Yungblud has announced details about the upcoming third edition of BludFest, confirming that it will be heading to Czechia for 2026.
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The inaugural event, organised and designed by the singer, took place at Milton Keynes Bowl in summer 2024, with the Doncaster artist (real name Dominic Harrison) telling fans it would be “the biggest gathering of our culture”.
It then returned in 2025 for a “bigger and better” second instalment, returning to the Milton Keynes site and hosting performances from Chase Atlantic, Denzel Curry, Rachel Chinouriri and more.
Now, Harrison has confirmed a third edition, which will see the multi-genre line-up head outside of the UK for the first time.
Held for one day only on June 27, the upcoming instalment will be held in Hradec Králové, Czechia near Prague, and hosted at the multifunctional Park 360.
Yungblud will headline the festival, and joining him on the bill includes Scottish rock heavyweights Biffy Clyro, psychedelic icons Primal Scream, die-pop favourites Pale Waves, art-rock trio Palaye Royale, and Atlanta rapper Destroy Lonely.
Also on the line-up for 2026 is “Ouija Pop” Irish breakout Bambie Thug, London-based Leap, Jesse Jo Stark, Nieve Ella, and Pam Rabbit.
Tickets go on sale this Friday (February 27) at 10am GMT, and a pre-sale will also be on offer from Thursday (February 26) at 10am GMT. Visit here for tickets.
“We have such an incredible fanbase in Czechia. They are one of the best audiences in the world,” said Yungblud in a new statement. “The reaction we got from a potential announcement when I said it on stage over there was so big and so electrifying, it kind of cemented that it would be the first international Bludfest. It’s going to be an incredible show.”
He added: “It feels so crazy to have planted a seed two years ago in Milton Keynes that has now grown roots and expanded all the way to Czechia. It cemented the idea that anything is possible when you never take no for an answer and you have a community that will follow you anywhere. I’m really lucky.”
This year, fans are offered the chance to camp the night before and the night of the event, and the festival will also be seeing the return of the Make A Friend Tent, the giant ferris wheel, and the Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatized pop-up.
Yungblud’s Bludbeer will be back on site, and Gibson returns as sponsor, unveiling a third stage.
The plans to bring the festival overseas has been on the table for years now, and Yungblud hinted at the idea back in March 2024, when he spoke to NME about the inaugural edition.
“It’s all about unity, love and a place that people can come to… This is a place that you can come to and be utterly yourself with your mates, your family or completely on your own. If people don’t know who you really are and you’re hiding it, come to f****** BludFest and do it,” he said.
“My plan is to eventually take it worldwide, but it had to start in the UK. Hopefully, it’s going to be like something no one else has seen before because my mind is mental and I wanted to put that into a physical world. When you’re walking through those gates at BludFest, you are walking into a physical manifestation of Yungblud.”
Later that year, he also dropped more hints about where he wanted to bring the festival, saying at the time that his “plan [was] to take it to Paris and Prague and Australia,” and eventually plan for it to “be a two-day event.”
The announcement of the new instalment of BludFest comes amid a busy time for Harrison – who recently shared the second part of his ‘Idols’ album.
The first part of the concept album was released in June 2025, and featured hit singles including ‘Hello Heaven, Hello’, ‘Lovesick Lullaby’ and ‘Zombie’. The second part saw him start “a new chapter” and was given a glowing four-star review from NME.
Before that, he joined forces with Aerosmith for their collaborative record ‘One More Time’ –which became the first ever UK number one album for Steven Tyler and co. – and he also took home a Grammy for his powerful rendition of ‘Changes’ at Villa Park last year as part of Black Sabbath’s ‘Back to the Beginning’ farewell show.
This spring, Yungblud will kick off a huge UK arena tour, which includes a slot at The O2 in London on April 24.
The dates were initially set to begin in Dublin on April 15, but more shows were added due to high demand, meaning that the tour now kicks off with gigs in Sheffield, Liverpool and Belfast on April 11, 12 and 14. Visit here for remaining tickets.
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