Rain City Doom Fest 2026: Initial Lineup Announcement
The 2026 edition of Seattle’s Rain City Doom Fest will be held Dec. 18-19 at the appointed El Corazon and Funhouse, and the first four bands confirmed at YOB, King Woman, Earthless and Christian Mistress. Obviously a lot to like there as far as initial reveals for an independently-run festival go. It doesn’t say so, but one assumes at least YOB will be among the headliners if not YOB and King Woman both, but this is just the first reveal, so you can figure on context to follow as the festival actually takes shape. Righteous start, is the point I’m making.
Who’ll fill out the remainder of the lineup is of course still to be announced, but in years past, Rain City Doom Fest has hosted rad regional outfits like Hippie Death Cult, Merlock and Sorcia, so while you’re waiting for the next round of news from the festival, you can perhaps have some sense of where they might be headed or the kinds of bands who play — sludge, doom, rock, whathaveyou — but as a first-four this also kind of feels like forward growth in getting bigger bands to take part. I honestly don’t know if that’s the message Rain City Doom Fest are looking to send, but last year was headlined by Ragana and Acid King with Electric Citizen and Mizmor next on the poster. Maybe I’m splitting hairs with this entire train of thought.
Barring a miracle, I won’t be there to see it, but Rain City Doom Fest will doubtless be a banger regardless, and if you’re having the kind of afternoon I am thus far, maybe daydreaming about something, even that simple act of pretending to look forward to a thing, will help.
So here you go:
RAIN CITY DOOM FEST 2026!
YOB
KING WOMAN
EARTHLESS
CHRISTIAN MISTRESS
+ many more TBA
December 18 + 19 at @elcorazonseattle / @funhouseseattle
Seattle, WA
2 stages | 18 bands | 2 nights of DOOM
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This event is 21+
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I wasn’t planning on doing it this year, though I really dug last year’s, but the moment I saw Yob I had to pull a 180. And then I saw Earthless, and I my credit card was already out, fingers on the keyboard typing without knowing what I was doing.
So, yeah, I will be there.
The Funhouse was already too small a spot for it last year, I suspect it will only be worse this year.
ooohhh man. Yes for Christian Mistress and Earthless! Wish the parking around El Corazon didn’t suck so much, lol