Fields Festival of Inventive Music returns to Belgrade on April 16-18.
At a time when the world feels like it’s spiraling into chaos, music remains our primary refuge. This Spring Fields once again brings together those who seek their own sense of freedom in sound and media art.
History has shown time and again that in difficult periods, people turn to the irrational for salvation. Mystical practices, Dadaist art, Surrealist techniques, carnival and clowning, invented rituals, and the search for identity through folklore — we haven’t changed all that much over the past century. In this sense, music remains one of the most honest tools we have.
At Fields 2026, we embark on an audiovisual expedition — through rhythm and noise, through timbre and silence, through abstract forms that often articulate what words cannot. The festival program spans krautrock and bedroom pop, jungle and jazz-punk, low-voltage drone and meditative percussive practices, DIY techno-mechanisms and optical illusions.
The program features more than 20 artists from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Switzerland, Russia, and the United Kingdom. The event format includes a large-scale opening concert, an evening of audiovisual concerts and performance, the main music program with live acts and inventive DJ sets, as well as a media installation. Full details coming soon.
About Fields
Fields Festival has been running since 2014. In 2023, the event found a new home in Belgrade. Over the years, more than 300 artists have performed at Fields, including American new age pioneer Laraaji, British producer James Holden, and Iranian experimental artist Sote. The festival has also hosted collaborations and premieres, such as the rare trio of Charlemagne Palestine, Mika Vainio & Eric Thielemans; a duo by British electronic minimalist Mark Fell and Italian cellist Sandro Mussida; a collaboration between minimalist composer Vladimir Martynov and electronic producer Moa Pillar; and a project by Petr Theremin, the great-grandson of the theremin’s inventor, together with techno producer Nikita Zabelin.
The festival’s key idea is to explore music in its many forms and manifestations, to discover artists working at the intersection of genres, to connect the avant-garde with pop culture, and to build bridges between generations. Fields dissolves the boundaries between “high” and “low” art, combining an almost gallery-like attention to sound with the energy of a rave.
