Music festival returns to the Triangle with a different look. Here’s the lineup
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- The Good Moon music festival returns to the Triangle for the second time this fall.
- Instead of being at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, the concerts are planned for other venues.
- Sylvan Esso and Tyler Childers headline the festival, which includes a free show Oct. 10.
A music festival is returning to North Carolina, but it will look different this year.
The Good Moon festival is set to bring concerts to the Triangle for the second year. Instead of having artists hit the stage at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, the 2026 performances will be held at four other locations in downtown Durham.
The news comes from Durham-based electronic-pop band Sylvan Esso and their recording company, called Psychic Hotline.
“This Good Moon is our biggest and fullest yet, featuring so many of our favorite artists,” Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, the duo that makes up Sylvan Esso, said in a Tuesday, May 12 news release. “It is a joy to bring them to our home in Durham.”
Tickets are going on sale soon for the festival, which is scheduled for October. Here’s what to know about where and when the concerts will be held, who will perform and how to get tickets.
Where and when is the festival?
Good Moon debuted in 2024, and organizers plan to hold it every other year. The 2026 festival is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 8 to Saturday, Oct. 10.
The event will use four venues in downtown Durham, which has multiple parking options. Here’s where the concerts will be held:
- Durham Performing Arts Center at 123 Vivian Street (William V. “Bill” Bell Way)
- The Pinhook at 117 W. Main St.
- American Tobacco Campus’ Bay 7 at 324 Blackwell St., Suite 700
- Boom Club at 600 Foster St., Suite B
On Saturday, Oct. 10, there will be a “free daytime concert at the Amphitheater at American Tobacco Campus,” event organizers wrote in the news release.
What is the concert lineup?
Sylvan Esso will headline two of the shows at the Durham Performing Arts Center, and singer-songwriter Tyler Childers will headline one show at the same location, Good Moon wrote in an Instagram post. Here’s who else is in the lineup across multiple venues:
- Meshell Ndegeocello
- Aja Monet
- Silvana Estrada
- Rodrigo Amarante
- Leenalchi
- Tash LC
- William Tyler & Yasmin Williams
- Jacques Greene
- Annie & the Caldwells
- Circuit des Yeux
- Kumo 99
- Derrick Gee’s Radio Hour
- GRRL x Made of Oak
- Weirs
- Babe Haven
- Hex Files
- No Visa
- Alec Lomami
- Micky Slicks
- Mas Culina
- DJ Roselle
At American Tobacco, fans can watch “Time Indefinite,” a music film from William Tyler. Here’s who’s set to perform at that venue’s free concert:
- MJ Lenderman
- Woke County Speedway
The N&O reached out to Good Moon representatives for a more detailed concert schedule and is waiting to hear back.
How do I get tickets?
Fans wanting to buy tickets won’t have to wait for long.
Pre-sale tickets will go on sale starting noon Thursday, May 14 and three-day VIP passes go on sale the following day. For more information, visit goodmoonnc.com.
Then, the rest of the seats will be available to the general public starting Friday, May 22. Those tickets will be available for individual nights.
The music festival continues to put the spotlight on Sylvan Esso. The members of the band, who got married in 2016, have been nominated for two Grammy awards and are planning for a sold-out Los Angeles residency in June.
“The combination of her campfire-sing-along voice and his atmospheric, elastic beats comes out as quirky electro-folk — maybe the warmest electronic pop anybody is making nowadays,” The N&O reported in 2018.
