FORM Arcosanti — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

9–11 Oct 2026 (3 days)

Location

Arcosanti, Mayer, United States

Sound

Indie · Electronic · Hip-Hop

Line-up announced

33 artists so far

The story

FORM Arcosanti is a music festival held in Mayer, Arizona, from October 9 to 11, 2026. The festival features a variety of artists across multiple genres and takes place at Arcosanti, a unique architectural site. This festival has a diverse lineup, emphasizing creativity and artistic expression in a communal atmosphere.

FORM Arcosanti is a 3-day indie, electronic, hip-hop festival at Arcosanti in Mayer, United States. The October 2026 edition runs 9–11 Oct 2026.

Announced so far: Adrianne Lenker, Annahstasia, Avalon Emerson, Ben UFO, Blood Orange, Christopher Willits, David Moore and Disclosure and 25 more. Expect stages split between Indie, Electronic and Hip-Hop. The line-up is spread across the 3 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at Arcosanti, in Mayer. Mayer is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.

FORM Arcosanti keeps the same calendar slot each year: October 2026 for this edition, opening on a Friday and closing on a Sunday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Mayer are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Held over 3 days from October 9-11, 2026
• Notable headliners include Disclosure, Geese, and Lorde
• Location: Arcosanti, Mayer, AZ
• Website available for more information
• Camping available on-site

What the trip costs from Paris

No ticket price is published for this edition yet, so the total below covers travel and a bed only. It updates automatically as soon as the organiser opens sales.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at FORM Arcosanti are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 4 nights rather than 3: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow FORM Arcosanti on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Friday 9 October

  Adrianne Lenker, Ben UFO, David Moore, ear, Geese, John Carroll Kirby, keiyaA, ML Buch, SEES00000, Turnstile, Underscores

• Day 2 — Saturday 10 October

  Annahstasia, Blood Orange, Disclosure, Fcukers, Jacob Alon, Julianna Barwick, Lorde, Nourished by Time, Seun Kuti, Twin Shadow, YHWH Nailgun

• Day 3 — Sunday 11 October

  Avalon Emerson, Christopher Willits, Dylan Brady, FIFI, James K, Kamasi Washington, Mary Lattimore, Rusowsky, Tinashe, Tycho, Zack Fox

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  9–11 Oct 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Adrianne Lenker, Annahstasia, Avalon Emerson

• 2024

  9–11 Oct 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Annahstasia, Avalon Emerson, Ben UFO

• 2023

  9–11 Oct 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Avalon Emerson, Ben UFO, Blood Orange

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is Arcosanti, in Mayer.
• Book a bed in Mayer early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.