Submersion Festival is the East Coast's most curated underground bass-music gathering, returning to Paradise Lakes in Hammonton, New Jersey for its 6th annual edition from October 1–3, 2026. Co-hosted by Aspire Higher and Transmit, Submersion has built a global reputation as the U.S. festival that takes UK bass, drum and bass, dubstep, and experimental electronic music as seriously as the European originals — a gathering where Mala, The Glitch Mob, Truth, and the deepest underground producers headline alongside the next generation of bass-music acts.
The 2026 lineup spans the full spectrum of underground bass culture. Attendees include The Glitch Mob, Gaslamp Killer, Luke Vibert presents Wagon Christ (DJ Set), Mala, Truth, and Tennyson. The deep undercard features Alex Unger, Artifakts B2B Parkbreezy, Brother Bear, Casey Club, Cesco, Cool Customer, Distinct Motive, Dovee, Duffrey, Edit, Goddard, Gyrofield, Kuhlin, Lens (Live Set), Mia Koden, Neffa, Nikki Nair, Resonant Language (Live), Riva, Schmoop, Serum, Simula, SPMC (Live Hardware), TF Marz, Vier (4-hour set), Zero, and a "20 Years of Driven AM" historical retrospective set.
Paradise Lakes is a private campground in the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey, an hour from Philadelphia and 90 minutes from NYC. The festival uses two stages — the Beach Stage that lines the sandy lakes and the Woods Stage that immerses you deep in the forest — creating two genuinely different sonic environments across the weekend. The 21+ format keeps the crowd dialed-in and the camping-first structure means everyone is in it for the full three days. This is bass music done right.