Experts Only at the Gorge 2026: Set Times and Who Plays Which Night

Set times are out for John Summit’s Experts Only weekend at the Gorge, Saturday October 3 and Sunday October 4. He plays 10 PM to midnight both nights. Cassian, Devault and Jackie Hollander are on the Saturday with him. KETTAMA, Hamdi and Daniel Allan are on the Sunday.

Single-day tickets are $120.23 for either night and the two-day pass is $212.35, on the official ticket page as of October 1. Saturday showed sold out there on September 29 and is back on sale.

Two stages, two start times

Doors are 5 PM both days on the ticket page and 4:30 for VIP. Live Nation’s listing for the same show says 4.

The second stage is new. It’s called Experts Only Base Camp, and it’s billed as a collaboration with Ranger Art Car, which on the festival’s graphic is a truck with a platform built over the cab. Six more names play its Sunset Sessions, three a day. Saturday is No Static, Weska and Kitty Amor. Sunday is PHILOU, TOBEHONEST and HILLS.

Base Camp opens with the doors at 5. Its last set starts at 7, the same minute the main stage opens, so there’s one clash a night: Kitty Amor against Jackie Hollander on Saturday, HILLS against Daniel Allan on Sunday. Both nights end at midnight. Sunset on Saturday is 6:37, and it’s fully dark a little after 7.

One thing to check if you’re under 21. Both Base Camp graphics are marked 21+, and the poster and every ticket page say 18+.

Friday: the pre-party

Friday October 2 at Base Camp, 7 PM. The bill, A to Z, is DREYA V, Karsten Sollors, Layton Giordani and Millero. It’s an $83.30 ticket of its own and it only works with a weekend wristband. A camping pass doesn’t get you in. The set times graphic covers Saturday and Sunday only, so Friday has no times.

Getting there and staying

• The campground opens Thursday, October 1. The ticket page says 4 PM. The festival’s June graphic said noon.
• It’s one camping pass per vehicle or group, and everybody in the car needs a festival ticket. Quiet hours are 2 to 8 AM. Propane fires only.
• Leave early if you’re coming over I-90. The Vantage Bridge is down to one lane each way around the clock, per WSDOT, and the venue is warning of delays of four hours or more.
• Bags are clear and no bigger than 12 by 12 by 6 inches, or a clutch up to 6 by 9. The venue doesn’t take cash.
• The National Weather Service forecast on Thursday has both days sunny, highs of 75 and 77, and 53 overnight with almost no wind.