Spotlight: LunaFest 2026

Music festival organizer Luna Wolf will be hosting the 4th annual LunaFest, a multi-genre festival in Longmont featuring 100+ bands over the course of nine days (June 14th through 21st at Grossen Bart Brewery with an afterparty on June 22nd at Bizarre Electronics Repair). We got on the phone with Luna to talk about her expectations for the upcoming festival.

Jamie Lammers: Do you mind introducing yourself?
Luna Wolf: Long story short, I came from Florida – it was highly transphobic. I lived homeless for a little bit in the Boulder area and started LunaFest ‘24 from the back seat of a truck. It had around 80 bands and was quite a success. From there, it temporarily took the name of Warped Wolf because of the LunaFest Film Festival. They actually stopped doing that festival, so I brought LunaFest back for 2026 and have spawned off Warped Wolf as an additional event.

Jamie: How did last year’s festival go?
Luna: Warped Wolf went pretty good, actually. I had better attendance than I did at LunaFest ‘24. LunaFest ‘24 didn’t do great on attendance because I was still new to the area and nobody believed I was actually going to have 80 bands. Since then, I’ve grown a presence and trust. I think ‘26 is gonna be huge.

Jamie: What are you looking forward to most about LunaFest ‘26?
Luna: Definitely seeing a lot of new bands and seeing some bands that I previously loved again.

Jamie: Over your time hosting events like this, what have you loved most about connecting with these musicians and bringing these events to life?
Luna: I think bringing new music to my arsenal has been great. I’m huge on music, obviously, so meeting and hearing new artists is one of the most rewarding things. Seeing the artists intermingle and connect and get to know each other is also a huge value.

Jamie: What else can people expect at LunaFest?
Luna: There are food trucks every day, as well as art vendors of all types.

Jamie: Is there anything you hope people take away when they come to an event like this, particularly LunaFest ‘26?
Luna: Yeah, I’m hoping people get introduced to new artists, especially when people think they don’t like a genre. Part of the benefit of it being multi-genre is they might hear an artist in a genre that they felt they didn’t like and get introduced to something new.

Jamie: Is there anything else you want people to know about?
Luna: I’m hosting events at least once a month, sometimes twice a month, at my day job at Bizarre Electronics. Also, check out lunarluxfest.org. There’s a lot of info there.