List of Music Festivals In D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia

Here is your 2026 list of the top music festivals in D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia, and a few that are definitely worth the road trip. The list is organized by month. Check back for updates as more lineups are announced. I’m looking forward to a great music festival season!

–Tony

Last Updated: 06/10/2026

June 2026

Capital Jazz Fest

Date: Canceled
Location: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
Lineup: Canceled
Website: capitaljazz.com/fest

Let’s Go Music Fest

Date: June 5–6, 2026
Location: Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds, Crownsville, MD
Lineup: Sublime, Fitz and the Tantrums, Judah & the Lion, Nicotine Dolls, Joe P, The Bends, Modern Alibi, AJR, Natasha Bedingfield, Matt and Kim, Joywave, Valley, Edgehill, Surfing for Daisy, Gabe Woodrow, Doug Segree, Cinema Hearts
Website: letsgofest.com | Metro Montage Festival Guide: Click me!

All Good Now

Date: June 13–14, 2026
Location: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
Lineup: Widespread Panic (headlining both nights), Claypool Gold (featuring Primus, Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade & The Claypool Lennon Delirium), Greensky Bluegrass, Dark Star Orchestra, The Wood Brothers, Lettuce, Leftover Salmon, Larkin Poe, The Hip Abduction, Andy Frasco & The U.N., BALTHVS, The Main Squeeze, Cris Jacobs, Jennifer Hartswick
Website: allgoodpresentslivemusic.com

Warped Tour DC 2026

Date: June 13–14, 2026
Location: RFK Festival Grounds, Washington, D.C.
Lineup: Jimmy Eat World, Rise Against, The Used, Taking Back Sunday, Coheed and Cambria, Third Eye Blind, New Found Glory, Hawthorne Heights, The Devil Wears Prada, All Time Low, The Story So Far, Flogging Molly, Pennywise, Motion City Soundtrack, State Champs, Magnolia Park, Silverstein, Four Year Strong, Less Than Jake, The Wonder Years, The Maine, Bowling for Soup, We Came As Romans, Chiodos, Escape the Fate, Plain White T’s, Cartel, The Ataris, Senses Fail, Hidden in Plain View, The Starting Line, The Aquabats!, The Suicide Machines, Streetlight Manifesto, The Interrupters, Knuckle Puck, Real Friends, Charlotte Sands, Beauty School Dropout, Point North, Royal & The Serpent, Nothing,Nowhere., The Home Team, Winona Fighter, Oxymorrons, Meet Me @ The Altar, LØLØ, World’s First Cinema, Honey Revenge, Taylor Acorn, Rain City Drive, Scene Queen, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, We The Kings, Cobra Starship, Boys Like Girls, The Cab, Set It Off, Sleeping With Sirens, Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria, Ice Nine Kills, I See Stars, Memphis May Fire, The Word Alive, Crown The Empire, Fit For A King, August Burns Red, Blessthefall, Of Mice & Men, Destroy Boys, The Linda Lindas, Fishbone, Drug Church, Heart Attack Man, Koyo, Anxious, One Step Closer, Microwave, Sweet Pill, Scowl, Militarie Gun, CLIFFDIVER, Keep Flying, Action/Adventure, The Oozes, Carpool, The Paradox, Northvale, Games We Play, The Dangerous Summer, The Movielife, Authority Zero, Mad Caddies, Save Ferris, Mustard Plug, Vended, Silly Goose, Ekoh, Point Blank Society, 408, House Parties, Caskets, Youth Fountain, Like Roses, Diva Bleach, The Summer Set, Arrows in Action, The Funeral Portrait, Colorblind, Bearings, Broadside, Goalkeeper, Cherie Amour, and more!
Website: vanswarpedtourdc.com

Home Rule Music Festival

Date: June 20–21, 2026
Location: The Parks at Walter Reed, Washington, DC
Lineup: Sun Ra Arkestra featuring Marshall Allen, Brand Nubian, Chuck Brown Band, Trouble Funk, Okyerema Asante (Ghanaian Master Drummer), Melanie Charles, Soul of SEED – Youth Showcase, New Generation Crank Band
Website: homerulemusicfestival.com | Metro Montage Festival Guide: Click me!

