Left of the Dial announce first wave of acts 2026 festival
Ahead of the Dutch festival’s 2026 edition in October, Left of the Dial has shared the first 41 artists that will be performing at the Rotterdam event.
Left of the Dial is a relatively new festival, launching in 2018. Within only a few years, it has swiftly established itself as one of the leading new music festivals in the Netherlands.
The event has built itself on its commitment to backing new talent from around the world, often acting as the first show that an emerging artist has played outside of their own country.
The first line-up announcement includes artists from 11 countries, including the UK, Ireland, America, Belgium, France, and Denmark.
The first wave of acts includes names like Babe Haven, Bog Band, electro duo Oslo Twins, a selection of Brighton’s finest talents like Trip Westerns, AtticOmatic and Lemonsuckr, along with many more acts from across the worlds of rock, punk, folk, alt-pop and beyond.
The Dutch festival has also pledged that a further 100 artists will be added to the lineup ahead of the event, which will take place in Rotterdam between October 22nd and October 24th.
Only a week after the 2025 event, Left of the Dial announced that tickets for the 2026 festival were already half sold out, but a portion of the allocation still remains for this year’s edition.
See the full first wave of acts below.
Left of the Dial line-up 2026:
- Al Cologne
- Alice Costelloe
- Alien Boy
- Ashnymph
- AtticOmatic
- Babe Haven
- Bathing Suits
- bog band
- Bramwell
- Burglar
- casual smart
- Common Holly
- Curiosity Shop
- Date Camp
- Flooding
- Flowers for the Dead
- GARDENS
- Imaginary Husband
- Insider Trading
- Iskandr
- JJ Bull
- Lacuna
- Latter
- Lemonsuckr
- lttl mort
- Melanie Baker
- Midscale
- Milo Korbenski
- Neve Cariad
- Oslo Twins
- Plainhead
- Pushbike
- Ringlets
- Serena Clara
- Stoop Kid
- Thank
- The Jump Cuts
- The Sewing Club
- Trip Westerns
- TURNSPIT
- Wesley & The Boys
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