Balearic Sunday June 2026

In the organizer's words:

Karolina Bnv (Wrong Era)
Zmar Soundsystem, represented by Mike H. b2b Divný útvar (Zmar)
Philipp Demankowski (Balearic Sunday | Uncanny Valley)

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The Balearic Sunday season is starting and that's good news. Because we could all do with a few positive vibes. So two chances (maybe even three, but shh for now) in 2026 to debate again about what Balearic actually is. Thesis 1: The musical equivalent of glittering sunlight on the surface of water. Thesis 2: An eternal Ibiza, early 80s. Thesis 3: The most eclectic genre of dance music. Thesis 4: Everything between Acid, Afro, Cosmic, Disco, Italo, Post Punk, Reggae, Wave, Zouk and all possible proto-dance music genres from Chicago to Lake Garda. Thesis 5: Not a genre at all, but a conviction to get people dancing with good-humored music that doesn't come across as super uniform.

In the end, of course, none of this matters when Karolina Bnv brings her interpretation to the people, who is just as informed by her beginnings in a rock band in Novosibirsk as she is by her preference for jacking house and electro. The ZMAR Festival, on the other hand, has been spelling out the Balearic vibe in a Czech quarry nearby for several years now. As a little teaser for this year's edition from August 7 to 9, it is sending Mike H. and Divný útvar over as the ZMAR Soundsystem. And as always, Balearic Sunday host Philipp Demankowski presents a comprehensive definition at the very beginning. Which will have to be proven.

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The Balearic Sunday season is kicking off - and that's definitely good news. Because we could all use a few positive vibes right now. Two chances (maybe even three, but let's keep that quiet for now) in 2026 to once again debate what Balearic actually is. Theory 1: the musical equivalent of glittering sunlight on the surface of the sea. Theory 2: an eternal Ibiza in the early '80s. Theory 3: the most eclectic genre in dance music. Theory 4: everything between acid, afro, cosmic, disco, italo, post-punk, reggae, wave, zouk, and every conceivable proto-dance genre from Chicago to Lake Garda. Theory 5: not a genre at all, but a conviction - getting people dancing with positive music that refuses to sound overly uniform.

In the end, none of that really matters for the sheer pleasure of it all once Karolina Bnv delivers her interpretation to the crowd - one informed as much by her beginnings in a rock band in Novosibirsk as by her love for jacking house and electro. Meanwhile, the ZMAR Festival has been spelling out the Balearic vibe for several years now in a Czech quarry not far from here. As a little teaser for this year's edition from August 7-9, it's sending over Mike H. and Divný útvar as the ZMAR Soundsystem. And, as always, Balearic Sunday host Philipp Demankowski will kick things off with a comprehensive attempt at defining it all. Which remains to be proven.