Why can't all festivals be like this?

It's a question that came from the lips of one of our artists during Schellraiser 2023. But it's also one that we've been asking ourselves for some time now.

For the last four years, we've been Schell-bent on creating a different kind of festival experience for anyone who's ever shared our frustrations and disappointments with mass-scale, corporate musical events.

We don't like to be treated as errant livestock any more than you do. Nor do we relish the thought of being packed like sardines into overcrowded venues that place a premium on necessities like water, shade and comfortable seating, while giving short shrift to lineup curation, sound quality, halfway-decent lines of sight and basic human comfort.

At Schellraiser, we're committed to providing a more intimate, smaller-scale, attendee-friendly experience for anyone and everyone who's adventurous enough to join us each spring in our remote corner of Eastern Nevada.

We're just as dedicated to showcasing the best in alternative, independent and underground music, from country to cumbia, punk to pop, and soul to psychedelia.

In 2026, we'll be moving our event two hours up the road, to the small city of Wells, Nevada, on Friday, May 29, and Saturday, May 30. We're calling our 2026 event Humboldt Hideaway – our nod of the hat to the majestic East Humboldt mountain range that towers above the surrounding high desert.

For our 2026 lineup and fourth-ever event, we've lined up 17 bands, and we can't wait to share our initial lineup announcement with you on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025!