01 · THE SETTING
Room for the Crater
The stage returned with an expanded footprint, giving its immersive production a larger setting.
Lost Lands Music Festival · Legend Valley · September 18–20, 2026
Lost Lands Music Festival 2026The Crater Stage
An expanded Crater Stage for 2026 that pushed the boundaries of stage design and laser display. We brought more than 200 lasers to Lost Lands 2026, and 128 of them lit the Crater Stage alone.
Sep 18–202026 · Main festival dates
Legend ValleyThornville, Ohio
80′ 7″Central spire height
12860 W lasers
The film
LAYZER STORM LIVE AT LOST LANDS 2026
Isn’t she great? This was our favorite performance of the weekend, with amazing programming by Ian Strutt. Breathtaking.
Video: LAYZ · Starts at 1:55. Prefer YouTube? Watch LAYZ on YouTube.
Inside the Crater
A stage that reaches out
02 · THE STAGE
Light reaching outward
Lasers and strobes reached outward from the structure above the DJ booth.
03 · THE EXPERIENCE
Around the booth
The Crater brought its production into the surrounding space, rather than keeping the visual focus on a distant stage.
04 · THE FESTIVAL
A place for surprises
Secret Crater takeovers made the stage a destination for unexpected performances.
The full story
Inside a world of light
By Lightwave Staff
At Lost Lands, the setting is part of the experience. Legend Valley becomes a world of bass music, dinosaurs and production built around the people who gather there. For the festival’s ninth edition, September 18–20, 2026, we returned to help bring that world to life with laser light.
The Crater offered its own way into that world. Its expanded footprint gave the stage more room. With the former exterior walls removed, the dancefloor opened toward a rotating DJ booth and a tall central structure that sent light outward into the surrounding space. Rather than asking everyone to look toward a distant backdrop, the Crater made the space around the music part of the picture.
We integrated the Crater’s laser system into that surrounding environment, with laser light reaching outward and the music at its center. Rising 80′ 7″ above the Crater, the central spire used Lightwave Prism Series systems.
Secret takeovers added another reason to find your way back to the Crater. The stage became a place for discovery within an already distinctive festival. We are proud to have contributed to that experience alongside the Lost Lands production team.
From the crowd
What fans saw at the Crater
Fans, festival voices and the music press shared their view of the Crater’s world of light.
A kaleidoscope of lasers over a sea of Headbangers 🌈 Take us back!
The crater stage has a massive tower of lasers #nycraves #edmnyc #edm #lostlands
A towering cylindrical apparatus rose above the DJ booth, firing flames from its peak while lasers and strobes shot outward from its core in nearly every direction.
The structure was so prominent that its production could be seen illuminating the sky from distant corners of the venue.
The Crater beckoned with its 360-degree slew of lasers and surprise sets after midnight. … I caught half of Mersiv b2b Seth David on Saturday night in the middle of The Crater and had too much fun reveling in all the lasers surrounding me.
Just a little Crater appreciation post 🤩
The Crater this year at Lost Lands was probably one of the coolest things I've ever seen
The Crater is incredible!
I absolutely love what they have done! Barely Alive was badass as always 😍
Can confirm the camera does not do this stage justice this was so pretty lmao
Noooooo
Watching the light show of the crater from my camp was my favorite part! It actually felt like an impact crater giving off an explosion of light and sound for miles!
one of my main intentions for lost lands was to be baptized by lasers for the first time ever in the crater. shout out 2 Barely Alive for making that happen ✅️
I’m so happy to share LAYZER STORM with you guys! The team and I put in so much work to create an unforgettable experience at the Crater this year and now you can relive it here!
i’ve seen over 30 LAYZ sets in the past 5 years & that crater set was the best set.
lost lands production is insane idc idc
What if we took The Crater… and made it bigger 🤔
I haven’t listened to EDM or dubstep since January buttttt I am getting lost lands fomo from the new crater stage look
New crater was awesome. You can actually enjoy the set without cramming yourself into the enclosed area and you can actually se who’s playing without getting 10 feet from the stage in the takeovers
Thank you, Lost Lands
Thank you to the Lost Lands team and everyone who helped bring the Crater together. We are grateful to have been part of this world of music and light. A very special thank you to Hauss Collective, who pushes the limits of stage design to create these amazing spectacles year after year. We can't wait to see what is in store for the 10th anniversary in 2027.
Credits
Excision Presents / Lost LandsExcisionFestival founder and artist
Hauss CollectiveDavid HaussCrater Design
Lambda ProductionsRyan EnglishAssistant Production Manager
Lambda ProductionsKat HarrisProduction Office Manager
George DodworthLaser System Integration
John WalkerProject Manager
Albert ZalnerLaser Systems Lead
Ian StruttLaser Programming (LAYZ set)
Corbin SharpeLead Laser Performer
Laser Show Performers
- Marlee DvorakLaser Show Performer
- Brandon DzurinoLaser Show Performer
- Glen FoyLaser Show Performer
- Alex GroveLaser Show Performer
- John HruskaLaser Show Performer
- Kenn JenkinsLaser Show Performer
- Patrick RampsonLaser Show Performer
- Jay UrseLaser Show Performer
- Glenn WrightLaser Show Performer
The installation
Laser light for the Crater
Central SpireLightwave Prism Series
SettingThe Crater
FestivalLost Lands 2026
Lightwave International
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