More fantastic bands confirmed – Dvarga, Rustica and JEREMIAH KANE!
20 February 2026
Fantasy means many different tones or sounds and they will all get together in June at our Convention. Dvarga, Rustica and JEREMIAH KANE will show you that the road from medieval ballads to neon synthwave is shorter than it seems.
Dvarga – a dwarven feast at Pyrkon
Get ready for a performance, during which the artists will transport you directly to their own, self-created fantasy world, where for a moment, you will become part of a story akin to this you’d experience during an RPG session.
Like any adventure, this one has a beginning as well… In the Year 3034 of the Overseas Age, when the stars formed the Sign of the Anvil, and hammers resounded in the heart of the mountains, among the dark granites of the monumental fortress of Argnav-yal – the capital of the Dwarven kingdom of Dvarga – a band was born that had never been seen before. This exceptional group is not only a band – it is a party of dwarves with souls as hot as fire and hearts as hard as mithril: miners and blacksmiths who, after long days spent working in mines and forges, where dust mixes with sweat and echoes carry the clatter of hammers, picks and laughter, grab their instruments to tell you a story worthy of ancient lineages from magical, mysterious mountains. The Dvarga repertoire includes not only stories of battles and raising chalices until dawn, but also ballads about love and ancestors, stories about fire-breathing dragons, insidious sorcerers and eternal feuds with elves (but take those with a grain of salt). You will see for yourselves that the concerts of this dwarven band are a real feast for your ears and eyes – full of energy, humor and the epic spirit of having fun together.
But let’s get back on the ground…
Dvarga is a Polish band that combines heavy fantasy with elements of folk music (Slavic, Celtic and Nordic), symphonic, film, rock music as well as metal, operating since 2021. As you might have already noticed, the project is based on the original fantasy universe in which the musicians take on the role of a dwarven party from the Argnav-yal fortress.
Dvarga’s stage setting includes costumes, make-up and props. The repertoire includes both dynamic festive pieces and atmospheric ballads inspired by fantasy literature and RPG worlds.
The band has done:
🎸 over 60 concerts outdoors and in clubs
🌍 at festivals in Poland and the Czech Republic
🔥 at Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses Poland – they were the guests during the finale
🏆 at Dni Fantastyki 2025 – they were the winners of the Open Call competition
🎶 5 singles and a fictionalized music video
Importantly, the band’s concerts take the form of an interactive feature show – the audience takes part in a dwarven feast, full of magical stories! You simply cannot miss such… I mean… * ekhem * The Dvarga Band is a voice that resounds in the depths of the mountain peaks – an echo of real dwarven hearts. Feast with them, there’s a chair waiting just for you!
Rustica – songs of ancient times
If you are still in the mood for more after your first meeting with exceptional, dwarven artists, we have another trip to the world of epic fantasy waiting for you. On the third day, at noon, the stage will again be filled with sounds that will transport you to the times of legends, wandering bards and olden stories.
Rustica is a band from Wrocław, formed in autumn of 2019. They play music they themselves describe as medieval fantasy folk. They are particularly fond of fantasy with a large dose of old ages.
In their repertoire, you can hear both songs you know from computer games or films, as well as traditional medieval melodies from various corners of Europe. They also have several of their own, original compositions inspired by the culture of the Slavs.
They perform all over the country and abroad, you can hear them both at the largest Polish historical events and at intimate club concerts.
On stage, they perform in costumes to take listeners on a musical journey to the magical worlds of legends and fairy tales.
The band consists of:
Dorota Karlińska – vocals, tambourine
Aleksandra Socewicz – violin, choirs
Ewa Butrym – flutes, choruses
Krzysztof Amanowicz – guitar lute
Adam Koniuszewski – drums, percussion instruments
On Sunday at noon you will have another opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of legends. You simply cannot miss it!
JEREMIAH KANE is set to play outdoors for the fourth time!
Since we have explored folk magic and forests full of bards, it is time for a sudden turn of events, which is very much like our guests. On Friday at 11:00 p.m, a completely different type of energy will ignite the Fire Stage, which many of you know pretty well. The hiss of synthesizers and the squeal of amplifiers – yes, you guessed it, JEREMIAH KANE, a sonic time machine that captures everything loud, neon and shamelessly exaggerated. As they say about themselves – “We have overdosed on dusty VHS tapes from our basements and we are here to pay tribute to one of the most influential decades of all time.”
JEREMIAH KANE is a band from Poznań, which since 2017 has been consistently developing its own sound at the junction of metal energy and synthesizer aesthetics of the 1980s. Their music combines heavy, hair-metal riffs with a clearly indicated sound of analog synthesizers, inspired by synthwave and the film aesthetics of VHS tapes.
The band has done:
💽five full-length albums, including two released in 2025
🌍 regular concerts outside Poland – they played, among others, in Germany, Belgium, Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary
🎸 club tours, headlining concerts and performances with international artists
🔥 performances at other festivals such as Castle Party and Plage Noire
🎮 songs that were used in video games: JDM: Japanese Drift Master, Synth Riders, Neon Overdrive VR, OHV
📈 over 23 million listens across streaming platforms
If you want to end the first day of Pyrkon with a powerful punch of guitars and synthesizers, you simply must come to this concert!
But what should I choose? There’s too many bands!
Too many?! TOO MANY!? There can never be too much fantasy or too many great artists! Why choose only one, when you can listen to them all? After all, it’s three adventures in one Convention! Come to each of these concerts and let Pyrkon play at full volume! And this is not our last word yet… Stay tuned.
Katarzyna Zakrzewska
Człowiek-orkiestra, człowiek-chaos i wszystko w jednym naraz. Z wykształcenia genetyk sądowy, zawodowo organizator szkoleń medycznych, prywatnie postapowiec, który marzy o końcu świata. W wolnych chwilach trenuje wspinaczkę sportową, organizuje eventy Drugiej Ery, rysuje, gra w RPG, ratuje ludzi w stowarzyszeniu SOPR, gra na basie, umiera w moshu na koncertach, szuka vintage ciuchów po lumpach i zastanawia się czy nie rzucić tego wszystkiego i nie zostać archeologiem.