Wild Mint reveals details of the 2026 festival

The Wild Mint Festival will be held on June 19-21, 2026. Over the years, it has become the largest independent country music event in the country — a place where a musical vector is formed and set, and where new artists meet a large audience for the first time. At the same time, Wild Mint has always kept itself apart from mainstream events. This applies both to music — the festival prefers new and vibrant independent artists, setting and shaping current trends, and to the approach to infrastructure, which Wild Mint pays great attention to and also constantly acts as an innovator.

Vladimir Yurchenko, Director of Independent Artists and Labels at Pulse: "Wild Mint is a great example of a strong festival brand. The location, image, and audience are well thought out and organized. And, of course, a fresh, uncluttered composition always attracts special attention. On any stage here, you can find unexpected discoveries and those who prepare special festival sets specifically for Mint. I personally have been going to the festival for the last few years, and despite the fact that I know most of the participants and often let them out, I still leave every time with a pack of new names for myself."

Three days, eight stages and more than 130 concerts. Lectures, creative meetings, theatrical performances, sports tournaments, art practices, art bazaars and much more. But the main function of Wild Mint remains unchanged: here guests discover new artists who return to the festival a few years later as headliners.

Journalist and publisher Sergey Minaev: "I always follow Wild Mint, I looked at their program and I'm already aware that there is something new, bright, and interesting in music. In the editorial office, we often argue which of the newcomers of Wild Mint will shoot."

The band "Bond with a button": "Wild Mint" was the first big festival we performed at. And right on the main stage. And it was brave on the part of the organizers, and it required some arrogance and courage on our part, too. Thanks to Wild Mint for their courage and sincerity. See you at the festival."

The organizers adhere to a principle that is rarely found at major music events.: There are no FAN or VIP zones or other distinctions on the territory, and money cannot buy social status on Wild Mint. Musicians, viewers, actors, bloggers, and producers find themselves in the same space — at the stages, at the fair, at campgrounds, or at lectures. Free drinking water and stationary showers with hot water are available to all viewers. There are sidewalks throughout the site, and the campgrounds are illuminated and marked out to the streets with individual places for tents, and a mother and child room is open. A swimming pool and a sap station are open for guests. There is a typical restaurant and a large food court with cuisines of various formats, from vegetarian dishes to menus from leading chefs.

Neuromonk Feofan: "Wild Mint" is a long—awaited and especially beloved event for us. This festival is so well organized that you don't know what to be more happy about — the hot reception and the vigorous dancing, the indescribable beauty and the unprecedented amenities. Our bear once danced so much, got so excited, that he begged: they say, water procedures are unbearably required! We think, where can we find them in the field? But no, there are showers, and such that not every tower in the capital can boast. Clubfoot washed himself, but after that he lay down in the tent and began to order food and drinks for himself right there, like a boyar on vacation. And after all, everything was delivered, I didn't even have to move my paw! That's why we love "Wild Mint": here the field is trampled for joy, and life is arranged in such a way that you feel like at home."

The 2026 program includes all performance formats, but this year there will be a separate focus on music that is created without the participation of AI. One of the venues will be an analog stage, a solution that is gaining special importance against the background of the rapid growth of algorithmically created music and virtual artists.

Andrey Klyukin, producer of the Wild Mint Festival: "I am an Old Believer, and I believe that music is a means of communication between people. In this communication, the author shares his love, pain, sadness, joy, his thoughts and worldview. And I refuse to believe that machine-made, digital, cold imitation of music can replace a feeling living heart. In the days of AI, a live music festival is already a manifesto."

Another new venue is the Lamp stage. She will appear surrounded by three festival campgrounds and will work in a chamber acoustic format. Here, the usual distance between the artist and the listener disappears: guitars, voice, a small stage and a space designed for close contact. The very idea of "Wild Mint" presupposes the unity of the viewer and the artist. Perhaps that is why the festival has turned from a small chamber event into the most attended open-air event in the country.

polnalyubvi: "For me, Wild Mint is a world where you can leave and turn off all unnecessary things for a while. There's a special way to breathe. It's like there's only music, people, and the feeling of being in your place."

Wild Mint 2026 festival will feature performances by: Bond with a Button, Christmas Tree, Dancing Minus, IOWA, TMNV/TMNV, Nike Borzov, TRITIA, Goodtimes, Neuromonk Feofan, Dragni and Orchestra, Drummatix, Khmyrov, Turn of the Century, Dictaphone, obraza net/there is no image, "The source", "Lyudmila Ogurchenko", "Toxic Lyagukho Ensemble", Rushana, MONOLYT (IL)/MONOLITH, Nomad Punk (KZ)/Nomad Punk, "Youth Inside", Sula Fray, "Lolita Koss", DenDerty, "main character syndrome", "Paltseva Experience", vestfalin, "Mayak", "Dosvidosh", "drunk", "Borisovsky Tract", Sipe, 3.56 am, SOULTYLER, "night in the kitchen", Lemium, SALVADOR, "Mama won't know", black lama, "nearienya", "SEYES", "FABRICS", "Answers Inside" and many others. The organizers announce new names every week.