Outside Lands 2026 is scheduled for August 7 to 9, 2026 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The three-day run gives festivalgoers a fixed planning window before summer calendars fill up, and it puts California acts back in the middle of a lineup that is being described as global.
The Strokes and California
The Strokes are listed as one of the festival’s marquee acts, while the California side of the bill runs through Baby Keem, Tinashe, Dylan Brady, Malcolm Todd, Audrey Hobert, Automatic, Red Leather, Britton, Nezza, Not for Radio, Day We Ran, Marlon Funaki and the SF Gay Men's Chorus. That mix matters because it keeps the draw broad without pushing the local names to the margins; California still owns a meaningful share of the weekend.
Baby Keem is raised in Carson and is known for “family ties” and “ORANGE SODA.” Tinashe is a Los Angeles singer and songwriter. Dylan Brady is a Los Angeles producer known for his work as one half of 100 gecs. Those credits give the lineup a sharper profile than a generic festival roll call, and they point to a booking strategy built around artists with distinct catalogs rather than one-off names.
Ticket prices and capacity
General admission 3 day passes ranged from $509 to $569 plus fees before selling out, VIP 3 day passes started at $1,249, and single day general admission passes ranged from $249 to $269. For readers deciding whether to move now or wait for the next release, the clean takeaway is simple: the lower-cost three-day route is gone, so the remaining choice is whether a single day at the lower entry point fits the plan.
That pricing spread also tells you how the weekend is being segmented. The gap between the general admission range and the VIP starting price leaves very little ambiguity about where the premium tier sits, while the single-day range keeps the festival accessible for people who only want one shot at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Golden Gate Park weekend
Outside Lands 2026 lands in San Francisco for three days, not a long-tail residency or a staggered rollout, so the practical job for attendees is to decide whether the August 7 to 9 window is worth protecting on the calendar now. The set-times question is still the one that will shape how people move through the park, and that is the detail to watch next.
For now, the main read is straightforward: this is a festival with a global headliner layer, a California core, and ticket math that already separates the casual buyer from the committed one. If you want in, the schedule is set and the cheapest three-day pass tier is already gone.
