MustArt Fest 2026 concludes its two-day programme in Sofia’s Hipodruma Park on Thursday, 17 September with original music, short-film screenings and an awards ceremony. Admission is free and the festival focuses on a new generation of Bulgarian musicians and filmmakers. The timetable on mustartfest.com starts at 18:00 on both evenings.

The final night opens with part two of the Best Original Song 2026 competition. The billed performers are MAX1M, Jimmy, Violina Doceva, DSP, Niki R:ce and Sindeed. Fourteen selected acts are split across the two nights.

From 20:00 to 21:00 the five films made for the MustArt Film Challenge are screened: “The Fork”, directed by Nadezhda Atanasova; “Unfinished Stories”, Victoria Pavlova; “Survivorship Bias”, Bogdana Nikityuk; “Last Summer Day”, Gabriela Pometkova; and “Pill for Loneliness”, Georgi Petkov. All screenings have English subtitles and are followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.

The awards ceremony is listed from 21:00 to 22:30, when winners of the main modules are due to be announced. The festival has not yet published results; a follow-up story would depend on an official announcement.

MustArt combines original music and short film in an open-air setting. Wednesday’s opening night included the first half of the song contest and a separate selection of five shorts from the best short-film competition. Thursday’s timetable should be checked on the official site before travelling.

Image: Stolichanin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Borisova Gradina, Sofia, not Hipodruma Park and not the 2026 MustArt stage. Cropped to 16:9.

Source consulted: MustArt Short Film & Music Fest 2026 — official programme, Sofia, 16–17 September.