Chris Lake and Disclosure have spent the last decade building two very different empires inside the same genre. Lake runs Black Book Records and has spent years as one of tech house's most reliable hitmakers, the kind of producer whose tracks get rinsed at both a warehouse rave and a festival mainstage. Disclosure, the Lawrence brothers, went the other way: platinum records, Grammy nominations, a UK garage revival built on pop songwriting. The two rarely turn up on the same bill, let alone the same booth. On September 26 and 27, they will, when Chris Lake b2b Disclosure headlines CRSSD Festival's Fall 2026 edition at Waterfront Park in San Diego.
Why does this pairing actually matter?
A b2b set forces two producers to play off each other's records in real time, and Lake and Disclosure sit close enough in tempo and swing to make it work without either one softening their sound. It is the kind of booking that reads as a genuine event rather than a marketing line, because neither act needs the other's audience. Mochakk, the Brasilia producer who has spent the past two years turning tech house festival sets into arena-sized moments, co-headlines the weekend, giving CRSSD two of the format's biggest current draws on one bill.
How does CRSSD split three stages across genres?
CRSSD has never tried to be a house festival with a techno tent bolted on. Fall 2026 runs three stages, Ocean View, The Palms and City Steps, each built around a distinct lane rather than a hierarchy of headliners versus support. Ocean View carries the festival's live and crossover programming, including Big Wild, DRAMA and Sebastien Tellier. The Palms leans into house and tech house through Sonny Fodera, Prospa and CHASEWEST. City Steps is the harder room, built around VTSS, Helena Hauff, KAS:ST and Ben UFO, giving the festival a genuine techno and UK bass wing rather than a token slot.
CRSSD has built its reputation over a decade on exactly this kind of range, pairing names mainstream fans recognize with bookings that get a Boiler Room crowd talking.
Who else fills out the bill?
Skepta plays under Más Tiempo, the house and dance project he built out of time spent in Mexico, a deliberate step away from his grime catalogue under his own name. Groove Armada bring a DJ set rather than a live band show. The rest of the lineup, confirmed across a June announcement and an August 20 phase two drop, includes 999999999, Boys Noize, I Hate Models, Marlon Hoffstadt, Mathame, Carlita b2b Rossi, horsegiirl, Kettama, Layton Giordani, Adam Sellouk, Ahadadream, Rivka M and salute. Tickets went on sale in June, with CRSSD's After Dark club series and CRSSD Lab vinyl area both returning around the main event.
