Deadbeats artists play 26 festivals between now and Halloween

Haunted Fest Pittsburgh is Friday, October 30. We hold four names for it so far. Three of them put records out on Deadbeats: Tape B, Mersiv and Distinct Motive.

That's one bill. The bigger picture is the five weeks before it. Between now and Halloween, the roster is on 26 festivals, 69 bookings in all. On October 30 alone they're on 11 different lineups.

And if you're at Valley of the Seven Stars on October 9, you'll see 11 of them in one weekend.

Who's on it

Roster here means whose records come out on the label, by release credits. Not who's signed, not who's managed. The app counts 49 names, and 41 of them have a festival ahead.

The biggest credit counts are Zeds Dead with 45 releases there and IMANU with 31. Then Subtronics at 12 and Eprom at 10.

Here's the part that matters if you're going out this fall. Five of the ten most booked acts on our season board are on this roster. Subtronics is first, Hamdi fourth, MPH fifth, LEVEL UP ninth and Mary Droppinz tenth. Mary Droppinz alone is on six of the 26 festivals below.

Three recent ones

Zeds Dead and IMANU together from January, IMANU solo from November, and Friction with ÆON:MODE from 2024.

Where the roster plays next

Soonest first. These are the bills with more than one roster name on them.

• Submersion Festival — Hammonton, October 1. Casey Club, Distinct Motive and PHRVA.
• Wakaan Music Festival — Ozark, October 1. Casey Club, Champagne Drip and Distinct Motive.
• Breakaway Music Festival Utah — Salt Lake City, October 2. TYNAN and MPH.
• Symmetry Music & Arts Festival — Fairfield, October 2. Taiki Nulight and GG Magree.
• 808 Festival — Bangkok, October 2. ILLENIUM, Mary Droppinz and NGHTMRE.
• Experts Only at The Gorge — George, October 3. DEVAULT and Hamdi.
• EDC Korea — Incheon, October 3. ILLENIUM, Mary Droppinz, Subtronics and LEVEL UP.
• Valley of the Seven Stars — Arrington, October 9. Casey Club, Distinct Motive, Effin, G Jones, Ganja White Night, GRiZ, Mary Droppinz, Mersiv, Okayjake, SIPPY and TYNAN. Eleven of the 81 acts.
• NiteHarts — San Diego, October 9. DEVAULT and Hamdi.
• EDC Colombia — Medellín, October 10. ILLENIUM and Subtronics.
• III Points — Miami, October 16. Hamdi, Taiki Nulight, Mary Droppinz and MPH.
• Amsterdam Dance Event — Amsterdam, October 21. DROELOE and MPH.
• Hulaween — Live Oak, October 22. Casey Club, Hamdi, Saka and KARAN!.
• Get Freaky — Salt Lake City, October 23. Subtronics, LEVEL UP, Distinct Motive and Eprom.

Then Friday, October 30, when it all lands at once:

• Haunted Fest Pittsburgh. Tape B, Mersiv and Distinct Motive.
• BOO Seattle. Casey Club, GRiZ, Subtronics and Taiki Nulight.
• BOO Arizona, Scottsdale. LEVEL UP, PEEKABOO and SIPPY.
• Freaky Deaky, Austin. ILLENIUM and Mary Droppinz.
• Haunted Fest Atlanta. Tape B and Effin.

One name each that night at Hocus Pocus in Miami (Mary Droppinz), Haunted Fest Cincinnati (GRiZ), Escape Psycho Circus (LEVEL UP), HEX in Chandler (Subtronics), Haunted Fest Columbus (MPH) and Freaky Deaky NOLA (DEVAULT). Earlier in the month, Eprom is at Astronox on October 15.

The count

Deadbeats is fifth on our Most Booked Labels board this season. 49 artists in the index with releases there, 172 festival bookings ahead. All time, that's 2,437 bookings across 843 editions in our catalog. MusicBrainz has it founded in Canada in 2016. The label's own site is deadbeatsofficial.com.

Doing Halloween weekend? Pick your city from the list above and follow a few of these names in the app. It'll tell you when they play near you next, and set times land on the event page once they're out.

Tickets

Ticket links below are affiliate links.

• Breakaway Music Festival Utah — tickets via Universe
• Experts Only at The Gorge — tickets via Front Gate
• EDC Korea — tickets via Front Gate
• NiteHarts — tickets via Front Gate
• EDC Colombia — tickets via Front Gate
• III Points — tickets via Front Gate
• Hulaween — tickets via Front Gate
• BOO Arizona — tickets via Front Gate
• Escape Psycho Circus — tickets via Front Gate
• BOO Seattle — tickets via Front Gate
• Haunted Fest Atlanta — tickets via Universe

The rest, Haunted Fest Pittsburgh and Valley of the Seven Stars among them, sell direct or through sellers we don't link.

Every count here is ours, from the labels board and the lineups in our own catalog on 23 September 2026. Roster means release credits on MusicBrainz and Discogs, matched to lineups by name. Previews and artwork are Apple Music's.

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