Half of the Left of the Dial 2026 tickets already sold

THINGS NEVER GO AS PLANNED 

And sometimes that’s a positive thing (at least for us)

As you probably know, we’re pretty good at making solid plans, only to have to change them again later on. For reasons ranging from Storm Benjamin to our own stupidity.

And sometimes it’s because of your unmatched enthusiasm.

Like every year, we made a budget that includes different ticket tiers with different prices. We calculated that, to make things work for Left of the Dial 2026, we’d have to increase ticket prices once half the tickets were sold. We expected that moment to come sometime early next year, probably around the first lineup announcement.

But you are buying tickets like Left of the Dial is the last festival in the world and almost half of the tickets are already gone!

You probably understand that this makes us beyond happy and since we’re still a bit emotionally unstable after the festival, we’re almost in tears. But just in time before we all started ugly crying, we realised we had to warn you: it looks like ticket prices will go up by the end of the week. Or maybe a few days later… or sooner. It all depends on how many of you have already made plans for October 2026.

Almost half the tickets being gone also means there are still plenty left, so there’s no need to panic, but if you want to save some money, don’t wait too long.

Yes, we’re as surprised as you are…

THINGS NEVER GO AS PLANNED 

And sometimes that’s a positive thing (at least for us)

As you probably know, we’re pretty good at making solid plans, only to have to change them again later on. For reasons ranging from Storm Benjamin to our own stupidity.

And sometimes it’s because of your unmatched enthusiasm.

Like every year, we made a budget that includes different ticket tiers with different prices. We calculated that, to make things work for Left of the Dial 2026, we’d have to increase ticket prices once half the tickets were sold. We expected that moment to come sometime early next year, probably around the first lineup announcement.

But you are buying tickets like Left of the Dial is the last festival in the world and almost half of the tickets are already gone!

You probably understand that this makes us beyond happy and since we’re still a bit emotionally unstable after the festival, we’re almost in tears. But just in time before we all started ugly crying, we realised we had to warn you: it looks like ticket prices will go up by the end of the week. Or maybe a few days later… or sooner. It all depends on how many of you have already made plans for October 2026.

Almost half the tickets being gone also means there are still plenty left, so there’s no need to panic, but if you want to save some money, don’t wait too long.

Yes, we’re as surprised as you are…

Left of the Dial 2025 in reviews

Finally we can stop tooting our own horn! Here’s what the press had to say about Left of the Dial 2025.

Far Out Magazine: PreviewThursdayFridaySaturdayReportPiss
Clash: Preview
BBC6 Music – radio show recap
Hard of Hearing: PreviewReport
AD: blog
3voor12: PreviewReport
Beats per Minute: PreviewReport
Dansende Beren: PreviewThursdayFridaySaturday
The Decibel Decoder: Preview 1Preview 2Preview 3Preview 4
Movies we texted about: Report
Poule d’Or: Report
Sounds Sick: Report
Gaesteliste.de: Report
Konzerttagebuch: Report
Add to Wantlist: Report
Yuck magazine: print
Enola.be: Report
Open Rotterdam: PreviewReport
Nevermind the Hype: Report
3voor12 Rotterdam: FridaySaturdayReport
Podiuminfo: Report
Radio Capelle: PreviewReport
De Havenloods: Preview 1Preview 2

Finally we can stop tooting our own horn! Here's what the press had to say about Left of the Dial 2025 (to be updated).

Far Out Magazine: Preview - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Report - Piss
Clash: Preview
BBC6 Music - radio show recap
Hard of Hearing: Preview - Report
AD: blog
3voor12: Preview - Report
Beats per Minute: Preview - Report
Dansende Beren: Preview - Thursday - Friday - Saturday
The Decibel Decoder: Preview 1 - Preview 2 - Preview 3 - Preview 4
Movies we texted about: Report
Poule d'Or: Report
Sounds Sick: Report
Gaesteliste.de: Report
Konzerttagebuch: Report
Add to Wantlist: Report
Yuck magazine: print
Enola.be: Report
Open Rotterdam: Preview - Report
Nevermind the Hype: Report
3voor12 Rotterdam: Friday - Saturday - Report
Podiuminfo: Report
Radio Capelle: Preview - Report
De Havenloods: Preview 1 - Preview 2

 

 

Left of the Dial 2025 in photos

We’ve been busy uploading some of the Left of the Dial photos on our Flickr account for easy viewing, but we’re still a bit fuzzy and to be honest, it’s a bit of a mess. Still it might give you that warm throwback-to-the-best-weekend-ever-feeling that you need right now!

We’re going to try to get the Flickr page more organised over the coming days (or weeks), but if you can’t wait to go through every photo band per band, please go to our Flickr page.

Photos by: Matthijs de Jong, Guus van der Aa & Lisa Ooijevaar

We’ve been busy uploading some of the Left of the Dial photos on our Flickr account for easy viewing, but we’re still a bit fuzzy and to be honest, it’s a bit of a mess. Still it might give you that warm throwback-to-the-best-weekend-ever-feeling that you need right now!

We’re going to try to get the Flickr page more organised over the coming days (or weeks), but if you can’t wait to go through every photo band per band, please go to our Flickr page.

Photos by: Matthijs de Jong, Guus van der Aa & Lisa Ooijevaar

Press & photos 2025

For Left of the Dial 2025 photos click here (please always use photo credits).
For press registrations for 2026 please email: mink@leftofthedial.nl

Far Out Magazine: PreviewThursdayFridaySaturdayReportPiss
Clash: Preview
BBC6 Music – radio show recap
Hard of Hearing: PreviewReport
AD: blog
3voor12: PreviewReport
Beats per Minute: PreviewReport
Dansende Beren: PreviewThursdayFridaySaturday
The Decibel Decoder: Preview 1Preview 2Preview 3Preview 4
Movies we texted about: Report
Poule d’Or: Report
Sounds Sick: Report
Gaesteliste.de: Report
Konzerttagebuch: Report
Add to Wantlist: Report
Yuck magazine: Report
Enola.be: Report
Open Rotterdam: PreviewReport
Nevermind the Hype: Report
3voor12 Rotterdam: FridaySaturdayReport
Podiuminfo: Report
Radio Capelle: PreviewReport
De Havenloods: Preview 1Preview 2
William Wolstenholme: Somewhere between a travel blog and a festival review

For Left of the Dial 2025 photos click here (please always use photo credits).
For press registrations for 2026 please email: mink@leftofthedial.nl

Far Out Magazine: Preview - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Report - Piss
Clash: Preview
BBC6 Music - radio show recap
Hard of Hearing: Preview - Report
AD: blog
3voor12: Preview - Report
Beats per Minute: Preview - Report
Dansende Beren: Preview - Thursday - Friday - Saturday
The Decibel Decoder: Preview 1 - Preview 2 - Preview 3 - Preview 4
Movies we texted about: Report
Poule d'Or: Report
Sounds Sick: Report
Gaesteliste.de: Report
Konzerttagebuch: Report
Add to Wantlist: Report
Yuck magazine: print
Enola.be: Report
Open Rotterdam: Preview - Report
Nevermind the Hype: Report
3voor12 Rotterdam: Friday - Saturday - Report
Podiuminfo: Report
Radio Capelle: Preview - Report
De Havenloods: Preview 1 - Preview 2

Follow the Bus! Hop on the Left of the Dial bus to get from venue to venue

The Left of the Dial shuttle services runs every day between 19.00h and 23.30h. We really tried, but due to the unpredictable traffic in the city, it proved impossible to create a clear schedule. So we fitted the bus with a GPS tracker to check where the bus is at any given time. Go to the nearest official bus stop, wave the bus down, show your Left of the Dial wristband and you’re ready to ride. It will probably be a lot less efficiently than we initially hoped, but this was the best solution we could think of!

The Left of the Dial shuttle services runs every day between 19.00h and 23.30h. We really tried, but due to the unpredictable traffic in the city, it proved impossible to create a clear schedule. So we fitted the bus with a GPS tracker to check where the bus is at any given time. Go to the nearest official bus stop, wave the bus down, show your Left of the Dial wristband and you're ready to ride. It will probably be a lot less efficiently than we initially hoped, but this was the best solution we could think of!