The Wild Mint 2026 Festival has ended in the Tula Region

The largest independent multi-format Wild Mint festival has come to an end in the Tula Region. Over the course of three days, more than 130 concerts took place on eight stages, and audiences from all over Russia once again turned the art camp territory into one of the most vibrant music cities of this summer. The total attendance of the festival over three days was 53,983 visitors.

One of the main features of this year's event was the record number of exclusive sets, premieres and show programs. At the Wild Mint, The Christmas Tree presented its new sound, The Hatters presented their project "Electronics", which premiered on the new stage of Vashana Arena. Big special shows with the orchestra were prepared by Dragni and ssshhhiiittt!, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the band. "Bond with a Button" presented an expanded show with strings and folk instruments. The Turn of the Century and Inna Syberia performed with the choirs, and virtuoso guitarist Didyul became a special guest of Sula Fray's performance.

"I am happy — we have made the best festival! I am incredibly grateful to the team, artists and partners! We have launched a new Lamp space, which was opened by The Hatters with acoustics. This is a new place of attraction. The incredible Vashana Arena was presented. We also sang in the folk garden with a Christmas Tree, filmed the first scenes of a future feature film and recorded videos with musicians for the new radio station Wild Mint, which will begin broadcasting this summer. We have a lot of work to do, but even more energy — I am inspired by the emotions of thousands of people who left the festival absolutely happy. And of course we won't stop thanking God for three amazing sunny days!" commented Andrey Klyukin, producer of the festival.

In 2026, the organizers continued to develop the festival's infrastructure and introduced new security solutions. Hundreds of innovative video cameras controlled by artificial intelligence have been installed on the territory, and a modern security headquarters has been built, where experts analyze the situation on video walls in order to set tasks for mobile response teams. Frames and introscopes are installed at all checkpoints, just like at airports. No violations were registered during the festival.

Sports grounds were open for the guests all three days, where master classes and friendly games were held with players from Tula football clubs Arsenal and TZMS, as well as Tulitsa volleyball. The boccia games with athletes of the Russian national Paralympic sports team were held at the festival. Sap walks took place along the Washana River, and the guests tested HAVAL cars on a specially equipped highway. The lecture hall hosted popular press conferences of musicians, public talks, lectures and meetings with speakers from various fields - from music and media to science and sports.

Free workshops for adults and children, quizzes from the Yuri Gagarin Library and lectures from the Anna Akhmatova Library naturalist, walks with a biologist from the Tula Regional Exotarium, and the State Darwin Museum brought unique exhibits and board games were held on Novaya Street and the Znanie site. The "Wild Mint" was attended by the charity foundations "Give Food", "Team of Kindness", the center for social and charitable assistance "Rancho", "SOS Children's Villages" and "Artel of the Blessed".

Traditionally, the young participants of the festival, future rock stars between the ages of 6 and 14, gave live concerts on the Ariel stage for all three days. There was an amusement park and a kindergarten where parents could temporarily leave their kids to break away at concerts of their favorite artists. Wedding ceremonies were held in the Lamp, a new chamber space for acoustic concerts and creative meetings, and 12 couples officially legalized their relationship. An exhibition with photographs from different years of the Tula region and Wild Mint was also opened here.

As always, boiling water points, shower complexes and fountains with free drinking water installed by the BARRIER company were working, and all tent camps were illuminated and marked on streets and houses.

A big step in the development of the Wild Mint ecosystem will be the opening of a radio station of the same name, which will be launched this summer. There was a mobile studio on the backstage of the Titan stage, where musicians recorded special messages and jingles for the future broadcast. Production has also begun on a feature film that will tell the story of Wild Mint and its guests. The first scenes were shot directly during the event, and the film is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2027. In addition, the author's group, which is preparing a book about Wild Mint, collected materials at the festival. Its release is also scheduled for next year.

The festival featured: "Bond with a button", Christmas Tree, "Dancing Minus", IOWA, TMNV, polnalyubvi, Nike Borzov, TRITIA, "Goodtimes", ssshhhiiittt!, Neuromonk Feofan, Dragni with orchestra, Drummatix, khmyrov, "Turn of the Century", "Dictaphone", obraza net, "Toxic Lyagukho Ensemble", "Psyche", Rushana, "Lyudmila Ogurchenko", "The Source", "The end of sunny days", "I'm a Sofa", Manapart, "main character syndrome", Nomad Punk (KZ), MONOLYT (IL), "Youth Inside", "Lolita Koss", DenDerty, The OM, Sula Fray, STRIO, "Sonya wants to dance", "Paltseva Experience", vestfalin, Inna Siberia, "Mayak", PILS, "Dosvidosh", "drunk", "Borisovsky Tract", Sipe, 3.56 am, SALVADOR, "Gateway", SOULTYLER, "night in the kitchen", Lemium, "cotards", SHATYA, Jazzhouse Trio, "Torn Shoes", "Mom won't know", black lama, "not a sign", SEYES, FABRICS, "Answers Inside", WATERFALLS and many others. DJ sets: DJ Groove, DJ Peretse, DJ Android, Saint Rider, M.Pravda, DJ AKS, Somnia, LIRA, DJ Korolev, DJ R136a1 and others.