ARC Music Festival Reveals 2026 Lineup as Event Expands to Four Days

Chicago’s ARC Music Festival is expanding to four days in 2026 while unveiling a lineup packed with leading electronic and house music artists.

The festival will take place Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 4 to 7, at Chicago’s Union Park, marking the first time the event will run across four days since its launch in 2021. 

Organizers say the expansion allows the festival to broaden its programming and accommodate a growing roster of artists.

“This is something the team has been talking and dreaming about since we expanded from two days to three back in 2022,” ARC partner and lead talent buyer John Curley told Billboard. 

“Every year booking the festival, we run into one little problem: we have more incredible artists that we want to book than we have slots on the festival. Expanding to four days allows us to go deeper with our programming.”

Along with the additional day, ARC will introduce a new stage area called The Midway. The name references Chicago’s historic Midway Plaisance park while also nodding to the city’s Midway International Airport and the legacy of Midway Gardens, a historic indoor-outdoor entertainment complex that once operated in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.

The 2026 lineup features a wide-ranging group of electronic music artists and producers, including Sara Landry performing her Eternalism show, Ki/Ki, The Blessed Madonna, Nia Archives, Michael Bibi, Chris Stussy, Anyma, Underworld, Cloonee, and Chase & Status. The festival will also include a number of special back-to-back and three-way collaborative sets.

Continuing ARC’s tradition of highlighting the roots of house music in its birthplace, the lineup will also feature pioneering Chicago artists including Green Velvet, Honey Dijon, and Derrick Carter.

“Six years in, and ARC really feels like it’s in its own lane,” Curley said. “There’s a global energy to the weekend, but ARC is still very much a Chicago festival in its DNA. That energy gives ARC a character you don’t really find anywhere else.”

Tickets for ARC Music Festival 2026 go on sale March 13. For more information and additional details, festival goers can visit the official ARC Festival website. 

An artist lineup can be found below: 

ARC Music Festival 2026 Lineup