Hulaween 2025's Top 3 Unmissable Acts: Goose, LSZEE, & Franc Moody
When Hulaween returns to the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida from October 30th to November 2nd, it brings with it one of the most diverse, freewheeling, and imaginative lineups in American festival culture. Known for its dazzling Spirit Lake art installations, late-night dance parties in the mossy pines, and a bill that collides jam bands, house DJs, and indie eccentrics, Hulaween 2025 is already shaping up to be a landmark year.
While the lineup is stacked from top to bottom with marquee names and under-the-radar discoveries, a few artists rise above the rest as absolute can’t-miss performances. If you’re headed to the Farm this Halloween weekend, here are the three unmissable acts you need to carve out time for.
Goose: The Modern Jam Band Powerhouse
If any band embodies the new wave of improvisational rock, it’s Goose. Over the past few years, they’ve evolved from Connecticut cult favorites into festival headliners with a rabid, ever-expanding fanbase. Their live sets are where Goose truly shines, balancing soaring indie-leaning melodies with jaw-dropping instrumental peaks that harken back to the heyday of Phish and early My Morning Jacket.
At Hulaween — a festival with deep jam roots — Goose’s two scheduled sets are likely to be weekend highlights. Expect a genre-bending journey that touches on psychedelic rock, funk, and folk, laced with the kind of spontaneous detours that make every performance unique. For fans of transcendental festival moments, this is the band you’ll be talking about long after the final notes echo through the pines.
LSZEE: The Underground Electronic Breakout You’ll Be Telling Your Friends About
While the top line of Hulaween's electronic roster is littered with heavyweights, it’s the rising stars like LSZEE that keep the festival’s late-night sets fresh and unpredictable. Over the past year, LSZEE has emerged as one of the most exciting new voices in the underground house and techno world — her mixes equal parts hypnotic, euphoric, and heavy with groove.
What makes LSZEE’s sets unmissable isn’t just the bass weight or four-on-the-floor energy, but the emotional arc she weaves through vintage synth lines, world percussion samples, and spacey breakdowns. Think an electronic soundbath for your soul at 3 a.m. under a canopy of LED-lit trees. If you want to dance deep into the Florida night, LSZEE is your ticket there.
Franc Moody: Funk-Fueled, Disco-Drenched Party Starters
Few acts bridge the worlds of indie, funk, and house as effortlessly as Franc Moody. The London-based collective crafts sleek, synth-laced grooves built for sun-drenched afternoons and glittering dancefloors alike. Think Daft Punk filtered through Parliament-Funkadelic and Chromeo — with a dash of Nile Rodgers guitar shimmer for good measure.
At Hulaween, Franc Moody’s set promises to be one of the most joyous, dance-driven moments of the weekend. Their live performances are renowned for turning open fields into heaving dance parties, with basslines you can feel in your chest and soaring vocal hooks built to shout along to with strangers. Whether you’re a funk disciple or just looking to groove before heading to Spirit Lake’s surreal installations, this is a set you won’t want to miss.
With a lineup this deep and eclectic, there’s no wrong way to experience Hulaween. But if you’re looking for acts destined to deliver those quintessential festival moments — the ones that leave you wide-eyed, grinning, and a little sweat-soaked — Goose, LSZEE, and Franc Moody are your safest bets for magic.
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