Time Warp NYC and LA 2026: Line-up by Night, Dates, Venues and Tickets

Time Warp plays New York on 20 and 21 November and makes its Los Angeles debut on 27 and 28 November 2026. The full line-up by night, opening hours, venues, tickets and which city to pick.

Written By Techno Airlines

Published October 29, 2026

Reading Time 5 Minutes

Credit: Photo: MariaMarriage / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped). Klaudia Gawlas at Time Warp Mannheim 2017

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Time Warp plays the United States twice this November. Time Warp New York takes over the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 20 and 21 November 2026, and a week later Time Warp Los Angeles makes its debut at ACE Mission on 27 and 28 November. Both line-ups are out, split by night, and both events are 21+. Here is who plays when, how the two cities differ and what you need to know before buying.

Time Warp NYC vs Time Warp LA at a glance

	Time Warp New York	Time Warp Los Angeles
Dates	Fri 20 and Sat 21 November 2026	Fri 27 and Sat 28 November 2026
Hours	22:00 to 06:00, overnight	14:00 to 02:00, day into night
Venue	Duggal Greenhouse and Agger Building, Brooklyn Navy Yard	ACE Mission, warehouses east of downtown LA
Age	21+	21+
Line-up size	20 acts, 10 per night	32 acts, 16 per day
Tickets	2-day passes: General Admission, Backstage or Stage	Frontgate: 2-day or single day, General Admission or Stage Access
Edition	Ninth New York edition, with Insomniac	First Time Warp in Los Angeles

Time Warp NYC 2026 line-up by night

Friday 20 November: Anetha, Annie Lew, ChaseWest, DJ Tennis b2b Red Axes, Franky Rizardo, Indira Paganotto, Kilopatrah Jones, Novah, Silvie Loto, VTSS.

Saturday 21 November: Adiel b2b Quest, Âme (DJ set), Brunello, Chlär, DVS1, Julya Karma, Klangkuenstler, KYRUH, Rose Kourts, Sven Väth.

The split is clear. Friday leans younger and faster, with Indira Paganotto’s psy-tinged techno, VTSS, Novah and the left-field pairing of DJ Tennis and Red Axes. Saturday is the heavyweight night: Sven Väth, the face of Time Warp since the Mannheim days, DVS1’s long, hypnotic sets, Klangkuenstler’s hard edge and a DJ set from Âme. The event runs two stages across the Duggal Greenhouse and the Agger Building. If you can only do one night in Brooklyn, Saturday is the classic Time Warp experience.

Time Warp LA 2026 line-up by day

Friday 27 November: Ahmed Spins, Cloudy, Colored Craig, Desiree, Fun2Bjane, Funk Tribu, Gerd Janson b2b Julya Karma, HAAi, Helena Hauff b2b Juliana Huxtable, INVT, Loco Dice, The Martinez Brothers, ØTTA, ONYVAA, Quest b2b Ryan Elliott, Tiga.

Saturday 28 November: Ben Klock, Blawan b2b Elli Acula, Chlär, D.Dan b2b Freddy K, Dennis Ferrer b2b Skream, East End Dubs, Heidi Lawden b2b Masha Mar, John Bryars, Luuk van Dijk, Novah, ØNYX, Richie Hawtin, Rødhåd, SOSA, southstar, SPFDJ b2b TOCCORORO.

LA is the bigger bill, and its two days have different characters. Friday is the house side: Loco Dice, The Martinez Brothers, Gerd Janson and Tiga, with Helena Hauff and Juliana Huxtable as the curveball back-to-back. Saturday is pure techno, with Richie Hawtin, Ben Klock and Rødhåd on the same day as Blawan, D.Dan b2b Freddy K and SPFDJ. Because the doors open at 14:00, this is a day-to-night festival rather than a warehouse all-nighter.

Three cities in nine days

Time Warp is also making its debut in Mexico City on the same weekend as New York: Time Warp Mexico takes place at Expo Santa Fe on 20 and 21 November. Several artists are playing more than one of the three, so if your favourite DJ is on two bills you can choose the city that suits you best.

The overlaps worth knowing: Novah and Chlär play all three cities. Sven Väth, DVS1, Indira Paganotto and Franky Rizardo are on both the New York and Mexico City bills. Ben Klock and Helena Hauff play Mexico City and Los Angeles. Julya Karma and Quest play New York and Los Angeles, each in a different back-to-back. Novah, for the record, is a busy month all round: she and Nico Moreno got engaged in October.

Getting there and what to bring

New York: the Navy Yard sits on the East River between DUMBO and Williamsburg. The nearest subway lines are the F at York Street and the A and C at High Street, both a walk away, and the NYC Ferry has a Brooklyn Navy Yard stop. At 06:00 the subway is your best way home, so plan your route before the night starts. JFK is around 40 minutes away by car.

Los Angeles: ACE Mission is a campus of studios and warehouses east of downtown, and Time Warp says it is opening “never-before-used warehouses” there across three floors. With a 02:00 finish, rideshare is the realistic way home, so expect surge pricing at closing time. The official site also lets you book a locker in advance, which is worth doing in late November when it is warm by day and cool at night.

In both cities, bring a valid photo ID: entry is strictly 21+. Buy only through the official links on time-warp.de/usa/nyc and time-warp.de/usa/la, or through Insomniac for New York and Frontgate for Los Angeles.

The TA view

New York is the purist’s choice: two eight-hour nights in a glass hall on the river, a tight line-up and Sven Väth on the Saturday. Los Angeles is the statement: a first edition with 32 acts, real house and techno range, and the earlier hours suit anyone who would rather see Richie Hawtin than see sunrise. If you are flying in from Europe, LA is the bigger trip and the bigger bill; if you live on the East Coast, Brooklyn on 21 November is the night. Either way, this is the European Time Warp standard on American soil, and the next German edition, Time Warp Mannheim on 3 April 2027, is already on the calendar. More US options are in our list of the best techno festivals in the USA, and if you are staying on in California, start with our Los Angeles club guide.