MUTEK, the international festival of digital creativity and electronic music, has revealed the majority of the lineup for its 27th edition, taking place Tuesday, August 25 to Sunday, August 30, 2026, in the heart of Montréal.

Across six days and six nights, MUTEK will bring artists, audiences and digital culture communities from around the world into the Quartier des spectacles for a citywide programme of live electronic music, audiovisual performance, immersive works and open-air gatherings.

The esplanade Tranquille remains the center of the free programme, with outdoor performances every evening from 5 p.m. Indoors, the 2026 edition expands its footprint across the Society for Arts and Technology [SAT], MTELUS, the Maison symphonique and, for the first time, Les Grands Ballets’ Studio-Theatre.

This year’s programming has been built around the way each space can shape the work presented inside it. The Maison symphonique, with its scale and acoustic precision, will host three evenings moving between contemporary instrumentation and electronic composition. Les Grands Ballets’ Studio-Theatre becomes a new venue for the returning Play series, giving audiovisual artists a focused environment for performance, image-making and experimentation.

“The only time MUTEK has taken over the Maison symphonique was back in 2013, during a memorable evening featuring Nils Frahm and Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory. It is a moment that still resonates with festivalgoers and with our team. Returning to this exceptional venue, while opening a new chapter at Les Grands Ballets with the Play series, reflects our commitment to expanding the MUTEK experience and the ways audiences can encounter it,” says Alain Mongeau, executive co-director and artistic director of MUTEK.

The 27th edition is built around amplification: more context, more spaces and more ways to answer the question of what can happen where sound, image, technology and performance meet. With nearly 120 artists from 28 countries across 18 programmes, most of them Montréal premieres, MUTEK continues to frame the city as a meeting point for the future of digital creativity and electronic culture. 

Tickets are available here.