The Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta has revealed its 2026 lineup, featuring headliners the Strokes, Gorillaz, and Twenty One Pilots. The event will take place from September 18 to 20 at Piedmont Park, with over 50 artists performing across four stages. Presale tickets begin on February 26.
The Shaky Knees Music Festival, held annually in Atlanta since 2013, announced its 2026 lineup on February 24. The festival relocated to Piedmont Park in 2025 and will return there for the three-day event from September 18 through 20. Headliners include the Strokes on Friday, Twenty One Pilots on Saturday, and Gorillaz on Sunday.
The lineup emphasizes rock, punk, and related genres. Friday features Turnstile, Fontaines D.C., and Geese alongside the Strokes. Saturday includes Pavement, Pierce the Veil, the Prodigy, Taking Back Sunday, and Jimmy Eat World. Sunday's bill comprises LCD Soundsystem, Modest Mouse, Japanese Breakfast, Santigold, Wu-Tang Clan, and Gorillaz.
Additional performers include Blood Orange, Hot Mulligan, Ben Howard, Wolf Alice, the Rapture, Geordie Greep, Knocked Loose, Fcukers, American Hi-Fi, Jet, Coheed and Cambria, Snow Strippers, and Violet Grohl. Last year's headliners were Deftones, My Chemical Romance, and Blink-182.
The Strokes, who last released The New Abnormal in 2020, will also appear at Coachella and Bonnaroo this year. Twenty One Pilots issued Breach in September 2025, while Gorillaz's The Mountain is scheduled for February 27, 2026.
Presale tickets go on sale February 26 at 9 a.m. ET, with public sales to follow if any remain. Full details are available on the festival's website.
