The dance-punk philosopher kings: 'All My Friends' remains the great festival closer, and James Murphy its most self-aware master of ceremonies.
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Iron Blossom 2026 Lineup
Two days on Richmond's Midtown Green with an unusually sharp small-festival bill: 22 acts, eleven a night, and a run of Virginia's own underneath.
Iron Blossom is expected back September 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 Iron Blossom 2026
Iron Blossom is a two-day festival on Richmond's Midtown Green with a bill considerably sharper than its size suggests: LCD Soundsystem closing Saturday, Jack White closing Sunday, and Dijon and Geese directly beneath them. Twenty-two acts total, which means very little clash anxiety and a lot of room to actually watch things.
The rest of the bill leans local and regional in the best way: McKinley Dixon, Edgehill, Haffway, Night Idea and Dogwood Tales are all Virginia acts, sitting alongside Phantogram, Portugal. The Man, Kevin Morby, La Luz and Die Spitz. The day split is out: eleven acts under LCD Soundsystem on the Saturday, eleven under Jack White on the Sunday.
Expect alternative, rock, indie rock and psych-pop across 22 acts.
At a glance
- Dates
- –Saturday to Sunday, two days
- Where
- Midtown Green, Richmond, VA
- Lineup
- 22 acts
- Website
- Official site
Iron Blossom 2026 lineup & schedule: all 22 acts
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The White Stripes' architect, still committed to analog friction: old amps, unrehearsed setlists, and a guitar tone like a blown speaker.
Garage rockBlues rock
Upstate New York duo pairing Sarah Barthel's cool delivery with beats that hit considerably harder live, and 'When I'm Small' is still the entry point.
Electro-rockTrip-hop
Songs that sound recorded live in a crowded room by accident: ragged, intimate, and completely singular, with a live band that pushes them even further loose.
Alt-R&BIndie-soul
Alaskan psych-rockers who backed into a global pop hit and kept the weirdness in the live set anyway, with 'Feel It Still' plus deep-catalog detours.
Psych-popIndie rock
Unhinged Brooklyn art-rock that is yelping, swaggering, and critically adored, like the Stones reassembled by art students mid-fever.
Indie rockArt-rock
Masked Saguenay duo who loop double-necked microtonal guitar into hypnotic, odd-metred math rock, 2026's strangest breakout story.
Math rockExperimentalProg-rock
Shera Shi
Alternative
Skorts
Alternative
Live-band rap steeped in Toni Morrison, with dense, literary writing over horns and strings: jazz-rap with a scholar's heart and a poet's ear.
Hip-hopJazz-rap
Victoryland
Julian McCamman's project with producer Dan Howard; My Heart Is A Room With No Cameras In It drew Pitchfork comparisons to The New Pornographers.
Rock
Loose-limbed, Dylan-shaped American songwriting, delivered like he has all the time in the world, with road-dog albums that keep quietly stacking up.
Indie folkSinger-songwriter
Reverb-soaked surf guitar under close vocal harmonies, noir beach music with a psychedelic edge and a séance's calm.
Surf-rockPsych-pop
Self-made silk: Detroit R&B auteur with a devoted following, self-released and sounding more expensive than most majors.
alt-R&B
Austin's instrument-swapping all-women punk-metal wrecking crew, where everyone plays everything and it all lands at full force.
PunkMetal
Dogwood Tales
Alternative
A high, unguarded voice over guitar figures that keep folding back on themselves, in small-town songwriting that never reaches for a bigger gesture than it needs.
Indie folkSinger-songwriter
Night Idea
Rock
Haffway
Traditional folk
Edgehill
Alternative
Evening Elephants
Alternative
The Stews
Auburn, Alabama band formed in 2020, working a loose, guitar-forward rock sound honed on the Southeastern college circuit.
Rock
The headliners
LCD Soundsystem · The dance-punk philosopher kings: 'All My Friends' remains the great festival closer, and James Murphy its most self-aware master of ceremonies. Closing Saturday night.
Jack White · The White Stripes' architect, still committed to analog friction: old amps, unrehearsed setlists, and a guitar tone like a blown speaker. Closing Sunday night.
Up-and-comers to catch early
McKinley Dixon · Richmond's own: literary, live-band rap steeped in Toni Morrison.
Die Spitz · Austin four-piece swapping instruments mid-set and getting very good very fast.
- Haffway · Local act filling out the undercard.
- Skorts · One of the newer names on the bill.
- Dogwood Tales · Virginia americana, well placed on an afternoon slot.
Other acts worth planning around
Dijon · Directly beneath LCD on Saturday. One of the most singular live acts going.
Geese · Sunday's second billing, and a band improving at an alarming rate.
Phantogram · Hits considerably harder live than on record.
La Luz · Reverb-soaked surf guitar under close harmonies.
Kevin Morby · Reliable, unhurried songwriting for a late-afternoon slot.
The lineup by day
Saturday lineup (September 19)
LCD Soundsystem, Dijon, Phantogram, Kevin Morby, Die Spitz, JMSN + 5 more
Saturday set times (11 sets)
- Shera Shi · Iron Stage
- Skorts · Blossom Stage
- McKinley Dixon · Iron Stage
- Victoryland · Blossom Stage
- Kevin Morby · Iron Stage
- La Luz · Blossom Stage
- Phantogram · Iron Stage
- JMSN · Blossom Stage
- Dijon · Iron Stage
- Die Spitz · Blossom Stage
- LCD Soundsystem · Iron Stage
Sunday lineup (September 20)
Jack White, Geese, Portugal. The Man, Angine de Poitrine, The Stews, Evening Elephants + 5 more
Sunday set times (11 sets)
- Dogwood Tales · Iron Stage
- John-Robert · Blossom Stage
- Night Idea · Iron Stage
- Haffway · Blossom Stage
- Edgehill · Iron Stage
- Evening Elephants · Blossom Stage
- Portugal. The Man · Iron Stage
- The Stews · Blossom Stage
- Geese · Iron Stage
- Angine de Poitrine · Blossom Stage
- Jack White · Iron Stage
Iron Blossom 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Iron Blossom 2026?
September 19–20, 2026 (Saturday and Sunday).
Where is Iron Blossom held?
Midtown Green in Richmond, Virginia.
Who is headlining?
LCD Soundsystem on Saturday and Jack White on Sunday.
How many acts are playing?
22 acts across two days.
Are day-by-day lineups published?
Yes. The festival's lineup admat splits the bill by day, and the act cards below show it. Set times are still unpublished.
How do I work out which acts I'd like?
Type a few bands 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 Iron Blossom 2027?
Iron Blossom is expected back in September 2027; the festival has not announced the 2027 dates yet. The 2026 lineup stays on this page until it does.
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