events radar · edition 01 · published jul 21 2026 · refreshes weekly

where the grooves are

The US house / techno / indie dance calendar for August–October 2026. The big ones worth traveling for, and the underground worth staying out late for.

🔴 canon alert = artists from the groovesmaxxing heavy rotation are on the bill · lineups shift, so always confirm on the official link

tier 1 / main stage

the big ones

Festival-scale, across the US, in date order.

Sep 4–7 · Labor Day weekend

ARC Music Festival 🔴

Union Park · Chicago, IL · expanded to four days this year

Vintage Culture b2b Damian Lazarus 🔴 · Mau P 🔴 · Chris Stussy · Mochakk · Michael Bibi · Honey Dijon · Green Velvet b2b Josh Baker · Anyma · Sara Landry

The most groovesmaxxing-aligned festival in America. House-and-techno-only in the city that invented house, plus "ARC After Dark" club takeovers running all night citywide.

arcmusicfestival.com →

Sep 11–12

Global Dance Festival 🔴

National Western Complex · Denver, CO · the hometown big one

Chris Lake 🔴 · BOLO · JSTJR · Kai Wachi + more

Ten minutes from home and a bumpy-lane headliner on top. Easy content weekend: lineup-ranked carousel before, recap reel after.

globaldancefestival.com →

Sep 26–27

CRSSD Festival · Fall 🔴

Waterfront Park · San Diego, CA

Chris Lake b2b Disclosure 🔴 · Mochakk · Sonny Fodera · Groove Armada · Helena Hauff · Ben UFO · Más Tiempo

The palm-trees-and-proper-house one. That Chris Lake × Disclosure b2b is a once-only set.

crssdfest.com →

Sep 26–27 · same weekend

Portola

Pier 80 · San Francisco, CA

DOG BLOOD (Skrillex × Boys Noize, first show since 2019) · Swedish House Mafia · Four Tet · Fatboy Slim · Soulwax · Daphni · DESPACIO sound system

CRSSD's indie-dance twin, 500 miles north, same weekend. The vibes-lane pick of the two. DESPACIO alone is worth the pier walk.

portolamusicfestival.com →

Oct 16–17

III Points 🔴

Mana Wynwood · Miami, FL

PAWSA 🔴 · Adam Port · Four Tet · Underworld · KI/KI · 999999999 · Beltran b2b Ben Sterling. Phase one, 100+ names still coming

Miami's art-warehouse answer to a festival. A heavy-rotation artist already on phase one, so track the later phases.

iiipoints.com →

On the horizon · Nov 6–8

EDC Orlando

Tinker Field · Orlando, FL

Just past this edition's window. Flagged now because flights are cheapest early. Full coverage in the September radar.

orlando.edc.com →

tier 2 / underground radar

the small rooms

Home turf runs deepest. Key cities get the highlights.

Denver · home turf

Jul 31 · Mau P 🔴 · Auraria Campus (outdoor) · "Dress Code" IRL

Aug 1 · Dombresky + Walker & Royce · Mission Ballroom · a very bumpy-lane double bill

Aug 15–16 · LCD Soundsystem · Red Rocks · two nights of indie dance church

Oct 8 · Madeon · Mission Ballroom

Always on: The Church and Club Vinyl run house/techno rooms every weekend, and the radar's weekly refresh pulls their calendars.

Chicago

Sep 4–7 · ARC After Dark · official late-night club takeovers across the city all ARC week. If you fly out for one thing, make it this.

New York

Teksupport · the warehouse series (Brooklyn Storehouse, Greenpoint) that books the exact groovesmaxxing sound. Fall drops usually land Sep–Nov. listings →

Los Angeles

Factory 93 · Insomniac's house/techno warehouse arm. Fall warehouse season incoming. thefactory93.com/events →

Miami

Club Space Terrace · the 24-hour-license sunrise marathon, every weekend of the year. III Points week (Oct 16–17) turns the whole neighborhood up. III Points on RA →

San Francisco

Sep 26–27 · Portola weekend · the whole city becomes one long afters. Watch RA San Francisco that week.

How this radar is built: official festival sites + music press + venue and aggregator calendars, filtered through the groovesmaxxing taste (house · techno · indie dance, and bass/EDM-mainstream bills get skipped). Good self-serve sources between editions: EDM Train (nationwide tracker + per-city pages), Resident Advisor, 19hz.info, Dice, and the venue links above. Lineups and dates move. The official link is always the truth.