Apgrade Weekend June 2026

Apgrade summer season at Karmakoma unfolds across two club weekends, bringing together some of the most influential names in contemporary electronic music. The first weekend in June is headlined by Laurent Garnier, a seminal figure whose impact has long extended beyond the boundaries of dance music and into the wider sphere of popular culture. For more than three decades, French DJ, producer and composer, has continuously reshaped his artistic language, redefining the possibilities of electronic music. His work bridges club functionality with cinematic depth, and a rare understanding of musical storytelling. Through an uncompromising approach, and an enduring commitment to the evolution of club culture, he has become one of the most influential reference points for generations of producers, DJs, and listeners worldwide. Set within Karmakoma’s intimate setting with carefully limited capacity, the event offers a rare opportunity to experience an artist of this stature in such an up-close and personal context, making it one of the season’s most distinctive club nights. Gabrielle Kwarteng, one of the most in-demand names on the festival circuit, will open the first night of Apgrade Weekend with a contemporary interpretation of club music rooted in the rich legacy of American house. Shaped by the musical culture of New York, where she grew up, and further refined in Berlin, Kwarteng has developed a distinctive sound language that is dynamic and genre-fluid. Her sets move between house foundations, acid textures, techno pressure, and more contemporary hybrid forms that resist fixed categorization. In an era of everything at once, Kwarteng weaves stories for the dancefloor that often look to the past, but always focus on possible futures. Day 1 - Friday 19.06.2026 GABRIELLE KWARTENG stellarcompanion Runy Day 2 - Saturday 20.06.2026 LAURENT GARNIER Nevena Jeremić Ali Güney