KNTXT founder and the most visible face of modern hard techno, relentless, acid-inflected, absolutely locked in, and headlining the global boom she helped create.
TechnoAcid-techno
HARD Summer 2026 Lineup
Two days beside SoFi Stadium where hard techno, jungle, jersey club and rap share stages, no camping and no fields, just a very Los Angeles crowd.
HARD Summer is expected back July 2027 (dates aren't announced yet). Until then, here's the full 2026 lineup and the acts you would have loved.
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About HARD Summer 2026
HARD Summer has spent two decades refusing to be a straightforward dance festival, and the 2026 edition is the clearest statement of that yet: Charlotte de Witte and Amelie Lens bringing full hard techno, Kali Uchis and Zack Fox on the same bill, and an undercard that runs through jersey club, jungle, garage and hyperpop without apology.
It sits on the Hollywood Park lot next to SoFi Stadium, which makes it the most urban festival of the six: no camping, no fields, just two days of a very Los Angeles crowd. Saturday leans techno and Latin club; Sunday is the rowdier day, with RL Grime, Andy C, Sammy Virji and a Knock2 b2b Zedd billing. Every act's day is published.
Expect dance, house, techno and electronic across 93 acts.
At a glance
- Dates
- –Saturday to Sunday, two days
- Where
- Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA
- Lineup
- 93 acts
- Website
- Official site
HARD Summer 2026 lineup & schedule: all 93 acts
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Velvet-toned bilingual soul that drifts between doo-wop pastiche and perreo without ever raising its voice, with 'Telepatía' cool as a permanent state.
Neo-soulReggaeton
Belgium's techno figurehead, whose relentless, hypnotic peak-time sets carried her from Antwerp warehouses to the genre's biggest global stages.
Techno
The producer who made festival trap feel cinematic, with enormous drops and real compositional care, Halloween-mix mythology included.
TrapBass
Australian four-piece playing dance-pop as full choreographed comedy, with costume changes, deadpan bits, and one of the best live shows on any bill anywhere.
Dance-punkElectropop
Ellum boss whose sets swing from deep melodic house into hard, driving techno without warning, with two decades of shape-shifting authority.
TechnoMelodic-house
Euphoric, garage-inflected house with a melodic streak that lands somewhere between rave and daydream, full of full-color club joy.
HouseUK garage
Argentine club provocateur with neoperreo heat and hyperpop gloss, Buenos Aires underground gone international, provocation with pop precision.
PerreoClub
Dominican rapper whose raw, deliberately provocative dembow made her a genuine cultural flashpoint, with underground Santo Domingo carried to global stages.
DembowReggaeton
Comedian and rapper in equal measure. The jokes are real and so, annoyingly, are the songs, beats from rap's A-list included.
Hip-hopComedy-rap
Alex Ridha's brand of electro is abrasive by design: hardware-driven, distorted, and consistently ahead of whatever is fashionable, two decades running.
TechnoElectro
Montreal's arch electroclash survivor, with deadpan vocals, filthy synths, and a sense of humor most techno lacks, 'Sunglasses at Night' included.
ElectroclashTechno
Bay Area hyperpop auteur, glitchy, hooky and scene-defining, with 'Wallsocket' worldbuilding included and internet-native songwriting at its sharpest.
HyperpopAlt
Brazil's biggest house export, melodic, festival-scaled, and unashamedly emotive, from São Paulo stadiums to global main stages.
HouseTech-house
A classically trained producer whose precision-engineered pop-EDM defined mainstage sound for a decade, with 'Clarity' still the gold standard.
EDMElectro house
Osaka-born cult selector Yousuke Yukimatsu (genre-shredding DJ sets that went from viral clips to worldwide bookings) brings anything-goes technique with total joy.
TechnoDJ set
French producer whose acid-heavy techno sits somewhere between rave nostalgia and something meaner, fast, playful, and increasingly one of Europe's most in-demand selectors.
TechnoAcid-techno
San Diego house DJ folding reggaeton, hip-hop and mariachi samples into hard-hitting club tracks like 'Vamonos De Fiesta'.
House
Brunello
Dance
Berlin's gabber-punk duo, with screamed German vocals over pummeling club tempos, equal parts rave, hardcore show, and performance-art provocation.
Gabber-popTechno-punk
Bushbaby
Garage
Capes
Dance
UK bass house at its most swaggering, with rolling low end and hip-hop cadence built for a dark room rather than a sunny field.
Dance
cquestt
Dance
debbiesthuglife
Dance
DJ Blackmarket
DJ Kita
DJ Warning
Dance
Dreya V
Dance
Gay Felony
House
Scottish DJ whose doof-inflected hard house has become one of the UK's biggest club draws: a Dundee dental nurse turned rave phenomenon.
Hard-houseTrance
South African beat scientist whose glitchy, off-grid bass rewards close listening as much as headbanging.
Electronic
Lake Hills, ØNYX
Locklead
House
Lovefoxy
Dance
Melbourne minimal-house groover on the rise, with sleek, rolling grooves from the city's flourishing club scene.
HouseIndie dance
Genre-agnostic selector moving between breaks, house, and hip-hop in a single set, with turntablist chops under the party instincts.
HouseBreaks
Dutch producer whose breakout single became one of the most-played club records of its year, with 'Drugs from Amsterdam' bounce, still going.
