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Music, Arts & Political Discourse since 2005

Elevate Festival 2026: 5 - 8 March
#Graz
#Austria
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https://elevate.at
4 WEEKS TO GO! 👀
The Elewait is almost over.

Have you secured your tickets yet?

Phase 1 - Early Bird Best Price (SOLD OUT!)
Phase 2 - Regular Price (until 28th February 2026)
Phase 3 - Highest Price (from 1st March 2026)

Explore the full programme at elevate.at.
Tickets: elevate.at/en/tickets/
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Maxime Denuc (FR)
FRI, 6 March 2026 | Graz

Brussels-based French experimental musician and composer, Denuc will present three works: an organ concert premiering his new album, the immersive installation "Elevations" and a contribution to "Music for Elevators".

Tickets: elevate.at/en/tickets/
February 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook (DE)
THU, 5 March 2026 | Heimatsaal, Graz

Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is a German-American political scientist and a leading transatlantic voice.

Free admission to the entire discourse programme! Livestream available on elevate.at and Youtube.
February 4, 2026 at 10:33 AM
🔔 Ticket Alert 🔔
Phase 1 Tickets are now sold out!

Phase 1 - Early Bird Best Price (SOLD OUT!)
Phase 2 - Regular Price (until 28th February 2026)
Phase 3 - Highest Price (from 1 March 2026)

Tickets: elevate.at/en/tickets/
February 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
ANNA Z (DE)
SAT, 7 March 2026 | Dom im Berg, Graz

Berlin-based DJ and producer blending IDM, techno and breakbeat into dynamic, unpredictable sounds. She will play a live set at Elevate Festival, following the release of her compilation EP SPANDAU20 011.

Tickets: elevate.at/de/tickets
January 30, 2026 at 11:04 AM
The full Elevate Festival programme is live, with newly confirmed names in the discourse and art programme. The lineup is now complete.

Just 5 weeks to go.

All discourse events are free to attend.
Explore the full programme at elevate.at
Tickets via NTRY, oeticket and Resident Advisor.
January 28, 2026 at 1:12 PM
In just five weeks, the Elevate Festival enters its 22nd edition.
With the music programme recently finalised, additional names for the discourse & art programme have now been confirmed, completing the overall programme.

elevate.at/en/details/n...

📷 Şeyda Kurt © Harriet Meyer
Full Programme online!
In five weeks, the Elevate Festival will enter its 22nd edition. Under the theme "Vital Signs", the festival will once again focus on contemporary positions in music, art, and discourse. With the musi...
elevate.at
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Somniac One (LT)
FRI, 6 March 2026 | GRNGR, Graz

A powerful hardcore set is coming from Lithuanian producer and DJ Somniac One, driven by heavy kicks, innovative sound design and relentless energy.

Tickets: elevate.at/de/tickets
January 27, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Stenny (DE)
FRI, 6 March 2026 | PPC, Graz

Munich-based Italian producer (llian Tape) will present a live set blending broken IDM, ambient textures and raw club intensity.

Tickets: elevate.at/de/tickets/
January 27, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Empfehlung der FALTER Programmredaktion 👇

Das interdisziplinäre Festival hat einen Fokus auf kultur- und gesellschaftspolitische Themen und findet einmal jährlich in Graz statt. Heuer mit Marc Almond, Maria Somerville, Eli Preiss.

www.falter.at/festival/241...
Elevate. Das Schlossbergfestival 2026
Festival für Musik, Kunst und politischen Diskurs in Graz. Das interdisziplinäre Festival hat einen Fokus auf kultur- und gesellschaftspolitische Themen und findet einmal jährlich in Graz statt. Heuer...
www.falter.at
January 22, 2026 at 10:03 AM
🎫 Elevate Ticket Overview

Festival passes are now sold out!

Day tickets and selected passes are still available from Thursday to Sunday, including concerts and club nights. Day tickets grant access to all festival events and venues on the selected day.

