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Tresor 313
Saturday May 23
10PM – 10AM
Return to the Source – Day 1

Ballroom
AZA
DJ SPHiNX
Function
Surgeon (live)
Tauceti

Gallery
Etta
LNS
Mutagenix (Huey Mnemonic  x D. Strange)
Sharlese
Underground Resistance presents Depth Charge (live)

Garden
Daniel Bell (sunrise set)

No Way Back
Sunday May 24
10PM – noon
Return to the Source – Day 2

No Way Back Room
BMG
Bryan Kasenic
Carlos Souffront
Craig Gonzalez
Derek Plaslaiko
Erika
Eris Drew
Mike Servito
Patrick Russell

Outer Space Room
Chuck Gunn
Function (live)
Jo Johnson (live)
MERIVOR & Iyengar Yoga Detroit
Raica (live)
Scott Zacharias

Lot Mass
Monday May 25
noon - 10PM
Return to the Source – Day 3

Tammy Lakkis
Matias Aguayo
Yessi
Solar

I.T. presents The Bunker
Monday May 25
10PM – 6AM
Return to the Source – Day 3

Dance Room
Surgeon x Erika
Octo Octa x Faited
Lauren Flax x Scotia

Garden
Mike Servito x Shaun J. Wright
Nita Aviance x Juliana Huxtable
1morning x Max Watts

Going In Room
Jo Johnson x Chloe Harris
Carrier (live)
Bryan Kasenic
 

Return to the Source 2026 is an organic evolution of the original concept, with careful attention to detail put in at every level. Our weekend at the Tangent includes 4 parties for the price of one weekend wristband, with an outdoor area containing a harm reduction zone, farm to table food, custom ear plugs and an incredible outdoor sound system. Once the music starts at No Way Back on Sunday night, it won't end until Tuesday morning — 32 hours of continuous music. A weekend wristband will allow you to experience this ever changing environment with no interruptions.
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What began in 2007 as a party that extended beyond boundaries has found a home in the Tangent Gallery, blossoming into its own kind of festival. The entire weekend is something to experience, the context of each room evolves from day to day, the music and the space itself is constantly changing. There’s the Tresor 313 party on Saturday Night — a full 12 hours — with Underground Resistance presents Depth Charge live, Surgeon live, Function, Sharlese, Tauceti and ending with a sunrise set from Daniel Bell, and once No Way Back starts on Sunday, the music will continue for 32 solid hours — with Lot Mass directly following No Way Back outside on Monday at noon and The Bunker party on Monday night ending well after dawn on Tuesday. With all these events, the Tangent has become its own special destination for Memorial Day weekend. We all need a place to call our own, a place where we can be our true selves, and for this weekend the venue of that vision is The Tangent. This is Return to the Source 2026.

We’re celebrating with a specially priced weekend pass for all Return to the Source events. This wristband allows you to experience the whole arc of the weekend and its ever changing context:

– Admission to Tresor 313, No Way Back, Lot Mass and The Bunker
– Priority re-entry to these 4 events
– Weekend wristband entry lane

This pass will allow you to experience the 32 hour party with no interruptions.

The Tresor 313 party is a full 12 hours, so the Ballroom goes later with a closing set from Tauceti and the Daniel Bell sunrise set in the Garden will go all the way until 10am. No Way Back starts at 10pm and lasts 14 hours, beginning the 32 hour continuous block of music, with opening sets from Craig Gonzalez in the NWB Room and a complementary Iyengar Yoga Detroit class starting at 10:30pm in the Outer Space room, props and mats provided, with music from local legend Merivor and ending with Scott Zacharias’ legendary dawn to noon set while Mike Servito closes the NWB Room. At noon on Monday the party continues outside for Lot Mass with a totally wild spirit featuring Tammy Lakkis, Bay Area legend Solar, Yessi, and Matias Aguayo. As that party ends I.T. presents The Bunker begins with a Dance Room exploring all the boundaries and fascinating combinations like Octo Octa x Faited, a closing set from Surgeon x Erika, and an opening set from Lauren Flax x Scotia. The Going In Room is an environment of healing experimental music from equally compelling combinations like Chloe Harris x Jo Johnson, a live performance from Carrier and a set from Bryan Kasenic, and also an outdoor stage called The Garden starting right after Lot Mass with Mike Servito x Shaun J. Wright, Nita Aviance x Juliana Huxtable, and all vinyl set from 1morning x Max Watts. This outdoor stage has been magical, it’s hours have organically stretched to 6am, we’re continuing that tradition so the hours flow past dawn with even more exciting collaborative sets. This year will be the 10th anniversary of IT & Bunker’s Monday night collaboration at Tangent, a fitting celebration to the closing party of Return to the Source.

We can’t wait to share all this amazing music with you in such a carefully curated environment, with the music for the whole weekend curated by BMG. Amber Gillen & the Infinite Dimensions Crew mindfully transforms the space, evolving those installations each day of Return to the Source. The enveloping sonics emanate from the incredible hip hugging sound system of Jim Gibbons and his AVS crew, with the outside sound from the sonic visionaries at Bing Audio. Even the food is carefully curated for the events, with farm to table and vegan options available at the food truck every hour the venue is open.

Interdimensional Transmissions launched in 1995 with Ectomorph’s debut record, last year we celebrated our 30th anniversary, and this year the new records begin to flow on a regular basis. Watch for new releases from Andy Toth, Hodge, Torvvo, Alchemical Sisters, BMG and more in the next year. There will of course be special things for Return to the Source available at our merch booth, which is open during all Return to the Source nighttime events (the booth closes at 5am during NWB and reopens for The Bunker).

See you on the other side of the wormhole.

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Interdimensional Transmissions at Tangent
Thursday May 21 to Monday May 25, 2026

IT will be presenting 6 events. The first two are à la carte, with individual tickets available for FADE TO BLACK on Thursday and I.T. presents T4T LUV NRG on Friday. On Saturday, Return to the Source begins with Tresor 313, and once No Way Back starts on Sunday, the music will continue for 32 solid hours — with Lot Mass directly following No Way Back, and The Bunker party on Monday night ending well after dawn on Tuesday. A Return to the Source Weekend Wristband includes entrance to all Return to the Source events (Tresor 313, No Way Back, Lot Mass, and I.T. presents The Bunker). Individual tickets are available for all 6 events.

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