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The clock above counts down to Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival 2026 from Friday, August 7 to Sunday, August 9, 2026 across the Polo Field, Lindley, and Hellman Hollow areas of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Outside Lands is San Francisco's flagship music festival and the marquee West Coast tentpole of the early-August calendar. Co-produced by Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly, and Live Nation since its 2008 debut, the festival runs three days inside Golden Gate Park's western half and consistently draws roughly 75,000 attendees a day. Its identity sits at the intersection of indie-rock heritage (a Bay Area lineage running through Bill Graham and the Fillmore), genre-spanning pop and hip-hop headlining, and a culinary program that has helped redefine what a festival's food and drink offering can be: dozens of Bay Area restaurants, a dedicated wine pavilion called Wine Lands, the GastroMagic stage, and the cannabis-legal Grass Lands area.
Outside Lands is the rare US festival that runs entirely inside a major urban park, giving it a distinctive setting under San Francisco's August fog and a logistics model built around BART, Muni, and bike valet rather than camping. The festival's broadcast partnership and aftershow club programming around the city extend its cultural footprint beyond the gates.
The 2026 lineup is typically announced by Another Planet Entertainment in late March or early April. Expected headliner candidates aligned with current touring cycles include Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler the Creator, The Killers, Vampire Weekend, Doja Cat, and a continued emphasis on K-pop, Latin, and EDM crossover acts on the second-tier stages. Per organizer practice, expect SF-specific food vendors curated by 7x7 magazine, the Cookies, Drinks, and Wine Lands tents, the GastroMagic stage that pairs chefs with musicians, and surprise after-show announcements at venues like The Independent, The Fillmore, and Bill Graham Civic.
Outside Lands typically livestreams select stages on the festival's YouTube channel and via the Another Planet Entertainment partner ecosystem. The Lands End main stage headliners take the stage between 20:30 and 22:00 PT each night, which is 23:30-01:00 ET, 04:30-06:00 BST on the next day, 05:30-07:00 CEST on the next day, and 09:00-10:30 IST on the next day. Tickets go on sale via Outsidelands.com starting in late winter 2025-26, with three-day GA, GA+, VIP, and Golden Gate Club tiers available.
Outside Lands sits in the August festival corridor with Sziget Festival 2026 in Europe and feeds the late-summer calendar around Burning Man 2026, Austin City Limits Festival 2026, and Amsterdam Dance Event 2026. The 2027 follow-on countdown is at Outside Lands 2027.
When is Outside Lands 2026? Friday, August 7 to Sunday, August 9, 2026. Where is Outside Lands held? The western half of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, anchored on the Polo Field. How can I watch Outside Lands? Select stages livestream on the festival's YouTube channel; full lineup access requires a ticket via Outsidelands.com. Is camping allowed at Outside Lands? No, the festival runs inside an urban park; attendees stay at SF hotels or homes and travel by Muni, BART, bike, or rideshare.
