Indie-Pop Favorites CULTS to Headline The Weinberg Center at SilverVox Film & Music Festival
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CULTS – the New York indie-pop duo of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion – will headline the festival’s Saturday night music programming at Weinberg Center on June 20, 2026. The band’s set caps a music slate built around acts whose songs you already know, even if you haven’t placed the name yet. The festival runs June 18–21, 2026, across the theaters, venues, and streets of the City of Frederick.
About CULTS
New York’s CULTS have spent fifteen years perfecting the bittersweet anthem – songs that sound euphoric on the surface but cut you open underneath. Formed in 2010 by Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion while both were students in New York City, the duo broke through almost immediately with their viral debut “Go Outside,” earning both Best New Music honors from Pitchfork and a deal with Columbia Records quicker than most bands get a rehearsal space. Their self-titled debut landed in the top 50 albums of 2011 and launched them onto stages alongside Pixies and Vampire Weekend.
What followed was a decade of fearless evolution, resulting in five studio albums that never sounded like the same band twice. Their 2022 TikTok breakout “Gilded Lily” introduced them to an entirely new generation, while their 2024 album To the Ghosts is among the most emotionally precise records of their career. Live, CULTS bring a full band and a sound that is bigger, louder, and more alive than anything their recordings suggest, while Follin commands the stage with a presence that stops rooms cold. This is the headlining set of the summer – and you will not want to have missed it.
Saturday Night Anchors a Four-Day Slate
CULTS’ Saturday headlining slot sits within a music lineup with additional acts to be announced in the coming days, alongside 125 film premieres and screenings, in-person filmmaker Q&As, and the festival’s entertainment industry talks and panels programming.
“CULTS are the kind of band that defines what we want this festival to feel like,” said Dan Silver, Head of Music for SilverVox. “Songs that hit on the surface and cut deeper underneath, a fifteen-year catalog they keep rewriting, and a live show that doesn’t coast. Saturday June 20th just got very exciting.”
Tickets & Information
Tickets to CULTS and the rest of Saturday Night at the Weinberg available via VIP Silver Pass, Saturday Day Pass, or Ticket.