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Solid Sound Festival 2026 lineup

Posted by Loren on December 18, 2025

Solid Sound Festival 2026 lineup
photo by Loren Green

The Wilco led Solid Sound  Festival will take place again in 2026, at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA on June 26-28.

The newly announced lineup includes Billy Bragg, The Breeders, Gang of Four, Sharp Pins, of course Wilco, and more -- including Wilco teaming with Bragg to perform Mermaid Avenue.

Solid Sound Festival 2026 Lineup

Wilco
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key: Wilco and Billy Bragg perform the songs of Mermaid Avenue
The Breeders
Gang of Four
Jeff Tweedy
Billy Bragg
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band
John Hodgman’s Comedy Cabaret
Rich(ard) Dawson
S.G. Goodman
L’Rain
Mini-Mekons featuring Sally Timms & Jon Langford
Sharp Pins
Elizabeth Moen
Nels Cline’s Consentrik Quartet
The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis
George
Souled American
Autumn Defense
Living Hour
Setting
RESPIRA (eucademic, Azumi O E, Waldo Walle)
Prewn
Official Claire
Hannah Cohen
Expandards
Sam & Louise Sullivan
Story Pirates
dysFUNKcrew
Peter Cardoso / Ghost-Town
Mikael Jorgensen on Bob James, a short film screening and Q&A

Solid Sound Festival 2026 lineup
photo by Loren Green

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