Official press release:
Levitation returns this Halloween weekend, taking over Austin, Texas music venues with an eclectic and expanded menu of music and art October 31 – November 3, 2024!
4 Day Passes and Single Show Tickets are available now, here.
For over a decade, Levitation has delivered lineups that span psych, dream pop, punk, indie, metal, darkwave and electronic music. It’s a beloved record collection manifested into a 4 day weekend, with lineups that span continents and generations: a heady amalgamation of vintage gear, immersive light shows and visuals, buzzing amps, moody synths, and good times in Austin, Texas.
This year’s festival brings a full platter of psychedelia, shoegaze, punk, metal, and electronica – a collection of underground legends, music vanguards and pillars of modern music and indie music culture.
The multi-venue format encourages fans to choose their own adventure through the weekend – you can buy single show tickets for over 30 different shows, or go all in with a 4 Day Pass and indulge in the entire 4 day Halloween weekend.
Many of the shows are mini-festivals in their own right. Slowdive, Drop Nineteens, Airiel, Ringo Deathstarr and Glare close out the weekend, topping off a 4 day shoegazer’s dream across 4 venues, including lineup highlights Panchiko, Swirlies, Julie, and Wisp. Punk legends the Jesus Lizard top off a stacked bill with Gang of Four, Dry Cleaning, Special Interest, Pissed Jeans, Fat Dog and more – all on one ticket on Friday at The Far Out Lounge. Jazz Is Dead brings a 3 night residency with French greats Cortex and Adrian Younge. Psych punk titans OSEES make a 4 night stand at Hotel Vegas, an Austin tradition that’s seen them play nearly as many Levitation events as festival founders The Black Angels – who top off a Halloween night show brimming with international talent: Niger’s Mdou Moctar, and Brazil’s Boogarins. Local heavies The Sword ride high at Stubb’s on Sunday, with highly influential proto-metal outfit Pentagram, local rippers Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol, and The Well. Saturday night brings Texas thrash giants Fugitive with hardcore heroes Integrity, plus more across a two stage lineup. Indie dream team Soccer Mommy and The Drums pair up to crush Stubb’s on Friday night, while Tycho, Washed Out, Hania Rani, Wu Lu, Arushi Jain and more bring bliss across a two stage lineup at The Far Out Lounge on Saturday night. Levitation 2024 adds a new downtown venue, Kingdom, which will host late-night sets from the likes of genre-defining and expanding DJs and producers such as The Dare, Axel Boman, and Patrick Holland with more to be announced.
More highlights include French heavy space-rock masters Slift who headline Mohawk, London’s Nilüfer Yanya, and Japan’s Boris bringing their album Amplifier Worship on a two stage lineup with A Place To Bury Strangers. Australia’s Mildlife team up with UK chill auteur Arc De Soleil. The UK makes a strong showing with EMB pioneers Nitzer Ebb, Manchester stalwarts The Chameleons performing their 1986 classic Strange Times, and first wave post-punks The March Violets, all performing headline sets at Elysium.
To keep up with updates and for additional information, keep up with Levitation on Instagram here.
Thursday, October 31st:
Osees
The Black Angels
Mdou Moctar
Boris
Julie
A Place to Bury Strangers
Nitzer Ebb
Starcrawler
Boogarins
Acid Mother’s Temple
Frost Children
Axel Boman
Patrick Holland
Agriculture
Kairo’s Creature Club
Yhhw Nailgun
Spirit Mother
Her New Knife
Semantix
Porcelain
Friday, November 1st:
Osees
The Jesus Lizard
Soccer Mommy
The Drums
Gang of Four
Dry Cleaning
Mildlife
Slift
Swirlies
Special Interest
Arc de Soleil
Fat Dog
Pissed Jeans
The Chameleons
The March Violets
Meatbodies
Girl Ultra
Fcukers
Trauma Ray
Yungatita
Saturday, November 2nd:
Osees
Tycho
Washed Out
Panchiko
Hania Rani
Wisp
Destroy Boys
Integrity
Fugitive
Wine Lips
Death Valley Girls
Die Spitz
Rendez Vous
The Dare
Alison’s Halo
Arushi Jain
Wu Lu
Crawlers
Damon R.
Grrl X Made of Oak
Teen Mortgage
Night Drive
Gus Baldwin & the Sketch
Grocery Bag
Sunday, November 3rd:
Osees
Slowdive
The Sword
Pentagram
Drop Nineteens
Nilüfer Yanya
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Airiel
Glare
Ringo Deathstarr
Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol
The Well
Hello Mary
Sailor Poon
Farmer’s Wife
