Italy’s C2C Festival returns to Knockdown Center in Queens on Thursday, May 8 for its second U.S. edition, bringing an expanded production across three stages with a lineup led by Arca, Nourished By Time, Los Thuthanaka and Avalon Emerson & the Charm. Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 16 at 12 p.m. EST.
The 25th anniversary edition of the festival expands beyond last year’s debut that featured Oneohtrix Point Never’s Again, Nala Sinephro and Nick León. Programming now spans indoor and outdoor stages across the 50,000-square-foot venue in Maspeth, highlighting electronic music, R&B, rock, pop and experimental sounds.
Arca returns to New York after two years away, while aya and Los Thuthanaka join the lineup following their critically acclaimed 2025 albums hexed and Los Thuthanaka, respectively. Nourished By Time, Titanic (the collaborative project by Venezuelan guitarist I. la Católica and Guatemalan cellist Mabe Fratti), Malibu, YHWH Nailgun and Elias Rønnenfelt give exclusive album plays of significant releases from the past year.
The program includes exclusive New York performances from pop duo NEW YORK and Avalon Emerson & the Charm, plus a Residents Showcase from The Lot Radio.
C2C Festival has showcased adventurous contemporary artists for 25 years, growing from one of Europe’s preeminent dance destinations into an international celebration of experimental music. Founded in Turin in the early 2000s as Club To Club, the festival has evolved into an international platform for experimental and cross-disciplinary sound, bridging music, art and technology.
The festival carries a winged figure emblem symbolizing the future state of the body, embodying the urgency of placing the human form center stage while celebrating freedom, the need to come together, dance, listen and be enlightened.
C2C Festival NYC 2026 Lineup:
Arca
Nourished By Time
Los Thuthanaka
Avalon Emerson & the Charm
aya
Elias Rønnenfelt
Malibu
NEW YORK
Titanic (I. la Católica & Mabe Fratti)
YHWH Nailgun
The Lot Radio Residents Showcase
Tickets are available here starting Friday, Jan. 16 at 12 p.m. EST.
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