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2026 Lineup Announced
May 12th, 2026 by Kevin Gomez
As we know, Ohana means family in Hawaiian. For the last 10 years, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has brought a music festival to beautiful Dana Point, CA where it feels like bands and fans alike gather to celebrate as one big happy family. It’s no coincidence that the festival is set up on Doheny State Beach, the very beach where Vedder caught his first wave at the age of 12 – legend has it, on a $12 surfboard. Ohana returns September 25th-27th and the lineup just dropped.
For this year’s lineup Ohana is bringing back some favorites, as well as some new faces – well, new to the festival, some of these “new” acts are well into their fourth decade, while others are just getting their start.
Friday night will see Vedder headline, as he usually does, to kick off the festival. For the first time ever Mexican rock superstars Maná will be joining Ohana. With over 45 million records sold worldwide people will be turning out in droves to catch their set. Two surprises for me in the punk rock category are “Rebel Yell” singer Billy Idol and punk icons, Bad Religion.
Also playing will be indie artist Courtney Barnett, who has won several awards in her home country of Australia. Another shocker is Sugar, featuring former Hüsker Dü frontman, Bob Mould, who reformed last year after a 31-year hiatus. Rounding out the lineup will be Midnight Generation (“a disco electronic pop band from Mexico”), Otoboke Beaver (a Japanese punk band hailing from Kyoto), Ireland’s Florence Road, American singer/rapper Mereba, and Los Angeles’ own, Muttlee.
Saturday’s headliner will be bluegrass-folk-country musician Tyler Childers, a seven-time Gramm nominee. Critical darlings Alabama Shakes will be lighting the night skies up on the main stage Saturday night. Singer-songwriter, composer Jon Batiste will also be playing Saturday night. The ultra-accomplished Louisiana native was formerly the bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Indie band Men in Trust from Quebec and country and rock singer Stephen Wilson Jr. will be playing, as well.
The band I’m most excited to see Saturday are The Front Bottoms, folk punk heroes from the 2000s. As of now, Ohana will only be their fourth date listed for 2026, as well as a stop at Warped Tour this summer. The day will kick off with sets from South Africa’s Alice Phoebe Lou, California singer-songwriter Marlon Funaki, pop singer-songwriter Jake Wesley Rogers from Missouri, P.E.S.T. and newcomer, Ellery Harper.
As they did in 2024 Pearl Jam will be closing out Ohana Festival again this year. If Fontaines D.C. first came on the map in 2018 and 2019, they have blown up since post-2020.
Cannot wait to catch their set for the first time, right after one of my all-time favorite bands, Pixies rock the beach. Speaking of explosive sets, from their highlight set at last year’s Just Like Heaven, Rilo Kiley has made their highly-anticipated return worthwhile and will be bringing out all steps Sunday.
Also playing will be Britain’s indie folk pop, Tom Odell, and last year’s breakout indie star from Australia, Ecca Vandal. Her song “Cruising to Self Soothe” went viral in 2025. Sunday’s lineup will also feature post-punk Horsegirl, London’s Villanelle, alt folk Linka Moja, and So Cal’s own Speed of Light.
For tickets, sign up for the Ohana presale starting Thursday at 10 a.m. Public tickets go on sale Thursday noon, IF tickets remain.
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