Charlotte de Witte has added one of the most visually striking performances of 2026 to her already extensive festival run.
The Belgian techno artist headlined Starlight Festival at the Great Pyramids of Giza on Saturday, October 10, closing the first edition of a new large-scale electronic music event staged against one of the world’s most recognisable historical backdrops. weraveyou.com
The festival’s main programme took place on October 9 and 10 and was produced by EXIT Festival together with P+US, the electronic music platform of Venture Lifestyle. Organisers presented the event as the first multi-stage, multi-day electronic festival created in this setting. Starlight Festival
The line-up brought together several major names from different sides of contemporary electronic music.
Alongside Charlotte de Witte, the programme included Adriatique, Michael Bibi, Enrico Sangiuliano, Indira Paganotto, Pete Tong, Vintage Culture, WhoMadeWho, Deer Jade, Fiona Kraft and Layla Benitez, among others. Starlight Festival
That combination gave the first edition a deliberately broad identity.
Techno, house, melodic electronic music and crossover festival sounds all shared the same programme, reinforcing a model increasingly common among destination festivals: build around major international artists while allowing several electronic scenes to coexist within the same event.
Starlight was also designed as more than two isolated festival nights.
The wider programme extended across Cairo with opening and closing events around the main dates, while the core shows took place directly beside the pyramids. Starlight Festival
For Charlotte de Witte, the closing slot adds another high-profile location to a year already defined by major international appearances.
But the larger story is Starlight itself.
Electronic music has long relied on spectacular locations to create events that feel distinct from conventional arena or club shows. Giza pushes that concept further by placing modern production, stage technology and global DJ culture beside a site associated with thousands of years of history.
The challenge for destination festivals is always the same: the location must be more than a backdrop.
In its first edition, Starlight attempted to make the setting part of the event’s identity.
With Charlotte de Witte closing the festival beneath the Egyptian night sky, the result became one of the most talked-about visual moments of the October electronic calendar. weraveyou.com