The Gardaland Summer Festival 2026 the summer season of the Resort on Lake Garda opens. Saturday 27 Juneon the stage in Piazza Jumanji, four names of Italian music alternate: Baby K, Dargen D'Amicothe DJ and producer duo Merk & Kremont And Mr. Rainfor an evening of live music with opening hours until 1 am and live national broadcast.
The event also marks the start of Gardaland Night is Magic: from June 28th the park extends its opening until 11pm, every day, including attractions, shows and themed areas that can be enjoyed even after sunset. The June 27 event is organized by FMedia with RTL 102.5 radio as the official partner, which follows the evening live on Radio Zeta and RTL 102.5 on radiovision, with Angelo Baiguini and Jessica Brugali hosting.
Gardaland Summer Festival 2026: the artists on stage
The evening's program brings together pop, rap, dance and electronic music. Baby K brings his summer hits that have marked the last years of Italian music, from a repertoire that has over a billion total streams on Spotify and a record-breaking success like “Roma-Bangkok”.
On stage too Dargen D'Amicoamong the most original voices on the scene, with his style that blends hip hop, electronic, pop and songwriting tradition. The artist arrives at the Resort after his third participation in the Sanremo Festival with “AI AI”, a song that reflects on the relationship between man and artificial intelligence and which cites Gardaland, a few months after the release of his twelfth album.
Space to dance with Merk & Kremontamong the few Italian DJs and producers in the world's Top 100, with 77 platinum records and over 1.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify, fresh from “Partenope” with Serena Brancale and The Kolors. The patrol closes Mr. Rainborn in Desenzano del Garda and therefore at home in the area, who returns live after third place in Sanremo 2023 with “Supereroi” and the recent single “Effetto Michelangelo”, with 24 platinum records in his career.
Gardaland Summer Festival 2026: date, times and entrances
These are the main references of the opening night and the evening openings of the park:
- Festival date: Saturday 27 June 2026Jumanji Square
- Evening opening of the park: from 6pm until 1am on the evening of June 27th
- Artists: Baby K, Dargen D'Amico, Merk & Kremont, Mr. Rain
- From midnight: The National Disco with DJ Sautufau
- From 28 June: Gardaland Night is Magic, park open every day until 11pm
Access to Gardaland Summer Festival takes place with evening entry to the park (from 6pm), available at the official Gardaland Resort ticket office. There is no separate ticket for the concert only.
Gardaland Summer Festival: the summer of the Resort
After the first K-Pop Festival, the Gardaland Summer Festival confirms the formula that combines concerts, attractions and night opening.
To close the summer days of Gardaland Night is Magic it will be the videomapped show “Gardaland Night Beats”, with the mascot Prezzemolo in DJ version. With this programming, the Resort extends the experience from day to night, with the three hotel structures completing the offer for those who choose to stay.
