Meakusma Festival announces stacked 2026 lineup for Eupen return

Art & Culture

Meakusma Festival has confirmed the full lineup for its 2026 edition, returning to the East Belgian city of Eupen from 3–6 September for four days of live performances, DJ sets, installations and workshops spread across the town’s churches, museums, empty shops and its main site at the Alter Schlachthof.

With 140 acts across the bill, this year’s programme leans hard into Meakusma’s signature blend of the experimental and the club-facing. Khoisan artist Garth Erasmus performs with the Broken String Ensemble, while Belo Horizonte baile funk don Anderson do Paraíso and Norwegian-based sound sculptor Carmen Villain bring contrasting takes on rhythm and atmosphere. Senegalese percussion master Dudù Kouate — a longtime Art Ensemble of Chicago collaborator known for playing over 200 self-built instruments – appears solo and alongside cellist Julia Biłat, while Meakusma regular Valentina Magaletti teams up with Maria Bertel of Selvhenter and Japan’s YPY.

The classical and contemporary end of things gets serious weight this year via a partnership with Ostbelgienfestival. Cologne’s Ensemble Musikfabrik marks the Morton Feldman centenary with two dedicated pieces, and the Nadar Ensemble stages three performances of Raven Chacon’s Pulitzer-winning Voiceless Mass. Elsewhere, a weekend-long installation from Fabio Machiavelli and a rotating sonic sculpture by Vienna’s Peter Kutin (ROTOЯ) push the festival’s site-specific programming further than before.

On the club and dancefloor side, expect sets from Autumns, JASSS, DJ Plead, Sa Pa, 2562 (aka Dave Huismans, presenting his ex_libris project), and Demdike Stare, who bring their Who Owns The Dark audiovisual piece to the Junglingshaus cinema before playing the main hall. Detroit legend Gerald Cleaver joins bassist Brandon Lopez and pianist Pat Thomas for a one-off trio show, and Amsterdam’s Ambassade, Barcelona’s opo, and Spain’s Telva round out a bill that draws from across Europe, Japan, Australia and beyond.

A run of label showcases adds further depth: Brussels/Paris imprint moli del tro, London’s Sagome, Cologne’s ReiheM, and Berlin’s Tax Free Records all bring curated slots, alongside a new collaboration with Norway’s Insomnia Festival pairing Elina Waage Mikalsen with Grisha223.

Multi-day passes for Meakusma 2026 have already sold out, though single-event tickets remain available for those wanting to catch individual performances, and the festival campsite is open to all with an online camping ticket.

Meakusma Festival runs 3–6 September 2026 in Eupen, Belgium.

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Full Lineup:

Garth Erasmus Broken String Ensemble
Anderson do Paraíso
Brandon Lopez, Gerald Cleaver, Pat Thomas
Tara Clerkin Trio
Carmen Villain
Ambassade pres. Manrira (AV show)
Voiceless Mass by Nadar Ensemble
JASSS
Violeta Garcia
Adjunct Ensemble
Extra (Peter Evans , Petter Eldh, Jim Black)
Valentina Magaletti & Maria Bertel
Ensemble Musikfabrik plays Feldman
Fabio Machiavelli & Ictus Ensemble
Antonina Nowacka
Demdike Stare & Cherrystones present ‘Who Owns The Dark?’ (A/V Live) with visuals by Meghan Desmond
EROSÃO Percussion Trio (Mariá Portugal, Emilio Gordoa, Burkhard Beins)
Dudù Kouaté & Julia Bilat
Carrier
Protocol by A Two Dogs Company and Ictus Ensemble
Akuma No Numa
Elaine Howley
Anushka Chkheidze & Peter Evans
Sa Pa
Rest Symbol
Big Hands & MYS
Ben Vince
Autumns
SSTROM
Satch Hoyt
Valentina Magaletti & YPY
DJ Plead
Ibrahim Alfa Jr
RAP (Guy Gormley & Thomas Bush)
The Mad Laboratory of Anti-Matter
Ex-Easter Island Head
Sisso & Maiko
YPY & Ben Vince
Richard Fearless
crys cole & Marja Ahti
ROTOЯ – Sonic Body
Ezra Feinberg
Suzan Peeters
The Wilderness of Mirrors by Eva Reiter
Dave Huismans presents ex_libris LIVE
The Dengie Hundred
Big Hands
Brandon Lopez
Gombeen & Doygen
Grace & Raffaela
Androo
Sister Marion
Basma & Temir Alcy
great area
Bertel Schollaert & Hein Devos
Gilb’R
opo
I’A’V (Inês Malheiro, Arianna Casellas, Violeta Azevedo)
Raisa K
Bruce
Dudù Kouaté
Brian Parks
Memotone
Ak’chamel
Annabel Fraser
Madteo
k means
Raphael Loher
Karen Willems, Nicola Lancerotti, Thomas Olbrechts
Metrodome
Nosedrip
Le Mystérieux Orchestre Électronique de Paris
both more and less than itself
Lennert Jacobs
Les Marquises
Low End Activist
Alepher
Calcutá
Lupini
Brokenchord
Jaan
Detraex Corp
Marc Matter
Maika Garnica
Bitsy Knox & Roger 3000
Capablanca
Dip Friso
Brunnera
Elisabeth Davis
BRUINE (Michael Thieke, Tom Malmendier & Emilie Škrijelj)
Yu Ching
Radio Hito
Natasha Pirard
Robert Bergmann
Who’s The Technician?
Loma Doom
Klangwart
Tiago
Saba Arat
Telva
Elina Waage Mikalsen
Skyapnea
Wino Wagon DJ’s
Front Page Leslie
Zeynep Ayse Hatipoglu
Dennis Aycicek
Julia Bünnagel
Mankiyan
DJ Sukram
Clement Nourry
Irisplus
Running out of Time
Pittori Locali
Roger 23
Laszlo Umbreit
Axel Gilain & Julia Emmery
Mother
Unchained
Ravekoor performs The Great Learning by Cornelius Cardew
Vera Dvale
Samson A.K.
NTN
Carl Luis
Laura Lot
Mr Clarinet
Pat Orburn
Daniel[i]
DJ Brom
Yeahlena
Time Is Away
Davide Tidoni
The Seashell And The Clergyman by Grisha223
Falyakon
Marathon Man
Gwen Sainte-Rose
Vers
Malu
R&R
Sagome
Nadelør
Munda
Moli Del Tro
Camille Maria
aphasit
Will O’Brien
Val Clipp
Ye Ye & Shorlax
Sopa Do Dia
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Showcases / label partners featured throughout the bill: moli del tro (Brussels/Paris) · Sagome (London) · ReiheM (Cologne) · gerngesehen (Cologne) · TAX FREE RECORDS (Berlin) · Insomnia Festival (Norway, collaboration)