Field of Vision II - Meadow Creek - Buena Vist CO - August 15th 2026

Field of Vision II — Day Two: A Festival Finds Its Groove

BUENA VISTA, Colo. — Saturday, August 15, 2026.

If Day One was the opening statement, Day Two of Field of Vision II was the day the festival really settled into its identity. At Meadow Creek, the second day brought together psychedelic rock, extreme metal, experimental electronics, Zamrock, indie rock and plenty of left-field programming before King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard returned for another marathon headline performance.

The Saturday lineup included Buena Vista High School Red Hots Jazz Band, Lisa Bella Donna, Folk Bitch Trio, Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap & Dance Off, Blood Incantation, La Luz, W.I.T.C.H., .VRIL, DJ Crenshaw, DJ Boogie Boudreaux, Highland Park Sleep Collective and Acid Yoga, with King Gizzard closing the night.

The afternoon: jazz, electronics and a changing landscape

The day began with the Buena Vista High School Red Hots Jazz Band, an especially appropriate local touch. Against the Colorado landscape, the school ensemble provided a warm and communal start before the festival moved into more experimental territory.

Lisa Bella Donna followed with her synthesizer-driven psychedelic/electronic sound, while Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap & Dance Off transformed the afternoon into something closer to a dance party than a conventional festival set.

Folk Bitch Trio brought the energy back toward live-band territory, their stripped-down approach providing an interesting contrast to the electronics surrounding them.

Then came Blood Incantation.

The Colorado death-metal band’s appearance was one of the day’s essential sets. Their cosmic, progressive approach to extreme metal seemed almost tailor-made for Field of Vision: enormous sound surrounded by enormous scenery. Setlist.fm lists their Saturday appearance as a scheduled 6:35 p.m. performance.

La Luz and W.I.T.C.H.

La Luz provided one of the day’s biggest stylistic changes, bringing psychedelic pop and surf-influenced guitar music into the meadow.

Then W.I.T.C.H. — We Intend to Cause Havoc — connected Field of Vision to the history of Zamrock. Their presence was particularly valuable on a bill otherwise dominated by contemporary psychedelic and experimental acts.

The late-night program also featured .VRIL, along with DJ Crenshaw, DJ Boogie Boudreaux, Highland Park Sleep Collective and Acid Yoga, keeping the festival alive around the main performances.

Then King Gizzard took over

At 8 p.m., King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard returned for night two of their three-night Field of Vision residency. Setlist.fm lists all three performances at Cottonwood Meadows, with Saturday’s scheduled start at 8 p.m.

And the second night’s set was radically different from Friday.

The band opened with “The River” — Part III — before moving into “Wah Wah” and “Black Tooth.” That immediately established that this wasn’t going to be a repeat of the previous night’s heavy opening.

Then came “Dead-Beat,” its first performance since 2022, followed by “Dirt.”

The first major peak arrived with:

“Crumbling Castle” → “The Fourth Colour”

The sequence was pure classic Gizzard: intricate, heavy and increasingly frantic.

“Organ Farmer” and “Road Train” pushed the set into harder territory, with “Road Train” played in C#, a notable change that also brought back its long-absent outro. “Hell” followed, with Jay Weinberg joining the band on drums.

The electronic trilogy

One of the most unusual sections of the entire festival came next.

King Gizzard transformed:

“The Bitter Boogie” → “Muddy Water” → “Perihelion”

into an electronic arrangement.

Rather than simply reproducing the songs, the band turned familiar material into something closer to a live electronic performance.

Then came two genuine surprises:

“Alien Metal”
“Kill for the Steel”

Both were listed as debuts.

The set became even more ambitious with the Altered Beast sequence:

“Alter Me I” → “Altered Beast II” → “Alter Me II” → “Altered Beast IV”

followed by “Gliese 710.”

After “Trapdoor,” the band launched into “Hypertension,” complete with “Head On/Pill” and “Evil Death Roll” references.

And then came the closer.

“Head On/Pill”

After everything that had come before, King Gizzard finished Saturday with “Head On/Pill.”

It was an inspired choice. Where Friday ended with the expansive “The River,” Saturday ended with one of the band’s great psychedelic improvisational vehicles.

The result was a performance that felt less like a conventional rock concert and more like an evolving musical laboratory.

King Gizzard — Day Two Setlist

According to the Setlist.fm-reported performance, the Saturday set was:

The River — Part III
Wah Wah
Black Tooth
Dead-Beat
Dirt
Crumbling Castle →
The Fourth Colour
Organ Farmer
Road Train
Hell
The Bitter Boogie →
Muddy Water →
Perihelion
Alien Metal
Kill for the Steel
Alter Me I →
Altered Beast II →
Alter Me II →
Altered Beast IV
Gliese 710
Trapdoor
Hypertension
Head On/Pill

Notable moments: “Dead-Beat” and “Organ Farmer” returning after long absences, the electronic “Bitter Boogie/Muddy Water/Perihelion” sequence, the debuts of “Alien Metal” and “Kill for the Steel,” Jay Weinberg joining for “Hell,” and the massive “Head On/Pill” finale.

Day Two verdict: ★★★★★

Day Two was the stronger of the first two nights.

Friday demonstrated what Field of Vision could be. Saturday demonstrated how deep it could go.

The supporting lineup was more stylistically diverse than almost any conventional festival bill, and King Gizzard responded with a set that was almost completely different from Friday’s. Instead of relying on the previous night’s metal-heavy attack, the band moved through prog, garage rock, electronic arrangements, psychedelic improvisation and the Murder of the Universe-era material.

By the time “Head On/Pill” finally brought the night to a close, Field of Vision II had stopped feeling like a festival with King Gizzard as its headliner.

It felt like King Gizzard had turned the entire Colorado meadow into a three-day experiment — and Saturday was the wildest experiment yet.