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We like to plan ahead, but at the same time, we know we’re not the most consistent bunch and we change our plans regularly, so this could easily change, but here’s roughly what you can expect from us in 2026:
LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT
Around 20 February
we’ll be revealing The Feb 40. It’s basically the first line-up announcement,
just with a nicer name. We want to give you a bit more time to get to know all
the acts for the upcoming edition of Left of the Dial, so we’ll be announcing new
names every two months. We’ve no idea whether that will actually make digesting
all that new music any easier, but it seemed worth a try. And if it doesn’t
work for whatever reason, next year we’ll simply go back to monthly
announcements, easy as that!
THE EXTRA EXTRAS
For the previous
edition, we announced the Extra Extras in January. That turned out to be not
the smartest idea, because at least half of them hadn’t actually been confirmed
yet. So this year we’re taking a bit more time, for example, to find a bus with
enough power to have bands play a full set…
And Bands on a Boat
will definitely return, but perhaps with a small tweak. Then there are a few
more things we want to think through, and we’ve given ourselves until May to do
that. For people who only come to Left of the Dial for the music, none of this
matters in the slightest, but for all Extra Extras enthusiasts: we’ll tell you
more in May!
PRICE INCREASE
We’ve said it before:
you’re all rather unpredictable when it comes to buying tickets, which makes it
impossible to say exactly when the next price increase will be. At the moment,
to our great surprise, about 70% of the €75 tickets have already been sold. If
sales continue at this pace, the next price increase will come just before or
just after the first lineup announcement. But then again, it could just as
easily be the case that everyone is currently too busy with the holidays and
only giving Christmas jumpers as presents, in which case the €75 tickets will
remain available a bit longer. We’ll warn you when the moment is getting close.
In any case, there’s absolutely no need to panic right now!
At the moment we’re also still processing all the applications from artists who want to play Left of the Dial (and there are LOADS of them), and meanwhile we’re thinking about the pro tickets, the music conference, The Official Unofficial, and how to improve the website. As soon as we have news on any of that, we’ll be back in touch. But for now, we mainly want to wish you a few lovely final weeks of 2025!
Big love,
the scheduling department of Left
of the Dial
