Making Time ∞ returns to Fort Mifflin, Lucinda Williams in September
Making Time ∞ returns to Fort Mifflin from Sept. 18-20, bringing lucinda williams into a festival run that now spans its sixth year at the Revolutionary War-era site. The three-day event will pack over 120 acts into a 3,000-capacity setting near Philadelphia International Airport, a scale that keeps the booking strategy as important as the names on the poster.
Fort Mifflin Sept. 18-20
David Pianka, the Philadelphia DJ, entrepreneur and festival programmer behind the event, said, “This yearʼs Making Time ∞ lineup sets its sights on the future whilst also harkening back to the origins of Making Time.” That framing fits the 2026 return: the event began in 2000 as roving parties at Philly music venues and has grown into a fixed three-day gathering on the Delaware River site.
The festival is pronounced “Making Time Forever,” and it still bills itself as “the most ambitious and transcendental DIY event in America.” Pianka also said, “When I started Making Time in the year 2000, the party was based around booking live performances from bands like The Strokes, Interpol, Bloc Party and LCD Soundsystem alongside DJs. This year Iʼve booked more live performances than ever before.”
Bicep and Kim Gordon
The lineup includes Northern Irish DJ duo Bicep, former Sonic Youth singer and bassist Kim Gordon, Detroit house music producer Theo Parrish, Philadelphia shoegaze band They Are Gutting A Body Of Water, and German electronic music producer Skee Mask. For a festival built around club culture and live performance, that mix points to a wider booking lane than a single genre or scene.
Resident Advisor has called Making Time “hands down, one of America’s best festivals,” and the event’s sixth year at Fort Mifflin shows why organizers keep returning to the same site. A 3,000-capacity fort gives the lineup a ceiling that makes curation matter more than sprawl, especially with over 120 acts spread across three days.
Tickets at $265
Three-day passes are on sale for $265 plus fees, and buyers can avoid the fees at Middle Child in Center City, Middle Child Clubhouse in Fishtown, and The Lot Radio in Brooklyn. The 2026 lineup and more music acts will be released in the coming weeks, so the current sell is the first pass at the roster rather than the full bill.
For readers deciding whether to commit now, the practical move is straightforward: buy at the fee-free locations if you want the lowest price, or wait for the next round of acts if you need a fuller picture before paying up. Either way, the festival has already staked its claim on Fort Mifflin’s limited footprint and on a booking blend that leans live, electronic, and local at once.
