Light music returns to the Black Sea coast! The Mamaia 2026 National Light Music Festival reopens its doors for a few days of storytelling!
The Mamaia Constanța Destination Management Organization supports the event as a partner this year as well, wishing to highlight the values that have built Romanian pop music.
Organized by the Constanța County Council, through the Constanța County Cultural Center "Teodor T. Burada", the "Mamaia" Festival continues one of the most beautiful and representative stories of Romanian pop music, reaffirming its status as a cultural landmark of the Romanian seaside.
Between August 21 and 23, 2026, for three evenings, the Mamaia resort will once again become the epicenter of elegance, nostalgia and hits that have marked entire generations.
" As we have accustomed you and promised you, the Nostalgia awards offered by OMD Mamaia Constanța highlight every year at the Mamaia National Light Music Festival, legends of Romanian light music. We had the honor both last year and two years ago to award valuable artists who made history in Mamaia, took the stage and launched themselves in Romanian music at the Mamaia Festival. As representatives of local tourism and supporters of branded events in the destination, I believe it is our duty to award our values. I will not reveal who will receive the Nostalgia trophies this year, come to the festival in as many numbers as possible, because we need music, just as we need emotion and joy", says George Măndilă - President, OMD Mamaia Constanța.
The festival maintains its established structure this year and brings to the fore the two representative sections of the competition: the Performance section and the Creation section addressed to Romanian composers of all ages, intended to enrich the national musical heritage.
The contestants selected following the pre-selections will be accompanied live by the Mamaia Light Music Festival Orchestra, under the baton of master conductors Andrei Tudor, Ionel Tudor and Rocco Palazzo.
" The Mamaia Festival is an important part of Romania's cultural identity. We want to offer young talents the chance to step onto this emblematic stage and carry forward the tradition of Romanian music. On this stage, artists who have marked generations have launched and established themselves, creations that have become hits have been promoted, and the audience has experienced moments that have remained in the history of Romanian music. Today, we have the responsibility to preserve this legacy and, at the same time, to pave the way for the future. The "Mamaia" Festival must remain a place where talent is seen, encouraged and supported, and young artists are given the chance to make their voices heard ," said Florin Mitroi, President of the Constanța County Council.
The story evenings will be presented and guided by the trio formed by Vlad Miriță, Anca Țurcașiu and Ramona Bădescu. Public access to the specially arranged area at Piațeta Perla in the Mamaia resort will be allowed between 19:00 and 20:00.
"For me, the Mamaia Festival means responsibility, emotion and the joy of further building a story that belongs to Romanian music. It means the chance to make the same stage available to different generations of artists and to create the meeting between experience and talent, between the memory of songs that made history and the energy of those who are starting their own path today. Mamaia means creation, interpretation, courage and the chance for a beginning. I want every young person who steps on this stage to feel that they are in a place where their dream can take shape, and every established artist to rediscover the emotion of meeting the audience", declared Ștefania-Laura Abibula Stroe, General Director of the Constanța County Cultural Center "Teodor T. Burada".
Tickets have been put on sale and can be purchased online through the authorized platform iaBilet.ro , but also from the physical box office located in Piateta Perla starting August 14, Monday - Sunday, hours 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM and from the cashier of the "Jean Constantin" Center Monday - Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Thursday-Friday: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Saturday - Sunday: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM.
Immediately after the end of the light music festival, the seaside story will continue in the same location, between August 26 and 28, with the "Mamaia" National Festival of Romanian Folk Song and Dance.
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