Montreux Jazz Festival announces 60th line-up with Deep Purple and more

Montreux Jazz Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 60th edition, taking place on the Lake Geneva shoreline from 3 – 18 July 2026 with a celebratory programme that bridges generations, genres and continents, bringing together emerging artists with icons of contemporary pop culture and legends of jazz, rock and hip-hop. 
 
Among the headline artists announced are RAYE, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Deep Purple, The Roots, Sting, Lewis Capaldi, John Legend, Marcus Miller and James Taylor, joined by leading voices from today’s pop landscape including PinkPantheress, Tyla, Conan Gray, Lewis Capaldi and Zara Larsson. 
 
RAYE will open the 60^th edition with a special performance, joined by a curated line-up of guests for an evening tailored specifically for the Festival, co-created by Audemars Piguet. The show will see the Auditorium Stravinski transformed into a completely new stage configuration – a first in the Festival’s history. Performing for the third consecutive year, RAYE follows in the footsteps of her heroes Nina Simone and Etta James, whose performances made a huge impression on her. The unique show follows the release of her “Live at Montreux” vinyl in 2024 and a continued rise to stardom marked by the success of “Where Is My Husband?” and her latest album, “This Music May Contain Hope”. 
 
Across the Auditorium Stravinski, the programme moves between generations and styles. A standout night on 11 July brings together The Isley Brothers, whose influence spans eight decades of rock, soul and funk, with The Roots, the genre-defining hip-hop collective. On 5 July, Aldous Harding shares a bill with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, while 17 July pairs Loyle Carner with US funk outfit Vulfpeck. Elsewhere, Moby makes his Montreux debut, joining a bill that reflects the breadth of the Festival’s global outlook. 
 
From Johannesburg to Scandinavia, via the United States, the UK and Spain, the Stravinski Auditorium is set to become the epicentre of global pop. PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson, currently topping charts with “Stateside”, joined by amapiano Grammy Award winner Tyla, Scottish icon Lewis Capaldi and Conan Gray. 
 
Festival mainstays also return, including Deep Purple more than 30 years after their Montreux debut, friend of the Festival John Legend and Sting, a longstanding presence in the Festival’s history. Two legends of songwriting, Van Morrison and James Taylor, will bring the Festival’s 60^th edition to a fitting conclusion. 
 
R&B and soul are strongly represented with the likes of GIVĒON, one of contemporary R&B’s defining voices, joined by Yebba, coming to the main stage after performing with Mark Ronson in 2023, alongside rising UK talent Sienna Spiro and Mercury Prize-nominated Joy Crookes, who makes her Festival debut. 
 
At the Montreux Jazz Lab, forward-thinking programming meets deep-rooted legacy. A cutting-edge electronic line-up on 5 July features Danny L Harle alongside the genre-defying ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U. Across two special evenings, the Lab becomes an intimate jazz club, with Charles Lloyd – who performed at the very first Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967 – returning for the 60th edition. He is joined by Marcus Miller, who reunites musicians from We Want Miles! in tribute to Miles Davis, alongside Billy Cobham and Gregory Porter. The Lab closes with French disco pioneer Cerrone and his orchestral Disco Symphonic project. 
 
The 2026 edition also marks a return to the Montreux Congress Centre, combining the Festival’s renowned acoustics and intimate setting with an expanded lakeside programme. 
 
Spanning jazz, soul, rock, pop, hip-hop and electronic music, Montreux Jazz Festival’s 60th edition celebrates six decades of musical history while continuing to spotlight the artists shaping its future. 
 
Tickets go on general sale on 1 April. To purchase and find out more, visit: https://www.montreuxjazzfestival.com/en/