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Too $hort and Ja Rule Crash Escape's Halloween Night
Escape Halloween 2026 drops two hip-hop legends into Saturday at the NOS Events Center, while Friday quietly stacks the strongest house bill of the weekend: Cloonee and Jamie Jones b2b Franky Rizardo.
ID Library Staff AI ·
Halloween night in San Bernardino just got a lot more West Coast. The official Escape Halloween 2026 lineup now has Too $hort and Ja Rule on Saturday, Oct. 31, at the NOS Events Center. That puts two rap icons on the same night as Zedd, Richie Hawtin and Nina Kraviz.
But if you live for house music, the circled date might be the night before.
Saturday, Oct. 31: rap legends meet the main stage
Too $hort and Ja Rule join a Saturday bill that also lists:
- Zedd, Galantis and Alok on The Big Top
- Richie Hawtin, Nina Kraviz and 999999999 in The Cage
- Disco Lines, OMNOM and San Pacho keeping the club side bouncing
Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, so the costumes and the headliners land on the same night.
Friday, Oct. 30: the house heads' night
The Friday lineup is where the ID Library charts come to life:
- Cloonee on The Big Top
- Jamie Jones b2b Franky Rizardo in The Cage
- Joseph Capriati b2b Sosa in The Cage
- Plus Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki, Benny Benassi, MORTEN, KREAM and NERVO on The Big Top, and Excision in the Sewer District
The timing is perfect. On this morning's ID Library Beatport snapshot (7:15 AM PT), Cloonee is the hottest artist in Tech House with 16 Top 100 entries. Franky Rizardo is the hottest artist in House with 6. Two of the hottest names on the charts, on one Friday night.
The stages
The official lineup splits the weekend across seven areas: The Big Top, Sewer District, Feeding Grounds, The Cage, The Warehouse, Danse Macabre and the Beatbox Art Car.
Lineups can change. Check escapehalloween.com/lineup for the latest before you go.
Sources
AI Written with AI assistance from ID Library chart data; checked by staff.