Experts Only Festival is Officially Returning To New York City in 2026

After a prodigious 2025 debut that drew in over 50,000 fans, Experts Only Festival has officially confirmed its return to New York City.

Last September, John Summit summoned the likes of Green Velvet, Layton Giordani, Pete Tong, LP Giobbi, and DJ Seinfeld to tend decks at the first-ever Experts Only Festival on Randall’s Island in New York City. Summit’s first festival go ‘round drew in over 50,000 dance music fans over its two-day run, making it the largest electronic music festival in NYC in 2025.

Well, as of today, Experts Only is ready for round two.

The two-year-old electronic imprint has formally confirmed that Experts Only Festival will be returning to New York City in 2026. Whether or not organizers will set up shop on Randall’s Island once again next September remains up in the air, but the “Pwemium Wounge” will indeed be back in action. Fans can safely expect an artist lineup announcement comprising some of the hottest names in the ever-evolving house and techno scene.

Per the announcement on Instagram, 2025 festival attendees will have first dibs on pre-sale tickets for next year. Last year’s ticket holders should be expecting a “unique presale code” that will grant access to next Tuesday’s Loyalty Presale that goes live at 12pm ET on November 25.

If you didn’t attend the festival in 2025, make sure to keep up with Experts Only’s social media accounts in order to get first wind of the general ticket on-sale, and watch the official 2025 aftermovie on the Experts Only Festival website.

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