In the spirit of the holidays, the organisers behind the high-energy Out of the Crowd Festival have already revealed some of the bands performing at their next edition, slated for 26 April, 2026 at Kulturfabrik in Esch/Alzette.
The festival, which has become a staple in the Grand Duchy’s alternative music scene, specialising in indie rock sounds – particularly when it comes to highlighting shoegaze, post-punk, and grunge-y musical outfits.
Last year, festival goers enjoyed the raw, distortion-heavy sound of Dublin-based group Gurriers, the electro-infused post-punk band Warmduscher from London, and one of Luxembourg’s most raucous rock trios, Waffle Killers.
According to a post published on the festival’s homepage on 2 December 2025, prospective guests can already look forward to a strong line-up of homegrown and international acts.
Included are noisy American band A Place to Bury Strangers, whose more recent work fuses their signature shoegaze sound with electro-gothic leanings.
Their most recent album Synthesiser, released in 2024, dabbled in a potent mixture of extreme noise and catchy hooks. The physical, 12" edition also came with a cover that purchasers could assemble into their very own noise synthesiser.
The Canadian band/musical collective Crack Cloud will also be joining next year’s line-up at OOTC, bringing along their signature (and slightly off-kilter) post-punk sound.
The group won The Prism Prize High Fidelity Award in 2021 for their innovative use of video art to represent their work, and can cetainly be expected to bring their singular sound to Kulturfabrik next April.
As always, Out of the Crowd’s programme will also prominently future bands from the Grand Duchy – this time, Sunny Gloom and Fulvous. Sunny Gloom is Tuys bassist Yann Gengler’s latest musical project, drawing inspiration from grunge and raw alternative rock music.
RTL Today Radio’s Sam Steen interviewed Gengler last year, with the two discussing sonic experimentation, writing music for the live stage, and his single, also titled Sunny Gloom.
The Tuys bass man is out on his own and joined the Sam Steen Show to discuss the new project.
Luxembourgish band Fulvous – who made waves at 2023’s Screaming Fields festival – will also represent the Grand Duchy. Their latest EP, Blue Eyeliner, makes for a hazy, dream-poppy listen with strong riffs reminiscent of the classic shoegaze sound. The Luxembourgish contingent, in other words, is already very strong.
These are the first name’s KulturFabrik have announced for the 2026 edition, more names will be added to the already stellar lineup, in due course.
