COSMIC KITTEN (San Pedro / Los Angeles, USA)

Coming to us from San Pedro, the port district of Los Angeles, Cosmic Kitten are a four-piece who apparently slept through the meeting where someone announced that the ’90s were over—which, of course, we mean in the best possible way.

Cosmic Kitten dig around in the dirtier drawer of alternative rock, where grunge, punk, noise and heavy guitars are piled up alongside the occasional shredded melody and just the right amount of rage. If you miss the days when alternative rock didn’t mean neatly groomed bands salivating over the prospect of playing huge festival stages, but rather feedback, fuzz, sweaty foreheads and songs that can explode from a quiet grumble into a full-blown guitar onslaught in an instant, then this is pretty much it.

At the forefront is Karen Marie, who can switch from an almost gentle, introspective vocal to a full-on scream within the same song. Around her, Zach Huckabee on drums, Jay Vesper on bass and John Chavez on second guitar make sure this doesn’t remain a mere nostalgic revival of grunge.

Cosmic Kitten have enough punk directness and contemporary noise-rock punch to sound far more now than Seattle 1992 cosplay.

Their references are no joke, either. They’ve shared stages with Redd Kross, The Dickies, Alice Bag, Avengers and Mike Watt. Their album Laugh of a Lifetime was, among others, recorded by Steve Moriarty of The Gits and mastered by Jack Endino, the man behind Nirvana’s Bleach. On their current album—their fifth, and their first for San Francisco label Psyched! Records—they’ve taken things a step further: it was produced by Alex Edkins of METZ, recorded by Ben Greenberg of Uniform, and mixed by Graham Walsh. In short, a pretty damn solid little family gathering of the noisy guitar underground.

The new album is appropriately raw and pretty much filter-free: frustration, emptiness, anger, revenge, bad decisions and picking yourself back up off the floor. But there’s no whining in the corner. With Cosmic Kitten, anger is above all a source of fuel.

Five albums and countless miles through clubs across the US and UK later, they’re finally stopping by our neck of the woods for the first time.

Music policy: alternative / post-grunge / punk / noise rock

Admission: €12 presale (mojekarte.si and their points of sale), €15 on the day of the concert

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**RAPETEK EXTRA: GRANDMASTER FLASH (USA)

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Grandmaster Flash needs no introduction. His early steps as a DJ are practically a timeline of hip-hop history in themselves: rocking formative block parties in the Bronx in the late ’70s; becoming one of the first figures to break through internationally—not just as an individual, but as part of the wider hip-hop culture—when his lightning-fast turntable skills were name-checked on Blondie’s “Rapture”; and then, in 1981, releasing the pioneering live-recorded collage of breaks and grooves “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” (Sugar Hill), a seven-minute masterclass in the “Quick Mix Theory.”

Flash invented the technique, which went on to become the foundation of hip-hop DJing and much of what followed. He demonstrated the same approach on film the following year in Wild Style—and, famously, did so right there in his own kitchen—in a now-iconic scene that would go on to circulate around the world.

Then, of course, there was the seminal early hip-hop collective Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, with their first street hits “Superrappin’” and “Freedom.” In 1982, the entire game changed with the release of “The Message,” the first truly massive hip-hop hit to tackle social issues. But there was a catch: despite the name, Flash had nothing to do with the recording itself. In fact, of the entire Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five lineup, only Melle Mel was involved in its creation.

The group eventually split, briefly reunited, and split again, while Flash continued independently—DJing, producing, lecturing, promoting, writing and doing pretty much everything else you can imagine.

He now comes to Ljubljana with his latest project, “The Four Elements,” a live tribute to each of the fundamental elements of hip-hop, bringing them together on stage in a celebration of the culture he helped build from the ground up.

Pioneer. Innovator. Icon.

“Grandmaster, cut faster!”

Music policy: hip hop

Admission: €30 presale, €35 on the day of the concert

Presale available at Big Nose, at Gala Hala events, on mojekarte.si and at their points of sale.

Quattro, €90: Klemen Klemen (10 Sep), La Coka Nostra (17 Sep), Grandmaster Flash (9 Oct), Immortal Technique (17 Oct) — available exclusively at Big Nose Shop and at Gala Hala events, limited number of tickets

Weather permitting, the concert will take place at the Summer Garden.

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MAJMUNSKA POSLA – predstavitev albuma

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dj program:

EROS

JUPI TER

RAKETA

Slovenski punk ansambel Majmunska Posla bodo 10. 10. 2026 v Gala Hali na Metelkovi predstavili svoj glasbeni prvenec. Album je po mnenju mnogih njihov najboljši material do zdaj.

Na mega gala velikem koncertu se jim bodo na odru pridružili številni glasbeni gostje na različnih inštrumentih in prijatelji, ki so sooblikovali ustvarjanje Majmunskih Posel.

Dogodek otvoril in krstil plesišče bo Eros, po koncertu pa ga v oblast prevzameta Raketa in duo Jupi Ter, potem pa gremo spat.

Na dogodku bo moč dobiti prvi album ansambla Majmunska Posla ter razne tematske konfekcijske artikle.

Music policy: alternativni rock / folk / punk / house / DnB

Vstopnina: early bird 8 € (omejeno število vstopnic), predprodaja 10 € (do 3.10.2026 ali do razprodaje), 15 € kasneje in na dan dogodka 

CONCERT ACADEMY @ KINO ŠIŠKA

Event Pre-Production and Technical Execution

In 2026, KAPA Association and the Center of Urban Culture Kino Šiška are launching the Concert Academy for the first time – an informal educational programme for young people interested in organising and producing concerts, festivals and other music events.

The programme is designed for anyone looking to gain practical, hands-on experience in contemporary concert production and learn about the real-world processes involved in the music industry – from the initial idea to the final execution of an event.

In this series of workshops, participants will explore the pre-production and technical execution of an event at Kino Šiška, gaining insight into the various stages and practical aspects of putting on a live music event.

Host: Angel Pornstar

Once again, we’re inviting both new faces and familiar friends to step into the spotlight on Gala’s stage and belt out your favourite tunes through a proper sound system. It’s the perfect opportunity to put your singing skills to the test in a slightly more serious setting.

Bring your grandma, cousins, third cousin twice removed, dad, and of course some friends who have no problem being brutally honest with you, so you can all dissect your performance afterwards and discuss whether you’re finally ready to send your promo material to the big record labels.

Whether you actually launch a new career in the music industry is entirely up to you. What we can offer is a stage, a sound engineer, a microphone, bold lights, club vibes and, naturally, essential hydration.

To make sure everything stays on track — so you know when it’s your turn and someone can remind you which song you picked in case you happen to forget — we have the one and only Gala Karabruke diva, Angel Pornstar.

Of course, there’ll be prizes for boldness, courage, originality, a good voice and a decent dance move. At the end of the performances, we’ll announce who impressed us the most at this edition of Karabruke. The prize is two free tickets to a concert of your choice at Gala Hala. Sold-out shows included.

There’s also a consolation prize — one that has slightly less to do with singing — for the best performance, the most courage, or simply the most gloriously embarrassing moment.

In short: you came, you saw, you sang!

Music policy: karaoke / alternative hits

Entry: €5 until 11 PM, €8 afterwards