Polifonic Festival announces the full lineup for its 2026 edition, scheduled from Wednesday 22 July to Sunday 26 July in the Valle d’Itria, confirming its role as one of the most recognizable and curatorially solid festivals in the European electronic music landscape.
There will be 63 acts in total expected this year, spread across three iconic locations: the evocative Masseria Capece, Cala Maka and the Le Palme Beach Club which will become spaces for listening, meeting and transformation, in constant dialogue with the landscape and light of the Valle d’Itria.
The Polifonic Festival 2026 lineup unfolds as a unique and continuous narrative, able to move naturally through the many shades of contemporary electronic music, bringing together historic pioneers, international icons, visionary live acts and new trajectories of global club culture.
A Guy Called Gerald Live | Alex Neri b2b Pancratio | Baby Rollen | BASHKKA | Ben UFO | Black Loops b2b Innocent Soul | Carl Craig b2b Moodymann | Chet Faker Live | Chloé Caillet | Cinthie | Coco María | Craig Richards | Dee Diggs | DJ MARIA. | DJ Marcelle | Djrum | Donato Dozzy | Francesco Del Garda b2b Christian AB | Gabbs | Gerd Janson b2b Dirty Channels | Giammarco Orsini | GNMR | Guy Contact Live | Hiver presents Night Heron | ISAbella | Ivan Smagghe | James Falco | Job Jobse | Joiah | Karnak On Acid | Katia Curie | Kenia | Kittin | Le Motel | Lena Willikens | Lumiere | MACE | Maono | Nicola Mazzetti | Nicolas Lutz | O.BEE | Okee Ru | Pascal Moscheni | Peach | Pearl River Sound | Pearson Sound | Prosumer | QUEST | Rakim Under & David Triana | Samaʼ Abdulhadi | Shackleton Live | Simone De Kunovich | Sola Live | Tiga | Tash LC | Tomás Station | Vardae Live | Vlada | Voices From The Lake Live | XDB | Yas Reven | Z.I.P.P.O
The festival builds a sonic ecosystem where research, energy and identity coexist, featuring key names from the scene. Above all stands out the b2b between Carl Craig and Moodymann, a historic meeting between two Detroit legends that promises a deep and unpredictable sonic dialogue, capable of blending techno, house, soul and jazz. MACE, among the most influential figures in the contemporary Italian scene, brings his cross-cutting and sophisticated vision, able to unite clubbing, research and pop sensibility in powerful, narrative-driven sets, while Chet Faker (Live) adds an emotional and intimate dimension to the festival, with a performance that weaves together electronic music, soul and songwriting. The presence of Djrum reinforces the most experimental soul of the lineup, thanks to a technical and creative approach that moves through techno, breakbeat, jungle and ambient, while Samaʼ Abdulhadi, a key voice in the Palestinian and international scene, brings to the stage a powerful, hypnotic and deeply identity-driven techno. Completing the picture, the Canadian Tiga embodies the iconic energy of international clubbing, one of the leading DJs/producers who in recent times has stirred up the dancefloor, with singles that have also achieved great success in Italy, from “Pleasure From The Bass” to “You Gonna Want Me”.
Alongside them, the lineup is enriched with essential names such as A Guy Called Gerald (Live), a pioneer of acid house, Donato Dozzy, a veteran of the Roman electronic scene, Voices From The Lake (Live), Shackleton (Live) and Pearson Sound, symbols of deep, uncompromising electronic research. The festival also welcomes key figures of club culture such as Ben UFO, Craig Richards, Job Jobse, Lena Willikens, Prosumer, Ivan Smagghe, Nicolas Lutz, ZIPPO, Peach, Cinthie, DJ Marcelle, Dee Diggs, Kittin, Tash LC, together with live acts and special projects such as Guy Contact, Sola, Vardae, Voices From The Lake, Hiver presents Night Heron and Karnak On Acid.
Completing the picture is a carefully curated selection of artists and hybrid entities – including Alex Neri b2b Pancratio, Black Loops b2b Innocent Soul, Gerd Janson b2b Dirty Channels, David Triana b2b Rakim Under, BASHKKA, Chloé Caillet, Coco María, DJ MARIA., Gabbs, ISAbella, Maono, Pearl River Sound, QUEST, Yas Reven and many others – confirming Polifonic Festival 2026 as a meeting space between the past, present and future of electronic music.
The theme chosen for the 2026 edition, “Sensory Bloom”, encapsulates and guides the festival’s entire vision: an invitation to experience the event as a conscious amplification of the senses, in which sound, light and space become tools to intensify perception and bring listening back to a direct, physical and immediate dimension. “Sensory Bloom” is born from the meeting of primary emotions and moments destined to turn into memory, without resorting to excess, but activating universal sensations such as wonder, connection, joy and surrender. In this process, the individual experience multiplies and circulates, passing from body to body, until it becomes collective.
This is where Polifonic transforms: from a simple event into a living organism, sensitive and synchronized, in which music and people bloom together, generating shared memories destined to last over time.
With 63 acts, three immersive locations and a curation that places sensory experience and artistic quality at its core, Polifonic Festival 2026 is preparing to be not only a musical appointment, but a profound cultural experience, capable of leaving a mark on the territory.
New for this edition is the new festival calendar layout, which includes an extension of the days at the Masseria. On Wednesday, at Cala Maka, Polifonic opens with a first introductory moment. From Thursday the festival will move to Masseria Capece, which this year for the first time will host three consecutive days. The opening at the Masseria will be marked by a special opening act, with an exclusive live performance by Voices From The Lake at the Stone Stage, the stage inside the quarry. On Friday and Saturday, artists will rotate across all four stages at Masseria Capece.
The closing of Polifonic 2026, on Sunday, will take place at the evocative Le Palme Beach Club, to end the event by the sea in a unique and relaxed atmosphere.
Sophisticated curation, inclusivity, gender balance, quality of the artistic offering, care and a deep connection to the territory, its culture and its flavors, including gastronomic ones: these are Polifonic’s identity values, which edition after edition are strengthened through new initiatives and collaborations.
The timeless landscape of the Valle d’Itria is getting ready to resonate once again with the rhythms of Polifonic Festival: an annual gathering that promises a multi-sensory experience, among immersive installations, magical moments between night, sunrise and sunset with sets designed to highlight the connection between nature, time and music, and visuals and stage designs crafted down to the smallest detail.
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Polifonic was born in 2017 as a music festival in Puglia, in the Valle d’Itria, and since 2022 it has also had a new edition in Milan (expected this year in autumn). Polifonic is a Made in Italy brand with an international spirit, characterized by a special connection to the territory with the aim of enhancing the natural beauty of the places where it takes place. Since 2021, Polifonic has also been a record label and exports its established format beyond national borders, through the curation of events and collaborations with several prestigious European entities.
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