Summer Well has closed its 15th anniversary edition after three days in which music, art, design, and the energy of the audience built, together, a new chapter in the festival’s story.
Tens of thousands of participants passed through Domeniul Știrbey on each of the three days, for a line-up that brought together established names, emerging artists, and projects that push the boundaries between genres. Three stages, dozens of shows, and an audience that knew how to find its own rhythm made this year’s edition one of the most special in Summer Well’s history.
On the Orange Main Stage, the anniversary edition began with Vicky Sometani and DE’WAYNE and continued with Charlotte Cardin, who brought to the stage her recognizable mix of vulnerability, pop, and intensity. Two Feet closed the first evening in a dark and magnetic atmosphere.
The second day came with Rikas, Jungle by Night, and Noga Erez, before Palaye Royale took the festival’s energy to another level. And in one of the special moments of the edition, Delia & the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra transformed the festival into a meeting space between pop, orchestral music, and live emotion.
The last day belonged to artists such as Jalen Ngonda, Nation of Language, and Fat Dog, but above all to Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, who delivered one of the defining shows of the edition. Intense, magnetic, and almost hypnotic, the concert transformed the final evening into a collective moment difficult to forget.
On the Sunset Stage by ING x VISA, Summer Well continued to put the spotlight on artists and sounds worth discovering. Luana Genevieve, Bianca Oance, Nu Genea, On The Block, Zep, +SHE+, Chalk, and Yasmine Hamdan traversed registers from indie and alternative to electronic, experimental, and global influences, building a different soundtrack for every moment of the day.
For the third year, Electro Punk Club, imagined by the Space Objekt collective, functioned as a separate universe within the festival. Getchoo, The Molotovs, Tourist, Tigercub, Armand Popa, and Sailor Honeymoon carried forward the mix of punk, electronics, and alternative, in a space inspired by the underground energy of 1970s Los Angeles and reinterpreted through the aesthetics of the present.
But Summer Well doesn’t end at the last song.
In its 15 years of existence, the festival has grown into an ecosystem in which music is only one of the starting points. This year, the installations and temporary architecture created by Space Objekt, the party areas, brand experiences, food & drinks, relaxation spaces, and all the things that happen between concerts completed a weekend built for exploration, encounters, and discoveries.
15 years of Summer Well means 15 years of building a space where culture doesn’t need to be explained. It just happens.
“Summer Well has grown together with its audience and I believe that is one of the festival’s most important achievements. At 15, we are not just celebrating a number, but a community that has remained curious, attentive, and open to the new. The fact that the audience continues to discover new artists, experiences, and perspectives, year after year, confirms to us that Summer Well is more than a festival it is a cultural context that continues to evolve.”
Claudia Cramaroc, Communications and Marketing Manager
The Summer Well experience is built together with the partners who, year after year, contribute to the festival’s universe. In 2026, Orange, glo™, ING, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Ursus, Bacardi, Martini, Jagermeister, Jack Daniel’s, Mega Image, Pepsi, Fashion Days, alpro, Transalpina, vitamin aqua, Lay’s, e-on, Academia de Studii Economice București, FABIZ, Bucharest Business School, biciclop, syoss, InterContinental Athénée Palace, Secom, and Merrell were part of the 15th edition of Summer Well.
For those who were at Știrbey this weekend, for those who discovered a new artist, caught a concert they hadn’t planned for, danced until late, or simply found their place in a corner of the estate thank you for being part of the story.
