Soundstorm Festival cancels 2026 edition
The festival joins a string of Middle East events forced to cancel in recent months
News By Ciaran Donnelly | 1 October 2026
Saudi Arabia’s Soundstorm Festival has been cancelled, with promoters MDLBeast saying the event will return for its 2027 edition. MDLBeast did not give a reason for the cancellation, but said the festival could not “take place as planned” in 2026.
It had been due to take place in early December in Banban in Riyadh.
Soundstorm began in 2019 and has grown to draw around 100,000 fans per day across its three-day span. Last year’s edition saw a revamp to the festival’s…
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