CORE Los Angeles 2026 Is the House Music Weekend Your Body Deserves

Los Angeles, please hold your composure. Actually, do not hold it. Lose it completely, because CORE is coming to California for the very first time, landing on Saturday May 2 and Sunday May 3, 2026, and the lineup reads like someone hacked into the group chat of every serious house head on the planet and just sent it.

What Even Is CORE and Why Should You Care

For anyone who has not done their homework, here is a crash course. CORE started as one of Tomorrowland's most recognized stages and has since grown into a standalone brand with a distinct curatorial identity, known for its face-shaped stage design that blends alternative house, melodic, and atmospheric electronic sounds with immersive visual storytelling. Tomorrowland built a face that plays house music. That is the whole concept and it absolutely slaps. Tomorrowland and Insomniac Events have joined forces again to create a world-class audiovisual experience where music and storytelling merge into one living universe, and they have chosen Los Angeles as the first US city to receive this treatment. Your city. Lucky you.

The festival runs at Los Angeles State Historic Park, doors open at 1 PM, and it is strictly 21 and over. Two days, sunshine, a sculptural stage that literally has a face, and three stages hosting around 25 artists across the weekend. This is daytime house music culture at its most committed.

Saturday: Four Tet, Mall Grab, Dixon and TSHA Walk Into a Park

Saturday kicks things off with Four Tet, Mall Grab, TSHA, X CLUB., and Dixon leading the charge, joined by Annika Wolfe, Barbosa, John Bryars, Selective Response, and ØNYX. Dixon is a Berlin selector so meticulous about deep house that he once kept a crowd waiting for hours just by existing near a DJ booth. Mall Grab turned lo-fi house into a whole personality and somehow made it work globally. TSHA will make you feel feelings you were not budgeting for on a Saturday afternoon.

Sunday: Eric Prydz, Nina Kraviz, ARTBAT and Honey Dijon Close It Out

Sunday brings Eric Prydz, ARTBAT, Kevin de Vries, Nina Kraviz, Hannah Laing, and Mija to close out the weekend. Nina Kraviz is the kind of DJ who makes you reconsider all your life choices in the best possible way. Hannah Laing has been quietly shredding dance floors across the UK and Europe for years, and Mija will remind you that house music has no ceiling.

Honey Dijon Is the Real Main Character

Let's address the person who is actually running this entire weekend. Born in Chicago, Honey Dijon grew up in the house music scene that became a sanctuary for queer people of color throughout the 1980s, eventually launching her DJ career with that same euphoric energy as her guiding principle. She released her new album The Nightlife in April 2026, she is playing the festival, and then, because apparently she has infinite energy, she is headlining the official CORE afterparty on Saturday, May 2 from 10 PM to 3 AM at Aurora Warehouse. The woman is not stopping. She is a force of nature in a sequin something, and you need to be in that room.

Your Checklist Before You Go

Two days of house music at a historic LA park with a giant face stage, lights synced to the music, and scents pumped into the air because apparently CORE decided your nose also deserves a good time. CORE Los Angeles has already enchanted audiences in Colombia, Tulum, and Brussels. Now it is your turn, Los Angeles. Show them what you are made of.

Tickets and full details are available at core.world. Do not wait until it sells out and then spend the weekend refreshing resale sites. You have been warned.