Apashe and VLADIMIR CAUCHEMAR share a booth for the first time ever on 31 December. They are not the only first on the 2026 bill of FCKNYE Festival, and some familiar names are coming back to Brussels Expo.
First time ever
Apashe b2b VLADIMIR CAUCHEMAR plays Count:Down on 31 December. Both know the room: Apashe played FCKNYE Festival in 2013, 2015 and 2019, and VLADIMIR CAUCHEMAR five times since 2018. Together on one stage, never.
Apashe was born in Brussels, so this one is a home game. Classical music is the common ground: an orchestra on one side, a flute on the other. Four tracks already carry both names, “RIP” from 2022 among them.
First FCKNYE Festival
LIL TEXAS finally lands on 31 December, on Count:Down. He calls his hardcore Texcore and keeps it around 200 BPM. Defqon.1 booked him in 2024 and 2025. Brussels gets him for the first time.
2HOT2PLAY play their first FCKNYE Festival the same night, on Bazaar. The Berlin duo re-bounce 2000s hits: Ida Corr's “Let Me Think About It” came back as “Think About It”, reworked with her.
Our archive goes back to 2010, and these names are new to it too: Bassjackers on Loud Machine, Showtek presenting Showtekno on The Box, and Kalash Criminel, Guy2Bezbar and Nono La Grinta on Count:Down, all on 31 December.
Showtek started on techno in 2001, moved to hardstyle two years later and went back to techno in 2026 as Showtekno. Bassjackers have played tech bounce and hard bounce since 2025. Both arrive in Brussels with a new sound.
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Back in Brussels
WINSON returns on 31 December, on Count:Down. He played FCKNYE Festival in 2025, less than three years after a friend gave him his first turntable. Verknipt has since put him in the Ziggo Dome and the Johan Cruijff ArenA.
Vieze Asbak is back too, on 30 December on Count:Down. Last year was just a taste, as we put it on Instagram. In Dutch the name means dirty ashtray. The motto: asbak is asbak.
Helmet on, flutes ready. Perceval is back in Brussels on December 31.
FCKNYE Festival on Instagram, 30 September 2026
PERCEVAL brings his medieval techno to The Box on 31 December, one year after his first FCKNYE Festival. Picture flutes over galloping kicks, and a track called “ATTENTION LES CHAISES”. Mind the chairs.
Back for more
HOLY PRIEST returns on 31 December, on Count:Down, after 2024 and 2025. The white mask with the black cross stays on, and the fans who call themselves the Holy Clan often wear one too. Your new year needs a blessing? He takes care of it.
TRYM has played every edition since 2022 and takes The Box on 31 December. The last day of 2026 belongs to him. The Paris DJ has been a resident at Possession since 2019 and runs his own label, COLOR.
ascendant vierge come back to Bazaar on 31 December with a hybrid set, after 2022, 2023 and 2025. Mathilde Fernandez sings in French over Paul Seul's hard techno and trance. Expect something different.
The regulars
Some names never really leave. Dr. Peacock has played FCKNYE Festival seven times since 2017 and takes The Box on 31 December. Angerfist plays 30 December on Count:Down after five editions here.
VALD x VLADIMIR CAUCHEMAR x Todiefor come back on 1 January, after playing “PANDEMONIUM RELOADED” here in 2025. That puts VLADIMIR CAUCHEMAR on two nights. Todiefor plays three acts across two nights, with Creeds b2b Todiefor and Von Bikräv b2b Todiefor on The Box.
Every act's night is on the line-up. Day tickets and passes are on the tickets page.
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