GASWERK MUSIC DAYS 2026 - Mother Drum: Ancestral Futures (Ibaaku & K'boko), Jay Mitta, Azzi Onthebeat, Catu Diosis, Radical Music Lab

GASWERK MUSIC DAYS 2026 - MOTHER DRUM

MOTHER DRUM explores rhythm as a generative force of connection and transformation. Co-curated by Dylan Greene and Romain Azzaro, and drawing from ongoing exchanges between Berlin and Kampala, the day brings together artists from the Nyege Nyege ecosystem, the Gaswerk residency program, and long-standing festival collaborations.

From the kinetic pulse of Singeli to percussion-driven live performances, hybrid formats and newly formed artistic constellations, the program unfolds through contagious energy and deep physicality. Ibaaku and K’boko return to the festival to further develop their Ancestral Futures collaboration, while residency artists including Jay Mitta, Maganda Shakul and MRUDA present both established and newly created material developed during their time at Gaswerk. Throughout the day, the same artists reappear across different configurations - in their own performances, in newly formed collaborations, and within the Radical Music Lab - creating a dense web of exchanges that blurs the boundaries between individual projects and collective creation. Animated by the infectious sound of Azzi Onthebeat and the irresistible movement of the Pili Pili Girls, MOTHER DRUM unfolds as a celebration of rhythm in its most communal form: embodied, shared and impossible to resist.

Line Up 25.07.2026
ANCESTRAL FUTURES (IBAAKU & K’BOKO)
JAY MITTA
PILI PILI GIRLS
AZZI ONTHEBEAT
CATU DIOSIS
MAGANDA SHAKUL & MRUDA
RADICAL MUSIC LAB
SPECIAL GUEST

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GASWERK MUSIC DAYS
Gaswerk Music Days returns in summer 2026 for its fourth edition, continuing its dynamic growth as a community-rooted festival dedicated to Radical Live Music.
Across two consecutive weekends (July 24 - August 2), the festival invites audiences to six eventful days filled with a diverse program of live concerts and other special formats.

Organised by Gaswerksiedlung Berlin, the festival unfolds across the open-air gART.n, the concert venue BLOCK1, and the surrounding creative studios - spaces that are not neutral containers, but active participants in the music-making process.

As a festival made by musicians for music lovers, open minds and curious ears, the event unites experimental electronics, African sounds, dub, avant-pop, kraut, improvisation, jazz, and dance music under its "Radical Live Music" flag, binding and crossing genres in a program with over 30 acts on 2 stages.

In connection with the festival, we also organise the Spring and Autumn Gaswerk Music Concert series and other initiatives, expanding the movement into new formats and locations across Berlin.

Guided by curiosity and supported by a growing audience, we celebrate those who take risks and push boundaries, creating spaces for exchange, fostering diversity, and offering a proud alternative to a mainstream-dominated music ecosystem.

https://www.gaswerk-music-days.de/