Omana Festival Drops First 50 Names

- Omana Festival is a boutique event that relocated from Croatia to Chalkidiki, Greece, and focuses on blending electronic music with wellness workshops, such as mindfulness and breathwork. - The musical programming emphasizes extended DJ sets spanning minimal, house, techno, and disco across four stages in beach and forest locations. - The 2026 lineup continues a focus on the European underground, featuring collaborations with international collectives like Yoyaku, Partisan, and Cartulis alongside emerging Greek artists. - The £2.47bn economic impact of the UK's electronic music sector in 2025 represents a 3% increase from the £2.4bn reported in 2024. - The infrastructure pressures mentioned in the report include the closure of 36% of UK nightclubs since March 2020, leaving only 823 venues nationwide. - A critical issue facing the industry is the collapse of mid-tier venues (500-2,500 capacity), which creates a bottleneck for emerging artists trying to grow their careers. - Despite the venue closures, demand for electronic music remains high, with event programming in the sector growing by 10.5% over the same period. - In 2024, financial pressures led to the cancellation or postponement of 72 independent UK festivals.