The Maryland Doom Fest

Date: June 20–21, 2026
Location: Cafe 611, Frederick, MD
Lineup: Lie Heavy, Crop, Vanishing Kids, Wolftooth, Black Manta, Hovel, Moonsinger, Tommy Stewart’s Dyerwulf, Bloodshot, Curse the Son, Thunderbird Divine, Clamfight, Uga Buga, Sun Voyager, Professor Emeritus, Bog Wizard, Strange Highways, Bleak Shore, Greydiggers Biscuits, The Obsessed, Stone Nomads, Foghound, Faith in Jane, Borracho, Double Planet, Locust Point, End of Age, Grave Next Door, Kulver, Dreadstar, Mourn the Light, Born of Plagues, Black Night, Stormtoker, Burn the Martyr
Website: facebook.com/MdDoomFest

AFRAM a.k.a. African American Festival

Date: June 19–22, 2026
Location: Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, MD
Lineup: Charlie Wilson, Dru Hill, SWV, The Lox, Mario, Tamia, PJ Morton, Normani, Chloe Bailey, Lil Mo, Ultra Nate, Brandon Woody, J Brown, Paula Campbell.
Website: aframbaltimore.com | Metro Montage Festival Guide: Click me!

July 2026

Floydfest

Date: July 22–26, 2026
Location: FestivalPark, Check, VA
Lineup: Tedeschi Trucks Band, My Morning Jacket, Stephen Wilson Jr., Lukas Nelson, Larkin Poe, The Word, Andy Frasco & The U.N., Amble, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Railroad Earth, The Dip, The Creekers, Penelope Road, Chuck Prophet, Tyler Ramsey, Carl Broemel, Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast, Jason Scott & The High Heat, lespecial, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Parlor Greens, MT Jones, Zion Marley, Zach Person, Cruz Contreras & The Black Lillies, Coyote Island, Johnny Mullenax, Supertaste, Brother Wallace, The Animeros, Denitia, Isaac Hadden, Cam Clark & His Orchestra, Joslyn & The Sweet Compression, Mama Said String Band, Canyon Lights, Bella Rayne, The Weird Sisters, Music Road Co., Big Daddy Love, Florencia & The Feeling, Hash The Band, Free Whenever, Moga Family Band, New Translations, Renee Christine, Stone Throwers, Tand, Teddy & The Rough Riders, Blue Mule, Cassidy Snider & The Wranglers, Corey Hunley & The Millionaires, Father Sun, Freak Rangers, Jatoba, John & Friends, Kerosene Willy, Leonard Blush & The Camelcals, Ripejive, Solacoustix, The Sugar Hollows, Virginia Electric
Website: floydfest.com | Metro Montage Festival Guide: Click me!

August 2026

Wine & Slow Jams Festival

Date: August 8, 2026
Location: Rosecroft Raceway, Fort Washington, MD
Lineup: Pretty Ricky, Donell Jones, Case, New Impressionz, DJ Quicksilva, DJ Davy J, DJ Money, DJ Oowwee, King Flexxa, Hail Zel, Coda Whit, Get Boxed, Khadijah Corrie
Website: wineandslowjams.com/

Hot August Music Festival 2026

Date: August 21–22, 2026
Location: Oregon Ridge Park, Cockeysville, MD
Lineup: Cory Wong, Galactic ft. Jelly Joseph, Dogs In A Pile, Eric Gales, Vanessa Collier, Lindsay Lou, Uncle Kunkel’s One Gram Band, Owen Stewart, The Fitzkee Brothers, Ricky Wise & The Aggressive Joy, Mallow Hill, Pretty War, Jonathan Sloane Band, The Hot August Collective
Website: hotaugustmusicfestival.com | Metro Montage Festival Guide: Click me!

