The radical electronics of VVV [Trippin’ You] and the elastic sound of the Basque band EZEZEZ, new additions to the 2026 lineup, alongside the Canary Islands acts Good Franco, Xerach, and Belice
The festival, which takes place on September 4th and 5th in Puerto de la Cruz, is returning to its two-stage format with 18 live artists, and a third stage, Phe Club, dedicated to dance music, with its lineup to be announced in the coming days.
The eleventh edition of Tenerife Phe Festival, which will be held on September 4 and 5 in the Tenerife municipality of Puerto de la Cruz, completes its artistic lineup with the addition of three British bandsFat Dog, Faeda and Arxx. Alongside these three international artists, to whom are added the also British Ibibio Sound Machine, Getdown Services and She Mafalda, New Yorkers Corner store And the Argentine singer Natalia Doco, Phe Festival will bring high-voltage national acts to Puerto de la Cruz, such as the radical electronic music from the Madrid-based band VVV [Trippin’ You], and the elastic sound mosaic between rock, grunge, and funk that the Bilbao natives defend EZEZEZ.
Three other Canary Islands projects will be present at the eleventh edition of the Tenerife festival: Good Franco, Xerach and Belize. Three proposals that were finalists for the Sonora 2026 group contest, and in the case of Good Franco, a co-winner with Los Blody, will perform at Phe Festival with the Sonora Passport.
With the presence of Fat Dog, English band formed in 2020 in Southeast London by Joe Love, Chris Hughes, Morgan Wallace, and Johnny Doghead Hutch, Tenerife Phe Festival reaffirms its dedication to being an international showcase with musical acts that challenge traditional genres.
In this case, Fat Dog promises a show in Puerto de la Cruz on the first weekend of September. The incendiary debut single King of the Slugs, in August 2023, a punk-techno hybrid put Fat Dog on the map. Their debut album Woof (Domino/Music As Usual, 2024) showcases the eclecticism of this band that “combines chaotic electronics, Balkan melodies, wild surrealism, and punk attitude in an unpredictable cocktail that could be placed between Viagra Boys, Underworld, and The Fall.”mondosound).
Two other British formations Faeda and ARXX complete the presence of international artists. Faeda This is a "greater seams" indie rock band from the Scottish town of Thurso, comprising Robbie McNicol (vocals and guitar), Sam Cowan (drums), Cole Cummings (bass), and Jamie Mackay (guitar), who have released a handful of singles that have earned them a reputation as the Scottish band with the best live shows.
The Scots, authors of All thorns, no horses. Look me in the eye. or Too Wild to Last, Too Rare to Die, arrive at Phe Festival in Tenerife, brought to you by The Spanish Wave along with the people of Bilbao EZEZEZ.
The Spanish Wave It is a project for the internationalization of Spanish talent that aims to help export emerging artists and bands from our country, and Phe Festival has renewed its collaboration agreement for the second consecutive year in 2026, which favors the presence of one national and one international artist/group selected by this platform for the eleventh edition of the Porto festival.
LOL In a band originating from Bilbao, formed by Unai Madariaga (vocals, guitar), Mikel Irigoyen (bass), Eneko Ajangiz (guitar), and Álvaro Olaetxea (drums), they have burst onto the scene with force since their formation in 2021, shaking the foundations of the national independent scene with a proposal brimming with quality, originality, and tons of attitude. In the vein of bands like Idles or Viagra Boys, EZEZEZ reveal themselves to be elastic, surprising, and restless, taking pop foundations and molding them with the grit of punk, the individuality of grunge, and the nerve of rock. To this, they add funk elements, reggae nods, Euskal culture, poetry, humor, performance, message, and experimentation to achieve, as a result, a unique project.
Its third studio album, Kabarkiba, it is the riskiest and most accurate of his career to date, and it serves to seal an upward trajectory well supported by the previous album Katuzaldía and the more than 90 presentation concerts.
Queer power pop and wild electronica
For its part, ARXX is a duo of queer power pop born in Brighton, who form
singer and guitarist Hanni Pidduck and drummer Clara Townsend. “Imagine Taylor Swift if she had only listened to Nirvana,” the band explains in their Bandcamp bio to introduce themselves. In 2024, they released the single Crying in the Carwash which gave them a certain popularity, leading them to perform on the BBC Introducing stage at the Glastonbury Festival. In their discography, the EPs Daughters of Daughters (2018) and Wrong Girl, Honey (2019); and the albums Ride or Die (2023) and Good Boy (2024).
Among the new additions to the Tenerife Phe Festival 2026 lineup, the Madrid-based band is noteworthy VVV [Trippin’ You], a trio that mixes post-punk, synthwave, and dark electronic music with a strong aesthetic rooted in urban and nocturnal imagery. The group has become one of the most prominent names in the new Spanish underground scene of guitars and synthesizers. Their songs combine danceable rhythms, dense atmospheres, and generational lyrics filled with irony and disillusionment.
The formation led by Adrián Bremner has positioned itself as a fierce creature on the national scene and works such as Scale (2020), Turboviolence (2021) or emptier (2023) has led them to play at some of the most relevant festivals of the genre in our country such as SONAR, BBK, or MIRA Festival, as well as on different stages in the United States, Mexico, or Colombia. Their latest album is Mecharadio (2025), where electronics move between the cinematic and the sensory.
The island scene, at Phe Festival
The current music scene in the Canary Islands is diversely represented at Phe Festival 2026. Among those already confirmed like Choclock, the artistic alias of Sergio Bruno Miguel Delgado, one of the most versatile artists on the music scene who has stood out for his ability to fuse genres and create melodies that connect with the public, both in his role as producer and singer, are also added Just Becca, a Tenerife native participating in Phe Festival through awards from the CajaCanarias Foundation, three other bands: Belize, Good Franco and Xerach.
A lineup that completes the bill for the eleventh edition of Phe Festival 2026 in Puerto de la Cruz, which also highlights Carlos Ares, Rufus T. Firefly or Barry B, in addition to the aforementioned Getdown Services, Ibibio Sound Machine and Corner store.
Together, Tenerife Phe Festival 2026 offers a mosaic of musical proposals that range from popular music, fusion, and the technological, urban sounds, indie rock, post-punk, psychedelia, and pop, in an edition that recovers the essence of live music on two stages featuring international, national, and local artists and projects. There will be two stages for live music and a third stage, with continuous programming, Phe Club, inaugurated last year in its tenth edition, dedicated to club culture and dance music, with the presence of leading figures from the electronic scene.