Welcome to FloatFest 2026!
A floating, travelling music festival on the banks of the Goshen Millrace!
What is Float Fest? With over 20 musical acts in 9 unique locations - Float Fest is an evolving, moving music festival! Float in a canoe or kayak, or walk along the millrace path and catch the vibe! Pack in everything you’ll need for the day (find ideas for these items in our FAQ!). In terms of music, you can expect to bop to anything from cafe-style songwriters to harp-based rap music, from indie to acid jazz and a little bit of shoegaze thrown in for good measure! Read the Information section below to discover where to park, where to walk to, and how to take in this festival! NEW THIS YEAR: A stage in Reith Interpretive Center Park! Don't worry, we are still floating and still journeying, you'll just have music to hear when grabbing food on your way up, when grabbing a drink from our beverage tent, when grabbing food during the fest - or just to catch a different style of music once the festival lands back in the park! Questions we haven’t covered? Find us on Facebook or Insta via links on this page and contact us!
Beyond just the festival day, Float Fest is an entire week of celebration! We've got events from Monday-Sunday, so don't miss it! Schedule Coming Soon!
Want to see what is all about? Check out this video from Float Fest 2025.
Fest Day Schedule!
Stop 1 is all the way up by the top of the race near the gates - at the Shoup-Parsons Woods Park. Please park in Shanklin Park and paddle/walk upstream until you find the crowd! The festival will gradually progress downstream Closer to Shanklin and finishing with 4 stops in Millrace Park (the location of Reith Interpretive Center!)
LINE-UP 2026
Get to know this year's bands!
Option 1:
Click the button
above to hear this
years' artists on our
2026 Float Fest Playlist
Option 2:
Click on each individual bands' picture to be taken to their Bandcamp/
YouTube/website
Metier, part of JR + Friends
LINK
Alright, it's the info a lot of you have been waiting for! We have food for you all this year and here's the MOST IMPORTANT detail you need to know! THEY ARE OPEN FOR LUNCH for you all before the fest. They will serve for you starting at 1:00 and will stay open till the fest moves on past them at 10. So make sure you're heading to the top around 1:30 and wait to eat lunch and then plan one differ at the fest as well!!!! If you're heading up to meet the festival later on in the day, please consider stopping by and grabbing food from them as well. Food Vendors will be in Millrace Park (Reith Interpretive Center).
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And don't think we didn't consider your beverage needs! As well as the beverages from the food trucks, we know you need your caffeine and we know many of you enjoy drinks on the alternative side. Please make sure you visit Travelin' Tom's and FunktioN/AL (Plus one more TBA) for your beverage needs from 1:00pm on at Float Fest!
Important Information - FAQ
Float Fest is on June 27, 2026 from (officially) 2:00pm to 10:30pm. Park in designated areas (see other FAQ) and paddle to the top of the millrace, following the signs. Live music starts at 12:30 DJ Chuck Fry spinning tunes from a boat and then will commence progressing down the millrace just before 2, to officially kick the festival off with Clara Wilson at stop 1!
Put in and take out are at the same location! Park at either Reith Interpretive Center or Shanklin Park and follow signs to launch your boat. Once you’ve launched your boat, paddle upstream and follow signs to the start of the millrace! The festival will float from house to house and you will end just downstream of where you put in! Make sure you bring lights to help you find your way back at the end!!!
It is very important to the founders of Float Fest that we keep this event open and free, but we definitey need support to keep this festival running! Suggested donation is $25. Donations taken electronically by Venmo and Cashapp. Right now we are also taking donations via our Gofundme. Please consider donating by visiting https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kickoff-float-fest-2026-bigger-and-better-than-ever
No boat, No problem!!
Option 1: There is a walking path that follows the whole event! Park at Reith Interpretive Center or Shanklin Park and walk the path South to the beginning of the race! Hundreds of people select this option. Great for families who can’t stay the whole festival!
Option 2: Rent a Boat! We are proud to announce we are teaming up with Raw Outdoors this year to provide canoe, kayak and tube rentals!!!!!! These guys will be at Reith Interpretive Center from 1:30 on, Saturday August 10! I guarantee these will go quick and all rentals last year sold out within minutes of the fest starting so call them COMING SOON!