September 2026

DC Jazz Festival

Date: September 2-6, 2026
Location: Washington, DC
Lineup: Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet “We Exist!”, Joshua Redman Quartet, Kurt Elling & Yellowjackets Celebrate Weather Report, Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles, Nate Smith, Donald Harrison, Emmet Cohen: Miles and Trane at 100 feat. Tivon Pennicott, Jeremy Pelt, Yasushi Nakamura and Joe Farnsworth, Bill Frisell Trio feat. Thomas Morgan & Rudy Royston, Danilo Pérez Trio: Panamonk featuring Ben Street & Adam Cruz, Etienne Charles & Creole Soul, Janelle Gill w/Special Guest Amina Claudine Myers, Ms. Lisa Fischer, Orrin Evans Trio, Michele Rosewoman & Quintessence, Nasar Abadey and Supernova, Brandon Woody’s Upendo, African Rhythms Alumni Quintet: Randy Weston Centennial, JazzDC All-Stars Directed by Paul Carr with Special Guest Chelsey Green, Chuck Brown Band, Ben Williams Band, Isaiah Collier “Collier Plays Coltrane”, Ekep Nkwelle, Hannah Marks, José André Quartet, Laura Anglade, José Luiz Martins, Elsa Nilsson – Band of Pulses, Kenny Rittenhouse, Shacara Rogers, Dan Murray, Alfred Yun, B-3 Summit Vol. 2 with Charles Covington, Mike LeDonne, Lenny Robinson, and Dave Manley, Charles Rahmat Woods, Luke Stewart’s Silt Trio, Son Cubano Subterraneo, Pureum Jin Ensemble, Fran Vielma, Next Jazz Legacy, DC JazzPrix Finals! and more
Website: dcjazzfest.org | Metro Montage Festival Guide: Click me!

Afrofest

Date: September 4-6, 2026
Location: Washington, DC
Lineup: Davido, Alkaline, Wizkid, Adekunle Gold, Olamide, Sarkodie, Tiwa Savage, Odeal, Fridayy, Dexta Daps, Spice, Ruger, Victony, Gabzy, Young Jonn, Bien, Jada Kingdom, Lil Baby, Latto, Chief Keef, Sexyy Red, Tayc, Didi B, DBN Gogo, TXC, Kelvin Momo, Tyler ICU, Jazzworx, Thukuthela, GL Ceejay, Musa Keys, Skyla Tylaa, Mobu, Mannywellz, Foggie Raw, New Impressionz Band, Yung Manny
Website: theafroplus.com

Annapolis Songwriters Festival

Date: September 10–23, 2026
Location: Annapolis, MD
Lineup: TBD
Website: annapolissongwritersfestival.com

Annapolis Baygrass Music Festival

Date: September 19–20, 2026
Location: Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis, MD
Lineup: Little Feat, Yonder Mountain String Band, Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart, Sam Bush, Mountain Grass Unit, TopHouse, Shadowgrass, Scythian, Sister Sadie, Fireside Collective, Midnight North, Jammy Buffet, Melody Trucks & The Fitzkee Brothers Band, Geraldine
Website: baygrassfestival.com

All Things Go Festival 2026

Date: September 25–27, 2026
Location: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
Lineup: Hayley Williams, Mitski, Brandi Carlile, Lola Young, MUNA, Zara Larsson, Ethel Cain, Slayyyter, Robby Hoffman, Suki Waterhouse, Tinashe, The Beaches, Sienna Spiro, Rico Nasty, Hemlocke Springs, Rebecca Black, CMAT, Wolf Alice, Jensen McRae, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Magdalena Bay, Balu Brigada, Ninajirachi, SYML, Del Water Gap, She & Him, The Beths, Naika, Haute & Freddy, Grace Ives, Zolita, Love Spells, Susannah Joffe, Glom, Kevin Atwater, Father John Misty, Flipturn, Ryan Beatty, Rochelle Jordan, Tiny Habits, Trousdale, Violet Grohl, Jake Minch and more!
Website: allthingsgofestival.com

