Paul van Dyk is bringing something new to Dreamstate SoCal 2026. The trance veteran will debut a fresh live concept called The Essence of Acid at the festival’s Queen Mary Waterfront grounds in Long Beach on Saturday, November 21, marking the show’s first performance anywhere in the world and the launch of a full tour to follow.
This isn’t your standard DJ set. The Essence of Acid is built around a live electronic setup, with van Dyk performing directly alongside the hardware shaping the sound in real time. The show blends unreleased material, acid-leaning compositions, live reworks of tracks…
