The second gate of Pulse of Gaia 2026 — Sunday 05 July — is the festival's broadest pulse. Night II carries two full pulsations in a single evening: Gaia Vibes through the warm hours, then Digital Pulse as the sky closes. No other night asks as much of its crowd, and no other night delivers as many frequencies in return. From Lolita's opening tremor to Marco Carola's sunrise set, this is twelve hours of pulse — three languages, two pulses, one arena tuned to receive them all.
The Gaia half.
The first movement belongs to the earth. Doors open at 17:00. Lolita reads the field — her set is the slow warm pulse, the breath before the beat locks in. By the time Nicky Jam arrives, the temperature has shifted: reggaeton as a planetary language, smooth and percussive, delivered to a crowd of 103,000 that knows every word in at least two of them. Then the headliner: Ozuna, one of the most-streamed artists on the planet, whose catalogue is not a genre so much as a world fusion event. Rita Ora follows — an elastic signal that crosses pop and dance without straining either. The Chainsmokers close the Gaia block, functioning as the crossover bridge: melodic, kinetic, the last organic breath before the machine takes over.
"Five hours of pulse, three languages, one frequency."
The Digital half.
Midnight is a threshold. After The Chainsmokers' final bar, the arena shifts frequency: the machine takes over. The EDM Set Night opens with Afrojack — a signal that hits wide and deep, built for 103,000 bodies that have already been moving for five hours. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike follow, their set calibrated at the intersection of peak-time euphoria and longevity: the kind of electronic music that makes you forget how late it is. Then DJ Snake — a producer who understands the Latin-electronic seam better than almost anyone alive, making him the perfect closer for a night that began in reggaeton and will end in the early hours. The EDM block is not a genre change. It is the continuation of the same wave, at a different frequency.
After hours: tech-house sunrise.
From 02:00, the after-party is a separate rite. Marco Carola opens the late hours — minimal, hypnotic, the slow burn after the storm. Ilario Alicante sustains the arc through the blue hour. East End Dubs and Ale De Tuglie carry the long pulse through to first light. This is tech-house as a meditation on time: the tempo does not drop, but the world around it grows quieter, and that contrast is the point. You came in with Ozuna. You leave as the sun rises over Reggio Emilia. The pulse was always going to end there.
Tickets.
Single-night GA tickets for Night II (05 July) start from €85. Doors 17:00. Early Entry 16:45. Available on Ticketmaster and Vivaticket. Newsletter subscribers receive presale access before each tier release — subscribe at the bottom of the homepage. The Weekend Pass covers 04 and 05 July.