Oceans Calling Festival

Date: September 25–27, 2026
Location: Ocean City Boardwalk, Ocean City, MD
Lineup: Dave Matthews Band, Hootie & The Blowfish, Twenty One Pilots, Gwen Stefani, Mumford & Sons, Matchbox Twenty, Ludacris, O.A.R., Yellowcard, Shaggy, Liz Phair, Gavin DeGraw, Better Than Ezra, KT Tunstall, Everlast, Shwayze, King Stingray, Linka Moja, Goo Goo Dolls, Third Eye Blind, All Time Low, 311, Violent Femmes, Dashboard Confessional, Corinne Bailey Rae, Everclear, Dishwalla, GoldFord, Cassandra Coleman, Caamp, My Morning Jacket, The Head and the Heart, Hanson, Jet, OK Go, Susanna Hoffs, Cory Wong, Fastball, Nat Myers
Website: oceanscallingfestival.com

October 2026

Country Calling Festival

Date: October 2–3, 2026
Location: Ocean City Inlet & Boardwalk, Ocean City, MD
Lineup: Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson, Rascal Flatts, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Brothers Osborne, Dustin Lynch, Charley Crockett, Clay Walker, Jackson Dean, Kaitlin Butts, Rodney Atkins, Carter Faith, Sons of Habit, The Jack Wharff Band and more
Website: countrycallingfestival.com

Power To The People Fest

Date: October 3, 2026
Location: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
Lineup: Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Brittany Howard, Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black featuring Roman Morello, Revel Ian, Yoyoka Soma, and Hugo Weiss, Serj Tankian, Cypress Hill, Killer Mike, grandson, Taylor Momsen, Matt Cameron, The Linda Lindas, Tom Morello
Website: powertothepeoplefest.com

The Ramble Festival 2026

Date: October 9–12, 2026
Location: Darlington, MD
Lineup: Kitchen Dwellers, Ripe, Big Something, Clay Street Unit, Sneezy, Diggin Dirt, Bombargo, Armchair Boogie, Kendall Street Company, New Potato Caboose, Squeaky Feet, Bearly Dead, The Sweet Lillies, Bella Rayne, Hayley Jane, Shawn Eckels, Twin Fin, Boot Juice, Banshee Tree, Big Blitz, Caleb Stine, The Young Guns, Naptown Brass Band, Skyler Cumbia
Website: ramblefestival.com

November 2026

Rising Tides Festival

Date: TBA 2026
Location: Roland E. Powell Convention Center, Ocean City, MD
Lineup: TBA
Website: ococean.com

Past 2026 Festivals

April 2026

National Cannabis Festival

Date: April 18–19, 2026
Location: RFK Festival Grounds, Washington, DC
Lineup: Big Boi, Three 6 Mafia, Ty Dolla $ign, Curren$y, Backyard Band, Gordon Sterling and the People, Black Alley, Be Steadwell, Soroche, HUE, Farrah Flosscett, DJ Bo, Meche Korrect
Website: nationalcannabisfestival.com

May 2026

Bourbon & Bluegrass Festival

Date: May 2-3, 2026
Location: President Lincoln’s Cottage
Venue: 40 Rock Creek Church Road, NW
Lineup: Alison Brown, Jake Blount, Split String Soup, Hubby Jenkins, Goldbug Revival
Website: lincolncottage.org

George “Spider” Anderson Music and Arts Festival

Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026
Location: Baltimore, MD
Venue: 4801 Park Heights Ave
Lineup: K. Michelle, Big Daddy Kane, Local Artist, and Caribbean Bands
Website: spiderandersonfest.com

Showcation

Date: May 15–17, 2026
Location: Camp Ramblewood, Darlington, MD
Lineup: Ami Mura, Baauer, Bad Leather, Beatbox House, Bimbette, Boys Go To Jupiter, Camila Benach, Chanpan, Daniel Allan, Dendi’s Dad, Harris Draper, House of J.A.N.E., IN PARALLEL, Jay Mark, Jimmy Corks, Jon Eye, MAYV, Melman, Narasimha, Nev Sings, Sarindipity, Sensei Shitfire, Sinhala, Sonia Sol, Super Future, The Arc Project, UNiiQU3, DJ Blacpoet, DJ Fredro, DJ JuggleMents, Pretty Good Show DJs, Narasimha, Mayv, Super Future, Nev Sings and more!
Website: showcation.live

