Seismic Dance Event 2026 is the festival's ninth edition, Seismic 9.0. It runs from Friday, November 13 to Sunday, November 15, 2026 at The Concourse Project, 8509 Burleson Road in Austin, Texas, by the south terminal of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Seismic is curated and produced by RealMusic Events, which also owns and operates the venue. The festival calls itself a boutique event for house, techno and underground music fans, kept at a purposefully intimate size. Every ticket is 18+.
The official lineup page lists 48 acts. Above & Beyond, horsegiirl, Sara Landry, Porter Robinson (DJ set), KI/KI and SG Lewis lead the bill, joined by Chris Lorenzo, Max Styler and Layton Giordani. Brutalismus 3000 also sits in the top block of the official lineup page. The festival sums up its sound as house, techno and everything in between, and the bill also takes in hard techno, melodic techno, UK garage and speed garage. The Phase 2 announcement on 3 September added the by-day lineups, an ØTTA x Hotties takeover of the Frequency stage on Saturday, November 14, a Next Gen House takeover of the same stage on Sunday, November 15, and the return of the Technobus.
The festival's own channels sum it up as 3 days and 3 stages: Volcano, Tsunami and Frequency, spread over indoor and outdoor areas. Besides the music, the official about page lists art installations, performers, food trucks and vendors, and says the event is run with sustainability in mind. DJ Mag nominated Seismic for Best Boutique Festival in its Best of North America poll in 2018 and 2023, and The Austin Chronicle nominated it for Best Music Festival in 2022/23.
