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Little Festival turns 10: the Landes, sunshine and electro

Ten years isn’t something you celebrate: it’s something you own. Little Festival returns in 2026 with an anniversary edition that turns the Landes coast into the summer epicentre of French electro. From 29 July to 2 August 2026, Seignosse, Hossegor and Capbreton merge into one for a week. Five days. Three towns. A territory that…

From 29 July to 2 August 2026, Seignosse, Hossegor and Capbreton merge into one for a week. Five days. Three towns. A territory that, in a decade, has managed to impose its own aesthetic: sunny, free, carried by the Atlantic and the scent of pine resin.

Little Festival has never tried to be the biggest. That is precisely what sets it apart. Where others bet on sheer scale, it cultivates coherence: electronic music, street art and surf culture, three worlds that share the same relationship with the moment, with the ride, with flow. This anniversary edition doesn’t break with that logic. It doubles down on it.

As for the names, the line-up says a lot about the festival’s trajectory. Headlining: Bon Entendeur, the iconic French electro duo whose melancholic house and cinematic samples have won over an entire generation. Alongside them, Synapson, heavyweights of sunny nu-disco, and Creeds b2b Gonzi, for fans of high-voltage sets. Emma Ollivary, Shanixx, Mandragora, Olympe4000, DJ Schnake and Yasmin Regisford round off a main bill that clearly sets the tone for this edition: deep, organic, danceable. No showing off.

A Garorock area (the festival’s long-standing partner) also hosts Kalabass, Sabor A Mi and the Secte Sound System, proof that the festival knows how to keep its bridges with the regional ecosystem open. The packed emerging stage brings together around thirty more artists: Antoine Sy, DJ Jof, Loov, Mockoff, Supplément Groove, Wallm, and the Nous Festival Take Over collective with François Del Mundo, Un Mensonge Par Jour and Rem’s Martinez. A way of reminding everyone that Little Festival has always been as much a launchpad as a destination.

On the street art side, Ajurya, Babapt and Mr Blønde will take over the visual spaces, coherence oblige.

Ten years of existence in a festival landscape that has seen dozens of others fall is a form of resistance. The Landes isn’t Ibiza, isn’t Barcelona, and that is exactly why it works. The setting is part of the sound. The open-air floors, the sand, the low evening light over the ocean: the backdrop isn’t just a backdrop, it is a sonic ingredient in its own right. Anyone who has danced there once understands why people keep coming back. The full line-up is now available, and if the 2025 edition laid solid foundations, 2026 is shaping up to be the edition of confirmation, the one where you measure what ten years of building can produce when everything lines up.

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