NHAMFest26
NHAMFest26. 26th-28th August 2026. See below for the growing schedule for this distributed multi-day stream parade marathon. Help celebrate creative humans and fun hangouts in spaces of agency. A great opportunity to discover and support rad creative humans, join in the chat or sit quietly amongst a kind and fun crowd, and be able to glide and surf a fediwave of eclectic offerings.
Welcome to NHAM Fest 26
Below is the growing and fluid schedule of streams for the 2026 festival of streaming from independent creatives offering their work and building community outside the corpo silos.
This years festival will be a stream parade, in the style of a "raid". There is no home server per say. This popup instance will host a few events but primarily act as the schedule reference for #NHAMFest26 events by community vetted friends and artists who are onboard to celebrate welcoming inclusive friendly moderated hangouts and happily hand off to the next event.
Events will take place on a number of different venues/servers as listed below in the schedule. Interface and connectivity experience may vary across events but this is the grassroots of DIY streaming so please do help us have a go and support and inspire more independent creation and spaces.
PRESENTERS Please have your stream live 15 minutes ahead of your time so a lobby is up for new crowd. Posting that you are live a bit early gives folks in the feed a chance to be on time. Please fill your time slot but if the previous streamer ends a wee bit early no problem due to already having lobbies up to receive the parade. The RFF account will send a toot out 12 minutes ahead of your show that you are live. Please don't go over time. Toward end of stream do announce if mic'd up and in chat the next show and its link as listed in the schedule below. Good luck and have fun out there!
This popup instance is provided and powered by Owncast, a free and open source live streaming server.
NHAM Fest 26 SCHEDULE
all times in UTC
“pre-fest” block 26th August UTC
1900 - https://tv.theindiebeat.fm/ - ANIMATION ARRAY
Join us for a special edition and presentation of Animation ARRAY with chat open celebrating wonderful, wild and weird independent animation. #animation
https://robertafidora.com/animation-array
2000 - https://live.retrostrange.com/ - Watch Party Office Party with RetroStrange TV
the crew at RetroStrange TV invite you to join in the chat for another amazing hosted watch party of memeful shorts and a feature
the BIG stream parade 27th August UTC
0500 - https://communitymedia.video/w/uBAkKjWUWXjR8VL4xnWc49 - Doctor Deathray
@DoctorDeathray@retro.social Goth blues and punk psychedelia presented in a guitar-driven haze. #rock #blues #punk #indie
https://doctordeathray.bandcamp.com/
0600 - https://makertube.net/w/tuZYMU1i6p9GmQDJi4HKTk - Rhizome Industrie
@rhizome_industrie @social.bitwig.community will present selections from their own catalogue in the format of a custom live dj set.#electronic #drumAndBass #jungle #tech #deep
https://rhizome-industrie.bandcamp.com/ | https://mirlo.space/rhizome-industrie
0700 - https://fest.nham.co.uk/ - Insect Insights
@StrepsipZerg@scicomm.xyz RFF “the news” favourite evolutionary entomologist and storyteller will present a special live performance of Insect Insights. “picture if you will…”. #storytelling #bugs #insects #science #education #fun
https://soundcloud.com/the-insect-insights
0800 - https://live.theindiebeat.fm/ - sknob
@sknob@mamot.fr presents Offbeat, live & unplugged. #alt #pop #rock #altPopRock
https://sknob.fr/music | https://sknob.fr/faircamp/
0900 - https://live.uwu.fi/ - pulu
@ahihi@anticapitalist.party presents one of their current creative coding projects and does some leisurely live hacking on it. specifics are still shrouded in mystery but you can count on old computers being involved.
1000 - https://fest.nham.co.uk/ - Deborah Pickett Live in Absentia
@futzle@oldmermaid.town present “Live In Absentia”: With the aid of a singularity, Deb manages to simultaneously be in two, and zero, places.
