{"id":350218,"date":"2025-11-02T11:38:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/350218\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T11:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:38:23","slug":"m3f-fest-just-announced-its-2026-lineup-see-whos-headlining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/350218\/","title":{"rendered":"M3F Fest just announced its 2026 lineup. See who&#8217;s headlining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By USA Today Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 edition of\u00a0M3F\u00a0music festival in Phoenix will be topped by DJs Peggy Gou and Mau P when the festival returns to Steele Indian School Park the weekend of March 6-7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This is the festival\u2019s third year at that location.<\/p>\n<p>Conceived as a team-building exercise for the festival\u2019s producers, Wespac Construction, M3F donates 100% of its proceeds to charity. The festival has raised more than $6 million since its inception in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the festival featured headlining performances by\u00a0LCD Soundsystem and Justice\u00a0on a bill that also included such high-profile artists as Alvvays, Sylvan Esso, Girl Talk, Badbadnotgood and Beach Weather.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what we know about 2026 at M3F.<\/p>\n<p>M3F Festival 2026 lineup<\/p>\n<p>Here are all the artists playing M3F 2026 at Steele Indian School Park the weekend of March 7-6, 2026:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mau P<\/li>\n<li>Peggy Gou<\/li>\n<li>Big Wild<\/li>\n<li>Chris Lorenzo<\/li>\n<li>Dora Jar<\/li>\n<li>Elderbrook<\/li>\n<li>La Roux<\/li>\n<li>Nimino<\/li>\n<li>Polo &amp; Pan<\/li>\n<li>Rio Kosta<\/li>\n<li>The Knocks<\/li>\n<li>2Hollis<\/li>\n<li>Avery Cochrane<\/li>\n<li>Jigitz<\/li>\n<li>Loukeman<\/li>\n<li>Mild Minds<\/li>\n<li>Neil Frances (presents Club NF)<\/li>\n<li>Raecola<\/li>\n<li>Salute<\/li>\n<li>Sees00000<\/li>\n<li>Tokimonsta<\/li>\n<li>After<\/li>\n<li>Artemas<\/li>\n<li>Bricknasty<\/li>\n<li>Cuco<\/li>\n<li>Daily Bread<\/li>\n<li>Magdalena Bay<\/li>\n<li>Of the Trees<\/li>\n<li>Thxbby<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>M3F 2026 tickets<\/p>\n<p>M3F festival 2026 tickets are available now at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/m3ffest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">m3ffest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What does M3F stand for?<\/p>\n<p>M3F is shorthand for McDowell Mountain Music Festival. The festival rebranded to M3F in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>As festival founder John Largay explained to The Arizona Republic in 2020, \u201cWe always called it M3F internally, because it was easier to spell. But as we got away from WestWorld and McDowell Mountains, calling it McDowell Mountain really wasn\u2019t appropriate anymore. So we just morphed it into an M3F brand. Calling it McDowell Mountain doesn\u2019t have any application in a downtown environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>M3F festival history<\/p>\n<p>Now entering its 23rd year, M3F has supported its community through donations to various beneficiaries under its four pillars of community, education, arts and environment.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, a team-building exercise spawned by\u00a0the family-run Wespac Construction\u00a0and originally called McDowell Mountain Music Festival, it has evolved into a philanthropic flagship for the city.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023,\u00a0M3F launched the M3F Fund, allowing nonprofit or 501 (c)(3) organizations to apply for funding. The M3F Fund raised $750,000 in 2024, supporting a range of charities with notable contributions of $140,000 to\u00a0Phoenix Children\u2019s Hospital for music therapy programs\u00a0and $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Northern Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting by Ed Masley, Arizona Republic<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By USA Today Network via Reuters Connect The 2026 edition of\u00a0M3F\u00a0music festival in Phoenix will be topped by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":350219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-350218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115479911095936928","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}