SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1 (San Francisco News Online) — Outside Lands will mark its 18th year in 2026, returning Aug. 7-9 to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco with a lineup that brings major touring acts together with food, art and other festival programming.
The festival’s official history page traces Outside Lands from its debut in 2008 through posters, photos, videos and past lineups. The event has become a recurring part of San Francisco’s summer arts calendar, combining concerts with food and beverage areas, visual art and dance programming.
Who is performing?
The 2026 bill names Charli XCX, The Strokes and Rüfüs Du Sol as the principal headliners. Other announced performers include The xx, Baby Keem, Turnstile, Death Cab for Cutie, Wet Leg, Modest Mouse, Clipse, Tinashe, Empire of the Sun, Djo, Dijon, GloRilla, Ethel Cain, Sierra Ferrell, Lucy Dacus, Lane 8 and Boris Brejcha.
The organizers later announced additions through their social media accounts. Those additions include Grace Ives, Kerala Dust, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and Etari. PinkPantheress was also added after the initial March lineup announcement.
The complete day-by-day schedule was not included in the supplied festival announcements. SeatGeek reported that daily lineup splits and the closing-night headliner had not yet been confirmed, so the announced names do not establish which day each act will perform.
More than a concert series
Music is the festival’s central draw, but Outside Lands is organized as a broader arts and culture event. The festival’s official materials list Wine Lands, Beer Lands and Grass Lands, along with Taste of the Bay Area, a food-focused program. GastroMagic combines food and performance, while Dolores and the SOMA dance space provide additional music and nightlife programming.
The festival also promotes art installations, street artists and other visual experiences. Its programming includes cannabis-related offerings through Grass Lands. These sections reflect the festival’s effort to connect its concert stages with food, design, local culture and nightlife rather than treating the event as a lineup alone.
The official materials identify San Francisco and the Bay Area as central to that identity. The event takes place in Golden Gate Park, while its food and beverage programming highlights Bay Area offerings. SeatGeek identifies Berkeley-based Another Planet Entertainment as the festival’s producer since its 2008 debut, though the supplied material does not include a direct production record from the company.
What is known about tickets?
The Outside Lands home page says tickets are sold out. Earlier coverage by Travel + Leisure said three-day and Saturday tickets had sold out while a waitlist and some Friday and Sunday tickets were available. Because ticket information can change, the festival’s official ticket page is the most current source in the supplied material.
The event is scheduled to run for three days in Golden Gate Park. The supplied information does not include an official attendance figure, a complete performance schedule, transportation plans or verified data on neighborhood and economic effects.
For San Francisco, the 2026 festival is both a major music booking and an annual public arts event in one of the city’s best-known parks. Its 18-year history offers a record of how the festival has expanded from a 2008 debut into a program that places concerts, food, art and nightlife in the same Golden Gate Park setting.
