Dubstep and Bass festivals

15 festivals still to come with Dubstep and Bass on the bill, carrying 64 of the 119 Dubstep and Bass acts we track. Every act has a page: which festivals they play, what time they go on once the festival says, and what they sound like if the name is new to you.

The draw is low frequency you feel before you hear it. A build-up drains the track to a single held note, hands go up across the field, and the drop lands as a half-time lurch of distorted bass. Riddim strips that down to a blunt repeating wobble. Melodic bass hangs a sung hook over the same weight.

These sets run late and loud, often on a stage built around a wall of subs rather than the main field. Expect one person behind a table and a pit that opens on impact. Rail crowds pack in early and hold through changeovers. Afternoon slots happen, and they hit softer: daylight takes weight off the low end.

Dubstep and Bass festivals in 2026

Every bill still ahead of you with real Dubstep and Bass on it, deepest first. A festival needs at least 2 Dubstep and Bass acts to be here, so one stray booking on a bill about something else does not count.

Who carries Dubstep and Bass this season

All 119 acts we have tagged Dubstep and Bass, sorted six ways. The lists disagree with each other, and the names they disagree about are usually the ones worth hearing.

Booked the most in 2026

The Dubstep and Bass acts who spent 2026 on the road. Go to more than one festival and you have probably seen a few of them already.

  1. 1Hamdi13UK bass with a dancehall bounce — the sound of a soundsystem set rather than a festival drop, 'Skanka' the breakout.
  2. 2ALLEYCVT10Fast-rising Denver bass producer — melodic drops with teeth, riding the front of the dubstep scene's younger, wilder generation.
  3. 3Levity10Trio riding the new melodic-bass wave — riddim with feelings, drops that aim at the chest and the heart at once.
  4. 4MPH10UK garage revival heat — skippy drums and low-end pressure, two-step engineered for the new generation of dancefloors.
  5. 5Subtronics10Riddim-dubstep heavyweight — appearing in the GRIZTRONICS b2b with GRiZ, an hour of pure bass warfare with a funk streak.
  6. 6Skrillex8Bass music's shape-shifting elder — from brostep infamy to festival-set transcendence, reinvention as a permanent state.
  7. 7Sullivan King7Plays guitar and screams over his own dubstep — the metal/bass crossover taken entirely seriously, pits and drops in equal measure.
  8. 8ATLiens6Masked Atlanta duo working the dark, alien end of festival bass — extraterrestrial lore, subterranean growls, and drops built for maximum abduction.
  9. 9Crankdat6High-velocity festival bass designed for maximum impact in the shortest possible window — Ohio-bred drops engineered like demolition charges.
  10. 10Devault6Dark, cinematic bass and techno crossovers from the LA underground — trap-schooled drops recast in warehouse shadows.

Most upcoming bookings

Everything still ahead of us, for anyone with festivals left on the calendar.

  1. 1Levity6Trio riding the new melodic-bass wave — riddim with feelings, drops that aim at the chest and the heart at once.
  2. 2ALLEYCVT5Fast-rising Denver bass producer — melodic drops with teeth, riding the front of the dubstep scene's younger, wilder generation.
  3. 3Hamdi5UK bass with a dancehall bounce — the sound of a soundsystem set rather than a festival drop, 'Skanka' the breakout.
  4. 4Crankdat4High-velocity festival bass designed for maximum impact in the shortest possible window — Ohio-bred drops engineered like demolition charges.
  5. 5MPH4UK garage revival heat — skippy drums and low-end pressure, two-step engineered for the new generation of dancefloors.
  6. 6YDG4Bass music with a wrestling-heel swagger — heavy edits and heavier drops.
  7. 7ATLiens3Masked Atlanta duo working the dark, alien end of festival bass — extraterrestrial lore, subterranean growls, and drops built for maximum abduction.
  8. 8Excision3The heaviest end of North American bass music, staged with a wall of subs and a light rig that does half the assault.
  9. 9Level Up3Riddim producer with a heavy, minimal approach — a lot of space around some very large sounds, engineered for maximum stank face.
  10. 10LYNY3Textural, psychedelic bass music — heavy without being blunt about it.

Most headline slots

The names printed in the biggest type, trusted to send everyone home.

  1. 1Skrillex8Bass music's shape-shifting elder — from brostep infamy to festival-set transcendence, reinvention as a permanent state.
  2. 2Excision6The heaviest end of North American bass music, staged with a wall of subs and a light rig that does half the assault.
  3. 3ILLENIUM4The defining voice of melodic bass — emotional, arena-scaled drops built around real songwriting, sad songs engineered for fireworks.
  4. 4Seven Lions3Melodic dubstep with a trance heart — soaring vocal tops over drops that still hit hard underneath, Ophelia-label worldbuilding included.
  5. 5Subtronics3Riddim-dubstep heavyweight — appearing in the GRIZTRONICS b2b with GRiZ, an hour of pure bass warfare with a funk streak.
  6. 6Crankdat2High-velocity festival bass designed for maximum impact in the shortest possible window — Ohio-bred drops engineered like demolition charges.
  7. 7Ganja White Night2Belgian duo trading in wobbling, psychedelic dubstep with a genuinely distinctive low-end signature — the wobble is the brand and the argument.

