This week's spotlight is on Austin, Texas' Water Damage. We've been trying to bring this motley crew up this way since 2024 (after I heard their 2 Songs EP and had my frontal lobe rearranged). The stars finally aligned this year and we are stoked to be hosting their first-ever show in Denver!

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We're back! The Ghost Canyon Podcast returns for our 2026 series of interviews with GCF-affiliated artists. We're proud to kick things off with a lovely chat with ambient/space rock legends Windy & Carl in advance of their first-ever Denver area shows on May 16 and 17.

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After a busy past two weeks we are back to waxing poetic about the artists playing this year’s Fest. Today we shine the spotlight on one of the premier bands making (heavy) music in this day and age: @kowloonwalled.bsky.social

If yer within 500 miles yer gonna wanna be at this QC music fest. Lock in a weekend pass for only $99 today, a real bargain. 👇

The next Ghost Canyon 2026 artist in our ongoing spotlight series is Silkworm! An artist long lost, but now found again, this marks their return to Denver for the first time in over 25 years!

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Steve Von Till is an American musician, songwriter, educator, and poet. He is best known as a singer and guitarist in the highly influential and genre-defying collective, Neurosis, which has been credited with changing the face of heavy music over the last 40 years.

Kowloon Walled City AND Silkworm AND Dan Higgs is almost enough to make me go to Denver for this thing, tell you what

a sleeper (don’t sleep) act on this list is Luke Stewart’s (Irreversible Entanglements) Blacks’ Myths. really incredible lineup for something i have no chance on attending, but say la veee

Ghost Canyon continuing its tradition of being the coolest thing in Denver

We’re sponsoring this amazing fest this year, do yourself a favor and check it out

Silkworm is heading to Denver this August to play Ghost Canyon festival alongside Kowloon Walled City, Moor Mother, Water Damage, Daniel Higgs, The Gotobeds and many more! Tickets on sale NOW! Woah! ghostcanyonfest.com

We are go! Announcing our first wave of artists for Ghost Canyon Fest 2026! Early bird weekend passes (fee-free until 5/2) available now at ghostcanyonfest.com

Drew has been part of the fold since day one both musically and when we've needed flyers or other visual design help. Thank you for taking the ride with us, buddy.

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Ghost Canyon Fest is back for 2026! We are coming to you again with our fourth installment August 28th - 30th! Grab your flights! Prep the potato salad! Make bail! This thing is happening! First wave artist announcement and weekend passes go live at 9:30am MDT (Mountain Time) on April 14!

Ghost Canyon Festival N3 @ Hi-Dive - Cloakroom from NW Indiana

Ghost Canyon Festival N3 @ Hi-Dive - Glassing from Austin, TX

Ghost Canyon Festival N3 @ Hi-Dive - Buildings from Minneapolis

Ghost Canyon Festival N2 @ Hi-Dive - Black Eyes from Washington, DC

Ghost Canyon Festival N2 @ Hi-Dive - Still House Plants from London, UK

Ghost Canyon Festival N2 @ Hi-Dive - MJ Guider from New Orleans, LA

Ghost Canyon Festival N2 @ Hi-Dive - Latter from Chicago, IL

Ghost Canyon Festival N2 daytime set @ Mutiny - Flowting Clowds (Jeff Mueller and Sean Meadows)

Ghost Canyon Festival N2 daytime set @ Mutiny -l Nguyen, Prymek, Shiroishi

Neptune was AMAZING on N1 of Ghost Canyon Fest. Part Sunburned, part Eastern chanting, Part Residents and all done on handmade instruments. They had not played Denver in 24 yrs and 2 days lol. Their whole set was new music coming out soon.

Ghost Canyon Festival FRI Milk Blossoms - Sturm und orange uke-driven pop

Ghost Canyon Festival FRI Honduh Daze - Dealership Noise Punk

Huge thanks to Tom for putting together this descriptive guide to this year's fest lineup

It begins.

Catch @fleshtape.bsky.social at Ghost Canyon this Saturday afternoon!

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one week away! cannot stress how excited I am for this. you can text in to my show today to potentially win a gcf pass (your odds are great), and give me a sick high-five on south broadway

Come see them in the Queen City of the Pains next weekend at the Ghost Canyon Fest. ghostcanyonfest.com @ghostcanyonfest.bsky.social

it's today! I've got some friends on, and am playing some stuff that @kickholland.bsky.social recommended me, some bands off the @ghostcanyonfest.bsky.social lineup, and some @pandersera.bsky.social bc I had a conversation about Gex a few minutes ago

We're partnering with KCSU to give away some weekend passes! Listen to Jukebox Antagonist, Thursdays from 5-7 (or any other upcoming KCSU programming), to find out how to win!

On the latest podcast we sat down with @1sampre.bsky.social and @mjsage.bsky.social to discuss everything under the sun in anticipation of our weekend Festivella! Go listen wherever you get your podcasts and grab some tix! Link in the comments!

Hey! We’re hooking up with our pals at @onestraw.bsky.social and Yardwork to put on this cool little “festivella” next weekend. Come out if you are in the Front Range and feel God’s pull.

A quick word about the healing powers of Ghost Canyon. Grab the pass that’s right for you! Don’t hesitate!

Single Day Passes are now available for Friday - Sunday. We added a Thursday show in Colorado Springs because we are masochists. Link in that bio.

Collabing with our friends at @onestraw.bsky.social and Yardwork to bring you this heater in July!

Ghost Canyon listed in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. Sexy.

Denver's Ghost Canyon Fest is the real heads fest for the Rocky Mountain region. Glad I already got my ticket cuz it's gonna fucken rule.

We did it, Folks! Still House Plants plays Ghost Canyon this August. It is going to be absolutely sick. Tix in the bio!

Listen to one of Denver's premier live music aficionados:

Oh shit! We have added Flowting Clowds (fmr June of 44, Lungfish, Shipping News), Nguyen/Prymek/Shiroishi, and Progmistress to the proceedings. Sick!!! Tix in bio and comments!

New adds to the Ghost Canyon lineup! The Destructors Club and El Welk. If you like deep dub reggae or surf-tinged death western, we got you covered!