Altın Gün, Austin TV, Karma Sheen and more join line-up for Bear Stone Festival 2026

For its fifth edition, independent festival Bear Stone will return to Croatia’s Mrežnica River to bring together a range of underground heavy artists spanning doom, stoner, psych, post-rock, punk, garage and experimental noise, across four days of music and art.

The second announcement includes Amsterdam-based Turkish psychedelic outfit Altın Gün, Mexican post-rock band Austin TV, London Hindustani psych-rock group Karma Sheen, in addition to Nightstalker, Daevar, Volcanova, Upupayāma, Hypnotic Floor, RoadkillSoda, Stinking Lizaveta, The Cyclist Conspiracy, and Klaustro/fonija.

They join previously announced acts Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Elder, My Sleeping Karma, Planet of Zeus, TRAVO, Godzilla Was Too Drunk to Destroy Tokyo, Wyatt E., Ungraven, Saint Karloff, Suntan Club, Linija 109, ŽEN, Otrovna Kristina, Drone Hunter and Hrmülja.

Bear Stone launched in July 2022 with Year Zero as a limited capacity, free-entry event, before holding its first official edition just one year later. The festival has maintained a capacity of below 5,000 attendees to maintain its intimacy, positioning itself as a unique opportunity to engage with heavy music, community, and nature, situated within the canyons of the Mrežnica. Previous years have seen performances from Orange Goblin, High On Fire, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, and more.