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OMG, Franck! is a six-day interdisciplinary festival taking place during Art Basel week at Franck Areal in Basel. "Let's create our world in six days." Organised by Förderverein Franck — a newly founded association — OMG, Franck! brings together DJs, artists, designers, performers and chefs to co-create an open, diverse, sustainable and creative environment over six days inside one of Basel's most distinctive industrial sites.

The 2026 edition takes place from 15–20 June 2026 at Franck Areal, Basel.

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What OMG, Franck! Is

It all started with the idea of creating an inspiring environment together as a network in six days. Founded in 2024, OMG, Franck! began as a collaboration between Radio X, Tanzhaus Basel, Franck Areal and No Chef Studios.

The festival was created to open a different kind of space during one of the art world's most charged weeks: a place where sub- and club culture, artistic practice, hospitality, conversation and community can overlap.

Rather than separating disciplines, OMG, Franck! lets them move through each other. A concert can sit next to a radio conversation, a performance can lead into a club night, a kitchen can become part of the programme, and an industrial site can temporarily become a shared cultural landscape.

The first edition in June 2025 welcomed around 5,000 visitors over six days, with immersive installations and performances, DJ sets, a carefully curated culinary offering and a large fashion show.

OMG, Franck! is not only a programme of events. It is a place to gather, listen, move, eat, talk, discover and stay longer than planned.

The Site

The festival takes place at Franck Areal, a 12,000 m² former industrial site in Basel currently undergoing transformation into a place for culture, work, sustainability and community life.

For OMG, Franck!, the site becomes a festival landscape: stages, exhibition spaces, listening rooms, radio formats, food and bar programmes, open-air moments and smaller rooms for close-up encounters unfold side by side.

Organisation

OMG, Franck! is organised by Förderverein Franck in collaboration with Radio X, Tanzhaus Basel, Franck Areal and No Chef Studios.

The festival works across music, art, performance, fashion, food culture, live radio, talks and community-led formats, bringing together local, national and international contributors. Its programme is shaped through collaborations with artists, curators, cultural organisations, independent initiatives and site partners.

2026 Edition

From 15 to 20 June 2026, OMG, Franck! returns to Franck Areal with a six-day programme across Music, Art, Performance, Fashion, Food Culture, Live Radio & Talks, and Collaborators.

The 2026 edition expands the festival into a dense cultural landscape during Art Basel week: a pop-up club, immersive installations, contemporary performance, live fashion formats, curated dining experiences, radio broadcasts, talks and community-led encounters unfold across the industrial site.

Artists, chefs, DJs, performers, designers, collectives, broadcasters and cultural partners come together to shape a temporary world where club culture meets artistic practice, hospitality, conversation and shared experience.

Building on the first edition in 2025, OMG, Franck! 2026 deepens its connection to Franck Areal as a site of transformation — raw, open, experimental and alive for six days.

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