What to Wear to Wear to Goldrush Music Festival
Get your saddles ready and cowboy up for a hoedown in the New West! Goldrush Music Festival makes its wild reprisal to the west as Goldrush: Midnight Riders on September, 11-12, 2026! One of Arizona’s biggest festivals returns to Rawhide Western Town in Chandler, Arizona for a midnight ride with 50+ artists across multiple stages carved into the desert land. Leave the corral with headlining space cowboys Alesso, GRiZ, and Martin Garrix for a ride to the neon sky.
Goldrush Music Festival Outfit Inspiration
This EDM festival theme is all about the Old West in Arizona. Desert botanicals, rodeos, prospecting for gold, cowboys/cowgirls, and everything about American Western culture. Looking like you're a Western blast from the past with fringe, cowboy boots, and a big Western buckle is customary for this backwater music event.
What to Wear to Goldrush:
Cowboy Hats and Boots
Chaps and Bell Bottoms
Bolo Ties
Western Belts and Buckles
Gold Clothing and Accessories
Fringe
All Black Outfits (But Make It Western)
Denim
Cow and Other Desert Animal Prints
Desert-Inspired Clothing
1. Cowboy Hats and Boots
The Old Wild West revolved around cowboy hats and boots to beat the Sonoran elements. Find your inner cowboy or cowgirl and decorate your hats and boots for a customized look. Cowboy hats and boots come in an array of colors to match any outfit. Giddy up in your Sunday best!
2. Chaps and Bell Bottoms
What are cowboy hats and boots without chaps? Chaps will complete your Western-themed outfit like cacti in the desert. You can wear booty shorts or bikini bottoms underneath your chaps if you don’t feel like wearing denim. For all chaps, check out iHeartRaves’ full chaps collection here.
If you feel like emulating Ella Langley in her “Choosin’ Texas” music video, wear bell bottoms! Bell bottoms were a popular Western fashion staple for country singers, cowgirls, and rodeo stars because the flared shape easily went over cowboy boots without bunching the pants. Find your favorite bell bottoms from iHeartRaves on this page.
Flash Point Silver Reflective Chaps
3. Bolo Ties
Bolo ties are the most underrated accessory to wear at Goldrush Fest. If you want to have the best outfit detail on the dance floor and in your pictures, a bolo tie should be worn as your necklace! Again, bolo ties like cowboy boots come in so many colors and medallion shapes with different gemstones such as turquoise.
4. Western Belts and Buckles
Even if you decide not to wear jeans or pants, belts can still be worn as an accessory. You can wear medallion belts or chunky Western-inspired belt buckles across your waist, chest, or hips no matter the outfit you choose to wear. Belts and buckles will suit your dress, chaps, jeans, matching set, and more!
5. Gold Clothing and Accessories
Why not put the gold in Goldrush? You may not be prospecting for gold, but you can be the gold found at this Arizonan festival. Gold clothing is a go-to for this event if you have no idea what to wear. If you wear an outfit without gold, you can still spice it up with gold accessories!
6. Fringe
Fringe will definitely make you stand out as a character from the Old Wild West! Fringe is quintessential to Western fashion and to looking like a rodeo star. Find your favorite fringe look from iHeartRaves here.
Fringe Sequin Crochet Poncho and matching Skirt
7. All Black Outfits (But Make It Western)
All black outfits are a classic for any event and have been repeated for many years at Goldrush Fest. Gold and Western accessories will be the forefront of the all black outfit and elevate your look for the theme. iHeartRaves has a full collection dedicated to all black outfits known as The Afters Collection which is frequently updated with new arrivals.
8. Denim
Cowboys and cowgirls are famous for wearing denim! You can wear any denim of your choice and pair with a bandana of your favorite color. Denim and red bandanas have made an appearance at Goldrush two years ago. If you don’t feel like wearing denim because it can make you feel too stiff while you dance, opt for wearing blue.
Sweet ‘N’ Spicy 2 Piece Set - Baby Blue
9. Cow and Other Desert Animal Prints
Don’t feel like marking an appearance as a cowboy or cowgirl? Have no fear! You can be a beautiful desert animal! Cows, bulls, horses, or snakes can be incorporated into your outfit with those specific clothing prints or a whole costume!
Some attendees in the past have worn cow costumes and face paint to emphasize the beauty of desert animals! Plus, snake skin boots would be such a power move to any outfit. Come as a jackrabbit or coyote to be one with the night.
Arizona’s butterfly season is here for August through October because of the monsoon blooms, so butterfly print would be perfect! Visit this page for all butterfly clothing and accessories.
Electric Insect Dress With Sleeves
10. Desert-Inspired Clothing
It’s time to channel your inner desert goddess! Desertcore and desert chic attire have always applied to the Goldrush theme for years as Rawhide Western Town is surrounded by the iconic dirt of the Sonoran Desert.
Flowing dresses and earth tones can help you match desert botanicals such as the cacti or Palo Verde trees. iHeartRaves has the best fitting and flattering maxi dresses ready to pair with gold accessories and your favorite Western statement pieces. For earth-toned dress options, check out the entire iHeartRaves’ dresses collection.
Desert Dance Crochet Dress
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