NCN – Nocturnal Culture Night 2026

09/03/2026 – 09/06/2026Kulturpark Deutzen, Neukieritzsch

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Festival days

Day 1

Thursday, September 3

Saturday, September 5

Full lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 200 songs64 artists

Lineup and set times are subject to change — please verify on the official festival website.

Tyske Ludder

Industrial, EBM

Playing on 09/03

Tyske Ludder is an EBM and industrial dark electro band formed in Lower Saxony, Germany in 1989. The band has been a...

Sierra Veins

Synthwave, Dark Wave, EBM

Playing on 09/04

Sierra Veins is a French dark synth project from Paris, producing darkwave and EBM-influenced electronic music.

Lone Assembly

Post-Punk, Dark Wave

Playing on 09/05

Lone Assembly is a Swiss quartet blending new wave, romantic synthpop, and dark, melancholic post-punk. Led by vocalist...

Die Krupps

Industrial, Metal

Playing on 09/06

Die Krupps are a band formed in Düsseldorf in 1980 around Jürgen Engler. Together with co-founders Ralf Dörper and...

Prager Handgriff

EBM

Playing on 09/03

Prager Handgriff is an electro project founded in Witten in 1990 by Stefan Schäfer and Volker Rathmann, known for...

Girls Under Glass

Gothic, Dark Wave, Post-Punk

Playing on 09/04

Girls Under Glass is a gothic rock and darkwave band founded in Hamburg in 1986. The project has released around twenty...

Esplendor Geométrico

Industrial, Noise

Playing on 09/05

Madrid's Esplendor Geométrico have been pioneers of industrial and rhythmic noise since 1980: repetitive machine...

Diary Of Dreams

Dark Wave, Gothic, Gothic Rock

Playing on 09/06

Diary of Dreams is a German darkwave band led by founding member Adrian Hates. Known for their atmospheric, melancholic...

MRDTC

EBM

Playing on 09/03

MRDTC is a German EBM/electro project by MRD and TC (Tino Claus). Releases include '#5 [Straight From Nothington]' and...

Nemuer

Folk

Playing on 09/04

Nemuer is a dark pagan folk project from Prague that explores ancient cultures through ritual music, historical...

Nik Kershaw

Singer-Songwriter

Playing on 09/05

Nik Kershaw is an English singer-songwriter who rose to prominence in 1984 with hits such as 'Wouldn't It Be Good' and...

Hundreds

Playing on 09/06

Hundreds is the electro-pop project of Hamburg siblings Eva and Philipp Milner, joined by Florian Wienczny. Since the...

Bagger 258

EBM, Industrial

Playing on 09/03

Bagger 258 are an EBM duo from Augsburg who describe their own style as 'German Anhalt EBM'. Their album 'Aufwärts...

L'Âme Immortelle

Dark Wave, EBM

Playing on 09/04

L'Âme Immortelle ("the immortal soul") is an Austrian darkwave duo from Vienna, formed in 1996 by Thomas Rainer and...

SKYND

Industrial, Gothic, Metal

Playing on 09/05

SKYND is an industrial rock duo formed in Sydney in 2017, consisting of the enigmatic vocalist SKYND and...

Peter Heppner

Dark Wave

Playing on 09/06

Peter Heppner is a German singer born in 1967, best known as the lead vocalist of influential synthpop/darkwave duo...

Siglo XX

Dark Wave, Post-Punk, Gothic

Playing on 09/04

Siglo XX are a Belgian dark-wave and post-punk band from Genk, active from 1978 to 1990 and playing live again since...

Actors

Post-Punk

Playing on 09/05

ACTORS are a Canadian post-punk band from Vancouver, formed in 2012 by vocalist and guitarist Jason Corbett. Their...

Of the Wand & the Moon

Folk

Playing on 09/06

Of the Wand & the Moon is the neofolk project of Danish musician Kim Larsen (formerly of Saturnus): acoustic guitar,...

Elinborg

Singer-Songwriter, Folk

Playing on 09/04

Elinborg is a Faroese singer-songwriter from Syðrugøta whose music moves between electronic, folk and world music. Her...

Les Chasseurs de la Nuit

Industrial

Playing on 09/05

Les Chasseurs de la Nuit is the side project of Danish musician Kim Larsen (Of the Wand & the Moon) under the pseudonym...

Sturm Café

EBM

Playing on 09/06

Sturm Café from Gävle, Sweden, mix EBM with synth-pop and idiosyncratic German lyrics. After the debut "So seelisch, so...

MS Gentur + Sven Phalanx

Industrial, Noise

Playing on 09/04

MS Gentur + Sven Phalanx is the collaboration of German rhythmic-noise project MS Gentur (Hands Productions) with...

Samsas Traum

Gothic, Metal, Gothic Metal

Playing on 09/05

Samsas Traum is the project founded by Alexander Kaschte in Marburg in 1996, combining gothic and metal; Weena Morloch...

Winter Severity Index

Post-Punk, Dark Wave

Playing on 09/06

Winter Severity Index is the project of Rome's Simona Ferrucci (voice, guitar, bass, drum programming, synths), moving...

Pankow

EBM, Industrial

Playing on 09/04

Pankow from Florence are regarded as pioneers of Italian EBM and industrial. Their albums include 'Freiheit für die...

The Beauty Of Gemina

Dark Wave, Gothic, Gothic Rock

Playing on 09/05

The Beauty Of Gemina is a Swiss darkwave and gothic rock band formed by Michael Sele. Their music blends powerful...

Intent:Outtake

Industrial

Playing on 09/06

Intent:Outtake are a dark electro duo from Leipzig built around founder Andreas Engleitner and singer Bastian Polak,...

Atlas Bird

Rock

Playing on 09/04

Atlas Bird is a Leipzig duo of Martin Schröder-Zabel (guitar, vocals) and Axel Kunz (drums, piano). Their self-titled...

Lovataraxx

Dark Wave

Playing on 09/05

Lovataraxx are a cold wave and minimal synth duo from Lyon who bring a personal touch to the darkwave pool with...

Supersimmetria

Industrial

Playing on 09/06

Supersimmetria is the Berlin project of Armando Alibrandi, spanning dark electronic, IDM and industrial techno, with...

Melotron

debdepan are a duo from Margate, England, who describe their sound as genre-blurring alternative music influenced by...

Corde Oblique

Folk

Playing on 09/06

Corde Oblique is the project of Neapolitan guitarist and composer Riccardo Prencipe, self-described as progressive...

Vanguard

EBM, Synthwave

Playing on 09/04

Vanguard is a Swedish synthpop/futurepop duo from Gothenburg, formed in 2008 by Patrik Hansson and Jonas Olofsson....

Schöngeist

Dark Wave, Gothic, Gothic Rock

Playing on 09/05

Schöngeist is a dark rock band founded in Munich in 2006 by Timur Karakus, blending German-language gothic rock with...

Lovelorn Dolls

Gothic, Post-Punk, Gothic Rock

Playing on 09/06

Brussels-based Lovelorn Dolls describe their sound as synth gothic rock with a "creepy cute" aesthetic and are signed...

Frequen-C & TC75

Ton:Fehler are an electronic duo from Bonn and Bad Salzuflen. The project started in 2020 as a trio and has consisted...

Rina Pavar

Dark Wave

Playing on 09/05

Rina Pavar is a coldwave and dark electronic project from Leipzig. The album 'six' was released in 2025.