Sanctum Dark Music Festival 2026

The Sanctum Dark Music Festival returns to Chicago for Halloween weekend on Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31, 2026. The darkwave, industrial, and post-punk music festival will span two days of immersive performances at the historic Thalia Hall and the downstairs Tack Room. The curated lineup covers dark electronic, industrial rock, synthpop, and underground gothic wave music across multiple stages: A Split-Second, Zanias, Buzz Kull, Crash Course in Science, Kontravoid, Aux Animaux, Sacred Skin, Automelodi, MVTANT, Sleek Teeth, The Treasury, Pink Stiletto, Children’s Crusade, Grave Love.