Neopop 2026 has its line-up, dates and tickets — and it turns 20 by going back to being Antipop
Neopop turns 20 in Viana do Castelo from 6 to 8 August, going back to the name Antipop for this edition only. On the line-up: Nina Kraviz, Richie Hawtin and Ben Klock b2b Rødhåd, at Forte de Santiago da Barra.
Neopop is turning 20 and has decided to celebrate by changing its name. From 6 to 8 August the festival returns to Forte de Santiago da Barra in Viana do Castelo and — for this edition only, this year only — becomes Antipop again, the name it started life with. It’s the kind of wink that only lands if you were there at the beginning, which is exactly the point.
So who is actually playing Neopop 2026?
The line-up reads like a family portrait of two decades of techno: Ben Klock b2b Rødhåd, Nina Kraviz, Richie Hawtin, Dubfire, Joseph Capriati and Helena Hauff, among many others across the three days. This isn’t a discovery line-up, it’s a canonisation line-up — and for a 20th birthday, that’s the right call.
When is Neopop 2026, and where exactly?
6 to 8 August 2026, at Forte de Santiago da Barra in Viana do Castelo. The site is a 16th-century fortress with the Atlantic right there, and it’s half the reason the festival earned the reputation it has: there are very few places in Europe where you can dance to techno with that view and that wind.
And how much are Neopop tickets?
Tickets are on sale, with standard passes covering all stages and a VIP option adding reserved areas, private toilets and priority access. Current prices and tiers are on the festival’s official site, which is where it’s worth buying — come August, passes for festivals this established have an annoying habit of vanishing.
Twenty years is rare in Portugal. Few Portuguese festivals get there, and fewer still get there without trading their identity for an easier line-up to sell. If August in the Minho already had arguments, it just gained another — and if you’d rather have guitars than kick drums, Vilar de Mouros has its line-up, dates and tickets a few kilometres up the road.
Image: Neopop Festival
