SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL 2026 – TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
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Supersonic Festival returns to Digbeth, Birmingham on 25–26 April 2026 for a special limited edition. As Digbeth continues to be reshaped by gentrification and redevelopment this more intimate edition is both a response and a refusal. While making space to imagine Supersonic’s future.
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Artistic Director and co-founder Lisa Meyer says: “Digbeth was once our wild frontier, a place where anything felt possible. This edition gives us the breathing space to reflect, plan for the future, and come together once again through the power of art and music. In dark times, creating space for collective, joyous catharsis feels more important than ever.”
DJ Haram by Suchi Jalavancha
Though reduced in size, the 2026 programme remains rich and adventurous. Supersonic is proud to present a worldwide exclusive from Microplastics, a new live band featuring 96 back, aya and Jennifer Walton, whose evolution from DJ collective to rock band has been years in the making. Detroit’s Prostitute bring volatile live shows fusing experimental post-punk with Arab rock, while ØXN (featuring members of Lankum, Percolator and Katie Kim) return with their haunting, motorik-driven doom-folk.
Traidora by Doomridermedia
Elsewhere on the lineup, Milkweed weave British folk, Appalachian song and hauntological sound collage; Bong II reunite members of Bong and joined by Daniel of Smote for ritualistic, drone-heavy explorations; and DJ Haram delivers boundary-pushing club, bass and rap-rooted electronics. The bill is completed by Ameretat, blending Iranian musical traditions with crust and hardcore; cinematic Yorkshire folk project GREET; site-responsive collaboration MMM brings together Gayle Brogan, Nick Jonah Davis and Elizabeth Still of Haress who have immersed themselves in the archaeology, astronomy and lore of extraordinary 5000-year-old Calanais Stones on the Isle of Lewis and Traidora, whose raw, uncompromising sound channels lived experiences of resistance and survival.
Stuart Maconie at Supersonic 2024 by John Convery
STUART MACONIE’S FREAK ZONE PUB QUIZ RETURNS!
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“We at the Freak Zone are delighted to once again be involved with Birmingham’s Supersonic Festival, the UK’s home of left field and experimental metal, folk, electronica, sludge, doom, drone and all genres in-between. We feel we are kindred spirits; both keen on both challenging, adventurous and unusual music and committed to having fun as well as having our heads expanded. Come and join us in Digbeth this spring!” – Stuart Maconie BBC Radio 6 Music
Further artists will be announced in the coming weeks, alongside a full programme of workshops, talks and guest DJ sets.
