Dreamstate SoCal (Long Beach, CA, USA) 2026

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Dreamstate SoCal returns to the Queen Mary Waterfront in Long Beach, California on 20 and 21 November 2026, a year after the trance brand marked ten years at the same site. Insomniac has set event hours at 4 PM to 1 AM on both days, with official afterparties running from midnight until 6 AM and the box office open from 3 PM until midnight. The 2026 edition spreads across four stages, The Dream, The Sequence, The Vision and The Void, on the stretch of waterfront beside the docked Queen Mary, and the two day bill runs to 70 sets and more than 80 artists.

Friday 20 November carries the harder and more techno leaning half of the programme. ARTBAT, Enrico Sangiuliano, Dash Berlin, FRANKYEFFE, Mauro Picotto, Marco V and MaRLo are booked, Andrew Rayel presents his Extasia project, Reinier Zonneveld plays live, and Astrix, Infected Mushroom, GMS, Neelix, Phaxe and Burn In Noise cover the psytrance end. The day also holds three of the weekend’s back to back pairings, with BT alongside Matt Fax, Hannah Laing alongside Marie Vaunt, and David Rust alongside Olly James.

Saturday 21 November is the classic trance day. Above & Beyond headline with an Anjunabeats Classics set, Paul van Dyk presents The Essence Of Acid and 4 Strings play a classics set, while the pairings stack up: Ferry Corsten with Marsh, ALPHA 9 with Ilan Bluestone, Aly & Fila with Billy Gillies, Darren Porter with Sean Tyas, John Askew with Simon Patterson, Eddie Halliwell with Judge Jules, Bryan Kearney with John O’Callaghan as Key4050, and David Forbes with Mark Sherry as Thick As Thieves. Solarstone, John 00 Fleming, Cold Blue, Andy Moor, Vini Vici and Ace Ventura fill out the day. Two day and single day passes are on sale through Front Gate Tickets in general admission and VIP tiers, the latter adding an expedited entry lane, dedicated viewing areas and separate restrooms. The event is 18 and over, ins and outs are not allowed, and set times go up in the days before the doors open. Insomniac bills the weekender as the world’s premier all trance music festival, and 2026 keeps it on the Southern California coast where the series began a decade ago.