Lorde, A$AP Rocky, Kali Uchis among headliners for 2026 Gov Ball

The New York City-based music festival will also host acts like Geese, Blood Orange, Wet Leg, Clipse, and Ravyn Lenae for its 16th outing.

By Drew Gillis  |  January 6, 2026 | 10:00am
Image Credit: Taylor Regulski
Music News Gov Ball
Lorde, A$AP Rocky, Kali Uchis among headliners for 2026 Gov Ball

With All Things Go and Ladyland still rising and Rolling Loud and Panorama long gone, Governor’s Ball is solidly the biggest music festival in New York City. (It was the only one in the world where Chappell Roan painted herself green and emerged from a giant, smoking apple, of course.) This year, Lorde, A$AP Rocky, Kpop group Stray Kids, Baby Keem, Jennie, and Kali Uchis will headline the festival, which takes place in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. 

Further down in the billing are several rock acts that have been ascending in stature over the past few years. Geese (fresh off lead musician Cameron Winter’s Carnegie Hall debut) will perform, along with Amyl and The Sniffers, Wet Leg, Japanese Breakfast, and The Beths. Clipse and Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist, two hip hop acts who released acclaimed projects in 2025, will also perform, as will R&B stars Blood Orange, Ravyn Lenae, and Mariah The Scientist. On the more electronic, more clubby side of things, Gov Ball is scheduled to feature The Dare, Fcukers, Snow Strippers, Major Lazer, and 2hollis. You can check out the whole lineup on the graphic below. 

Anyone who wants to buy a ticket can sign up for the presale at this link; the presale begins Thursday, January 8 at 10 am before the general on-sale the same day at 11 am.

Gov Ball 2026 lineup

Keep scrolling for more great stories from The A.V. Club.
 
Join the discussion...
SELECT permalink, ID FROM `pm_article_index` where`article_category` like '%|music|%' and ID<>1859206720 AND article_type like '%|news|%' ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 7;