Counterflows 2026 - Dates, Tickets & Lineup

Key Info

About

Counterflows is a four-day indoor festival in Glasgow focused on experimental, marginal, and underground music, drawing artists from Scotland and internationally. It runs across several small venues in the city centre and West End, with no headline a…

Website

counterflows.com

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Genres

ElectronicExperimental

Date

9 - 12 April, 2026

Location

Glasgow, Scotland

Size

Small · 1k-5k

Established

2012, Running 14 years

Vibe

Warm and unhurried, spread across a handful of Glasgow venues ranging from community halls to art school clubs, with the crowd genuinely listening rather than just being there. The 2025 return after a year off felt like a reunion, and that carried through every room.

WHAT PEOPLE SAID

“Felt like a homecoming”

“Intimate, unscalable by design”

“Warm for experimental music”

“Whole room aglow by end”

“Festival passes sold out fast”

LineupUpdated: 2 Apr 2026

Full lineup

Annea Lockwood

Seekersinternational

Los Thuthanaka

Aine O'Dwyer

Rhodri Davies

Nate Wooley

Xenia Pestova Bennett

Angharad Davies

Ryu Hankil

Mother

DJ E

Alliyah Enyo

Agnès PeAilbhe Nic OireachtaighGarazi NavasFritz WelchDiljeet Kaur BhachuLin Chi-WeiRufus Isabel ElliotHexakaidecagonLess Than ThreeMarlo de LaraMichaela TurcerováRemont PompAl KarpenterTurbo SonideroEscocia Mania

TicketsUpdated: 4 Apr 2026

Prices and availability are indicative. Always confirm on the official ticket page.

Buy Tickets

Full Festival Pass

£85

Recent NewsUpdated: 11 Apr 2026

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theskinny.co.uk·5 days ago

Counterflows on Paper 2026 Launch

Counterflows On Paper 2026 features new writing by Lola Olufemi, Nisha Ramayya, dundee radio club, Masa Nazzal, Lewis Cook (GLOSS) and Eoin Anderson, alongside ...

counterflows.com·1 week ago

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skiddle.com·2 weeks ago

Marlo De Lara in conversation ahead of Counterflows

Ahead of their performance at this year's Counterflows festival, we catch up with sound artist Marlo De Lara.

theskinny.co.uk·3 weeks ago

lineup

Glasgow's Counterflows Festival reveals 2026 lineup · News ⟋ RA

Counterflows has released the full lineup for 2026.

ra.co·3 months ago

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