Folklore Meets Bass at Wicked Oaks: Coming Next Month To Austin

By late October, the banks of the Colorado River will shift into a dreamscape where oak trees whisper folklore, masked figures roam the shadows, and three festival realms collide into one. Welcome to Wicked Oaks - the newest creation from Disco Presents - debuting October 25-26 at Carson Creek Ranch.

Wicked Oaks merges three heavyweight experiences into one: Freaky Deaky’s costumed chaos, Summoning of the Eclipse’s ritual intensity, and ILLFest’s mural-splashed, bass-heavy playground. For the first time, they will converge beneath Carson Creek’s pecan canopy, weaving their identities into one story. Disco Presents, the crew behind Lights All Night and Ubbi Dubbi, is known to push immersive production beyond expectations. And with Wicked Oaks, they’re staging a party and summoning a myth. For EDM fans, the stakes go beyond this stacked lineup: it promises to be a transformation where Texas’s land, music, and art fuse into something unforgettable.  

Three worlds stretch across the woods, each with its own rhythm, color, and mood. Freaky Deaky sprawls first, a woodland playground where Halloween’s theatrics drift through foggy trails and shadowed glades. Eric Prydz will wrap the first in his hypnotic melodies, Kaskade will warm the horizon with his signature sunset set, Bob Moses will thread their indie charm into deep club beats, and Martin Garrix will send cheers shooting off the trees like fireworks. 

A few steps deeper, the path descends into Summoning, a bass-drenched cathedral ruled by SVDDEN DEATH. His VOYD will rise like a ritual conjurer, so you can expect drops pounding with the force of stone. NGHTMRE and Kompany will ignite their B2B set while Flux Pavilion rattles the ground. Kai Wachi will add a cinematic sweep, crescendos hitting like a body blow. The Summoning will drag festivalgoers into its subterranean current.

Across the clearing, ILLFest will burst in vivid contrast. Murals bloom across massive walls, paint glowing under strobes. Tony Romera’s house grooves will slice through the air while Luuk Van Dijk’s bassline pulses will ripple across the crowd. Three realms, distinct yet intertwined, form a single narrative: each step a chapter, each stage a plot twist. By Sunday night, the story will belong to the landscape itself - a living book written in music, myth, and imagination.

Wicked Oaks will extend past the stages into something audiences can touch, taste, and stumble into unprepared. Sculptural art will glow from the soil. Fire spinners will carve arcs of heat into the night sky, and aerialists will twist overhead. Down winding forest paths, masked performers will appear without warning, as if the woods themselves decided to put on a show. 

Even the food will keep pace with the senses, as there will be a variety of food vendors offering the best of Texas cuisine. Beyond the rush, workshops and chill zones will invite slower rhythms, allowing creativity to linger as vividly as the music. 

Camping will deepen the immersion. Options range from glamping tents and RV villages to clusters of pop-ups along the trails. Before gates open to the public, campers can ignite a tradition of their own: the pre-party. On October 24, early arrivers can pledge their allegiance to a realm - Freaky Deaky’s theatrics, surrendering to Summoning’s shadows, or glowing under ILLFest’s art-fueled blaze.

Carson Creek Ranch breathes with its festivals. The 58-acre spread, once part of an 1851 Spanish land grant, bends with the Colorado River, oak and pecan trees shading the trails. Paths once pressed by cattle now guide festivalgoers through clearings where the amphitheater slopes naturally toward the water. Only a few miles from Austin’s city lights, the ranch feels tucked inside a pocket of wilderness. By late October, the Texas air cools just enough for costumes and long nights outdoors. Wicked Oaks will take that atmosphere and bind it into music.

Austin already claims a lineage of festivals, from SXSW to Austin City Limits. Yet, none fuse folklore with electronic music the way Wicked Oaks dares. This collision feels like the birth of a ritual. For two nights, Carson Creek will belong to a forest of imagination, where three worlds become one. And like smoke after a bonfire, the trace of it will cling long after October. 

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