The 31st edition at Park 360
Rock for People returns to Park 360 in Hradec Králové from 10–14 June 2026, and after its milestone 30th edition in 2025, the organisers are once again facing the challenge of raising the bar. According to festival director Luděk Motyčka, this year the team has focused on genre diversity from legendary icons to some of the most exciting new-generation acts. The main stages will host Iron Maiden, Gorillaz, Bring Me The Horizon, Limp Bizkit and Halsey, joined by Megadeth, Babymetal, Electric Callboy, Within Temptation, A Day To Remember, The Pretty Reckless, Trivium and dozens more. The festival has already announced that four-day and five-day tickets are more than 90% sold out.
Park 360 and an atmosphere that keeps the standard high
The former military airfield near Hradec Králové will once again transform in 2026 into a vast festival site filled with industrial hangars, bunkers, themed zones and side stages where the rave continues long after midnight. In January 2026, the festival also won the Event Safety Award at the European Festival Awards, confirming that alongside its music programming, the organisers continue to invest heavily in visitor comfort and safety. As every year, the site will also host debates, theatre, stand-up comedy, dance performances and film screenings alongside the music.
Drum & Bass at Rock for People the third year in a row
And now to the part that interests us most. If you followed the last two editions, you’ll know that drum & bass has been appearing more and more at Rock for People. In 2024, Pendulum shook the entire site with their live show, joined on the main stage by the legendary The Prodigy. Among the DJ sets, one of the highlights was Madface, who confirmed in an interview with DNBTV that playing drum & bass at a rock festival was an experience he would repeat any time. In 2025, drum & bass was represented by UK producer Venjent, alongside the Czech scene in the form of Bey and Thiew.
The standout drum & bass name of this year’s edition is Delta Heavy. The British duo, Ben Hall and Simon James, are pillars of the contemporary drum & bass scene, with releases on Ram Records and Monstercat, hits such as “White Flag” and “Stay”, and collaborations with Modestep and Reaper. For the drum & bass audience, they are one of the main reasons to make time for the festival; for the rock audience, they are one of the best possible gateways into the genre.
Madface also returns to Rock for People after “getting the crowd moving right after Pendulum” last year. Patrik Nastasi, the Ostrava-based producer on the roster of UK label Viper Recordings, is one of the strongest Czech drum & bass exports of recent years. His dancefloor neurofunk sound, with tracks such as “Paralyzed”, “Claptrap” and “Escape”, is among the most played within the Czech scene, and in his 2024 interview with DNBTV he made it clear that playing drum & bass at a rock festival is an experience he would gladly repeat. This year, that opportunity is fully back.
LEDUY will also be adding his own set to the programme a Vietnamese-Czech DJ under the Hoofbeats Music banner, who has built a strong position over the past two years at Let It Roll and Darkshire. His energy and set dramaturgy place him among the most promising names of the younger generation. Bea is also returning, having already played Rock for People in 2025, and the festival team clearly wants her back — which, after last year’s set, comes as no surprise.
When you add the representation of other Czech artists across genres, this year’s edition forms one of the most complete pictures of the domestic drum & bass scene that the rock festival has offered so far.
And as a bonus for fans of heavier bass music, SVDDEN DEATH is also heading to the festival not drum & bass, but a full-force dubstep destroyer that will speak to anyone comfortable moving between 140 and 174 BPM.
Hidden drum & bass DNA on the main stages
It is also worth mentioning that drum & bass will leave its mark on Rock for People 2026 even in places where it may not be immediately obvious. Headliners Bring Me The Horizon have a deeper connection to the drum & bass scene than it might seem — Sub Focus’ remix of “Mother Tongue” appeared across UKF, “Drown” has dozens of drum & bass edits, and “Can You Feel My Heart” has become a track that continues to inspire new remixes to this day.
Three years, one trend
Looking at the last three editions together, it is clear that drum & bass at Rock for People is no longer a seasonal one-off. 2024 brought the mainstream crossover through Pendulum, 2025 moved more into an after-hours position with an emphasis on the domestic scene, and 2026 brings back a clear international drum & bass heavyweight alongside solid Czech support. It now looks like the organisers have firmly embedded drum & bass into the programme and that is good news for the entire scene.
For us, it is another reason to be back in Hradec once again.
DNBTV will be on site, bringing you a full report directly from the action.
Rock for People 2026, Park 360, Hradec Králové, 10–14 June 2026. Tickets and the full lineup are available at rockforpeople.cz.
