Eisenstadt becomes a festival hotspot in 2026: Headliners are set

The summer of 2026 will be rocking in Eisenstadt: Alice Cooper and Rise Against will perform in July as headliners at the Lovely Days and Remember Forestglade festivals in the castle park. The latter, after a successful premiere last year, will be extended this year, explained Ewald Tatar, CEO of Barracuda Music, at a press conference on Wednesday. Also heading to Eisenstadt is star DJ Moby, who will be performing at the Butterfly Dance Festival.

Headliners at Lovely Days and Remember Forestglade Announced

The start of the festival summer will be made by Austrian acts: Pizzera and Jaus will have Wolfgang Ambros & Die Nr. 1 vom Wienerwald and Folkshilfe as guests during their performance in the castle park on July 2. Two days later, the stage belongs to the Lovely Days with Alice Cooper, the Foreigners, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Colosseum, Clearwater Creedence Revival, and Hans Theessink with Band.

The following week, the Butterfly Dance Festival will take place, whose headliner Moby was convinced to perform with images from the castle park, Tatar recounted. He will share the stage on July 10 with Jovanotti, Freak Power, and Kraak & Smaak Soundsystem.

Remember Forestglade is "Here to Stay"

The next day, the Remember Forestglade Festival will be celebrated in the castle park, which was originally intended as a one-time reminiscence for the 30th anniversary of the festival, which took place in Wiesen from 1995 to 2012. "But the festival has impressively come to stay," emphasized Tatar. With Rise Against, Bush, Life of Agony, New Model Army, and Ash, he hopes for an even larger crowd this year. "My tip is that it will be sold out in its second year," said the organizer. Last year, a total of around 27,500 visitors came to the festivals in Eisenstadt.

Since 2016, Tatar has been hosting concerts and festivals in the Burgenland capital. "For the city, it's a win," emphasized Mayor Thomas Steiner (ÖVP). It is set to continue at least until 2029. The cooperation has already been extended until then, said Matthias Grün, the CEO of the Esterhazy Enterprises and thus, in a way, the host in the castle park.

(APA/Red)

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