After the sun sets, North Coast’s famous Chill Dome will become a new stage for hard techno and riddim at this year’s festival.
The Labor Day weekend festival near Chicago announced on social media today that its popular daytime retreat for downtempo sets, immersive visuals, and the festival’s signature indoor laser experience will transform after dark into “The Bunker,” due to host sets from high-speed selectors like Angerfist, Nikolina, Alignment, DIØN, and GRAVEDGR, and heavy bass artists like YDG, The Resistance, Nimda, and Prosecute.
While the sun is out, the Chill Dome will remain a core part of North Coast’s multi-dimensional programming, but its new dueling personalities promise to help Chicago’s largest independently owned dance festival continue to expand its sonic blueprint with some of the most rapidly emerging genres in global electronic music.
Check out North Coast’s daily Chill Dome & The Bunker lineups for 2026 below.
North Coast Music Festival returns to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, from September 4-6, featuring performances from FISHER, GRiZ, Sammy Virji, Crankdat, Levity B2B Tape B, BUNT., Ganja White Night, ILLENIUM B2B SLANDER, Gryffin, Porter Robinson, Wooli, and many more.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit northcoastfestival.com.
Featured image courtesy: North Coast Music Festival. Credit: @kamilsurmaphoto.