Launched in 2024 with the aim of becoming “the capital of rap”, the Dijon event invites some of the biggest names in the urban scene on August 28, 29 and 30.
Hip-hop stars will meet on August 28, 29 and 30, 2026 for the third edition of the Golden Coast Festival. Established in Dijon since the summer of 2024, the most popular summer meeting for young people under 23 is preparing to welcome some of the most popular faces of the French-speaking rap scene who, for the first time in three years, will be joined by an internationally renowned American artist.
A great regular at French festivals, rapper Macklemore, famous performer of hits Thrift Shop, Can’t Hold Us et Glorious in the early 2010s, will be one of the prestigious guests of the Golden Coast, almost a year to the day after lighting up the Lollapalooza stage under the pouring rain of the Parisian sky. The artist with nearly 24 million records sold, will perform at the end of the festival, on Sunday, shortly before Aya Nakamura, another headliner.
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The “queen of urban pop”rarely included on the schedules of summer events, will be one of the main attractions of this third edition. She will, in all likelihood, be on tour to defend her latest album Destinypublished on November 21, which she will also present at the Stade de France, three times, next May.
Two days earlier, Damso, his partner on the song Quickdrawwill be the star of opening day. The Belgian rapper with multiple diamond records will give the last concert of his BEYAH TOUR tour, the first date of which is scheduled for April 2 in Rouen. The artist will also defend one of his albums, and not just any album, the last of his career. There is no doubt that he will also perform the best-known pieces of his repertoire, such as Macarena, N. J Respect R et Solitary mosaic.
Macklemore et Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us (2013)
The rest of the lineup includes other big names. Like PLK on Saturday, a Parisian rapper who recently announced two concerts at the Stade de France at the beginning of September, but also Disiz on Friday, currently first in the top single in France with his song Melodrama in collaboration with Theodora, and in musical news with the release of a new album, entitled We won’t remember itinviting Laurent Voulzy and Kid Cudi.
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Fianso, 39, will deliver one of the last festival performances of his career, on Friday, before a final concert planned at the Accor Arena in November 2026. Naza, performer of Holy shit et 1,2,3 SoleilGuy2Bezbar, winner of a diamond single for Monaco and the iconic group of the 2000s, Sniper, will also be invited throughout the weekend.
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The emerging scene in the spotlight
The Golden Coast Festival will also highlight more emerging figures on the rap scene, such as La Mano 1.9 and La RVFLEUSE. Different artists seen in the latest season of the Netflix series New Schoollike Eve La Marka and the big winner Shayne, will also be present on stage to showcase their talent. Just like, as usual, the region’s rappers, who will perform in the afternoon on a more intimate stage.
In 2025, the Dijon event brought together some 75,000 festival-goers who came to see SCH, Gims, Bigflo and Oli and even Ninho, i.e. 25,000 more than the previous edition which brought in more than three million euros in direct and indirect benefits to the Burgundy region. Next summer, it will still display the same desire: to become the capital of French rap.
Guy2Bezbar – Monaco (2024)