SPECIAL COLLABS

GOGBOT doesn’t happen alone. The city is the festival.
Every year, we team up with the cultural organisations, venues, artists and collectives that make Enschede what it is.

We’re proud of these collaborations, and even prouder to bring them together for one explosive weekend of GOGBOT 2026.

Our collaboration with Rijksmuseum Twenthe has become a recurring and much-loved part of GOGBOT. This year, Democratie Nu takes over the museum from 17 September 2026 until 14 February 2027, bringing together 15 local and international artists who investigate how power and systems work, how images shape what we believe, and what role we play in all of it.

Sickhouse, Enschede's playground, is not just a location for GOGBOT: Manufactured Minds, they are joining us as co-organisers of Saturday's symposium: The Saboteurs' Convention. Presentations, workshops and play sessions come together in a programme built for questioning, experimenting and messing with the system.

Concordia hosts our film programme at the cinema, but for this edition, Concordia Kunstruimte joins forces with GOGBOT around the Youngbloods, our platform for emerging artists. In the GOGBOT X Concordia Productielab residency, five selected Youngbloods will work with four mentors over three weeks to develop their projects before presenting fresh outcomes during GOGBOT.

Friday and Saturday nights go loud at Metropool, the podium of Twente. We’re bringing two club nights into the GOGBOT programme. Expect Colin Benders + Amoral + Twiena on one night, followed by DJ Grasshopper + Crystal Distortion + CH4R20TTE on the other.

And after opening its brand new location in Enschede this year, the local nightclub Antia joins GOGBOT for the first time. Jay Minimal, Apocsys and Kevin Kababel will take over the decks. Welcome to the machine.

Our collaboration with Tetem the platform for digital culture, is another GOGBOT classic. This year, they present Synthetic Halo by Kurina Sohn, another beautiful encounter between technology, humans and social indagation.

POPRONDE the music traveling festival of the Netherland will hit GOGBOT stage at the Oude Markt right after the official opening words. Consider it your signal to stop listening speeches and start dancing.

MAKE YOUR OWN ROUTE
GOGBOT: 10 locations. One city. Four days of art, music, technology and controlled chaos.

Thank you to all our partners, collaborators, venues, artists and culture agitators for making it happen.