Making Time ∞ has announced the full artist lineup for its 2026 presentation. Returning to Philadelphia’s Fort Mifflin from Friday, Sept. 18 to Sunday, Sept. 20, the cutting-edge DIY festival will feature more than 120 acts across a vast spectrum of electronic music and live performance styles. The sixth annual event at the Revolutionary War fort, after more than 25 years of forward-thinking Making Time events, is led by headliners like Bicep — their only performance in the Americas this year — Kim Gordon, Theo Parrish, Daphni, Skee Mask, and Smerz.

“This yearʼs Making Time ∞ lineup sets its sights on the future whilst also harkening back to the origins of Making Time,” said Making Time founder and storied Philadelphia promoter Dave Pianka. “When I started Making Time in the year 2000, the party was based around booking live performances from bands like The Strokes, Interpol, Bloc Party and LCD Soundsystem alongside DJs. This year Iʼve booked more live performances than ever before.”

On the live acts end of its genre-disrupting spectrum, this year’s Making Time ∞ will host Smerz, Jeff Parker & Mary Lattimore, ear, Los Thuthanaka, Carla dal Forno, @ and Dagmar Zuniga, Quiet Light, Joy Guidry, Emily A. Sprague, Cancer House, Valentina Magaletti & upsammy, Greek Orthodox priest and guitarist Father Dionysios Tabakis, Shane Parish’s acoustic guitar translations of Autechre, and Philadelphia’s own shoegaze forerunners They Are Gutting a Body of Water. The electronic pioneers on the bill include Daphni, Theo Parrish, Octo Octa B2B Eris Drew, Skee Mask, Avalon Emerson, Nyege Nyege Presents: De Schuurman x Shaun D, Batu, Yu Su B2B Moopie, Paula Tape, DJ Python B2B Qoso, Eev Frances, Aurora Halal B2B Verraco, Optimo (Espacio), CCL, Rosa Terenzi, Main Phase, Identified Patient and many more.

Tickets for Making Time ∞ are available now.