👉 Tickets: elevate.at/en/tickets/
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Gilda Sahebi (DE)

@gildasahebi.bsky.social is a trained medical doctor & political scientist. She works as an author and freelance journalist, focusing on domestic and foreign politics, authoritarian systems, & polarization, contributing to, among others, taz, Der Spiegel and ARD.
January 21, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Bendik Giske (NO)
THU, 5 March 2026 | Helmut List Halle, Graz

Bendik Giske is one of the most dazzling saxophonists today, blending avant-garde, jazz, electronics, and Scandinavian & Balinese traditions.

Tickets: elevate.at/de/tickets/
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 AM
BEAKS (AT)
SAT, 7 March 2026 | Orpheum Graz

Beaks is the stage name of Vienna-based musician, lyricist, and model Anna Francesca. With a background in poetry, her lyrics testify to her sensitive use of language.

Tickets: elevate.at/de/tickets/
January 17, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by Elevate Festival
Caterina Barbieri and Bendik Giske have collaborated on a new EP, titled At Source

You can listen to lead track ‘Alignment, Orbits’ here:

buff.ly/yx6vAuA
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
SAT 7 March 2026 | Orpheum, Graz

Matthew Herbert joins Momoko Gill for a new duo performance at Elevate. Moving between dance floor energy and intimate moods, they blend electronic textures, rhythmic complexity and melodic vocals into rich, emotionally open songs.

Tickets: elevate.at/en/tickets/
January 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Reposted by Elevate Festival
Wer hat Angst vor Peter Thiel? Christian Schiffer von @br24.de jedenfalls nicht. Er ist Autor und Host und KI-Experte und einer der Verantwortlichen hinter der preisgekrönten Peter Thiel Story. Wir haben ihn zum Gespräch geladen: www.haubentaucher.at/2026/01/podc...
Podcast#74: Christian Schiffer. Wer hat Angst vor Peter Thiel? – Der Haubentaucher
www.haubentaucher.at
January 15, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Full Music Line-Up now online!

Elevate Festival 2026
5 – 8 March
Graz / Austria

Discover all the artists on our website and secure your ticket: elevate.at/en/tickets/
January 14, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The full music line-up of Elevate 2026 is now online – combining club culture, transdisciplinary art and pop moments!
The latest additions to the line-up include Herbert & Momoko, Bendik Giske, BEAKS and many more!

Check out the full line-up here 👇
elevate.at/en/details/n...
The line-up is complete – combining club culture, transdisciplinary art and pop moments
With the full line-up now announced, Elevate Festival 2026 once again presents itself as a multifaceted resonance chamber for contemporary music, art and club culture.
elevate.at
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
💥 50 DAYS TO GO! 💥
The countdown is officially on!
We can’t wait to meet you all again in March!

Pssst... we have some line-up news tomorrow!
10am on our Telegram Channel and 11am here on Bluesky.
January 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM
THU, 5 March 2026 | Helmut List Halle, Graz

The 2026 festival opens with Steve Reich’s "Music for 18 Musicians" — a landmark of minimal music.
Presented by Elevate with KUG, under the artistic direction of Klangforum Wien, performed by PPCM Ensemble.

Tickets: elevate.at/en/tickets/
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Şeyda Kurt (DE)
THU, 5 March 2026 | Helmut List Halle, Graz

Şeyda Kurt — journalist and bestselling author — explores culture, politics and leftist feminism.
She will deliver the opening speech at Elevate Festival 2026.

Free admission to the entire discourse programme!
More info: elevate.at
January 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Douglas Rushkoff (US)
FRI, 6 March 2026 | Heimatsaal, Graz

With @rushkoff.com, Elevate welcomes one of the most influential media and technology theorists of the past three decades.

Free admission to the entire discourse programme!
More info: elevate.at
January 5, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Zora Jones (ES)
THU, 5 March 2026 | Helmut-List-Halle

Zora Jones is a musician & visual artist, operating at the intersection of digital world-building, and progressive club culture. Working with immersive audiovisual formats, she creates hyperreal environments where the organic & artificial blur.
January 5, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Spekki Webu b2b Woody92 (NL)
SAT, 7 March 2026 | Dom im Berg, Graz

Spekki Webu and Woody92 are avant-garde DJs and producers at the core of the Dutch underground techno scene.
In their sets, trance-driven psychedelia meets rave.

Tickets: elevate.at/en/tickets/
January 2, 2026 at 1:45 PM