Summer Meltdown Festival

Summer Meltdown Festival A to in 2024! Summer Meltdown is a half hour from Seattle.
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Known for it’s vibrant community that is open to all ages - from the kids zone, to the late night tent, to lounging in the beer garden - this festival offers fantastic experiences for everyone. Come enjoy camping in our shady grove or in our meadows with riverside views. Dance the night away after your daytime adventure that could include horseback riding, rock climbing, or river rafting… or just

soaking in the river next to the festival during the heat of the day! Sign up for the mailing list to make sure that all the updates including ticket, lineup, and schedule information reach you at http://summermeltdown.com/join/

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Dearest friends, It is with a heavy heart that we share an important update. Our recent negotiations with the Darrington...
02/25/2026

Dearest friends, 

It is with a heavy heart that we share an important update. Our recent negotiations with the Darrington Bluegrass Festival grounds board have come to an end, and we are no longer able to move forward with our Summer Solstice gathering at the Darrington site. 

The primary issue centered around the addition of Summer Meltdown producing a dedicated live music stage. Despite our good faith efforts to address concerns and find common ground, the board ultimately voted not to renew our June contract.

This comes as a devastating blow. We know how much anticipation was building within our community, and we were feeling that excitement alongside you.

We are currently looking at other venue opportunities, and will keep you informed as our plans take shape. We remain committed to this gathering, to the spirit behind it, and to all of you who make it what it is. Thank you for your support and understanding, we love you all and anticipate Cascadia NW coming back stronger than ever in the near future!

Back to Darrington, back to the magic at the base of Whitehorse Mountain, back to the bowl.We’re teaming up with our fin...
02/10/2026

Back to Darrington, back to the magic at the base of Whitehorse Mountain, back to the bowl.
We’re teaming up with our fine friends at Cascadia NW Art & Music Festival to bring a live music stage that feels like the early days of Meltdown: intimate, sweaty, joy-filled, and steeped in Meltdown flavor!

We’ve missed you all more than we can say. Let’s reconnect under the Mountain again!

Same mountain.

Different moment.

Same feeling.

🎟️ Tickets on sale Tuesday February 17th.

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We're talking about 19 years of adventure and great music.

The river, the beach at bacon point, the sun making Whitehorse Mountain turn gold at dusk and pink at dawn. Nobody's ever a stranger at Meltdown, we're united young and old with the goal of having the best weekend of the summer. We make it that way together, loading our cars from all over the west and driving into the North Cascades, bringing unicorn floaties and snacks to share and absurd costumes and best friends.

We become like the ferns below our hammocks, a glacial wind as we swoop down the steps of the amphitheater, the feeling of sunlight on our necks as we rope swing into the river. We put stars in our eyes and pad thai dumplings in our bellies and music follows us the whole year through. Bassnectar, The String Cheese Incident, Griz, Greensky Bluegrass, Beats Antique, Nahko and Medicine for the People, and many more.

In 2013, Odesza played our smallest stage when they were just Bellingham dreamers like so many of us, howling at the moon and sleeping til afternoon in the forest. Somewhere in those daydreams the truth was revealed: life is a silent disco if you're living it right.