Next year’s edition of Salt Lake City’s Kilby Block Party will feature headliners Deftones, The Strokes, Jungle, Fontaines D.C., Slayyyter and Lil Yachty. The three-day event at Utah State Fairpark will take place from May 14-16 and also feature Two Door Cinema Club (playing the 2010 album Tourist History in full), IDLES, Spoon, Weyes Blood, Phantogram, Hot Chip, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Kim Gordon, Julien Baker, Wednesday, Silversun Pickups, Joyce Manor, Wunderhorse, Atlas Sound, Wolf Parade, Mercury Rev, Iceage, Frankie & the Witch Fingers and more.
The festival also teased a bunch of other as-yet-unannounced acts with a series of question marks, with a promise of a “phase 2” name roll-out soon. Tickets will go on sale today (Oct. 29) at 10 a.m. MT; click here to sign up.
The event that has grown from a one-day block party in 2019 will also feature sets from Grace Ives, Caroline Rose, Porches, Westside Cowboy, Ratboys, Lip Critic and Current Joys, among others.
This year’s Kilby Block Party featured a similarly stacked lineup topped by Turnstile, The xx and Lorde, alongside IDLES, Phantogram, Hot Chip, Hayley Williams, Modest Mouse, Alex G, Lucy Dacus, The Last Dinner Party, Blood Orange, Father John Misty, Japanese Breakfast, Ritt Momney and Joyce Manor, among others.
According to an impact report from festival organizers, the event is a huge economic engine for the city, with the 2026 edition drawing 16,000 out-of-state visitors who spent nearly $25 million in Utah, contributing $33.5 million to the state’s GDP, creating 419 jobs for Utah residents.
Check out the full poster for the 2027 Kilby Block Party below.
