Excision, ATLiens, Crankdat, Level Up, Levity and Black Tiger Sex Machine are on the Forbidden Kingdom 2027 lineup. Bassrush's all-bass festival returns to the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando from Friday, April 23 to Sunday, April 25, 2027, with more than 100 artists across five stages.
This is the first time Forbidden Kingdom runs three days instead of two. It also almost wasn't at the Fairgrounds. Flyers handed out at this year's festival announced a move to Tinker Field with six stages, and fans pushed back. Insomniac reversed course a few days later and kept the event where it was. "The raver in me connected with what many of you were expressing," Pasquale Rotella said at the time. The 2026 edition sold out, with Zeds Dead and Subtronics headlining, drone shows and fireworks both nights, and a new castle main stage in place of the old dome.
The festival started in South Florida in 2019 and partnered with Insomniac in 2020. Its stages are built around "The Forbidden Tale," a medieval fantasy storyline that gives the whole site its look, and this year's poster leans all the way in with stained glass and castle ruins.
There's a lot of tag-team action on this one. DPMO brings Beastboi. b2b Funtcase b2b Versa, Port Zero has Infekt b2b Modal Nodes b2b Roi, and SVDDEN DEATH joins YVM3 and Nimda as S.Y.N. Gorillat has a sunset set, and one slot goes to a winner of Insomniac's Discovery Project. More than 50 acts are making their Forbidden Kingdom debut. Orlando gets another Insomniac festival at the Fairgrounds first, with Wasteland's hard dance debut on February 5 and 6.
The full lineup, A to Z:
- 2DY4
- 9B49
- A Hundred Drums b2b Zen Selekta
- ADVPTIVE b2b Dubba
- ÆON:MODE
- AG
- All The Reason
- ALLEYCVT
- ALPHA:OMEGA (AC13 & Reaper)
- Arcando
- ATLiens
- Audia b2b MADB
- Avello
- B-Rod b2b Xytron
- Bagha
- Barrowz
- Beastboi.
- Big Florida
- Black Tiger Sex Machine
- BLOOM
- Blossom
- Bonker
- Bonkers
- Bynz b2b Inqu
- Casey Club
- Celo
- Chassi
- Chozen
- Codd Dubz
- Costa
- Crankdat
- Crizzly
- Cyclops
- Debbie Check
- Discovery Project
- DJ Kang
- DPMO presents: Beastboi. b2b Funtcase b2b Versa
- Excision
- Fieldz b2b Ophion
- Finnuh
- Flozone b2b Stvsh
- Frizn b2b Persè
- Gamma
- Ghengar
- Gorillat (sunset set)
- Grabbitz
- Hades x Persephone
- Hekler
- Hershe
- Hexx
- HOL!
- Hostage Situation
- Hurtbox
- Inaktiv
- Infekt
- Izzy Vadim b2b Warlord
- Jessica Audiffred
- Jkyl & Hyde
- Joust
- Justin Hawkes
- Kai Wachi
- Klo
- Lagrimas
- Layz
- Level Up
- Levity
- Lucas Larvenz
- Mad Dubz
- Malfunktion
- Maylay b2b Natty Lou
- Meadoh
- Mile32
- Moceans
- Modal Nodes
- MVRDA
- MVTR
- Mythm
- Neotek
- Novuh b2b Wohlsy
- ONAROI (Onara b2b Roi)
- Otsukare
- Ourboros
- Ozztin
- P Money x Whiney
- Papajay
- Perry Wayne
- PJG
- PNTHER
- Port Zero presents: Infekt b2b Modal Nodes b2b Roi
- Pretty Sweet
- Primate
- Puffin
- Raaket
- Ray Volpe
- REV3NGE
- Richard Finger
- RIOT
- Riot Ten
- Ruvlo
- S.Y.N (SVDDEN DEATH, YVM3, Nimda)
- Samplifire
- Sando
- Seeing Dubble
- SFAM
- Shinobi
- Shiverz
- Shosh
- Sloth
- Spoone
- Sqishi
- Stayns
- Steller
- Sumthin Sumthin
- The Masquerade
- The Resistance
- Three Pux
- TYNAN
- Usaybflow
- Vanirz b2b Yaki
- Vicky B
- Vipete
- Vyhara
- Wolfie
- Wook Appruvd
- Wooli
- Xò (Jackie Boi b2b XCLVSIV)
- YDG
- Zoey808
- Zouth
The split by day hasn't been announced.
The festival is 18+. Three-day GA, GA+ and VIP passes are on sale through Front Gate Tickets at forbiddenkingdomfestival.com, and a one-week layaway offer holds a pass for a $10 deposit.
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