Spaceland Block Party debuts in September with Joey Bada$$, Vic Mensa, the Horrors and many more

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Vic Mensa at the Echo in 2015 (Photo by Carl Pocket)
Vic Mensa at the Echo in 2015 (Photo by Carl Pocket)

Joey Bada$$, Vic Mensa, the Horrors, Highly Suspect and Wavves are among the artists playing the first Spaceland Block Party, a weekend affair Sept. 16-17 at ROW DTLA (777 S. Alameda St.).

The all-ages festival, staged by Spaceland Presents (the promoters behind the Regent Theater, Echo and Echoplex, as well as annual events such as Twilight Concerts at the Santa Monica Pier, MainFest Alhambra and Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles) will featured food and street art in addition to music over multiple stages.

It’s the latest festival in a festival-filled September for Southern California.

Also in the initial lineup are Amelia Airhorn, Black Kids, Betty Who, Preoccupations, Snow Tha Product, They., DJ DS, SALES, Porches, Tijuana Panthers, Oddisee & Good Company, NoMBe, Two Feet, Jesse Boykins III, LVL UP, Slothrust, Cende, Rafferty, Seratones, Bayonne, Mourn, Dude York, Palm, Wilsen, Troi Irons, Tanika Charles, Alex Cameron and Pop Noir. The promoters promise more lineup additions in August.

Get tickets here. General-admission weekend passes (which start at $50) go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Presales are happening throughout the week (more info as we get it). VIP weekend passes are available $285, and single-day passes will go on sale Aug. 10 for $75. For more info on tickets, click here.

6 p.m. update: Presale codes that just went out are “SPACEPARTY” or “DOSPACE”

The site of the festival is situated between DTLa’s Produce and Art Districts and is home to over 100 stores, restaurants and workshops. The festival will go off in parking lots and on rooftops of ROW DTLA’s 30 acres.

Behold the flyer: