Lorde, The xx, and Turnstile Lead Kilby Block Party 2026
Kilby Block Party 2026 now has a headliner trio: Lorde, The xx, and Turnstile. The kilby block party lineup lands after the festival spent the last several years moving from a local anniversary event into a multi-day draw for indie, alternative, and experimental fans.
Lorde, The xx, Turnstile
Kai Eldridge, Music Discovery Editor at Ones To Watch, laid out the 2026 bill as a stacked mix across those lanes, with The Moss, Ritt Momney, and Dad Bod among the Utah names on the poster. That local representation keeps the festival tied to Salt Lake City even as the booking scale rises.
Three-day passes start at $249, and payment plans are available for as little as $10 down. For buyers, that turns the lineup announcement into a pricing decision as much as a taste test, especially with the event now selling itself on three headliners rather than a single-night pull.
From Kilby Court to 2026
2019 is where the story starts: Kilby Block Party began as a one-day block party marking the 20th anniversary of Salt Lake City’s all-ages venue Kilby Court. From 2020 through 2023, it expanded into a multi-day festival, then added Belle and Sebastian to the 2024 bill.
In 2025, the festival drew thousands of attendees per day over four days, which is the clearest sign that the booking strategy is working. George Clanton put the event in even blunter terms at the 2025 edition: “This is the new Coachella, Coachella’s dead!”
Why the lineup matters now
Paper Magazine called the festival “the ultimate indie musicscape of your dreams,” The Needle Drop called it “an indie fan’s dream fest,” and Paste Magazine described it as “the best festival experience I’ve ever had.” Those lines are press-driven praise, but the business case is in the scale: a Salt Lake City event that started around Kilby Court is now selling three-day passes and booking Lorde, The xx, and Turnstile on the same slate.
For anyone deciding whether to buy in, the practical read is simple: the 2026 edition is no longer being pitched as a niche local gathering with one marquee name. It is being sold as a destination festival with enough depth to justify a three-day pass, plus a low-friction payment plan that starts at $10 down.
