Escapade Music Festival Announces First 2026 Headliners

GRiZ, FISHER, Tiësto, and SLANDER appear on the Escapade Music Festival 2026 lineup, with more artists yet to be announced.

Escapade Music Festival is gearing up to return in 2026, prompting organizers to start an online conversation around the event. To that end, they’ve shared the first four names on the lineup for the gathering set to grace the RA Centre Grounds in Ottawa, Ontario from June 26-28.

The biggest among the first round of headliners is arguably FISHER — at this point in time, at least. His career quickly caught fire in the late 2010s for singles like “Stop It” and “Losing It.” Nowadays, he’s getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to perform at LIV golf tournaments and outdoor plaza grand reopenings.

Tiësto still holds his own in the dance music landscape, to be sure. The turn-of-the-millennium superstar recently returned to the trance at his roots for the first time in more than 15 years, first at EDC Las Vegas and then at Dreamstate SoCal. Whether he keeps that same energy at Escapade Music Festival 2026 remains to be seen, however.

A number of the bass music fans in attendance will likely look forward to to seeing GRiZ. He recently concluded a two-year hiatus with the release of a new EP and announcement of a brand-new festival. It’s safe to say the time off didn’t slow down his momentum one bit.

Meanwhile, those looking for a different flavor can seek out the fusion of melodic and heavy elements championed by SLANDER. Between recent singles like “Save Tonight” featuring HALIENE and “High Voltage” featuring Riot, they clearly know what goes over well at a festival.

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