Holo Holo Sacramento 2026: Dates, Lineup, Tickets, and Everything to Know

Holo Holo Music Festival returns to Sacramento on September 26-27, 2026, bringing two days of reggae, island roots, and Hawaiian-influenced sounds to Heart Health Park at Cal Expo. If you grew up on Hawaiian reggae radio, or you just want a laid-back outdoor weekend built around good food and easy grooves rather than mosh pits, this is the festival that scratches that itch on the West Coast. Here’s what actually matters if you’re planning to go.

Holo Holo Sacramento 2026 Dates

The festival runs Saturday, September 26 through Sunday, September 27, 2026. It’s a rain or shine event, meaning organizers do not cancel or refund for weather, so plan accordingly if you’re traveling from out of town. Gates open at 2 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday, with music scheduled to run until 11 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 p.m. Sunday.

Where Is Holo Holo Sacramento Held?

The festival takes place at Heart Health Park at Cal Expo, located at 1600 Exposition Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95815. This is the same open-air stadium grounds that hosts Sacramento Republic FC matches, and it sits inside the larger Cal Expo fairground complex. Because Cal Expo hosts other events throughout the year, it’s worth confirming your entry gate on the day of the show since gate assignments can shift between events.

Holo Holo Sacramento 2026 Lineup

As of this writing, the confirmed lineup includes Hirie, Eli-Mac, Ekolu, The Green, Natural Vibrations, High Watah, 8RO8, K’Nova, Shaggy, and Sudden Rush. The festival’s official site splits the bill across the two days:

Saturday, September 26: Hirie, The Green, Natural Vibrations, 8RO8

Sunday, September 27: Eli-Mac, Ekolu, High Watah, K’Nova, Shaggy, Sudden Rush

That’s a solid cross-section of the reggae and island music scene. The Green and Hirie are two of the longer-running acts in modern reggae-rock, both regulars on West Coast festival bills. Shaggy needs no introduction if you’ve listened to radio at any point since the late 1990s. Eli-Mac, Ekolu, and Sudden Rush lean more directly into Hawaiian roots and Jawaiian styles, which fits the festival’s stated mission of celebrating island music specifically, not just reggae broadly.

Keep in mind that ticket terms explicitly state the lineup, venue, and schedule are subject to change without notice, and an artist cancellation is not grounds for a refund. Check the official Holo Holo Sacramento lineup page close to the event date to confirm nothing has shifted.

Holo Holo Sacramento Daily Schedule

Based on official event timing, here’s the general shape of each day:

Saturday, September 26

• Box office opens: 1 p.m.
• Gates open: 2 p.m.
• Music begins: 3 p.m.
• Music ends: 11 p.m.

Sunday, September 27

• Box office opens: 12 p.m.
• Gates open: 1 p.m.
• Music begins: 2 p.m.
• Music ends: 10:30 p.m.

Set-by-set stage times for individual artists typically aren’t released until closer to the event, so check the festival’s official lineup page or app in the days before the show for exact performance slots. Ins and outs are allowed, but only until 9 p.m., so if you’re planning to leave the grounds for dinner or to swap cars, do it earlier rather than later.

Holo Holo Sacramento Tickets and Prices

Tickets are sold exclusively through Tixr, the festival’s official ticketing partner, with tiered options that typically include general admission single-day passes, general admission two-day passes, VIP single and two-day passes, and child passes for kids ages 4 to 10. Children age 3 and under get in free with a paying adult. Exact face-value pricing for 2026 wasn’t listed in a fixed, easily quotable format at the time of writing, so check the official Tixr event page directly for current tiers before you buy.

A few things worth knowing before you check out:

• All sales are final. There are no refunds or exchanges, even if a specific artist you’re there to see cancels.
• Tickets are for the festival generally, not for any single performer.
• The festival warns against buying from third-party resellers or random links on social media, since it can only guarantee validity for tickets bought through Tixr.
• Secondary marketplaces like Vivid Seats and SeatGeek do list resale tickets, sometimes well above face value. Treat any price you see on those sites as a resale market rate, not an official one.
• Veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and their families can check availability for discounted tickets through VetTix or 1sttix.org.

There’s also an official ticket-and-hotel bundle available through Jampack for anyone who wants to book lodging and festival access in one transaction.

