Announced names 2027 – The Culture Festival

Here you'll find every name we've announced for The Culture 2027 so far. New names go to the top – and newsletter subscribers hear about them by email first.

NobodyListen

The third name of the 2027 line-up is NobodyListen – a Prague DJ, producer and songwriter whose real name is Jakub Strach. He made his first hip-hop beats at fourteen, went through the Red Bull Music Academy in Paris in 2015 and also made his name as the organiser of Addict parties. His sets blend progressive electronic music with rap, and he has played festivals such as Colours of Ostrava, Pohoda and Metronome.

He is behind a string of standout Czech records: with Václav Rouček he forms the duo VR/NOBODY, whose album Yet. was nominated for an Anděl award; he made the album J. Eden E-gen (2022) with Yzomandias, the record Pattern (2023) with Nik Tendo and the joint album Koukej se mnou (2023) with Annet X. He also composed the music for the Bohemian Gravity part of the ballet triptych bpm at the National Theatre.

He played The Culture this February at the winter edition in České Budějovice. Next summer he brings his set to all four stops.

Loudz1

The second name of the 2027 line-up is Loudz1, also written Loudz One – a new-generation Prague rapper whose real name is Denis Sztwiertnia. The music media rank him among the most interesting newcomers on the Czech scene, and reviewers praise his raw, believable delivery and distinctive flow. His sound draws mainly on German trap and British rap.

He officially introduced himself in February 2023 with the debut EP Cruise High and released the record Loudz One the same year, recording it while still finishing secondary school. His most mature project so far is considered to be the album Too Loud from February 2025 – seventeen tracks with guests such as Shimmi, Nik Tendo and Hasan, whose launch show sold out Prague's Futurum. This year he released the record Contemporary and took it out on a tour of the same name.

This year he opened The Culture in Plzeň, Olomouc and České Budějovice and on the second day in Liberec, and in February he also played the winter edition in České Budějovice. Next summer he is back at all four stops.

Shimmi

The first announced name is Shimmi – a Slovak rapper from Bratislava, also known to fans as Justkidolive. He belongs to the young generation of Slovak trap and is a member of the ConspiracyFlat collective, with whom he releases joint projects and tours. He plays regularly in the Czech Republic too – in 2024 he took his second studio album BENIHANA to six cities, from Prague and Brno to Bratislava and Košice.

He has been on the scene since 2019, when he released his debut project Obyčajné Deti, and has been putting out music at a rapid pace ever since – his latest records are last year's album YOLO and this year's YOLO AFTERPARTY. He also works with the Czech scene, with guests such as Nik Tendo and Hugo Toxxx on his records.

He has played The Culture before – in 2023 at the very first edition in Liberec. Now he is back for the whole tour.

Where and when

All three will play all four stops: České Budějovice on 17 July, Olomouc on 14 August, Liberec on 21 August and Plzeň on 4 September. All stops are on a Saturday.

Tickets and more names

Tickets for all 2027 stops are on sale at theculture.cz. We will be announcing more names step by step – if you don't want to miss any, sign up for updates and we'll email them to you.