drum and bass artist who co-hosts the Beatcamp parties with DJ Craze and worked with him on the collaboration 'Slow Roast'.
Electronic
Shiverz
Electronic
Shosh
Garage
Sloth
Spoone
Christian
Sqishi
Electronic
STAYNS
Electronic
Steller
Producer and DJ blending wonky bass with soulful grooves and psychedelic textures, with releases on Bassrush, Cyclops and Morflo.
Dubstep
Halftime-leaning bass with a lot of negative space and a very deep sub, where restraint is the flex.
BassHalftime
Heavy bass music delivered behind a mask, with theatrics up front and riddim underneath.
DubstepBass
The Resistance
Electronic
Three Pux
Dubstep
Riddim producer with an ear for the exact moment a drop should stop dead, with silence weaponized.
DubstepRiddim
Usaybflow
Dubstep
Vanirz B2B Yaki
Vicky B
Dubstep
Vipete
Hip-hop
Vyhara
Electronic
Wolfie
Wook Appruvd
Xó (Jackie Boi B2B Xclvsiv)
Zoey808
Bass
Zouth
Dubstep
The headliners
Excision · The heaviest end of North American bass music, staged with a wall of subs and a light rig that does half the assault. The headliner, with a wall of subs and a light show built to match.
Up-and-comers to catch early
ALLEYCVT · Denver dubstep with melodic drops that still bite.
ATLiens · A masked Atlanta duo with an alien backstory and very low frequencies.
Hekler · San Diego dubstep with a Latin swing in the drums.
sumthin sumthin · Halftime bass with room to breathe and a sub you feel in your ribs.
Justin Hawkes · Song-led drum and bass from Boston, a change of pace on this bill.
Other acts worth planning around
Black Tiger Sex Machine · A helmeted Montreal trio who play electro-bass like a stadium rock band.
Levity · The melodic-bass trio of the moment, riddim with a heart.
Ray Volpe · The producer behind 'Laserbeam', one of bass music's best-known drops.
Grabbitz · Sings and plays guitar over his own tracks, closer to a band than a DJ set.
Jessica Audiffred · Mexico's leading bass export.
Kai Wachi · Metal's aggression in a bass set, and more of his own vocals lately.
Forbidden Kingdom 2027 lineup FAQ
When is Forbidden Kingdom 2027?
Friday April 23 to Sunday April 25, 2027.
Where is Forbidden Kingdom held?
The Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, Florida.
Who is headlining Forbidden Kingdom 2027?
Excision is billed above everyone else. Black Tiger Sex Machine, Levity, Crankdat, Kai Wachi, Ray Volpe and Riot Ten lead the next row.
How many acts are playing?
129 acts are on the 2027 bill, counting each B2B pairing once.
Is Forbidden Kingdom 18+?
Yes. Everyone needs to be 18 or older with a valid photo ID to get in.
Are day-by-day lineups or set times published?
Not yet. The lineup is out, but nothing says which day each act plays.
How do I work out which acts I'd like?
Type a few artists you already love into the search at the top of this page and you'll get ranked matches, with reasons.
Is Forbidden Kingdom 2027 all ages?
18+ to enter, with valid photo ID.
When is Forbidden Kingdom 2028?
Not announced yet. This page carries Forbidden Kingdom 2027 and will carry the 2028 edition as soon as the festival announces it.
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