Illenium, Kaskade, Sammy Virji & ISOxo to Headline Electric Forest 2026

As 2025 draws to a close, organizers have released the lineup for Electric Forest 2026, giving festivalgoers an early glimpse at next summer’s roster.

On Monday, December 8, 2025, Electric Forest announced the bill for its June event. Headliners include Illenium, Kaskade, Excision, Chris Lake, Sammy Virji and ISOxo. Griz is set to perform two separate sets, and jam-scene stalwarts The String Cheese Incident will play multiple sets — one of them a special collaboration with psychedelic music luminary Shpongle, who will also appear in a solo performance.

Top-line Acts

• Illenium
• Kaskade
• Excision
• Chris Lake
• Sammy Virji
• ISOxo
• Griz (two sets)
• The String Cheese Incident (including a special set with Shpongle)
• Shpongle (solo performance)

The bill also gathers a wide electronic spectrum with artists such as Daily Bread, Channel Tres, Madeon, Eli Brown, Levity, Wooli, LSDream and Disco Lines. Notable highlights include a back-to-back set pairing T-Pain with Shaquille O’Neal, plus appearances from Passion Pit and Purple Disco Machine.

Rising Talent

Alongside established names, the lineup spotlights emerging acts — recent Billboard Dance Rookies jigitz and Inji are included, as are artists like Swimming Paul, Nitepunk and Kaleena Zanders.

Event dates: Electric Forest 2026 is scheduled for June 25–28, 2026 in Rothbury, Michigan, roughly an hour from Grand Rapids. General tickets go on sale December 12, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. ET.

Since its 2008 debut, Electric Forest has become a touchstone of the U.S. festival season, celebrated for genre-crossing lineups and an immersive woodland setting punctuated by art installations, lighting displays and whimsical touches that encourage exploration and community.

See the complete 2026 lineup below.

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