C2C FESTIVAL NYC 2026

Following the last year’s debut, the second edition of C2C NYC further extended the spirit of the Turin-based C2C Festival into the New York landscape. The event reaffirm its commitment to forward-thinking artistic communities and to a vision of live music rooted in discovery, openness and cross-cultural exchange.

C2C NYC brought its distinctive vision of avant-pop and cross-genre experimentation at Knockdown Centre, the largest independent music venue in New York.

Across three stages – spanning both indoors and outdoors – the lineup featured standout performances by Arca, Avalon Emerson & the Charm, aya, Elias Rønnenfelt, Los Thuthanaka, Malibu, NEW YORK, Nourished By Time, Titanic (I. la Católica & Mabe Fratti), YHWH Nailgun, alongside a The Lot Radio showcase including residents Doula, Galcher Lustwerk, and 8ULENTINA.

The programme gathered together several artists behind some of the past months’ most acclaimed releases, with many delivering their NYC-exclusive album play. It also featured Arca’s first New York appearance in two years and a debut performance of the forthcoming album ‘Magazine’ from New York’s own YHWH Nailgun.

With a second edition selling out in advance, C2C NYC confirmed the festival’s role as a bridge between European and North American contemporary scenes, by expanding the international trajectory of the Torino-born festival and embedding the festival’s curatorial language within the city’s prestigious cultural ecosystem.