Warpaint, Helado Negro and more to play Arizona’s HOCO festival

Tucson, Arizona-based festival HOCO has revealed its line-up and sustainability mission for 2022, with Warpaint and Helado Negro on the bill.

The festival, which was founded in 2005, will return to downtown Tucson on the weekend of 1-4 September.

Others set to play include Arooj Aftab, MICHELLE, Fucked Up, Mdou Moctar and more.

Alongside the music, HOCO 2022 will also host the first Sonoran Desert Sustainability Summit on September 3, which, according to a press release, “aims to foster connection between creative and ambitious minds to build toward a more regenerative future in the Sonoran Desert, which currently sits on the front lines of the climate crisis, water shortages, food insecurity, desertification, and extensive drought.”

Elsewhere, HOCO will take part in a ‘cross border collaboration’ with Mexico City-based event NRMAL, which aims to “bring the two communities closer together and foster cross border connection and collaboration.”

Find more details and buy tickets for HOCO fest 2022 here. Watch a recap video of HOCO 2019 and see the full line-up for this year’s festival below.

HOCO Fest 2022 lineup:

Warpaint
Arooj Aftab
Mdou Moctar 
La Goony Chonga
Helado Negro
MICHELLE
Fucked Up 
Armand Hammer 
Kid Congo Powers
Huerco S 
Kareem Ali 
Aurora Halal
Kush Jones 
NAAFI 
King Woman 
Mareux 
Ouri 
Wand 
Los Dug Dug’s 
Automatic 
Brainstory
Fat Tony 
Tav Falco
Los Ésplifs
Claire Rousay 
Margaritas Podridas 
Flasher 
Myuné
EXUM
Sgt. Papers
Dougie Poole 
Regal86
A. Billie Free & The Lasso
Cemento
Pil
Ryan 
Jackie Mendoza 
Realize 
DJENTS
Altrice 
Sonido Tambó 
Psypiritual 
CLASS 
Mute Swan 
Salvador Duran 
The Mainliners
Grudgepacker
SILENT 
Brown Irvin 
Glixen 
Pig City 
Pijama Piyama 
Big Window
Lower Tar 
William J Canning 
Arthur Vint 
Blue Dust Archive 
Maeve 
Strait Jacket 
Stoneypie 
Los Velvets 
Sunnyslope Bullets 
Deep Stay 
Female Gaze 
xsonazx
The Green Teas
Apetight 
Rey 
RND1