Ultra Music Festival is looking back before it looks ahead! The world's premier electronic music festival has released SYNCHRONICITY, the official aftermovie capturing its sold-out 26th edition, and simultaneously opened the waitlist for its 27th installment, set to return to Downtown Miami's Bayfront Park from Friday, March 26 through Sunday, March 28, 2027.
Read MoreGoldenvoice has just given fans their first real glimpse of what's coming to the desert this October, unveiling High Scream's stage concept for Head Trip, the one-time-only event taking over the Empire Polo Club in Indio on October 10-11. Built for two nights, one stage, and a lineup assembled just this once, the production was designed from the ground up to create something that could only exist here, right now.
Read MoreSome festivals feel like a grind to get through. Just Like Heaven feels like a party you never want to leave. Goldenvoice's one-day indie showcase returned to Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for its 2026 edition, and from the moment the gates opened at noon until the final notes rang out well after dark, it reaffirmed exactly why this has become one of the most beloved single-day festivals anywhere in the country.
Read MoreThere's a reason The Strokes closing out Just Like Heaven Festival felt less like a booking decision and more like an inevitability. This is the band that basically invented the sound the entire festival is built around, and from the second Julian Casablancas ambled up to the mic and the band launched into "Lonely in the Future," it was clear Pasadena was about to get the full, unfiltered version of one of rock's most influential live acts.
Read MoreBy the time James Murphy stepped out from behind that iconic mixing rig, Brookside at the Rose Bowl had already stopped being a golf course for the day, it was a dance floor, packed shoulder to shoulder and buzzing with the kind of anticipation only a headlining LCD Soundsystem set can generate. What followed was one of the most electric hours of the entire Just Like Heaven Festival, a masterclass in building a crowd up, wringing it out, and sending it home glowing.
Read MoreIf Just Like Heaven Festival needed a jolt of pure, unfiltered rock and roll chaos, Twin Peaks delivered it in full. The Chicago band has built a reputation as one of the most reliably wild live acts in indie rock, and their set at Brookside at the Rose Bowl was proof that reputation is very much earned.
Read MoreSTRFKR has always understood something a lot of bands miss: a festival set should feel like an event. The Portland outfit brought their signature blend of synth-pop euphoria and freewheeling stage energy to Just Like Heaven Festival, and the result was one of the most purely fun sets of the entire day.
Read MoreSome bands are simply built for outdoor festival stages, and Whitney is one of them. The Chicago duo-turned-full-band brought their signature blend of falsetto vocals, warm horns, and soft-focus nostalgia to Just Like Heaven Festival, and for a stretch of the afternoon, it felt like the whole crowd exhaled together.
Read MoreTV Girl has spent years turning bedroom-pop hooks into a genuinely massive online following, and their set at Just Like Heaven Festival was the proof that translates beautifully to a live stage. What could have been a low-key afternoon slot instead turned into one of the day's biggest surprises, with a crowd that sang along to nearly every word.
Read MoreIf there's one band you can always count on to turn a festival crowd into a room full of grinning, jumping strangers, it's Matt and Kim. Their set at Just Like Heaven Festival was pure, uncut positivity from start to finish, a reminder that sometimes the best thing a band can do is simply make everyone in front of them feel unbelievably good.
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