Tampa's darkwave faithful have a three-night gathering to circle on the calendar. Absolution Fest returns to The Orpheum from October 1 through October 3, bringing a lineup built around electronic, post-punk, goth and industrial-electro acts, with Bootblacks, Zoè Zanias and Aesthetic Perfection anchoring the weekend.
The festival is presented by Communion After Dark and Endoxa Booking, according to the event's own listing on the Absolution Fest website. It's described there as a three-day festival built around some of the best rising acts in electronic, post-punk, goth and darkwave music, and it's set to take place at The Orpheum in Tampa, per tampashowcal.com. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay describes the festival as EBM- and industrial-electro-centric.
Who's Playing Absolution Fest 2026
The listed lineup for the weekend includes Aesthetic Perfection, Zanias, Ductape and Bootblacks, according to the same tampashowcal.com listing. Bootblacks is a Brooklyn-based post-punk band, per Absolution Fest's own artist page.
Zoè Zanias performs under the name Zanias, which the concert database Concert Archives identifies as the solo project of Alison Lewis, now based in Berlin, Germany. Aesthetic Perfection is an American-Austrian outfit, according to Absolution Fest's artist bios. The act has a catalog of seven full-length albums, per the same source.
Sets, Headliners and Ticket Access
Bootblacks is set to headline the festival's opening festivities, while Zoè Zanias is billed to headline the second night, according to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's reporting. Aesthetic Perfection is set to close out the third and final night with what the outlet describes as an old-school set drawing on songs released before 2011.
Tickets remain available through the Absolution Fest website, which directs fans to a dedicated purchase link. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay reported that prices start at $65.22, giving fans of the genre a window to plan for the full three-day run at The Orpheum.
