Babes To See at Elements festival 2026

By Jackie

About Elements Music and Arts Festival:

From an underground New York City music and arts event to a large-scale, multi-day camping festival, Elements Music and Arts festival has continued to capture hearts each August. Today, Elements finds its home at Pocono Raceway, or rather the forests that surround it, where one can find a plethora of genres under the EDM umbrella alongside live electronic, funk, and jam-inspired performances. In recent years, Elements has implemented the Art of Change initiative, which uses art, workshops and performances to highlight underrepresented communities. In 2023, Art of Change focused on the LGBTQIA+ community holding Pride parades through the campgrounds, raising money for The Trevor Project during drag brunch and hosting workshops on queer identity. 

This year the Elements lineup features just 19% of women and queer artists, not even  ⅕ of their  lineup. As a festival born from bending the rules and shifting the community, Elements has the potential and platform to uplift underrepresented artists in more than these two categories. The culture and representation is shifting in our community as members come to understand that the dance floors and safe spaces we celebrate today were built by these marginalized communities.

Bass n Babes is a bass music collective that aims to uplift queer, femme, and underrepresented DJs/producers. By bringing queer and feminine energy to bass music culture, we push the scene forward and tap into talent that has historically been overlooked.

About the artists:

Kaleena Zanders

Being a black, queer artist in the edm world, Kaleena has fought to create a space where those like her can feel safe and free to find their flow on and off the dancefloor. Singing and music have always been in Kaleena's life shown to her by her grandmother, a choir leader, singer and pianist. She channels this generational love on the decks, singing through the mic or speaking to thousands under festival lights. Mixing the three together creates an extra level of connection that she spreads to all who get to hear her through her bold, soulful house music filled with inspiring vocals and fearless confidence. This year marks the release of her first debut album and tour, “Anything Goes” the later concluding in May. Her 2026 calendar not only included Northern Nights x Dirtybird, but also EDC Mexico, Electric Forest, Elements and Beyond Wonderland PNW.

Listen to “Anything Goes” by Kaleena Zanders

Clozee

At the young age of 16 living in the suburbs of Paris, Chloé Herry started combining her newfound love of EDM with her guitar melodies to record, create and play. Almost 17 years later, the queer bass artist is now one of the most sought after sets in the industry, blessing audiences with her distinct “world bass” sound. Through her platform, she created an artist friendly label, Odyzey Music in 2020 which has featured singles from some of the industries most influential talent such as GriZ, Of The Trees, Zingara and LSDream. Through her label, she works directly to uplift, support and mentor queer and female bass artists who are largely underrepresented in the industry. CloZee has shared that her journey as a queer woman has deeply inspired her work in different ways over the years as have her travels around the world. 

Listen to “Wonder” by Clozee

Sharlitz Web

Grace Stockdale, better known as Sharlitz Web is an experimental, liquid bass producer and  DJ who has spent the last 7 years connecting realms through her music. Web connected with dubstep through her flow art, losing herself in that present state of self-expression and body connection. Web has been very open in interviews how her younger sister's passing has deeply inspired her darker sound, speaking on how her sister is with her in the music making process as her muse.  Since she started producing in 2021, she has played major festivals such as Lost Lands, Wakkan and Dancefestopia.

Listen to “Spooky Barn Mix Vol 1” by Sharlitz Web

Pnther

Pnther is a dubstep DJ hailing from Denver, CO who brings a blend of dubstep, riddim, melodic melodies and heavy rhythms full of power to the dancefloor. In 2023, she moved into producing and since then have been booked for festivals such as Decadence CO, Global Dance Festival and Knowhere. She has collaborated with artists such as Kattana and opened for dubstep legends such as Kompany, Jessica Audiffred and Pyke. Pnther continues to spread her dark, powerful music into the scene for all to enjoy.

Listen to “Not A Problem” by Pnther

Linska

Ella Balinska is a woman of many talents; she knows how to captivate a room through the screen and through the subwoofers. After a successful entrance into Hollywood, Balinska realized that she felt more alive and herself behind the decks and has dedicated herself to it full time. Linska is a London born, LA based heavy UK underground bass and melodic tech-house DJ who has blown up in the scene over the past 2 years. Her breakout track “Bad Boy” has been played by house heavy hitters since its release in late 2024. Since then she has been touring globally, with making major appearances domestically at Coachella and EDC. 

Listen to “Bad Boy” by Linksa

Zingara

Zingara from a young age has felt deeply connected with spirituality, magic and energy, projecting this love into her art. Today, her manifestations have brought her to the forefront of the bass scene as one of the leading women in the industry. In the past 5 years she has gone from playing small college bars to appearing on major lineups such as Lost Lands, Shambala and Electric Forest and selling out tours. Her latest endeavour, the Parallel Spirits Tour with Level Up, has been a massive success around the US with tour dates still to come. 

Listen to “Telekinesis” by Zingara

Charlotte De Witte

The internationally renowned Charlotte De Witte blends multiple genres of techno together to bring her listeners into a universal sense of belonging. The Belgian DJ started performing at 16 in her home country under an alias of “Raving George” to avoid gender biases in a male-dominated industry. As her reputation and confidence grew, she dropped the alias in 2015 and stuck to her true name on the decks. In 2025 she rewrote history to be the first DJ ever to play mainstage at Tomorrowland Belgium twice in one day, the second time being the closing act, making her the first ever woman and techno DJ to close out the festival. She has broken records for her genre in multiple countries as a techno DJ and continues to tour in Europe, Canada and the US this summer. 

Listen to “Amor” by Charlotte de Witte