About us
Hit The City festival is back for a new edition! This late summer, Eindhoven – and far beyond – comes together for four days packed with live acts, indoor and outdoor stages, and a vibrant day-to-night program. Limiting to no genre in particular: from guitar bands to pop, hip-hop, DJ’s – and everything in between. Hit The City is an accessible way to discover new music, see your favorite acts or meet likeminded people across Eindhoven city. No expensive tickets or festival passes needed.
Hit The City is a collaboration between Effenaar, booking agency Friendly Fire and an extensive local and international network of program partners, media partners, curators and venues for live music. The festival is powered by ASML.
With a focus on the future of music and new talent, the festival stays on top of the national and international music scene. Which translated into shows around well-known acts at an early stage, such as:
Phoebe Bridgers – Fontaines D.C. – Khruangbin – Loyle Carner – Viagra Boys – Wolf Alice – Glass Animals – Alex G – Rufus Wrainwright – Lucy Dacus – Baauer – Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Joep Beving – Gengahr – Altin Gün – Just Mustard – And So I Watch You From Afar – Vagabon – Metz – The Weather Station
Recent editions featured spectaculair artists such as:
Sampa The Great – Bente – Bokoesam – Broederliefde – Circa Waves – Fresku – Gotu Jim – Idaly – MEROL – Mula B – Polyphonic Orchestra – Pommelien Thijs – Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Quique – Ronnie Flex & The Fam – Sef – SPRINTS – Superstrings – Sylvie Kreusch – The Chisel – The Haunted Youth – The Indien – The Vices – Tramhaus
Alongside new names to watch:
Angry Blackmen – CARSICK – CHARLOT – Chloe Slater – Cliffords – Crystal Murray – FaceSoul – Flaire – GLINTSAL – Gustaf – High Hi – Kaat van Stralen – Kabeaushé – KiLLOWEN – Kirin J Callinan – Matilda Mann – Meltheads – Mensa – mehro – MT Jones – Snõõper – Talk Show – Teenage Dads – Thys – unpeople – Yellowstraps – Zimmer90
And that is only a fraction of its extensive history. Hit The City has been around for thirteen years now and is proud of its growing impact on the music scene. Last year, no less than 41.000 music lovers made their way to the heart of Eindhoven for a weekend full of discoveries and great live acts. This edition, the festival builds on that success with a line-up that caters to an even wider range of tastes.
Hit The City 2026
Hit The City will take place on Thursday August 27, Friday August 28, Saturday August 29 and Sunday August 30, 2026 in Effenaar and more than eleven other locations in Eindhoven city. The entire festival is freely accessible.
See you at this year’s festival!