IndieNegev returns in full with 120 shows and a 20th-anniversary desert edition

IndieNegev will return in full this year for its 20th anniversary, after a long break and a smaller comeback edition in 2025. The festival is set for October 15 to 17 at Mitzpe Gvulot, with about 120 performances on five stages, plus content areas, art, cinema, workshops, children’s activities and camping sites.

Organizers on Sunday unveiled the first wave of performers, about 80 of the planned 120 shows. The lineup includes Ehud Banai, Rita, Nunu, Monica Sex, Peled, Maor Cohen, Tamir Bar, Lola Marsh, Alma Gov, Efrat Ben Tzur, Daniela Spector, Hashmauot, the Ramirez Brothers, Tomer Yeshayahu, Yishai Swissa, Eden Derso, Gon Ben Ari and the Zulat Choir, along with many more independent acts.

Alongside the music, the “Adama” space will host talks, meetings, film screenings and artist workshops. The festival’s art theme this year is “The Other,” focusing on breaking apart and rebuilding Israeli reality through visual creation.

Ticket prices will range from 490 to 570 shekels for adults and 190 shekels for children. Organizers said thousands of tickets were already sold before the lineup announcement, leaving only a limited number available. Artistic director and chief producer Asaf Ben David said the festival was “very excited” to return in full after years of anticipation, adding that the last festival, held in November 2025, was “perhaps the most special and significant event” they had ever staged.