As Zamna Festival’s 2026 winter season concluded, the jungle amphitheater around the sacred cenote once again proved its influence on electronic music’s global scene. Across 12 distinct events, each programmed with its own sonic identity, the brand curated a narrative that blended deep underground currents, melodic big-room contours, Afro and tribal pulses, and experimental electronic sounds.
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The season opened on December 31st with an immersive New Year’s Eve night anchored by MRAK, the solo project of Carmine Conte (half of Tale of Us), whose live performance fused melodic techno with ambient deep textures. His session set an introspective yet celebratory tone, properly welcoming 2026.
January 2nd saw one of electronic music’s global ambassadors, David Guetta, bringing his signature EDM and house beats to the main stage. His set was packed with euphoric buildups, festival-anthem moments, and tracks that embraced the crowd in the jungle, aligning with Tulum’s natural resonance.
On January 3rd, ANTS delivered one of the season’s most talked-about showcases, bringing its Ibiza-rooted ethos. The lineup featured some of its usual guests, including Andrea Oliva B2B Ilario Alicante, who brought a dynamic back-to-back exploring deep, rolling techno and house textures. Archie Hamilton B2B Marsolo, who layered energy with Balearic-inflected grooves. Loco Dice, who showed his mastery traversing house to techno, and Maceo Plex, delivering one of his well-known genre-defying sets blending electro, house, and techno.
On the same night on another stage, Francis Mercier brought his Afro-house and melodic house touch, blending tribal rhythms and soulful progressions into the cosmopolitan reunited crowd.
The next evening, January 4th, Australian band RÜFÜS DU SOL delivered one of the most emotionally charged nights of the festival in a DJ set format, leaning into atmospheric house and melodic electronica and playing their greatest hits. The trio’s set was bolstered by Innervision’s Dixon and Jimi Jules, whose own deep, refined expressions added contrast and depth to the evening’s sounds.
Amsterdam-based collective No Art, led by ANOTR, returned on January 5th, with a night that blurred conventional festival hierarchy, focusing instead on artistic curation. Their presence highlighted Zamna’s emphasis on discovery and creativity, with a back-to-back session with The Martinez Brothers, alongside Rossi., and Benja B2B Franc Fala.
Berlin trio Keinemusik, formed by &ME, Rampa, and Adam Port, once again anchored one of Zamna’s most anticipated nights. Their extended performance was marked by expressive grooves, mixing deep house, afro house, and melodic influences into a continuous journey that resonated with the cenote’s immersive atmosphere.
January 7th saw Swiss duo Adriatique presenting their own night ‘X,’ mixing melodic house and techno with cinematic visuals. Joseph Capriati, Mind Against, Julya Karma, and Orsay joined them. This lineup emphasized emotional storytelling and layered rhythmics across the night.
Also on the same night, Bedouin presented their own concept, SAGA, offering a counterpoint: a hypnotic, organic fusion of desert house, world-inspired rhythms, and spiritual motifs, aligning house music with a global palette of sound textures.
On January 8th at Zamna on the Beach, in a pivot back to the shoreline, Shimza was joined by Luciano and other curated artists such as Henrik Schwarz and Stoffela, who carried Afro-electronic and percussive house forward in a sunset-to-night format. This event underscored Zamna’s balance between jungle fervor and beachside expression.
January 9th brought Mayan Warrior’s historic debut at Zamna, presenting an expansive lineup under a ritual and art-car framework that blended techno, house, and cultural symbolism. Key performers included Âme B2B Trikk, Dixon, WhoMadeWho (Hybrid DJ Set), Monolink, Polo & Pan (DJ Set), Robag Wruhme, Echonomist B2B Jenia Tarsol, plus emerging voices like Cabizbajo, Miluhska, Philou, Riche, and Stryv, emphasizing a ceremony celebration, sonic depth, and community energy.
The festival’s finale was entrusted to Black Coffee on January 11th, whose global recognition and Afro-house mastery provided a fitting close to the 2026 season. His set was patiently built, with increasing grooves and late-night transcendence, inviting the crowd into one final dance under the stars.
Zamna Festival Tulum 2026 unfolded as a multi-chapter journey: from large-scale EDM and mainstream energy to deep underground explorations, from beachside Afro-rhythms to ritualistic techno gatherings. The artist programming, balancing iconic global names with visionary curators, underscored the festival’s commitment to genre diversity, experiential depth, and immersive production, reinforcing why Zamna remains a defining destination in the international electronic calendar.
