Festival Beauregard has one of those 2026 lineups that looks calm for about three seconds, then starts throwing punches. From 1–5 July 2026, the Château de Beauregard in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Normandy gets five days of French pop gravity, indie-rock muscle, global rap, electronic closers, and a very Beauregard sense of mischief.
The top line is loud: Aya Nakamura, Macklemore, Bob Sinclar, Orelsan, Pulp, Theodora, Feu! Chatterton, Dropkick Murphys, Franz Ferdinand, Pixies, and Armin van Buuren. But the real strength is the daily shape. Beauregard is not just stacking names. It is building nights with whiplash in the best possible way.
Essential Details for Festival Beauregard 2026
- Dates: 1–5 July 2026
- Location: Château de Beauregard, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Normandy, France
- Tickets: Available via the official Festival Beauregard ticketing page
- Lineup: Full day-by-day programme listed on the official Festival Beauregard programmation page
- Transport: The festival runs a dedicated transport platform; Caen is the key nearby city, with Caen-Carpiquet Airport the closest airport option
The Day-By-Day Damage
Beauregard’s 2026 edition starts with “The Day Before” on Wednesday, 1 July, then rolls into four full festival days from Thursday, 2 July to Sunday, 5 July. The official programme already gives the set placement, which is useful because this lineup is very much about contrasts.
Wednesday, 1 July – The Day Before Goes Pop, Rap and House
Aya Nakamura is the kind of booking that changes the temperature of a field. Her catalogue has crossed far beyond France, and putting her in the opening slot of Beauregard’s special “The Day Before” format makes the Wednesday feel less like a warm-up and more like a headline event.
Macklemore brings the big communal rap-pop moment later in the night, the sort of booking built for people who came in groups and intend to leave hoarse. Bob Sinclar opens the evening with French house history in his pocket, which gives Wednesday a neat arc: pop dominance, festival rap, then classic dancefloor lift.
Thursday, 2 July – Orelsan, Pulp and a Late Cassius Curveball
Orelsan at Beauregard is not just a Normandy-friendly booking. It is the local gravity point of the weekend. His relationship with Caen and French rap culture makes this Thursday set feel like one of the emotional peaks of the whole edition.
Then Beauregard does the very Beauregard thing: it puts Pulp into the same night. Jarvis Cocker and company bring British art-pop theatrics, wit, and that strange mix of elegance and chaos that still makes Pulp feel singular. Around them, Cassius, Girls In Hawaii, La Mano 1.9, Thylacine, Dynamite Shakers, and The Lanskies turn Thursday into the most shape-shifting day of the programme.
Friday, 3 July – French Songcraft Meets Garage-Rock Teeth
Theodora and Feu! Chatterton give Friday its French-language spine. Feu! Chatterton remain one of the sharpest live bands in modern French rock, dramatic without becoming dusty, literary without sounding like homework. Theodora brings a different kind of current-pop charge, making Friday feel younger and stranger than the old “rock day” label would suggest.
The chaos button is The Hives. Few bands are better at turning a field into a grinning mess, and their Beauregard slot should be one of the purest live-performance bets of the weekend. Add Gaëtan Roussel, Rilès, Bertrand Belin, Mosimann, Nico Moreno, Louise Charbonnel, and SLIFT, and Friday has bite in several directions: chanson, rap, techno pressure, and heavy psych.
Saturday, 4 July – Guitars, Celtic Punk and a Very Late Trym
Dropkick Murphys are the obvious Saturday crowd detonator. Their Celtic punk is engineered for raised pints and terrible decisions, which is exactly what a Saturday night in a château park can handle.
The clever part is what surrounds them. Charlotte Cardin gives the day a polished pop-soul centre. Franz Ferdinand still have one of the most reliable indie-rock festival arsenals around. Vald x Vladimir Cauchemar x Todiefor adds a French rap and electronic oddball collision, while Agnes Obel brings the opposite energy entirely: intimate, haunted, precise.
Earlier and later, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, JOLAGREEN23, Royel Otis, Trym, Headcharger, and Shame make Saturday the deepest guitar-and-sweat day on the poster. Trym closing deep into the night is particularly nasty work. Compliment, obviously.
Sunday, 5 July – Pixies Into Armin Is Mad Enough To Work
Pixies on Sunday is the kind of booking that gives a final day proper weight. Their influence on alternative rock is impossible to overstate, but the reason this works at Beauregard is simpler: those songs still cut through open air.
Armin van Buuren then flips the field into full-scale trance release. It is a bold closing contrast after Pixies, but Beauregard has always been good at letting different tribes share the same grass. Disiz, L2B, Vanessa Paradis, Gaël Faye, HOUDI, and Kevin Morby round out Sunday with rap, French pop history, literary warmth, and American indie songwriting.
Why Beauregard 2026 Works
The appeal here is not just “big names in Normandy.” Beauregard has always had a garden-party personality with arena-level bookings. The Château de Beauregard setting gives the festival a softer frame than the lineup sometimes deserves, which is part of the charm. You can watch Agnes Obel in something close to a pastoral spell, then get flattened by Dropkick Murphys a few hours later. Civilisation, briefly interrupted.
There is also a strong French core. Orelsan, Aya Nakamura, Theodora, Feu! Chatterton, Gaëtan Roussel, Disiz, Vanessa Paradis, Gaël Faye, La Mano 1.9, Rilès, and Bertrand Belin mean this is not an imported-headliner festival with local names sprinkled around the edges. Beauregard 2026 feels properly French, properly international, and properly weird in the middle.
The Practical Stuff
Book the day you actually want. The Wednesday “The Day Before” uses a separate access logic unless you have a 5-day pass, so do not assume every pass behaves the same way. Check the official ticket page before buying.
Camping matters. Beauregard offers passes with camping, and the official information page notes that camping can also be added separately. If you plan to stay for more than one day, sort this early. Normandy in July is beautiful, but improvising accommodation near a major festival is how villains are made.
Use the transport platform. The festival points visitors toward its dedicated transport platform, which is the sensible first stop for shuttles, shared routes, or local access options.
Watch the set times. The official programme already lists stage times for many artists. That is useful at Beauregard because clashes are likely to hurt. Pulp into Cassius, Dropkick Murphys into Franz Ferdinand, Pixies into Armin van Buuren: this is not a casual timetable.
Final Read
Festival Beauregard 2026 has balance without becoming polite. The top line sells the ticket, but the middle of the poster is where the weekend gets interesting: SLIFT, Royel Otis, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Kevin Morby, Nico Moreno, Thylacine, and Shame give the programme enough texture to reward people who arrive early and stay late.
If you want a French festival that can move from Orelsan hometown gravity to Pulp oddball glamour, from Pixies abrasion to Armin van Buuren release, Beauregard is an easy yes for 2026.
Secure your tickets via the official Festival Beauregard ticketing page.
