Josh Baker, Francesco Del Garda and extra are poised to DJ on the Parco Archeologico di Segesta in Could 2026.
A brand new competition, Aura, is bringing digital music to some of the historic venues on Earth, a 2,500-year-old Greek temple within the hills of Sicily.
The inaugural Aura Competition is about for Could 1-2 on the Parco Archeologico di Segesta, one in all Italy’s most vital historic websites and residential to the remarkably preserved Doric Temple. Constructed roughly 2,441 years in the past in 416 BC by the Trojan-descended Elymians, the huge stone monument stays a roofless shell as a result of a conflict pressured its builders to desert the venture earlier than it was completed.
The 2-day competition will welcome round 4,000 attendees, in response to a press launch shared with EDM.com, and unfold inside the rolling hills close to Castellammare del Golfo, the place the traditional temple and close by amphitheater overlook an unlimited Sicilian countryside. Aura’s organizer, Unlocked Occasions, is framing the occasion because the nexus of digital music tradition and the lengthy arc of historical past that surrounds Segesta.
“Aura was created to forge new connections between folks, music, artwork and locations by means of an expertise that focuses on notion,” the promoter stated. “In an accelerating world, Aura chooses to decelerate: it doesn’t comply with traits, however seeks which means, depth and stability. It’s about digital music dialogues with the historical past of Segesta, whereas folks and their tales intertwine in a shared house.”
The competition’s inaugural lineup leans into home, minimal and tech with performances by Francesco Del Garda, Oshana, Onur Özer, Quest, Josh Baker, Traumer and extra. The debut additionally marks the start of a broader sequence of occasions from Unlocked, which plans to stage future occasions throughout different historic places all through Sicily.
You should purchase tickets to Aura Competition right here and take a look at the 2026 lineup under.
