Bud Light Escapade Music Festival 2026

About

Bud Light Escapade Music Festival is Ottawa's largest electronic dance music festival, returning for its 16th anniversary over three days at RA Centre Grounds. House, techno, bass, and melodic EDM across multiple stages, plus the new Launchpad stage spotlighting emerging artists.

The festival debuted in 2010 and has hosted the likes of Deadmau5, Tiësto, Calvin Harris, and Avicii over the years.

Dates

• Friday, June 26 — doors at 3:00 PM
• Saturday, June 27
• Sunday, June 28

Daily door and set times are posted on the official site.

Tickets

Prices below are the current available tiers (all-in, CAD, incl. fees & taxes). Lower tiers have sold out, and prices rise as tiers sell through.

• Single-day GA: from ~$156 (ages 16+)
• Weekend GA: ~$375 (ages 16+)
• Weekend VIP: ~$477 (ages 19+) — dedicated entrance, exclusive VIP bar, private washrooms, and an elevated viewing platform at the main stage

Tickets are sold through Front Gate Tickets via the official site.

Lineup

Friday, June 26

CHYL · Cosmic Gate · Fisher · Getter · HOL! · Jackie Hollander · Knock2 · Loud Luxury · Meduza · MPH · Odd Mob · Skull Machine (Black Tiger Sex Machine × Kai Wachi) · Sullivan King · Walker & Royce

Saturday, June 27

Alan Walker · ALLEYCVT · Crankdat · Danny Avila · Distant Matter · Dreya V · Eli Brown · FOVOS · GRiZ · HEXXA · HI-LO · Illenium · Micah Martin · Oliver Heldens · Oskar Med K · RØZ · Script · Viperactive

Sunday, June 28

AVELLO · Devault · Disco Lines · Dombresky pres. Disco Dom · Frank Walker · HEYZ · Hoang · Jay Pryor · Layton Giordani · Luke Alexander · Maddix · Max Styler · MC4D · Nicky Romero · Okayval · Sam Lamar · Slander · Svdden Death · Tiësto · Virtual Riot

Festival Support Artists

Anastasiia · Chefnier · Dazeylanes · Dopamyne · Enko · Heads or Tails · Kat2Kat · Kattana · Khaos · Leafy b2b Noxx · Luminate · Marco Bonami · Marta · Meeb Reezy · Sam Raiz · Shieldie · Stef Agostino · Vantedge · Zeydax

Getting There

RA Centre Grounds is at 2451 Riverside Drive in Old Ottawa South, along the Rideau River. Accessible by car and OC Transpo; parking is limited, so transit or rideshare is recommended on festival days.