SOUND OF MUNICH NOW 2026

5 hours, 20 acts: Munich's music scene every quarter of an hour

Munich is home to a lively, active and exciting music scene of various genres. SOUND OF MUNICH NOW presents 20 acts that best reflect Munich's current sound, different musical styles, diversity and musical creativity: Bands and solo artists* who have thrilled audiences with an electrifying concert, acts that have caused a sensation.

Experience a true concert marathon on the double stage at Feierwerk Hansa 39: In five hours, 20 acts from Munich's diverse music scenes will perform non-stop at SOUND OF MUNICH NOW. From 7 pm, the acts and genres change every quarter of an hour. Styles range from punk to hip-hop, rock to soul, dream pop to dub.

At SOUND OF BAVARIA NOW from 7:30 pm in the Feierwerk Kranhalle, the Association for Pop Culture in Bavaria will bring four more great acts to the stage.

ATTENTION: If the total capacity is reached, there will be an admission stop, which in turn may result in (longer) waiting times.

The line-up

Hansa 39

SOUND OF MUNICH NOW

Admission: 18:00, start: 19:00

cleomadita (Indie-Pop) + DE LOUA (Pop) + DÏMA (Acoustic Fusion) + Fruchtiger Beigeschmack (Indie-Jazz) + her tree (Alternative-Pop / Electro) + insschlosswollen (Indie) + Julz Heller (Emo / Pop-Punk) + Kilian Unger (Electro) + Lara Tahm (Electro-Pop) + LAURAINE (Pop / Ambient) + LUVBITE (Pop / RnB) + MAILÄNDER (Folk, Indie-Pop-Rock) + Marina Marie (German Pop) + Max Moody (Singer/Songwriter / Ambient) + Pure Dirt (Punk / Alternative) + SEXSCHWEISS (Punk) + soft collapse (Alt-Country) + Tame the Abyss (Alternative-Rock) + whoiswelanski (Alternative-Pop) + Zora (Rap / HipHop)

Crane Hall

SOUND OF BAVARIA NOW

Admission: 18:00, start: 19:30

Belli (German pop) + Danca (melodic/progressive techno) + EZ KAMIL (rap/hip hop) + LISÆ (indie rap)

With this festival, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Feierwerk are offering a platform for the Munich scene to exchange ideas, show how lively it is and what needs to be done to ensure that this musical creativity and class is also recognized beyond the city limits.

You can find more information about the artists at soundofmunichnow.de

Admission: Pay what you can

In the FAQ you can find out everything about admission, drinks/food, checkroom and much more.

Contact and directions to the Feierwerk grounds: We ask you to use public transportation as parking spaces are limited.

Attention: Stroboscopic effects will be used at the event. Under certain circumstances, epileptic seizures can be triggered by certain flash frequencies.
Further information on accessibility can be found here.

With the kind support of: Kulturreferat München, Jugendkulturwerk, Bezirk Oberbayern, VPBy (Verband für Popkultur in Bayern e.V.), IN München, CURT, egoFM, Rausgegangen, Geheimtipp München, BR puls