Tech-house
Mesmé
Electronic
Montique
R&B/soul
Naomi Green
Miami producer bending dembow and Latin club rhythms into something genuinely futuristic, with regional heat engineered for the global underground.
ClubReggaeton-experimental
Watford producer who sings his own hooks over house, pulling R&B melody and UK garage swing into club tracks like "Back It Up" and "Can't Slow Down".
House
Pegassi
Dance
Quinn Blake
RØZ
Dance
Shaking
Dance
Sim Ivy
Dance
SMALL (Danny G Luvs Y B2B Bori)
Spiñorita
Hip-hop
X CLUB. B2B ATRIP
10cust
Dance
Brisbane producer working in house, making club tracks built for local dancefloors rather than festival-sized drops.
House
Rage-adjacent producer-vocalist making synth-heavy, blown-out digital pop for a very online audience, with icy arpeggios, distorted 808s, and hooks that hit like a video-game boss theme.
HyperpopRage
Adiel B2B Quest
Techno
Adult Hits
Electronic
After Midnight
Alarico B2B Yanamaste
Andy C: Alive
Electronic
B3K B2B Boys Noize
Bahar Khadem
Bianca Oblivion, Star Eyes
Canary Yellow
Electronic
Cerulo
BassElectronic
chloe404, Kyle Arthur
Cole Terrazas
Germany-based DJ with a taste for fast, brash, unashamedly fun club sets that cut between broken rhythms and rave euphoria.
Breakbeat
DJ Snake (Hip Hop Set)
Dance
Edge Control
Electronic
FIFI
ElectronicDance
Flabbergast
Electronic
Sibling NYC hyperpop chaos agents, glitchy, funny, and relentless, with a live set that plays like a timeline scrolled at maximum speed.
HyperpopElectro
fun2bjane
Hyperbeam
Dance
Lily Ardalan
Techno
Live From Earth co-founder making rowdy, meme-literate club tracks: ghetto-tech cheek at Berlin volume, club chaos with a grin.
TechnoGhetto-tech
Mez Monty, Shane Thomas
Miami-based production duo behind the Two and a Half Cats label and a Club Space residency since 2022, known for the Beatport hit 'Un Poquito', later remixed by Paco Osuna.
House
Miluhska
House
Bristol producer working the chopped-vocal end of UK garage, from classic speed garage swing to the newer stutter house sound.
Dance
Oscar Osorio
Dance
Pitchblack
Ranger Trucco
DJ and producer working a loose, groove-led strain of house built for long stretches rather than peaks.
House
The producer most responsible for UK garage's current mainstream moment, with bouncy, gleeful sets that are impossible to stand still to, flip after flip after flip.
UK-garageBassline
Samwise
Hip-hop
Shygirl presents Club Shy
Electronic
Lo-fi electroclash duo with distorted synths and detached vocals for the afterparty, Detroit cool for the post-everything generation.
ElectroclashHyperpop
Strawbry
Electronic
Polish techno provocateur: fast, hard, and gleefully irreverent, with rave intensity and an internet-native sense of humor.
TechnoRave
The headliners
Charlotte de Witte · KNTXT founder and the most visible face of modern hard techno, relentless, acid-inflected, absolutely locked in, and headlining the global boom she helped create. Saturday's techno anchor, and the genre's biggest current draw.
Kali Uchis · Velvet-toned bilingual soul that drifts between doo-wop pastiche and perreo without ever raising its voice, with 'Telepatía' cool as a permanent state. The bill's pop outlier, and a genuinely odd, welcome booking here.
RL Grime · The producer who made festival trap feel cinematic, with enormous drops and real compositional care, Halloween-mix mythology included. Festival trap's most cinematic producer, closing Sunday.
Amelie Lens · Belgium's techno figurehead, whose relentless, hypnotic peak-time sets carried her from Antwerp warehouses to the genre's biggest global stages. Sunday's other techno headline, a Belgian pairing with de Witte across the weekend.
Up-and-comers to catch early
Snow Strippers · Detroit duo making blown-out electroclash for a very online audience.
- fun2bjane · One of the sharper new names on the Sunday bill.
Etari · Rising producer worth catching before the sets get bigger.
- Spiñorita · Deep on Saturday and squarely in the Latin club lane.
- Naomi Green · Early Saturday booking, worth showing up for.
Other acts worth planning around
Confidence Man · The only act here that is really a live band, and one of the best going.
The lineup by day
Saturday lineup (August 1)
Charlotte de Witte, Kali Uchis, Maceo Plex, Confidence Man, salute, Six Sex + 40 more
Sunday lineup (August 2)
RL Grime, Amelie Lens, Zedd, Knock2 B2B Zedd, Boys Noize, Tiga + 41 more
HARD Summer 2026 lineup FAQ
When is HARD Summer 2026?
August 1–2, 2026: Saturday and Sunday.
Where is HARD Summer held?
Hollywood Park, adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Who is headlining?
Charlotte de Witte and Kali Uchis on Saturday; RL Grime and Amelie Lens on Sunday.
How many acts are playing?
93 acts across two days.
Are day-by-day lineups published?
Yes: every act's day is confirmed and shown on this page.
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 from this lineup, with reasons.
When is HARD Summer 2027?
HARD Summer is expected back in July 2027; the festival has not announced the 2027 dates yet. The 2026 lineup stays on this page until it does.
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