LEVITATION will return to Austin, Texas, this September with another four-day run of psych, post-punk, darkwave, punk, metal, indie rock, and electronic music spread across the city’s Red River District, East Side venues, and beyond.
The 2026 edition is set for Sept. 10 through 13, with more than 20 shows already announced and 4-day passes and single-show tickets on sale now through Levitation.fm/tix.
This year’s lineup includes Bikini Kill, Molchat Doma, Angine de Poitrine, American Football, The Garden, Die Spitz, Peter Hook & The Light, Smerz, Arlo Parks, Cabaret Voltaire, Acopia, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Man or Astro-Man?, Los Thuthanaka, Elder, Monolord, Friko, Automatic, Sweeping Promises, DITZ, Nitzer Ebb, Tanukichan, Gibby Haynes, Melt-Banana, Pearl & The Oysters, ALI, Primitive Ring, Earth Tongue, and more.
Radio/East will serve as the festival’s central hub this year, with an expanded two-stage layout, while LEVITATION’s late-night and club shows will continue across Austin at Stubb’s, Mohawk, Elysium, 29th St. Ballroom, The 13th Floor, and Central Presbyterian Church.
For the post-punk and darkwave faithful, Saturday is the obvious centerpiece: Molchat Doma tops a Radio/East bill featuring Cabaret Voltaire, Peter Hook & The Light, Automatic, DITZ, Novulent, and I Speak Machine. That same night, Nitzer Ebb headlines Elysium with SINE and Curse Mackey.
Thursday night brings Buzz Kull, Max Fry and Kontravoid to Elysium, while Friday’s Radio/East bill pairs Bikini Kill with Die Spitz, Gibby Haynes’ Butthole Surfers Mania, Sweeping Promises, Melt-Banana and Powerplant. Sunday’s Radio/East show still has a mystery headliner listed as “?????” alongside Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Elder, Primitive Ring, Messa, and Earth Tongue.
Additional artists, DJs, and visual artists are still to be announced.
See the full schedule below.
LEVITATION 2026 Schedule
Thursday, Sept. 10
American Football, Tanukichan, Nine Perfect Lives
Stubb’s
Smerz, Mietze Conte, Acopia
Radio/East
Arlo Parks
Mohawk
Gurriers, Radium Dolls
29th St. Ballroom
Buzz Kull, Max Fry, Kontravoid
Elysium
Friday, Sept. 11
Bikini Kill, Die Spitz, Gibby Haynes: Butthole Surfers Mania, Sweeping Promises, Melt-Banana, Powerplant
Radio/East
The Garden, and more
Stubb’s
Temples, Friko, Poppy Jean Crawford, Villagerrr
Mohawk
Evening Elephants, Jackson Marshall
29th St. Ballroom
Los Thuthanaka, and more
Elysium
El Ten Eleven, and more
The 13th Floor
Saturday, Sept. 12
Molchat Doma, Cabaret Voltaire, Peter Hook & The Light, Automatic, DITZ, Novulent, I Speak Machine
Radio/East
Angine de Poitrine, Man or Astro-Man?
Stubb’s
Monolord, REZN
Mohawk
Takuya Nakamura, and more
29th St. Ballroom
Nitzer Ebb, SINE, Curse Mackey
Elysium
Croz Boyce — Avey Tare & Geologist of Animal Collective
Central Presbyterian Church
ALI, Pearl & The Oysters
The 13th Floor
Sunday, Sept. 13
Secret headliner TBA, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Elder, Primitive Ring, Messa, Earth Tongue
Radio/East
Rehash, Makeout Reef
Mohawk
Lunar Vacation, Closebye
29th St. Ballroom
Iguana Death Cult, and more
The 13th Floor
Founded in 2008 as Austin Psych Fest by members of The Black Angels and friends, LEVITATION has grown from a psych-rock gathering into one of the country’s most reliable showcases for underground and independent music. The festival was later renamed in honor of Austin psych-rock pioneers The 13th Floor Elevators, who reunited at LEVITATION in 2015 for the band’s 50th anniversary.
The festival has since expanded far beyond its original psych-rock roots, pulling in dream pop, punk, metal, darkwave, electronic music and experimental sounds while keeping the immersive light shows, visuals, vintage gear and blown-out amps at the center of the experience.
Tickets are on sale now at Levitation.fm/tix.
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