Yule Melt 2026 is a one-night indoor festival on Saturday, December 12, 2026 at APEX Everett, 1611 Everett Avenue, Everett, WA 98201, about 30 miles north of Seattle. It is produced by Summer Meltdown Festival (Summer Meltdown LLC, the team behind the Pacific Northwest camping festival founded in 2000 by the band Flowmotion and produced by Josh Clauson), with Everett Music Initiative and APEX Everett listed as partners. The official Eventbrite page lists doors at 6 PM and a 1:30 AM finish, and the event is strictly 21+ with valid photo ID. The APEX event listing calls it "A Summer Meltdown Holiday Reunion", the first Meltdown gathering after several years without the summer festival.
The full lineup was announced with the on-sale on September 17, 2026 and has 10 artists: Neal Francis, Moontricks, Flowmotion, Manatee Commune, Vicci Martinez, Toy Box, Whalien, Panda Conspiracy, Mystre and Zubnotic. There are no day splits because it is a single night, and set times had not been posted on the official Yule Melt page when we checked on 3 Oct 2026. Music runs across three rooms of APEX: Kings Hall, the top-floor concert room, where VIP ticket holders get the private balcony; El Sid, the upstairs cocktail lounge and stage; and the Gatsby Room, which the Eventbrite listing says Bohemian Slapcity is turning into a bass room with a PK Sound system, flow arts and performances curated by Flowhaus Productions.
APEX Everett is a restored historic building in downtown Everett that houses the 16Eleven restaurant on the first level, El Sid one floor up and Kings Hall on the top floor, with murals, art and gathering spaces in between. The official page describes Yule Melt as a multi-level indoor festival rather than a concert: festive lighting, holiday decor, art installations, surprises and three bars spread across the floors, and you can move freely between rooms subject to each room's capacity. What makes it distinct is the reunion angle. The Eventbrite FAQ calls it "Meltdown's mischievous winter cousin", built for longtime Melters and first-timers alike, and costumes and winter weirdness are, in the promoter's words, wholeheartedly encouraged.
