C2C Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary in 2026, C2C Festival NYC Returns for Second Edition at Knockdown Center on May 8th | Shore Fire Media

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14 January, 2026Print

C2C Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary in 2026, C2C Festival NYC Returns for Second Edition at Knockdown Center on May 8th

Lineup Includes Arca, Nourished By Time, Los Thuthanaka, Avalon Emerson & the Charm, aya, Elias Rønnenfelt, Malibu, NEW YORK, Titanic (I. la Católica & Mabe Fratti), YHWH Nailgun, The Lot Radio Residents Showcase & More Across Three Stages, Indoors & Outdoors

Tickets Available at 12pm EST on Friday, Jan 16th:

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January 14, 2026 - For 25 years, Italy's C2C Festival has showcased some of the most adventurous artists in contemporary music, growing from one of Europe's preeminent dance destinations into an international celebration of excellence and experimentation. As the "ne-plus-ultra festival of avant-garde eclecticism" (Pitchfork), its bold and future-facing vision has drawn a devout following of attendees around the world, embracing the need to come together and listen. 

On May 8th, 2026, C2C Festival returns to New York City's Knockdown Center for its second-ever US edition, furthering its commitment to cross-genre aesthetic and transglobal scenes. Following a 2025 debut that featured Oneohtrix Point Never's Again², Nala Sinephro, Nick León and more, the next iteration of C2C Festival NYC brings both an expanded production and stellar lineup, and will now take place over three stages across the extraordinary breadth of the venue, indoors and outdoors.

Highlighting the best of electronic music, R&B, rock, pop and beyond, 2026's edition is led by Arca's return to New York after two years away. aya and Los Thuthanaka, who released the two most acclaimed albums of 2025 – hexed (#1 in The Wire) and Los Thuthanaka (#1 in Pitchfork), respectively – also join the lineup, while Nourished By TimeTitanic (the collaborative project by Venezuelan guitarist I. la Católica and Guatemalan cellist Mabe Fratti), MalibuYHWH Nailgun and Elias Rønnenfelt give C2C Festival NYC exclusive album plays of some of the most significant releases of the past year. Additionally, the programme includes the city's exclusive performances of pop duo NEW YORK and Avalon Emerson & the Charm, as well as a Residents Showcase from The Lot Radio, and more. 

Once more, C2C Festival NYC offers a distinct curatorial perspective shaped by its European roots and long-standing focus on avant-pop and experimental music, extending the vision of its main edition in Torino into the New York cultural landscape.

Tickets to C2C Festival NYC are available HERE, starting at 12pm EST this Friday, January 16th

C2C Festival NYC 2025, Photo by Kevin Condon

About C2C Festival

C2C Festival stands among the world's most forward-thinking avant-pop events. Since its twentieth anniversary, the festival has carried a new emblem - a winged figure symbolising the future state of the body. It embodies the urgency of placing the human form centre stage - celebrating freedom, the need to come together, to dance, to listen, to enlighten and be enlightened. Founded in Turin in the early 2000s as Club To Club, the festival has grown from a pioneering European dance event into an international platform for experimental and cross-disciplinary sound, bridging the worlds of music, art, and technology.

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About Knockdown Center

Knockdown Center is New York's largest independent music venue. Its flagship projects include WIRE Festival, OUTLINE, RUSH and BASEMENT. This 50,000 square-foot building has seen continuous use for more than 100 years: first as the Gleason-Tiebout glass factory, then as Manhattan Door factory. It is named for the "Knock-Down" door frame that was invented there in 1956 by Samuel Sklar and remains an industry standard to this day. The factory has since remained in the Sklar family and is again a site for innovation. Having undergone a renovation that is equal parts preservationist and state of the art, Knockdown Center now produces and hosts concerts, performances, nightlife and exhibitions that respond to its unique architecture and dimensions.

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C2C Festival NYC 2025, Photo by Kevin Condon

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