New Year's Eve in Southern California has a home base, and it just got bigger.
Insomniac's Countdown NYE is back at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino on Thursday, December 31, 2026 and Friday, January 1, 2027. This is the 12th Countdown, and it runs two days for the first time since 2023.
One night of Countdown was already a lot. Two nights changes the math. You get a real New Year's Eve set and a New Year's Day set, and nobody has to pick which one counts.
“One night of Countdown was already a lot. Two nights changes the math.”
Moe Train
75 PLUS ARTISTS AND TWO TAKEOVERS
Insomniac is putting more than 75 artists on this bill. The Bassrush Experience brings a full bass takeover, Insomniac Records brings its own takeover, and the Discovery Project hands one slot to a rising act picked through the program.
That Discovery Project slot is my favorite part of the whole announcement. A giant festival still leaving a door open for somebody new. That's how the next headliner gets found.
If your New Year's plans are still open, two full days in San Bernardino just made a loud case. California starts the year at Countdown. Florida gets Ultra in March. Pick your coast and start the year loud.
Source: Insomniac
