# Bazooka Fest 2026 adds Destroyer and Stephin Merritt to bill

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bazooka-fest-2026-unveils-full-lineup-with-destroyer-stephin-merritt-more/
- Published: 2026-07-27T16:03:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-27T22:12:40+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2506392/bazooka-fest-2026-unveils-full-lineup-with-destroyer-stephin-merritt-more/news/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Bazooka Fest 2026's full lineup is now confirmed and finalised.
- Stephin Merritt and Destroyer's Dan Bejar co-headline Sunday's solo sets.
- Runs 22-23 August in Brooklyn, with Cloud Nothings/Times New Viking on Saturday.

## Summary

Brooklyn's Bazooka Fest has confirmed the finalised lineup for its 2026 edition, adding co-headliners Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and Destroyer's Dan Bejar, both performing solo sets, to a bill already topped by Cloud Nothings and the reunited Times New Viking. The festival is the work of Jake Whitener, a former Matador Records A&R director, who has framed it as an intimate, cross-generational celebration of underground rock and pop modelled on events such as All Tomorrow's Parties and Athens Pop Fest, deliberately pairing veteran songwriters with younger acts they have influenced.

The two-day event runs on 22 and 23 August at the Meadows and the Wood Shop in Brooklyn. Saturday is headlined by Cloud Nothings and Times New Viking, supported by Sad13, Colleen Green and a further dozen acts including Whitener's own band, Sunshine Convention. Sunday's bill is topped by Merritt and Bejar, with support from Joanna Sternberg, Kiwi Jr., 2nd Grade and other artists, rounding out a roughly 30-act lineup across the two nights.

## Coverage

- [Stereogum: Bazooka Fest 2026 adds Destroyer and Stephin Merritt to bill](https://stereogum.com/2506392/bazooka-fest-2026-unveils-full-lineup-with-destroyer-stephin-merritt-more/news/)
- [Brooklyn Vegan: Destroyer, Stephin Merritt, Joanna Sternberg & more added to Bazooka! Fest 2026 + daily lineups announced](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/destroyer-stephin-merritt-joanna-sternberg-more-added-to-bazooka-fest-2026-daily-lineups-announced/)

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