Solid Sound at MASS MoCA | June 27, 2026
The drive from Albany to North Adams takes about two hours — through the Berkshires, into a mill town that became home to one of the most important contemporary art museums in the country. If you scored a ticket to Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival for Saturday, June 27, you already know the destination is worth it. If you are still looking: the festival is officially sold out, but a verified fan resale system is live, and that is your path in.
Solid Sound 2026 is the 9th edition of Wilco’s festival on the sprawling industrial campus of MASS MoCA — the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art — in the Berkshires. Active exhibitions by Jeffrey Gibson, James Turrell, and Sol LeWitt share the grounds with the festival stages across all three days of the weekend.
Saturday is headlined by Wilco, with The Breeders right behind them — one of the most dependable live bands of the past three decades, and exactly the kind of act that makes a festival bill feel like it was curated by someone who actually loves music. The supporting cast holds up: S.G. Goodman, the Kentucky songwriter who has been turning heads at every festival she touches; The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, a collaboration built for open-air stages; and Mini-Mekons featuring Sally Timms & Jon Langford, which is everything you want if you know who the Mekons are. The full Saturday bill also includes Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band, Souled American, Elizabeth Moen, Living Hour, Prewn, Setting, RESPIRA, Official Claire, and dysFUNKcrew.
After dark, John Hodgman’s Comedy Cabaret brings in Jo Firestone, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Demi Adejuyigbe, and Jordan Klepper — a genuinely strong comedy lineup tucked into a festival that knows how to fill an entire day.
Beyond the music, the weekend programming includes screenprinting demonstrations, pop-up record stores, film screenings with Q&As, yoga, nature hikes, live falconry, stargazing workshops, ax-throwing, and full access to MASS MoCA’s current exhibitions. This is not a standard festival footprint — it is a weekend designed around curiosity. Saturday is where the mid-festival energy peaks, and the Capital Region crowd that made the drive will tell you it is worth every mile.
Solid Sound 2026 is sold out at face value. Verified fan resale is live — check the link below for current availability.