We may have been out of the office for a while, but Suwannee Hulaween certainly wasn’t.
While we were bouncing between CMA Fest, Bonnaroo, and some personal time off in Iceland, the festival added the final pieces to its 2026 lineup. Warren Haynes will join The String Cheese Incident for a special Saturday night Shebang, while KETTAMA, Frost Children, and Dean Turnley are among the artists joining an already massive weekend of music.
The additions expand a lineup that already moves freely between electronic music, jam bands, rock, indie music, and funk.
The 13th edition of Suwannee Hulaween returns to Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, from October 22 through 25, with four days of music and the immersive art, costumes, and collaborative performances that have become central to the festival.
Hulaween Adds the Final Lineup Pieces
The biggest addition is not simply another name added to the lineup.
Warren Haynes will join The String Cheese Incident for The Warren Haynes Incident, this year’s Saturday night featured collaboration. The special performance will pull from the music of Haynes, Gov’t Mule, the Allman Brothers Band, and the Grateful Dead, with the festival also promising a few surprises along the way.
For The String Cheese Incident, the performance is part of another extensive Hulaween weekend. The band will play five sets across three days, continuing a relationship with the festival that has helped define Hulaween since its earliest years.
Irish producer KETTAMA adds another dimension to an electronic lineup that already stretches across a wide range of sounds. Known for high-energy sets built around hard house, techno, and UK garage, KETTAMA has become one of the fastest-rising names in dance music.
Sibling duo Frost Children will bring their unpredictable collision of hyperpop, punk, emo, and electronic music to Hulaween with a DJ set, while Australian producer Dean Turnley joins the lineup following the success of “Actin’ Tough,” one of the house tracks that helped introduce him to a much larger audience in 2026.
Hulaween is also bringing EOTO back to the festival for the first time since 2019. The improvisational electronic project will be joined by The String Cheese Incident’s Kyle Hollingsworth and Scott Metzger of Joe Russo’s Almost Dead and LaMP for a collaborative performance deep inside Spirit Lake.
Looking Across the Hulaween Lineup
Excision opens the weekend at the top of Thursday’s lineup. His enormous bass production and relentless live energy have made him one of dubstep’s biggest names. His presence at the top of the poster immediately establishes just how far Hulaween’s electronic programming can reach from the festival’s jam-band roots.
Friday’s headlining slot belongs to My Morning Jacket. The Kentucky rock band has spent more than two decades moving between psychedelic rock, Americana, soul, and sprawling improvisation. The band’s expansive live performances have become as central to their identity as their recorded music.
Pretty Lights takes over the top of Saturday’s lineup. Since returning to the stage in 2023, Derek Vincent Smith and his live band have transformed the Pretty Lights project into something increasingly difficult to describe simply as an electronic act. Be prepared to melt into the ether as Pretty Lights reshapes samples and familiar songs into a flowing electronic cascade.
Sunday closes with something completely different, Geese. The New York band has built its reputation on restless, unpredictable rock music that can move from post-punk and art rock into country, blues, and loose improvisation without much warning.
Of course, it is impossible to talk about Hulaween without returning to The String Cheese Incident. Five sets across three days will give the band plenty of opportunities for extended improvisation and unexpected collaborations.
Electronic Music Runs Deep at Hulaween
The electronic lineup extends well beyond the names at the top of the poster.
Ben Böhmer brings the melodic and atmospheric side of house music, building patient live sets around gradual changes and emotional melodies. Crankdat takes the opposite approach to EDM, with aggressive bass production and festival-ready energy. Daily Bread mixes electronic production with hip-hop samples, soul, and funk to always create a memorable set.
Elsewhere, Levity continues its rapid rise through the bass music world, KETTAMA brings hard house and techno to the Suwannee woods, and Of The Trees offers a darker and more experimental approach to bass music.
On Saturday night, Green Velvet will bring his LaLaLand Takeover to DEF: OFF LIMITS. The extended Green Velvet set will include a secret back-to-back performance, along with Hulaween debuts from Jackie Hollander, Tini Gessler, and Close Friends Only.
Jam, Funk, and Music Built for the Stage
Hulaween’s early festival identity is still represented throughout the weekend.
Big Gigantic brings its combination of electronic production, saxophone, and live drums, while STS9 continues to blur the boundaries between instrumental rock and electronic music. Lettuce adds a heavy dose of funk, and Dogs in a Pile will bring a storm of improvisation.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra brings psychedelic rock and hazy funk to the lineup, while LaMP, the collaboration between guitarist Scott Metzger, keyboardist Ray Paczkowski, and drummer Russ Lawton, adds another improv element to the fest.
Costumes, Art, and Spirit Lake
Music is only part of what Hulaween has planned for the weekend, with three nights of costume themes designed to add to the transformation of Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park. Thursday begins with The Cocoon & The Moon, centered on transformation, lunar beings, and cosmic travelers, before Friday’s Hula Fae Cabaret promises fairies, theatrical creatures, glamour, and mischief in the woods. Saturday closes out the themes with the Bioluminescent Dream Swamp, which should fill the park with glowing creatures, illuminated plants, and forest spirits.
Spirit Lake will once again serve as the center of Hulaween’s immersive art programming. The festival opened applications earlier this summer for artists to create interactive installations, lake-show content, and new photo opportunities, including a new home for the familiar HULA letters. After dark, the area promises a mix of art, performances, and other surprises scattered throughout the spaces between stages.
Planning a Trip to Hulaween
Suwannee Hulaween takes place October 22 through 25, 2026, at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida.
Four-day festival passes include primitive camping beginning Thursday morning and continuing through noon on Monday. Festivalgoers planning to bring a vehicle into the campgrounds will need to purchase the appropriate car or RV pass separately.
For those looking to get an early start on the weekend, Early Camping Passes allow festivalgoers to arrive beginning Tuesday afternoon. Guests should plan ahead before settling into their campsites, as Hulaween enforces a no car re-entry policy once the festival week gets underway. Vehicles that leave the campgrounds after the policy takes effect must park in the day parking lots upon returning.
Hulaween also offers Camp Traction, a community for music fans who choose to experience festivals without drugs or alcohol and want to camp alongside others doing the same.
Tickets, camping options, and additional festival information are available through the official Hulaween website.
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