Steve Roach announces ‘Soundquest Festival’ dates for August 2026 – ‘Space Craft’ festival canceled
Steve Roach tour dates for August 2026: Soundquest Festival in Tucson, AZ (Aug 28-30).
Steve Roach
UPDATE: the Space Craft festival was canceled
Steve Roach had confirmed two live dates for August 2026: “Space Craft” in Joshua Tree, California, on August 14-15, and “Soundquest Festival” in Tucson, Arizona, on August 28-30. Both events place the dark-ambient artist alongside a wider electronic and ambient lineup. The Space Craft is canceled though.
Tour dates for Steve Roach
August 14-15, 2026 – Space Craft, Pioneertown, Joshua Tree, CA – with Tangerine Dream, ESG, Laraaji, Soriah, Ami Dang, Nailah Hunter and Flore Laurentienne- August 28-30, 2026 – Soundquest Festival, La Rosa, Tucson, AZ – with Blood Incantation, Pallbearer, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Soriah, Karima Walker and others
Space Craft was a two-night event built around the Perseid meteor shower, combining live performances with stargazing, space talks and storytelling under the night skies of the Mojave Desert. Roach was supposed to perform on the Friday, August 14 bill alongside ESG, Soriah and Ami Dang; Tangerine Dream was to headline the Saturday program with Evicshen. Tickets for Space Craft ranged from $110 to $265.
At Soundquest Festival in Tucson, Roach presents “At the Edge of Forever” on Saturday, August 29, preceded by an artist meet-and-greet, and closes the weekend on Sunday, August 30 with a seated set alongside Paul Riedl, Serena Gabriel, Jeff Greinke and Linda Kohanov as part of the festival’s “Sacred Sunday” program. Tickets are available through Eventim and Vivid Seats.
About Steve Roach
Steve Roach is a California-born, Arizona-based composer who has made dark ambient and electronic music since the early 1980s, when albums such as “Structures from Silence” (1984) established the extended, immersive style that has defined his catalogue since. He has released dozens of solo albums on his own Timeroom Editions label and through Projekt Records, alongside collaborations with artists including Vidna Obmana, Robert Rich and Jeffrey Fayman.
Side-Line has covered Roach’s recent album and reissue activity, including “The Surface Below” and a reissue of “Stillpoint” (announced November 2025), the archival live collection “The Live Story” with Vidna Obmana (July 2025), a third vinyl edition of “Structures from Silence” (April 2025), and the live album “Crossing the Bridge” (January 2025). Roach also announced a limited 2CD, “La Rosa – Live in Tucson, 2025”, recorded at the same Tucson venue hosting Soundquest Festival this August. The Space Craft and Soundquest Festival dates place Roach on two of the more prominent ambient and electronic live bills of the 2026 season, continuing a year built around reissues, archival releases and festival appearances.
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