“NEXT FEST is also a meeting place for music people: artists, managers, journalists, bookers and fans who want to know who will be talked about next,” the organizers announce.
The next edition will take place on April 16-18, 2026, and the artists will appear on stages in several clubs in the city center.
NEXT FEST 2026: we know the first artists!
He was among the first pool of announced artists Vito Bambinowhich probably needs no introduction to anyone. “A cheeky romantic, the most tender voice of the Polish scene, who can radically sing this tenderness in a crowd,” the organizers write about him. At the other end of the axis there was another announced musician – Peja. “Fashions will change, new generations of artists and listeners will appear, but Ryszard Andrzejewski remains himself,” as they say.
They also joined the line-up Bonaventurawhom a wider audience could already meet in the program “Must Be The Music”, Pola Błasikpreviously known from theater stages, Wiktoria Kidai.e. the finalist of “Got Talent!”, Justyna Chachuławho previously appeared alongside Daria Zawiałow, and Wanesa Adamskaknown thanks to Pezet’s viral cover of “House by the Water”.
Since we have already mentioned “Must Be The Music”, the band will also perform in Poznań Cuba and Cuba. In addition to those previously mentioned, they will also play at NEXT FEST August (“raw energy of rock’n’roll, punk and surf rock”), TANTFREAKYwho “show that jazz can be danceable, wild and naughty – funk mixes with psychedelia, and groove does not ask for permission”, The point (“trance jazz combines echoes of electronics and ethnic music here”) and Babyhatssounding “as if someone combined Hammond dirt with subtle electronics and a bit too many ideas”.
Artists who would like to play in Poznań in spring can still apply – recruitment lasts until the end of January.