A smaller lakeside festival

Same Same But Different is built around Moreno Beach at Lake Perris, where camping and water shape the pace of the weekend. Its programme moves between electronic music, jam acts and other live performers rather than staying inside a single genre.

Community by design

The 2026 edition runs September 25 through 27 across five stages. The event describes a capacity of roughly 7,500, a deliberate limit that keeps the gathering more navigable than a major city festival while still supporting a full weekend of music and art.