NEB Festival 2026 Events

DESPLAZADOS II is organised and hosted by Espronceda – Institute of Art & Culture in Barcelona in collaboration with Associació Arte Sostenible.

FACTS2 is a cultural forum exploring how urban imaginaries shape the way cities are experienced and transformed.

The exhibition 'Arboreal Dreams' bridges the past and future by pairing Magdalena Abakanowicz’s visionary 'Arboreal Architecture' with a repository of works from young creators at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

NomANDIa Makers' Fair: Learning, Growing & Belonging is a three-day satellite event in Jimbolia, Romania, celebrating non-formal education, circular making and community participation.

Futura Cinema is a European programme dedicated to innovation in the film industry, supporting project developers and cultural venues in imagining, testing and deploying new technological, cultural, social and sustainable solutions.

30 m³ Baukultur – Mach was draus is part of the Convention on Baukultur 2026 in Potsdam, Germany.

Cucuteni Open Air Art Lab – Heritage in a Rural Art Intervention is a participatory art initiative in the village of Cucuteni, Romania, birthplace of one of Europe's most important Neolithic cultures.

Pre-conference day of the Just Transition Conference of Zasavje will feature 4 hands-on project development sites for local stakeholders across (hidden) gems of the region.

Primary school kids can explore the Rallye biosphere reserve accompanied by a ranger team.

Creative Future is a dedicated satellite edition of the MindFormers event designed to explore how people might live, create and connect in 2040.

The event combines a series of nature-based activities employing arts-based methods and digital tools to co-create nature-based solutions in Pansio-Perno, a post-industrial landscape in coastal Turku, Finland.

Tides of the City invites artists, designers, researchers, and creative hubs to join a Europe-wide initiative re-imagining the relationship between cities and their rivers.

French-Chinese artistic duo Benoit+Bo work between China and Europe. Since meeting in 2002 in Tianjin, China, the artists’ work has been shaped by dialogue between cultures, personal experiences, the Chinese zodiac, popular traditions and contemporary transformation.

French-Chinese artistic duo Benoit+Bo work between China and Europe. Since meeting in 2002 in Tianjin, China, the artists’ work has been shaped by dialogue between cultures, personal experiences, the Chinese zodiac, popular traditions and contemporary transformation.

The event marks the concluding moment of the first BIP ONAC cycle.

The INSE’2026 event highlights the need for long-term, life-cycle thinking within the industrial ecosystem, with a strong focus on the construction sector. It promotes innovative construction technologies and advanced materials that support low-carbon, climate-resilient built environments.

Sensing Music is a multisensory cultural event exploring accessibility, inclusion and the power of music to connect diverse communities.

EURAU 26 LATITUDES aims at contributing to the contemporary debate on architectural research as a practice.

The satellite event includes two central components: a public panel discussion on Aesthetics for the 21st Century: Design Connected to Nature, and an exhibition of award-winning student works.