Games · Art · Culture

A festival that treats games as seriously as music, film and art.

Filmbyen, Aarhus ✳ 20-21 November 2026

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What is FLUX?

One weekend where games become culture, art and festival energy

FLUX is not a trade show. It is a culture festival gathering talks, concerts, installations, playable showcases and creative communities under one roof at Godsbanen. Whether you play, make, study or simply want to understand games better, there is a way in.

01 / EXPERIENCE

Experience

Talks, concerts, installations, performances and playable works. Meet games as art and culture in a festival setting.

02 / MAKE

Make

Game jams, workshops and masterclasses for creators, students and the curious. Games are not only played; they are made.

03 / MEET

Meet

Informal meetings across games, art, music, education and industry. The strongest ideas often start when the right people share a room.

Lineup 2026

Games, artists and talks already on the poster

From Slay the Spire 2 and Super Battle Golf to concerts, installations, talks and the NIMBI play area. Here is the first look at the programme.

Talk / Performance Friday · 10:00-12:30

Ste Curran

A hypnotic performance-talk from one of games culture's sharpest stage voices.

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Talk / Performance

Ste Curran

Friday · 10:00-12:30

Ste Curran brings a performance-talk about games, memory and the strange power of the undocumented. Expect a precise, funny and unsettling live format that treats games as cultural objects with real emotional charge.

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Concert

Aarhus Big Band

A full big-band concert bringing game worlds and live music onto the main stage.

Experience
Concert

Aarhus Big Band

Aarhus Big Band performs a concert built around the energy, drama and imagination of games. It is live music with the scale of a festival headline act and the texture of the worlds players know by heart.

Art Installation

Jakob Kudsk Steensen

Immersive digital art from one of Denmark's internationally recognised artists.

Experience
Art Installation

Jakob Kudsk Steensen

Jakob Kudsk Steensen works with game engines, ecology and immersive worldbuilding. At FLUX, his installation frames game technology as a serious artistic medium: spatial, sensory and deeply alive.

Game Showcase

Slay the Spire 2

A confirmed showcase of one of the most anticipated strategy deckbuilders in the world.

Experience
Game Showcase

Slay the Spire 2

Slay the Spire 2 joins the festival lineup as a game-first headline for players and industry guests. FLUX highlights the games themselves alongside the people, systems and culture around them.

Game Showcase

Super Battle Golf

Confirmed for FLUX: competitive, chaotic golf built for spectators and hands-on play.

Experience
Game Showcase

Super Battle Golf

Super Battle Golf brings an immediate, playable festival energy to the programme. It is a strong example of how games can sit naturally beside concerts, talks and installations as live cultural experiences.

Talk & Cultural Game Jam

Rikke Toft Nørgaard

A talk and game-jam format exploring how culture, values and play become game design.

Make
Talk & Cultural Game Jam

Rikke Toft Nørgaard

Rikke Toft Nørgaard leads a programme thread around cultural game jams: how games can respond to heritage, futures, values and shared questions. It is both a talk and an invitation to make.

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Stay updated

Programme drops, tickets and festival news

Follow FLUX on Instagram for lineup announcements, ticket releases and practical festival updates as they land.

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Become a partner

Help give games a cultural stage

As a FLUX Festival partner, you become part of Denmark's first culture festival dedicated to games as an art form. You meet an engaged audience in a room built for curiosity and community, and you take position in a cultural field growing fast.

The forces behind it

Partners at FLUX 2026

Games Denmark
Funday Games
Arkaden
Aarhus Jazz Orkester
Julie Bjørnskov
Aarhus Kommune

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See you at Godsbanen

20-21 November 2026 · Filmbyen, Aarhus

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