How to Get to Holo Holo Sacramento

Heart Health Park sits inside the Cal Expo grounds just off Business 80, a few minutes from downtown and midtown Sacramento. Onsite paid parking is typically available for events at this venue, and the lot fills up fast on a two-day festival, so arriving early on Saturday afternoon and again Sunday will save you a walk from an overflow lot.

If you’d rather skip parking entirely, rideshare drop-off is usually the simpler option for a festival that runs into the evening and serves alcohol, since it avoids the walk back to a car after a full day in the sun. If you’re biking in, there are bike racks at the Blue Gate, Main Gate, and Gate 12, though you’ll need to bring your own lock, and lights are a good idea if you’re riding home after a set ends at 10:30 or 11 p.m.

Where to Stay for Holo Holo Sacramento

The festival doesn’t offer camping, so you’ll need a hotel or short-term rental for the weekend. Downtown and midtown Sacramento both sit within a short drive of Cal Expo and offer the widest range of hotel options along with restaurants and bars if you want to extend the night after the music ends. Staying closer to the venue itself, in the neighborhoods just north and east of Cal Expo, can cut down on festival-weekend traffic, though the trade-off is fewer dining options within walking distance. If you’d rather not manage two separate bookings, the festival’s official Jampack partnership bundles tickets with hotel stays.

What to Expect at Holo Holo Sacramento

This is a family-friendly, all-ages event, not a 21-and-over show, though there are multiple full bars on site for adults. A few practical details that separate this festival from bigger, more chaotic events:

• It’s a clear bag venue. Bags larger than 12″ x 12″ x 2″ won’t be allowed in, and that includes backpacks and most purses. A clear tote or a small non-clear clutch (5″ x 8″ or smaller) are your best bets.
• It’s cashless. Food and most vendors only take cards or mobile payment, though some craft vendors may still take cash.
• No outside food or drink, with an exception for baby formula or milk. Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and dairy-free food options are available from onsite vendors.
• No chairs, tents, canopies, or umbrellas, and no coolers of any size.
• Free water refill stations are set up around the grounds, so bring an empty bottle or an approved camelback (up to 2 liters) rather than buying water all day.
• The event is accessible, with an ADA entry lane, accessible viewing areas at the stage, and a process for requesting ASL interpretation or other accommodations in advance through the festival’s access team.

Visually, the festival leans into its Hawaiian roots even beyond the music. The artwork for Holo Holo events is created by Oahu-based artist Shar Tuiasoa of Punky Aloha Studio, and the whole event is framed around the Hawaiian phrase “holo holo,” meaning to travel, to sail, to move, a phrase organizers describe as something friends say to each other before heading out together.

Holo Holo Sacramento History

Holo Holo Music Festival was created by Good Vibez Presents, the same promoter behind the California Roots Music & Arts Festival in Monterey, one of the largest reggae-rock festivals in the country. The festival’s roots trace back to Good Vibez co-owner Dan Sheehan, who grew up in Ewa Beach, Oahu, and has described island and reggae music as the soundtrack of his childhood.

The first Holo Holo event launched in 2022 at Frost Amphitheater on the Stanford University campus in the Bay Area. It expanded quickly from there, adding stops in Las Vegas and Sacramento within a year or two of the original show, then San Diego by 2024. By 2026, the festival had grown into a genuine multi-city series, with stops planned in Oceanside, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Tacoma, San Diego, Hawaii, Irvine, and San Jose.

Sacramento has become one of the more established stops on the circuit, with its own dedicated event page and returning acts year over year, which is part of why it draws fans from across Northern California and not just the immediate Sacramento area.

One detail that’s easy to miss in festival previews: organizers include a formal land acknowledgment for the Sacramento event, recognizing that Heart Health Park sits within the traditional homelands of the Nisenan people, the Southern Maidu people, the Valley and Plains Miwok/Me-Wuk people, and the Patwin Wintun people, alongside the Wilton Rancheria, the only federally recognized tribe in Sacramento County.

A Few Practical Reminders Before You Go

Bring a government-issued photo ID and your ticket confirmation, since tickets are exchanged for a wristband at entry that serves as your only access to the grounds for the whole weekend. Don’t take it off, and don’t lend it to anyone. If you lose it or damage it, the festival will not replace it, and you’ll need to buy another ticket to get back in. Given the cashless setup, bring a card rather than counting on cash for food and merchandise, and remember that ins and outs close at 9 p.m. each day if you’re planning to step out and come back.

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