Electric Forest 2026 is already doing the thing Forest does best: turning a camping weekend in Rothbury into a four-day electronic playground with enough bass, jam, house, indie, and weird little side quests to make your clash list look criminal. The festival lands at Double JJ Resort from June 25–28, 2026, with Galantis, Illenium, Chris Lake, Kaskade, Excision, GRiZ, Madeon, and The String Cheese Incident all sitting inside a lineup that feels built for wandering.
This is not a neat little one-lane EDM bill. It is a Forest bill. That means you get the obvious heavy hitters, then suddenly SHPONGLE (Simon Posford Live), Yaeji, Channel Tres, Passion Pit, Andy C, Bob Moses Club Set, Dogs In A Pile, and Lightcode by LSDREAM are all part of the same weekend. Good luck making responsible decisions.
Essential Details for Electric Forest 2026
- Dates: June 25–28, 2026
- Location: Double JJ Resort, Rothbury, Michigan, United States
- Tickets: Available through the official Electric Forest ticketing page via AXS
- Official site: electricforest.com
- Nearest major airports: Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids is the cleanest play for most travelers, with Detroit and Chicago useful for longer road trips
The Top End Is Built for Big Forest Moments
Illenium brings the emotional, widescreen melodic bass lane that always feels bigger under open sky. Chris Lake is the pressure valve in the opposite direction: clean, direct, body-moving house music, no philosophy lecture required.
Kaskade gives the lineup a veteran festival anchor, while Excision brings the heavy machinery. If you want pretty lights and emotional release, you have it. If you want your rib cage reorganized, also covered.
GRiZ being on an Electric Forest poster always hits differently. Forest has a long memory, and his mix of funk, bass, sax, and full-community energy is exactly the kind of booking that turns a set into a gathering. Add GRiZ (Chasing The Golden Hour) and the weekend gets that sunset-slot magic baked in.
Galantis and Madeon bring two very different flavors of big melodic festival energy. Galantis is maximal, bright, and hook-driven. Madeon is more cinematic and designer-brained, the kind of set where the transitions matter as much as the drops.
The Undercard Is Where This Poster Gets Dangerous
The bass side is stacked: Kai Wachi, Sullivan King, Wooli, Ganja White Night, Ravenscoon, LSDREAM, Daily Bread, ISOxo, Levity, Nitepunk, Jkyl & Hyde, Sippy, Effin, and Nikita, The Wicked give Forest plenty of weight after dark.
House and dance fans are not exactly starving either. Lane 8, Eli Brown, Odd Mob, OMNOM, Sidepiece, Wax Motif, Disco Lines, Westend, Chris Luno, Mary Droppinz, Qrion, D.O.D, Sammy Virji, and MPH make this a sneaky strong year for groove-first scheduling.
Then the poster swerves, because of course it does. Passion Pit, Frost Children, Jean Dawson, Iniko, Rochelle Jordan, Yaeji, River Tiber, Bricknasty, Couch, Eggy, Dogs In A Pile, and Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country keep the weekend from becoming one long kick drum.
The Forest-Specific Weirdness Is Very Much Alive
The booking that jumps off the poster for old-school psychonauts is SHPONGLE (Simon Posford Live). That is not just another name in small type. That is a very specific kind of late-night Forest brain-melt.
The String Cheese Incident featuring A Special Shebongle Shebang is also exactly the sort of sentence only Electric Forest can put on a poster and somehow make feel perfectly normal. Add Lightcode by LSDREAM, The Silent Disco, The Brainery, curated events, and the broader Sherwood Forest experience, and the music becomes only half the map.
That is the point. Electric Forest works because it is not just a lineup arms race. It is stages, art, camping villages, secret sets, people dressed like side quests, and that strange festival math where a random 3 PM discovery can end up being your favorite set of the weekend.
Names Worth Circling Early
Andy C and Wilkinson give drum and bass proper representation, which still feels too rare on many American festival posters. SBTRKT DJ Set is one for people who like dance music with texture rather than just impact. Bob Moses Club Set should be a clean win for late-night house heads.
All:Lo Collective: Parkbreezy, Pheel, TF Marz & Thought Process is one of those billing lines that rewards curiosity. Ivy Lab, Chmura, Motifv, Vandelux, Mild Minds, Tourist, and Supertaste all sit in that sweet spot where Forest discovery mode starts paying rent.
DJ Diesel B2B T-Pain Bass DJ Set is either ridiculous, brilliant, or both. At Forest, both is usually the correct answer.
Practical Forest Notes Before You Commit
Camp like you mean it: Electric Forest is not a “show up with a hoodie and vibes” situation. Bring real shade, rain gear, comfortable shoes, a refillable bottle, and a campsite setup you can live in for four days.
Do not over-plan every hour: The schedule will eventually make you choose between favorites, but Forest is at its best when you leave room to wander. If you optimize every minute, you will miss the point and probably your friends.
Arrive ready for weather: Michigan in late June can be gorgeous, hot, wet, muddy, or all of the above before dinner. Pack for the festival you want and the forecast that wants to humble you.
Watch for set times: The current announcement confirms the lineup, but day-by-day and stage-by-stage schedules are not the full calendar yet. Once official set times land, that is when the real clash surgery begins.
Electric Forest 2026 has the scale, the depth, and the oddball identity that keeps it separate from the copy-paste festival circuit. The top line is strong, but the real sell is how much is hiding beneath it.
If you are going, go properly. Build the camp, study the lineup, then throw half the plan away once Sherwood starts pulling you sideways. Secure your tickets through the official Electric Forest AXS page.
