January 30, 2026 – 14:23
Christmas 2026 expands the line-up for the upcoming edition on Friday May 22 and Saturday May 23 with 15 new names: Coilguns, Iguana Death Cult, MAQUINA, The OBGM’s, BUCKET, SHITKID, FOMIES, MUDRAT, Black Leather Jacket, Ronker, Search Results, Gespuys, WATERSCHADE, Ok.Ko in Bureau De Change.
The line-up for Sniester 2026 now consists of: Bad Nerves, Paceshifters Play Nirvana, Iguana Death Cult, Collignon, Deaf Club, Zig Zags, Pauw, Unsafe Space Garden, Gloin, Frenzee, Waste, Vieira and the Silvers, Knives, Servo, Th Da Freak, Naya Mö, Mad Foxes, Pons, Wax Head, L.A. Sagne, Dead Stilettos, Bwana, C’est Qui, Iedereen, Lintworm, Honk, Suck, The History of Punk by Andrew O’Neill, Motherhood, Badminton, Dear Omen, Fat Brain, The Etters, Fellatio, Feral, Maryscoovy, Coalmine Canary, Man Motels, Maquina, The OBGMs, Mudrat, Ronker, Black Leather Jacket, Coilguns, Fomies, Ok.Ko, Bureau De Change, Gespuys, Waterschade, Search Results, Bucket in Shitkid. More acts will be announced later.
The festival takes place in The Hague’s Pop District, spread across clubs and cafés. About 90 national and international acts alternate, from noisy post-punk to danceable chaos. Everywhere you walk in there is something happening: small performances in narrow spaces, larger shows on central stages. Sniester shows which bands stand out in the alternative scene, without it being smoothed over or polished. It is a weekend focused on music, with a line-up ranging from unknown acts to name makers in the circuit.
Tickets for Sniester 2026 are still available, although the Blind Cats tickets are already sold out, there are still Passe-Partout tickets available for €76,50 per piece.
