Pretty Lights has announced the second annual Yahn Dawn festival will take place on September 18th–20th, 2026 at Meadow Creek in Buena Vista, CO, expanding from two nights to three after a successful launch in 2025.
Tickets, including VIP, camping, glamping, and Thursday early arrival are available now via an artist pre-sale. Fans can sign up here to receive an early access code. The general on-sale will follow on Friday, March 20th at 10 a.m. MT. Stay tuned for the official 2026 lineup announcement.
The inaugural Yahn Dawn in 2025 ran across two nights and featured a supporting lineup that included Flying Mojito Bros, Flamingosis, Motifv, The Sponges, and more, with Pretty Lights headlining both nights with his live band comprised of Michal Menert, Borahm Lee, Alvin Ford Jr., and Chris Karns.
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When the headlining performances ended each night, the S.O.I.R.É.E. Holographic Uplink, otherwise known as the silent disco, kept the dance floor moving into the night with performances by Smores, WVB Zero, Harmonic Fusion, Shooka, Samso, studio ninetysix, and FPL—many of which were assisted by members of the Pretty Lights team. The silent disco lineup came to a climax after 2 a.m. on Saturday with a well-received closing set from Mikey Thunder.
The festival also hosted a 5k race in the campgrounds, benefitting The Center on Colfax, an LGBTQ community center in Denver. To fans’ surprise, Derek Vincent Smith himself showed up to host the race—and run in it. “I still gotta work on the setlist for tonight, so, let’s get this going,” he joked in his opening remarks. After finishing the course, he stuck around the campgrounds for a surprise pop-up performance.
After welcoming his first child last fall, Smith will spend much of 2026 focused on family, with Yahn Dawn being his only scheduled appearance.
