Berlin Bandur Fest 2026

Berlin Bandur Fest 2026 brings Ukrainian bandura culture to Berlin — three days of music, tradition and community.

There are two separate tickets for two different parts of the festival:

🎟️ Festival Entry — FREE
Sep 11–13 (daytime) · Unity Hub Berlin, Alter Roter Löwe & Hotel Continental - Art Space in Exile
Access to the festival's community program: the academic conference, workshops, lectures, panel discussions, and concerts "Strings Across Borders" and "Back to the Roots."

🎟️ Bandura Night — €20 (separate paid ticket)
Sun 13 Sep, 18:00–21:30 (evening) · Hotel Continental - Art Space in Exile
The festival's headline concert — a separate, ticketed evening event. Not included in Festival Entry.

Fest Full Program

11 Sept. 2026 
Academic Conference
“Bandura Beyond Frontiers”
offline & online
📍 Unity Hub Berlin

12 Sept.2026 
Film screening Music of Survival + Q&A with the artists
📍 Unity Hub Berlin

12 Sept.2026 
Lecture about the Bandura
📍 Unity Hub Berlin

12 Sept. 2026 
Concert: “Strings Across Borders”
📍 Alter Roter Löwe

13 Sept. 2026 
Concert: “Back to the Roots”
Authentic bandura performance by a kobzar
📍 to be anounce

13 Sept. 2026 
2 Panel Discussions
📍 Hotel Continental

Full schedule: bandura.berlin/en instagram.com/berlinbandurfest/

Concert "Bandura Night"— Headliners & DJ Set

The festival's main concert night brings together the headliners of Berlin Bandura Fest for one powerful evening — from deep Ukrainian tradition to electrifying contemporary stage energy 🔥 Four incredible artists, one unforgettable night, closing with a DJ set that carries the sound of Ukrainian strings into the Berlin night 🌙

✨ Headliners

🎤 BanduraGirl (Anastasiya Voytyuk, UA) — bandura player, singer-songwriter, and cultural ambassador from Lviv. Founder of Lviv Bandura Fest, she brings folk bandura into original compositions and carries Ukrainian culture onto international stages.

🌎 Julian Kytasty (USA) — a musician who kept bandura traditions alive in the American diaspora while pioneering bold new styles. His family carried this tradition abroad through Soviet persecution — and kept it alive to this day.

🚀 Yaroslav Dzhus (UA) — bandurist and trendsetter who, together with Leleka, reached the Top 10 at Eurovision 2026 with "Ridnym." The one who proved to the world: BANDURA IS COOL.

⚔️ Andriy Seletsky (UA) — kobzar, actor, and veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war. He channels frontline experience into his art, bringing centuries of kobzar tradition to life, right here, right now.

🎧 The night closes with a DJ set with bandura — Ukrainian strings meet Berlin after dark.