Høstsabbat 2026 Makes First Lineup Announcement
Two days ago, bright and early as the time approached 7AM in Oslo, I was in a cab headed to the city’s central train station. I’d hop on the Flytoget Express and go to the airport momentarily to go home, but on the way I looked out the left window and saw as we passed by the Kulturkirken Jakob, where in October, the annual Høstsabbat is held. I’ve had the pleasure several times over of hearing bands fill the massive space in that converted church while playing on the altar stage, or crushing with outright glee in its crypt basement, and, well, it was nice to see the place again after a few years, even in passing.
The first announcement came out this past weekend while I was at Desertfest Oslo. There were posters up and I wound up chatting with some of my fellow attendees about the badassery of Domkraft, Earthbong, Old Horn Tooth and so on, the appeal of both the circumstance of the setting and of the initial lineup itself. There’s a lot to like, and a couple bands I don’t know toward the bottom of the list, but that’s just a little homework to do and I’m apparently into that as well. There’s a tertiary venue change, but Høstsabbat will be incredible either way for those who are there to see it — I’d have said the same before a lineup announcement; they’ve more than earned that trust to deliver — and if that’s you, consider yourself lucky.
Ticket link and such hoisted from socials:
Høstsabbat once again returns to the Church of Riffs the 23rd and 24th of October!
The Oslo boutique festival which mixes the best of every crushing genre.
This year we’ve changed our smallest venue to Kafé Hærverk, located 2 minutes from the church. The Church of Riffs and the Crypt is of course back this year.
Kicking of with the first band announcement, with this killer mix:
DOMKRAFT
DEATHCHANT
CULT OF OCCULT
OLD HORN TOOTH
EARTHBONG
HENCHLOCK
VOIDSPIRE
THE APE
GLOOMBOUND
Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/hstsabbat-tickets/artist/2819078
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