Malta's Biggest Festival Just Got Even Bigger
Ben Klock b2b Rødhåd. Amelie Lens. SPFDJ. VTSS. 100 artists across four days in Malta this August. Glitch Festival turns ten and the lineup is the best one yet.
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Ten Years On, Glitch Festival Just Put Together Its Most Dangerous Lineup Yet
Malta is a small island. Twenty-seven kilometres long, fourteen wide. You can drive from one end to the other in under an hour. But every August for the past decade, that island has hosted one of the most focused and uncompromising electronic music festivals in Europe, and in 2026 Glitch Festival turns ten years old with a lineup that makes every previous edition look like a warmup.
Over four days from August 12 to 15, Malta plays host to one of the most stacked electronic music programmes the island has ever seen. Over 100 artists, multiple stages, and a decade's worth of momentum behind it. This is not a festival that got bigger by getting softer. It got bigger by getting better.
What Glitch Actually Is
Ten years is a long time for any festival, let alone one on a small island in the Mediterranean. Glitch has grown from a niche event into one of Europe's most respected underground electronic festivals, putting Malta on the map for international electronic music while consistently giving local DJs and producers a platform alongside world-class talent.
From rooftop pool parties to a secret ancient vault, this house and techno festival spans multiple venues across the island with eight stages designed for an enthralling atmosphere. No two nights feel the same. The opening party takes place at the UNESCO bastions of Valletta Ditch on August 12, the main festival days on August 13 and 14 are held at Gianpula Fields, and the closing party on August 15 wraps everything up at the Orbit Stage at Gianpula. There are also boat parties running across the festival weekend for those who want the Mediterranean Sea as their dancefloor.
This is not a festival you attend. It is a festival you disappear into for four days.
The Lineup
The programme of over 95 acts features KI/KI, Quelza, Silva Bumpa, VTSS, Quest, Henning Baer, BASHKKA, and Job Jobse. Ben Klock and Rødhåd will go b2b, as will Alarico and SHDW, DAX J and Lars Huismann, DJ Nobu and Wata Igarashi, and Elli Acula and ANNĒ. Spray presents Spriitzz and Stef Mendesidis will play live.
The confirmed lineup includes:
- Alarico b2b SHDW
- Amelie Lens
- ANNĒ b2b Elli Acula
- BASHKKA
- Ben Klock b2b Rødhåd
- Chris Stussy
- Cloudy
- Daria Kolosova
- DAX J b2b Lars Huismann
- DJ Nobu b2b Wata Igarashi
- Henning Baer
- Job Jobse
- KI/KI
- KI/KI b2b Cloudy
- Mall Grab
- Patrick Mason
- Quelza
- Reactant
- Sally C
- Silva Bumpa
- SPFDJ
- SPFDJ b2b Mischluft
- Spray presents Spriitzz live
- Stef Mendesidis live
- VTSS
- X Club
And over 70 more names across the full four days.
Ben Klock b2b Rødhåd is the one everyone will be talking about. Two titans of Berlin techno going back to back. SPFDJ pulls double duty, appearing solo and b2b with Mischluft. VTSS, Job Jobse, Sally C, X Club, DAX J b2b Lars Huismann, and Chris Stussy round out a lineup that covers everything from warehouse techno to garage and house.
The opening night sets the tone perfectly. Daria Kolosova, KI/KI b2b Cloudy, Patrick Mason, and Reactant take the Valletta Ditch. If you have been to a Glitch opening before, you know what this is: the calm before the storm in one of the most stunning settings in the Mediterranean.
Why Malta Makes This Unmissable
Malta in August is its own thing. The light hits the ancient limestone differently. The sea is so clear it looks edited. The food is brilliant, the people are warm, and the island fully embraces the festival as one of the defining moments of its cultural year.
The boat parties running across the festival weekend give the whole thing a dimension no mainland festival can replicate. Morning-to-afternoon sailings with DJ sets from Bad Boombox, Ollie Lishman, Lammer b2b Kyle Starkey, and SPFDJ b2b Fumi, with the Mediterranean Sea as the venue and the Maltese coast as the view.
There is nowhere in European festival culture where you can go from a Ben Klock b2b Rødhåd set in a field at midnight to a boat party in the Mediterranean the next afternoon. Glitch is the only festival that offers that combination and after ten years it has perfected both.
The festival is 17 and over. Gianpula Fields is located in Haz-Zebbug, Malta. Malta International Airport connects directly to major European cities year round with budget routes running all summer. Hotels and apartments are available across the island at every price point, with St Julian's and Sliema the most popular areas for festival-goers. Tickets and full information are available at glitchfestival.com.
August 12 to 15. Malta. Ten years of Glitch. The island is ready.