Boardwalk Rock

Date: CANCELED FOR 2026
Location: Ocean City, MD
Venue: N/A
Lineup: This festival will not return in 2026
Website: boardwalkrockfest.com

Maryland Deathfest (MDF) 2026

Date: May 21–24, 2026
Location: Multiple venues in Baltimore, MD (Nevermore Hall, Power Plant Live, Baltimore Soundstage, Market Place & Angel’s Rock Bar)
Lineup (selected confirmed): Napalm Death, Repulsion, Sinister, Monstrosity, Organ Dealer, Kreator, Dying Fetus, Death Angel, Rotting Christ, Mortician, Pig Destroyer, Destruction, Batushka, Bongzilla, Bongripper, Warbringer, Grave, Old Man’s Child, Whiplash, Wolfheart, Cephalic Carnage, Novembers Doom, Rotten Sound, Cancer, 1914, Macabre, The Crown, Blood Red Throne, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Solitude Aeturnus, Windhand, Rwake, Avernus, Lair of the Minotaur, Black Lung, Torsofuck, Putridity, Cephalotripsy, Condemned, Emasculator, Cerebral Hemorrhage …and many more confirmed acts across multiple stages and days
Website: deathfests.com

Delfest

Date: May 21–24, 2026
Location: Allegany County Fairgrounds, Cumberland, MD
Lineup: Del McCoury Band, The Travelin’ McCourys, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Toy Factory Project, Blackberry Smoke, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Punch Brothers, The Infamous Stringdusters, Sierra Hull, Maggie Rose, Sister Sadie, Mountain Grass Unit, Shadowgrass, The Creekers, The Band Loula, Wood Box Heroes, Colby T. Helms & The Virginia Creepers, Joe Craven, Peter Rowan, Sam Grisman Project, Gaelic Storm, Southern Avenue, Jason Carter, Michael Cleveland, Sam Grisman Quintet, Chris Knight, Magoo, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, The Malpass Brothers, Driftwood, Dré Anders, Nicholas Jamerson & The Morning Jays, The Plate Scrapers, The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Gibson Brothers, Andy Falco, Travis Book, Eddie Slide And His Cowtown Dozen, Pert Near Sandstone, Buffalo Rose, Sam Eplin, Nathan Bess, Aristotle Jones
Website: delfest.com

Artscape

Date: May 23–24, 2026
Location: Baltimore, MD
Lineup (confirmed headliners): The Roots, Stephanie Mills
Other performers: Additional artists (local & regional) TBA
Website: artscape.org

Sowebofest

Date: May 24, 2026
Location: 100 and 1000 blocks of Hollins Street, Baltimore, MD
Lineup: Check out who is playing!
Website: sowebofest.org

Project Glow 2026

Date: May 30–31, 2026
Location: RFK Festival Grounds, Washington, DC
Lineup: ALLEYCVT, Arylia, AVELLO, AVISHEK, Cassian, Chaseonaux, Cloonee, Coco & Breezy, Cosmic Gate, Damon Pirko & Chase Norman, Dimension, Discip b2b Roddy Lima, Disco Lines, Discovery Project, Distant Matter, DJ Mandy, Ed Bailey, EFFIN, Eli & Fur, Eric Prydz, Excision b2b Sullivan King, FLY, G Jones b2b EPROM, Gryffin, HAYLA, KREAM, Ky William, Lilly Palmer, LINSKA, LP Giobbi, Mary Droppinz, Mau P, Max Styler, MISHA, Nicole Moudaber b2b ChaseWest, Ninajirachi, Porter Robinson, ProbCause, Queer Chaos, Ranger Trucco, Ray Volpe, Rezident, Riordan b2b Bullet Tooth, RUZE, Sama, Sara Landry, SheWolff, Shizz Lo b2b Brainrack, Silvertone, Spencer Brown b2b Qrion, Starjunk 95, WOOK APPRUVD, WOOLI, YDG, Zeds Dead
Website: projectglowfest.com | Metro Montage Festival Guide: Click me!

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Please check the website of all of the festivals to confirm the festival lineup. All lineups are subject to change. As artists are added to the festival lineups and dates are confirmed this article will be updated.

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