FestivalClandestino Festival 2026

Clandestino Festival is an international music festival that has taken place annually in Gothenburg since 2003.. With a wide range of international artists, the festival embodies a vision of bringing adventurous music beyond borders to life. Its focus lies in highlighting music that falls outside the prevailing commercial circuits — creating space for the unexpected, for sounds that are both groundbreaking and rooted in tradition.

The 24th edition of Clandestino Festival will take place on July 3rd– July 4th, 2026, on Ringön in Gothenburg. Conditions are in place to offer a festival edition out in the open, making the most out of this distinctive, thrivingly creative part of the harbour. Our main stages will be located at Bryggan, ran by Stigbergets Brewery. There will be an outdoor stage under the open sky and an indoor stage by the pools inside the brewery. Just a few meters away on the same street is Monument, with whom we are collaborating, so our club events continue into the early hours.

Between 12:00 and 17:00, Kinesiska Muren will house concerts, talks, film screenings, and an art exhibition by Ndaku Ya La Vie Est Belle. Our festival ferry will also depart directly to Ringön on Friday and Saturday right at Skeppsbron 4, where Kinesiska Muren is located.

The lineup has been announced in full, featuring artists such as Ata Kak [Kumasi], Ayla Ondamoon [Malmö], Backengrillen [Umeå], Boko Yout [Örebro], Cami Layé Okún [Havana], Cortisa Star [Baltimore], Eddy Ekete [Kinshasa], Edna Martinez [Cartagena/Berlin], Hilgeum [Seoul], Lasaramuya Picó (Sound System) [Barranquilla], Lamisi [Zebilla], Los Thutanaka [Nashville/California], Luisa Almaguer [Mexico City], Muslim Shaggan [Lahore], Nana Benz du Togo [Lomé], Ndaku Ya La Vie Est Belle [Kinshasa], Širom [Ljubljana], Sisso & Maiko [Dar es Salaam], Stivako [Athens], TVOD [New York], and Use Knife [Baghdad/Brussels].