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Polaris Festival Announces 2026 Lineup

Performers include Cadence Weapon, Land of Talk and Population II.

Polaris Festival Announces 2026 Lineup
Billy Eff
By Billy EffSep 10, 2026
Billy Eff

Billy Eff is the Content Director for Rolling Stone Canada. An award-winning journalist and columnist, he has previously contributed to outlets including VICE and Urbania. A passionate advocate for underground music and a musician himself, he has conducted several hundred interviews with artists and industry professionals across a wide range of styles and genres over the past 15 years. He is based in Montréal, Québec.

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For a second year in a row, Polaris Festival is bringing Canadian artists, audiences and music obsessives together across Ontario for a full month of concerts, listening sessions, artist talks, exhibitions, workshops and unconventional collaborations.

Seminal albums from the performing artists will be put in the spotlight. Among others, producer Caribou will be the subject of an immersive listening experience devoted to Andorra on September 29, followed a day later by Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It in People. Both events take place at Standard Time in Toronto, one of the city’s best listening bars.

Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Elizabeth Copeland will take part in an intimate discussion at It’s OK* Studios, while Haviah Mighty will headline a Producers’ Circle at Hart House. A special Collective Study session will also dig into k-os’ Joyful Rebellion.

While many events take place in Toronto, other cities will play host to the celebration. William Prince and Population II will perform a free Supercrawl presentation in Hamilton, while Thanya Iyer and Cadence Weapon head to Belleville for another free event.

The Polaris Prize award show will take place September 22 at Toronto’s Massey Hall, where one of 10 shortlisted albums will take home the 2026 Polaris Music Prize. This year’s nominees include Angine de Poitrine’s Vol. II, Bibi Club’s Amaro, Peaches’ No Lube So Rude, Tanya Tagaq’s Saputjiji, Rochelle Jordan’s Through the Wall and Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s Laughter in Summer, alongside records from Aquakultre, Begonia, Charlotte Cornfield and Les Louanges.

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