Most places played

Whose year reads like a world tour that happened to be made of festivals.

  1. 1ALLEYCVT10Fast-rising Denver bass producer — melodic drops with teeth, riding the front of the dubstep scene's younger, wilder generation.
  2. 2Hamdi10UK bass with a dancehall bounce — the sound of a soundsystem set rather than a festival drop, 'Skanka' the breakout.
  3. 3MPH9UK garage revival heat — skippy drums and low-end pressure, two-step engineered for the new generation of dancefloors.
  4. 4Levity8Trio riding the new melodic-bass wave — riddim with feelings, drops that aim at the chest and the heart at once.
  5. 5Skrillex8Bass music's shape-shifting elder — from brostep infamy to festival-set transcendence, reinvention as a permanent state.
  6. 6Subtronics8Riddim-dubstep heavyweight — appearing in the GRIZTRONICS b2b with GRiZ, an hour of pure bass warfare with a funk streak.
  7. 7ATLiens6Masked Atlanta duo working the dark, alien end of festival bass — extraterrestrial lore, subterranean growls, and drops built for maximum abduction.
  8. 8Crankdat6High-velocity festival bass designed for maximum impact in the shortest possible window — Ohio-bred drops engineered like demolition charges.
  9. 9ILLENIUM6The defining voice of melodic bass — emotional, arena-scaled drops built around real songwriting, sad songs engineered for fireworks.
  10. 10ISOxo6Weaponised trap built for a festival's loudest twenty minutes — bright, brutal drops from one of the sharpest young producers in American bass.

All 119 Dubstep and Bass acts

HamdiALLEYCVTLevityMPHSubtronicsSkrillexSullivan KingATLiensCrankdatDevaultExcisionILLENIUMISOxoKai WachiLevel UpLYNYSeven LionsBassvictimGRAVAGERZJessica AudiffredNOTIONRavenscoonSippyWooliAlison WonderlandARMNHMRDeathpactGanja White NightGhengarLiquid StrangerNGHTMRERay VolpeWorshipYDGA Hundred DrumsAdventure ClubBarely AliveBoogie TBorgoreHydraulixIvy LabJon CaseyRiot TenSlanderSmoaklandSoul Mass Transit SystemSVDDEN DEATHTynanWilliam BlackBadKlaatBear GrillzBlack Tiger Sex MachineBonnie X ClydeCyclopsDabinDirtyphonicsEOTOFuntcaseGetterGhastlyHeklerINZOIvoryJantsenKayzoKompanyMadgrrlNeotekNitepunkOf The TreesPegboard NerdsSamplifireSkull Machine (Black Tiger Sex Machine x Kai Wachi)Space LacesThe MasqueradeTrivectaVirtual RiotWankdat (Crankdat B2B Wooli)Au5BlossomBlu DeTigerCaspaChampagne DripCrazeDirt MonkeyDoctor PEazybakedEliminateEpticFlux PavilionFuture Exit b2b NEOTEKGG MagreeImanuINFEKT B2B Virtual RiotJosh TeedKompany B2B SamplifireKrewellaLayz b2b KompanyLevel Up b2b InfektMad Dubz b2b VKTMMaddy O'NealPlukoReid SpeedRezzRL GrimeSaid The Sky (Sunset Set)ShlumpStar EyesSumthin SumthinTeddy Pain (T-Pain Bass Set)TisokiTokyo MachineTruthUSHKAVaskiWhat So NotWhipped CreamWTCHCRFTZomboy

Dubstep and Bass festivals: common questions

What festivals have the most Dubstep and Bass in 2026?

Lights All Night 2026 (15 Dubstep and Bass acts), EDC Orlando 2026 (14 Dubstep and Bass acts), BOO Seattle 2026 (11 Dubstep and Bass acts). We count the acts on each published lineup rather than going by how a festival bills itself, so this is the depth of the actual Dubstep and Bass booking.

Where can I see Dubstep and Bass live in 2026?

15 festivals still to come have Dubstep and Bass on the bill. The next is Austin City Limits 2026, October 2–11, 2026 at Zilker Park, Austin, TX, with 2 Dubstep and Bass acts playing.

Which Dubstep and Bass artists are playing the most festivals in 2026?

Hamdi (13), ALLEYCVT (10), Levity (10), MPH (10), Subtronics (10). Counted per festival across the whole season, finished bills included.

How many Dubstep and Bass acts are playing festivals in 2026?

119 Dubstep and Bass acts appear on the lineups we track, across 15 festivals still to come. Each one has a page with its dates, stages and set times wherever the festival has published them.

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