1100 - https://lislegaard.stream/ - ILKAMA
@ilkama@sonomu.club Playful and exploratory electronica. Found sounds, off-kilter beats, layered synths and tape samples. #electronic #experimental
1200 - https://live.theindiebeat.fm/ - Sound of the Void
@Firesledge@piaille.fr Equipped with their DIY kits, the SOUND OF irradiate a psycho-bumpkin punk in a magma of cosmic distortions that shouldn’t disappoint the greatest criminals from the 21st century. #psychedelic #punk #rock
1300 - https://stream.mxtthxw.art/ - inpc
@inpc@go.mxtthxw.art performing live electronica from the shed, electro, dub and funny noises.
1400 - https://live.theindiebeat.fm/ - Jazzaria
prolific libre music composer and piano streamer @Jazzaria@mastodon.art will present a live improv party where chat give serious to utterly silly cues and prompts and they get turned into jingle jams and themes. If you have seen this before it is an absolute blast. #piano #synth #improvisation #interactive #audienceParticipation
1500 - https://stream.gravitons.org/ - Meljoann
@meljoann@topspicy.social #hyperjack #arthole #Mustics
BEATS, SONGS, SAUCY CHATS
https://www.meljoann.com/ | https://faircamp.meljoann.com/
1600 - https://lislegaard.stream/ - Kristoffer Lislegaard
@lislegaard@sonomu.club Atmospheric electronic music that ranges from deep, meditative textures to intense, layered sound design. Custom software, hardware controllers and modular synth with real-time visuals. #electronic #ambient
https://www.kristofferlislegaard.com/
1700 - https://live.theindiebeat.fm/ - Johann Bourquenez
@johann@masto.bike will be on the AMR’s Steinway B211, improvising for an hour. Let’s say “noisy-clumsy minimal”. Sound and technical direction by Stéphan Mauclaire. #piano
https://www.johannbourquenez.com/
1800 - https://fest.nham.co.uk/ - Alex Glow
@alexglow@chaos.social #acoustic #singerSongwriter
Alex Glow (the_merlin) plays “shell scripts for the soul” – functional music in her conlang, mazlaani – along with playful and heart-rending songs about space, science, and sacrifice. A relaxed set with voice, guitar, octave mandolin… and more?
1900 - https://live.theindiebeat.fm/ - Doctor Body - Alison Wilder & Greg Wilder
@alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com @composergreg@io.waxandleather.com
Doctor Body presents an in-studio version of The Clearing, their monthly music series of live, slow-moving, beautiful music, composed and improvised in the room to give your battered attention a sound bath.
https://doctorbody.bandcamp.com/ | https://alisonwilder.com/music | https://gregwilder.com/
2000 - https://fest.nham.co.uk/ - control.org presents cycles '92-'27
@controlfreak@social.control.org presents control.org cycles live concert. Step through three plus decades of dark oontz including never before performed songs and upcoming release debuts. The world is grim, let’s stomp together. #electronic #industrial #dance #ebm #synthpop #futurepop #goth #dystopian
https://music.control.org/ | https://makertube.net/a/controlfreak/video-channels
2200 - https://live.theindiebeat.fm/ - bgm
@bgm@musicians.today and family will present live original songs from their catalogue and covers and more from an enchanting, glimmering, positively sweltering third-floor tiny room in downtown Toronto.
(the ex-RFF nHamster invites you to wear something brown and get comfy!)
https://fromabasement.com/ | https://bgmmusic.bandcamp.com/
2300 - https://live.sockpuppet.band/ - Sockpuppet
Multi instrumentalist and songwriter @fluffy@plush.city presents a Sockpuppet concert live from a VR stage.
0000 (28 Aug UTC) - https://fest.nham.co.uk/ - Gabe from Owncast
Gabe from @owncast@social.owncast.online, the platform fueling most of #NHAMFest26 will present a state of streaming and in particular what is happening in new and upcoming releases of Owncast.