Sylvan Esso Announce the Return of Durham’s Good Moon Festival This Fall

After a year away, the 2026 edition of the event will return in October with performances from Tyler Childers, MJ Lenderman, Sylvan Esso themselves, and more.
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Sylvan Esso Announce the Return of Durham’s Good Moon Festival This Fall

After a year away, the 2026 edition of the event will return in October with performances from Tyler Childers, MJ Lenderman, Sylvan Esso themselves, and more.

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Elizabeth Weinberg

May 12, 2026

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Sylvan Esso and their Psychic Hotline label have announced that the Durham-based Good Moon Festival will return to the North Carolina city’s downtown from October 8 – 10. Following the 2024 installment of the event, the festival will be based around three nights at the Durham Performing Arts Center, a free daytime concert at the Amphitheater at American Tobacco Campus, and additional shows and afterparties planned for The Pinhook, Bay 7, and Boom Club. Artists set to appear throughout the weekend include Tyler Childers, MJ Lenderman, Meshell Ndegeocello, William Tyler with Yasmin Williams, Rodrigo Amarante, Jacques Greene, Babe Haven, Circuit des Yeux, Aja Monet, and, of course Sylvan Esso themselves.

Check out the full lineup below, and visit Good Moon’s official website for more information.

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