Kilby Block Party 2026 is coming back to Salt Lake City with a three-day lineup led by Lorde, The xx and Turnstile, adding another chapter to the fast-growing festival that has become a fixture for indie, alternative and experimental music fans. Three-day passes start at $249, and payment plans are available with as little as $10 down.
The bill also includes local Utah acts The Moss, Ritt Momney and Dad Bod, a nod to the festival’s roots even as it keeps reaching wider. The 2026 edition arrives after a 2025 run that drew thousands of attendees per day over four days, underscoring how far the event has traveled since it began in 2019 as a one-day block party marking the 20th anniversary of Kilby Court, Salt Lake City’s beloved local all-ages venue.
From 2020 through 2023, Kilby Block Party stretched from a single-day gathering into a multi-day festival, then added Belle and Sebastian to the 2024 bill. By 2025, the event had grown into one of the foremost destination festivals for fans of independent music, and the new lineup reflects that evolution with a mix of marquee names and scene-level acts rather than a single-crowd-pleasing headliner run.
That careful curation has also become part of the festival’s identity. George Clanton once summed up the mood with a blunt declaration: “This is the new Coachella, Coachella’s dead!” Others have been even more effusive, calling it “the ultimate indie musicscape of your dreams,” “an indie fan’s dream fest” and “the best festival experience I’ve ever had.” The praise tracks with what Kilby Block Party has become: a regional event that now draws national attention without losing the local venue spirit that gave it a name.
The question for 2026 is not whether the festival has momentum. It clearly does. The real test is whether Kilby Block Party can keep scaling up while keeping the mix that made it stand out in the first place — a balance of big-name appeal, Utah artists and a setting that still feels tied to Kilby Court rather than swallowed by the festival circuit it now helps define.
