CLEVELAND, April 20, 2026: The Cleveland Museum of Art’s (CMA) 15th annual Solstice, the city’s most anticipated summer spectacular, takes place on Saturday, June 20, 2026, from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Celebrating long summer days and hot summer nights, Solstice combines music, art, dance, and fun for an unforgettable evening. Experience the CMA late into the night when galleries stay open, with flash talks presented by museum staff in select galleries, and visit the CMA’s ticketed exhibitions, Manet & Morisot and Martin Puryear: Nexus.
All-inclusive tickets—covering admission as well as unlimited appetizers and beverages, including beer, wine, and canned cocktails—are on sale now! This event is for guests 21 or older. Early ticket purchasing is recommended as this event is expected to sell out.
This year, Solstice’s main stage is a vibrant celebration of North America’s multicultural mosaic. Cirque FLIP Fabrique (Canada) kicks off the outdoor entertainment on the museum’s south terrace with acrobatics performed on top of a retrofitted school bus. Then, live music sets from Daymé Arocena (Cuba), Son Rompe Pera (Mexico), and Nik West (United States) follow. These three electrifying musical acts showcase African diasporic party music, including Afro-Latin jazz, cumbia, and funk. NicNacc and Eso, two prolific Cleveland-based DJ’s famous for their monthly dance parties, take over the atrium. Projections, light displays, and decorations electrify the museum.
South Terrace Lineup
7:45–8:15 p.m.: Cirque FLIP Fabrique
8:15–9:15 p.m.: Daymé Arocena
9:30–10:30 p.m.: Son Rompe Pera
10:45 p.m.–12:00 a.m.: Nik West
Ames Family Atrium DJ Lineup: 7:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m.
NicNacc
Eso
Special guests to be announced
Tickets are available online at www.clevelandart.org/events/solstice-2026.
Tickets are nonrefundable. No refunds are issued unless the event is canceled by the venue or if safety concerns prevent the event from taking place. If the event is canceled, tickets are refunded in full. If the event is rescheduled, tickets are honored for the new date. We encourage attendees to stay informed about event updates.
Pictured: Son Rompe Pera
Born and raised in Naucalpan, the deep outskirts of Mexico City, the Gama brothers and their band, Son Rompe Pera, have thrashed through all preconceived notions of what a marimba-centered band is and have rendered the instrument inseparable from their punk ethos. The group’s shows have become home to the now-infamous marimba mosh pit across the globe, joining intergenerational audiences in moments of essential release and community around its hard-hitting, forward-thinking, unrelenting punk-infused cumbias. With two critically-acclaimed records under its belt, and hundreds of shows on some of the world’s most prestigious stages to a rapidly growing audience, the band consistently proves its boundlessness as far as where it can take the genre, standing vehemently by the fact that traditions are meant to be both honored, broken, and built again.
Daymé Arocena Photo courtesy of High Road Touring
Daymé Arocena is a two-time Grammy-nominated and Juno Award–winning Afro-Cuban singer and composer. A powerful voice in contemporary Latin music, Arocena is celebrated for her genre-blending creativity and deep connection to her Cuban roots. Her 2024 album, Alkemi, marked a bold reinvention of her sound, blending neo-soul, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and modern pop in collaboration with renowned producer Eduardo Cabra and featuring guest vocals by Vicente García and Rafa Pabön. A track from that album, “A Fuego Lento,” received a Latin Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.