Escape Halloween just locked in its 2026 lineup.
After this year’s bill first surfaced on flyers posted around last weekend’s HARD Summer festival, Insomniac Events officially confirmed the 2026 lineup for its flagship Halloween festival today. The world’s largest rave dedicated to the spooky holiday returns to its longtime haunt at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California, with performances from over 80 top dance DJs across more than five stages on October 30-31.
EDM chart-topper Zedd, Detroit techno pioneer Richie Hawtin, dubstep don Excision, and a rare appearance from California hip-hop legend Ice Cube lead this year’s lineup alongside returning festival staples such as Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Galantis, Steve Aoki, Benny Benassi, Alok, and MORTEN. The woman behind early 2000s hits like “Everytime We Touch” and “Evacuate the Dancefloor,” Eurodance icon Cascada also joins the fold for a standout performance on the Psycho Circus stage.
Across the rest of the lineup, Escape continues to lean into the trending sounds of hard dance and techno with sets by 999999999, AZYR, Cera Khin, Clara Cuvé, Darren Styles, Indira Paganotto, Nina Kraviz, and TRYM, as well as a Frontliner’s “Journey set” and a hardstyle performance from Showtek. High-energy house beats come courtesy of scene-leading DJs on both sides of the Atlantic in Cloonee and Disco Lines, alongside LA-based favorite OMNOM, Croatian-born staple San Pacho, TELYKAST, KREAM, Silvie Loto, Rommii, Pedroz, and many more.
Escape Halloween 2026 will also play host to a bevy of high-profile B2Bs, including pairings such as Joseph Capriati B2B SOSA, Jamie Jones B2B Franky Rizardo, Alex Chapman B2B Zoe Gitter, Lady Faith B2B LNY TNZ, and Andruss B2B Juos. Check out the full lineup below.
The festival’s themed stages—the Big Top, Feedings Grounds, the Warehouse, Sewer District, and the Cage—return alongside immersive art installations, roaming performers from “the Ringmaster’s Troupe, and other special Halloween-themed activations in “Crazy Town.”
Tickets for Escape Psycho Circus 2026 go on sale this Thursday, August 6, at 12PM PT.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit escapehalloween.com.
Featured image courtesy: Insomniac Events. Credit: Skyler Greene.