Hopscotch Fest announces 2026 lineup

Raleigh, NC’s Hopscotch Music Festival happens September 10-12, and they’ve announced just announced the 2026 lineup. Here are the headliners, who play the outdoor City Plaza stage:

• Thursday (9/10) is headlined by grunge revivalists Dexter and the Moonrocks with Momma, Liz Cooper and the Leo Brooks Band.
• Friday (9/11) is headlined by Cory Wong, with Duckwrth, Thee Sinseers, and Butcher Brown.
• Saturday (9/12) is headlined by King Princess with Soccer Mommy, Willis, and Annie Dirusso.

There are also club shows each night, and the lineup includes Algernon Cadwallader, Soul Glo, Kylesa, Thomas Dollbaum, The Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis, Chuck Strangers, Dagmar Zuniga, Horsegirl, ISTA, Los Mirlos, more eaze, Mdou Moctar (Solo), Pearl & The Oysters, MEMORIALS, Nara’s Room, Eugene Chadbourne, Nana Grizol, Ultra Lights and more.

Festival passes are on sale now. Check out the full 2026 Hopscotch lineup and poster below.

HOPSCOTCH 2026 LINEUP

Headliners

Dexter and The Moonrocks
Momma
Liz Cooper
Leo Brooks Band
Cory Wong
Duckwrth
Thee Sinseers
Butcher Brown
King Princess
Soccer Mommy
WILLIS
Annie DiRusso

Club Shows

Algernon Cadwallader
Chuck Strangers
Dagmar Zuniga
Horsegirl
ISTA
Kylesa
Los Mirlos
Mdou Moctar (Solo)
Oddisee
Okonski
Otto Benson
Pearl & The Oysters
Ron Gallo
Soul Glo
The Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis
Arbor Labor Union
AZUL
BABAS
Balaclava
Bangzz
BASIC
bedrumor
Black Milk
Buck Swope
Choncy
Cor de Lux
Cosmic Collective
D. Sablu
Dogo du Togo
Dos Santos
Dowsers
E’lon JD
Eugene Chadbourne
FORAGER
Frances Chang
goobhunter
Hiding Places
Jooselord
Kooley High
Lady Kabela
Landowner
Laveda
Long Relief
Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon
Lucille Klement
M.A.T.B.
MAKE
Meltdown Rodeo
MEMORIALS
More Eaze
Motocrossed
Nana Grizol
Nara’s Room
NC In C Presents: Terry Riley’s “In C”
Organically Programmed
Parlor Greens
Patois Counselors
Peach Candy Nut Boys
Pretty Baby
Qur’an Shaheed
Sautéed Grabba
Setting
Shagwüf
Sonny Miles
Spacemoth
Spoils
STEEF
sunshower
The Auxiliary
The MerKaBa Brotherhood
The Treasury
Thomas Dollbaum
Truth Club
Ultra Lights
wav.yliving
Weirs