C2C Festival announces most ambitious line-up yet for its 25th anniversary

Robyn, Yung Lean & Bladee, Arca, Kelela, Oklou and more to play C2C Festival 2026

C2C Festival has unveiled the first wave of artists for its 25th anniversary edition, announcing its most ambitious line-up to date as it returns to Turin from 29 October to 1 November 2026.

The announcement comes as tickets for the second edition of C2C Festival NYC (8 May 2026, Knockdown Center) approach sell-out, with focus now shifting back to Turin for the flagship event. Set during Contemporary Art Week, C2C Festival once again positions itself at the centre of Europe’s avant-pop and experimental music landscape.

Following a landmark 2025 edition that welcomed 42,000 attendees, with a record-breaking 40% international audience, C2C Festival remains Italy’s largest indoor music festival and a global reference point for forward-thinking contemporary music.

The first wave of artists includes Robyn, Yung Lean & Bladee, Arca, Kelela, Oklou, BADBADNOTGOOD, Theo Parrish (extended set), Crystallmess, Chuquimamani-Condori presents DJ E, underscores, Chanel Beads, Joanne Robertson, KMRU, and more.

Founded in Turin in 2002 as Club To Club, C2C Festival has built an internationally recognised curatorial identity rooted in innovation, independence and cross-disciplinary exchange. Pitchfork has described it as the “ne-plus-ultra festival of avant-garde eclecticism,” a reputation reinforced by a programme that dissolves genre boundaries across pop, electronic, rap, jazz, folk and R&B.

The 2026 headliner is Robyn, marking one of the most anticipated returns of the decade following the release of Sexistential on Young, her first solo work in seven years. The festival will also host a rare joint performance from Yung Lean and Bladee, appearing together live in Italy for the first time, bringing the cloud rap vision of Stockholm’s Drain Gang to Turin.

Elsewhere, Oklou makes her Italian debut following acclaim for Choke Enough, while Arca returns more than a decade after her last C2C appearance. Kelela, one of the most refined voices in contemporary R&B, also returns to the festival, alongside Canadian jazz experimentalists BADBADNOTGOOD, New York art-pop project Chanel Beads, and Detroit icon Theo Parrish, set to deliver an extended set.

Friday and Saturday programmes will take place at Lingotto Fiere, the iconic former Fiat factory, while OGR Torino will host Thursday and Sunday, continuing C2C’s dialogue between music, architecture and the city’s cultural infrastructure.

All announced shows will take place on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October at Lingotto. Passes grant access to all announced shows.

The super early bird tickets have already sold out.Early bird passes go on sale Wednesday 4 February at 12:00 PM via DICE.fm, in limited quantities.