Tyler the Creator revealed the full Camp Flog Gnaw 2026 lineup Thursday night through a handmade lookbook shared on his Golf Wang site and teased across his Instagram. Fans had been waiting for the reveal since the festival announced earlier this year that it was returning to Dodger Stadium's surrounding grounds for the first time since 2019 after a pandemic era hiatus and a one year relocation to a smaller venue in 2024.
The headliners are Tyler himself, André 3000, SZA and a closing night set from Thundercat and Kamasi Washington billed as an extended collaboration. The supporting lineup includes JID, Yaya Bey, Amaarae, Steve Lacy, Mk.gee, Ravyn Lenae, Clairo, Mount Kimbie, Rex Orange County and a rare US appearance from the UK rapper Little Simz. The comedy tent, which Tyler reintroduced in 2023, will feature Jerrod Carmichael, Lil Rel Howery and a work in progress set from Donald Glover.
What stands out about the lineup is not just the names but the shape of it. Camp Flog Gnaw has always been a reflection of Tyler's personal taste, and over the years that taste has evolved from skate punk leaning rap into a broader tent that treats jazz, R&B, indie rock and soul as part of the same tradition. The 2026 lineup leans further into that expansion, with roughly a third of the artists drawn from outside hip hop proper.
For longtime fans, the addition of André 3000 is the headline within the headline. The former Outkast rapper has mostly been touring behind his 2023 flute album New Blue Sun, and the festival has not confirmed whether his Camp Flog Gnaw set will include any rap material. Tyler hinted on Instagram that the set would be quote unquote something different and asked fans to quote trust the process. For a festival that has always rewarded patience and attention, that kind of ambiguity feels on brand.
Ticket pricing reflects the current state of the festival economy. General admission two day passes start at 475 dollars, with VIP and Friends of Camp packages running from 725 to 1,450 dollars. Those numbers are up about 18 percent from 2023. Tyler addressed the prices in a note at the bottom of the lookbook, saying the increase was driven by production and security costs and that the Friends of Camp tier helps subsidize lower priced tickets. Whether fans accept that explanation will show up in how quickly the festival sells out.
The return to Dodger Stadium grounds is significant for the city of Los Angeles. The festival draws roughly 40,000 attendees per day and pumps an estimated 60 million dollars into the local economy through hotels, rideshare, food and retail. Local businesses in Chinatown and Echo Park have been preparing for the weekend since the announcement. Camp Flog Gnaw has also historically booked a higher percentage of Black and brown artists than most US festivals of its size, and the 2026 lineup maintains that pattern.
From a broader hip hop perspective, Camp Flog Gnaw has become one of the few artist curated festivals with real staying power. Kanye West's Sunday Service era pop up events never became a recurring institution, Kendrick Lamar has not tried to build a festival around himself, and J. Cole's Dreamville Festival has struggled to regain its pre pandemic momentum. Tyler has managed to make Camp Flog Gnaw feel like a neighborhood gathering that happens to take place in front of tens of thousands of people, and the 2026 lineup is the clearest sign yet that he intends to keep pushing it into new territory.
The festival runs October 17 and 18. Presale for members of the Golf Wang mailing list opens next Tuesday, and general sale opens the following Thursday. Expect both days to sell out within hours, especially with SZA and André 3000 on the same stage.
For artists trying to understand what festival curation looks like when the person booking the lineup is also the headliner, Camp Flog Gnaw remains one of the clearest case studies in the culture. Tyler built the event from a single day backyard style gathering in 2012 into a weekend that now functions as a kind of taste calendar for a broad section of the industry. The 2026 lineup tells you where his ear is headed. That ear has been reliably ahead of the market for more than a decade.