Hidden Door 2026 will take place from Wednesday 3rd – Sunday 7th June 2026 at The Paper Factory, a massive industrial site in west Edinburgh.
As always, the festival will be FREE to explore during the day, with tickets required after 6pm.
Hidden Door is a volunteer-run charity with every ticket sale going straight to supporting our artists and contributors.
Every night will present a myriad of unique creative collaborations, visual art installations, pop-up performances, interactive exhibitions, plus a rotating musical line-up.
MUSIC: The festival kicks off with enigmatic Aussie electro-pop provocateur BIG WETT, experimental artist ICHI taking the concept of a one-man band to new limits with his instrumental inventions, and DJ collective Turn The Tables. Also that night, Post Coal Prom Queen return to the festival with their unique sound blending organic textures, retrofuturistic synths, mechanical beats and ambitious pop sensibilities, Doom Scroller smash together styles; ambitious, theatrical, and unrestrainedly pushing at boundaries while keeping audiences guessing, whilst Molly Sellors and Charlotte Devlin bring Electronic Dance Music and rave beats made from the samples of unusual and extended sounds of the oboe.
PLUS: Dance from Corey Owens and Ellen Crofton. Spoken Word from Iona Lee and Josh Cake.
MUSIC: Thursday welcomes American pop sensation Caroline Kingsbury and punk duo Cowboy Hunters. Also check out Buffet Lunch’s ‘hodgepodge of noises’ offering pleasingly imperfect pop songs, queer electronic band Thundermoon bringing their emotive, synth-led anthems, rooted in themes of time, transformation and energy, and the catchy riffs of upbeat punk outfit Dinosaur 94.
PLUS: Dance from Corey Owens and Ellen Crofton. Spoken Word from Iona Lee and Josh Cake.
MUSIC: Friday presents Norwegian singer-songwriter, producer and novelist Jenny Hval, local dream pop duo Sarah/Shaun, electronic genre hopper Makeness, Emma Dunlop drawing on sounds of the 80s and 90s with a contemporary flair, and Glasgow-based nu-jazz band Azamiah taking audiences on a journey across moody and light landscapes; all before feminist DJ collective EPiKA get the party started in the club space.
PLUS: Dance from PCK Dance and Ellen Crofton. Spoken Word from Iona Lee and Josh Cake.
MUSIC: Skye natives Valtos present their acclaimed High Water Mark show, fusing traditional Gaelic folk with club-ready electronic music. Later that night in the club space, Fred Deakin, the legend behind Lemon Jelly, will take to the decks to play us out. Plus, electronic group HANSKLAMMER bring high-voltage psych rock with a punk edge and a synth underbelly, with a set shaped by the Paper Factory itself, and check out a theatrical performance from maniatrix featuring a sonic blend of ambient electro and dark industrial dance tracks, complete with airy vocals and surrealist visuals.
PLUS: Dance from Dorine Mugisha, Lothian Youth Dance Company, PCK Dance and Ellen Crofton. Spoken Word from Iona Lee and Josh Cake.
MUSIC: Our closing party welcomes the hypnotic orchestral pop of Lauren Auder, the endless energy of Tinderbox Orchestra, harpist Dara Dubh, Glasgow trio Taupe fusing sour sonics, effervescent improvisation and sludgy doom-laden riffage, and Gaelic and Scots singer Evie Waddell.
PLUS: Dance from Ellen Crofton. Spoken Word from Iona Lee and Josh Cake.
With an ongoing commitment to inclusivity, Hidden Door has expanded its concessionary ticket options, ensuring that financial barriers and accessibility won’t prevent anyone from experiencing the event:
We are thrilled to be returning to this huge industrial site for one final shift in 2026.
We called it The Paper Factory because it’s a huge former paper and cardboard box manufacturing facility, with a mix of warehouses, factory floors, offices and outhouses spread across a 15 acre site.
The Paper Factory is well served by a variety of public transport links, with frequent bus, tram and train services all stopping nearby, making it easy to reach within minutes from the city centre. It’s also right on the main line from Glasgow and the west.
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Hidden Door is a registered charity, under the name Hidden Door Charitable Company Ltd, registered charity number SC050108.
Hidden Door is supported by Multi-Year Funding from Creative Scotland.