Zamna Festival was born on the beach in Tulum in 2019 — an Italian-Mexican collective with a deep tech-house catalogue and a knack for producing parties that feel like they're happening in the most beautiful place on the planet. By 2024 they were programming Tulum's biggest end-of-year festival run: two weeks, ten thousand people a night, names like Marco Carola, Ricardo Villalobos, Joseph Capriati and Solomun all in one place.
For RCF Arena Summer 2026, Zamna takes over Iren Green Park — the 14-hectare green space that sits between the AV station and the arena entrance — for the entire festival run. Five afternoons of pre-party programming from 12:00 to 18:00, plus afterparty sets stretching from 00:30 until sunrise on every show date.
The format
The pre-party is open-air, free with any festival ticket, and runs as a continuous DJ programme on a custom-built stage on the lake edge. Six hours, four DJs, an open bar, food trucks from twelve Reggio Emilia kitchens, a swim spot, and the kind of golden-hour atmosphere that makes you forget to check your phone.
The afterparty is the same space, after dark, with the lighting rig from Moment Factory and a tech-house programme that runs every night until first light.
The bill
Pre-party DJs (rotating across all five dates):
- Joseph Capriati — Italian tech-house, the Naples accent, the long sets
- Ilario Alicante — Bologna, Cocorico resident, Solomun mentor
- Cera Khin — French-Tunisian, broken beat, hard techno warm-up specialist
- Adriatique — Swiss melodic duo, sunset experts
- Marco Carola — Music On founder, headline afterparty closer on July 5
- Solomun — closing afterparty on July 18, his only Italian date of the summer
The full timetable goes up two weeks before each show date. Subscribe to the news drop for set times.
The swim spot
Iren Green Park has a man-made lake — 200 meters by 80 meters, swimmable, lifeguarded, with sun loungers along the south edge. From 12:00 to 18:00 on show days, this is the festival pre-party. Bring a towel. We sell sunscreen and floaties at the entrance.
"We didn't want a pre-party that feels like a queue at a gate. We wanted somewhere you'd actually want to spend six hours. Italians do this naturally — sunset, music, food, a swim — and we're just amplifying it."
That's Vittorio Dellacasa, festival CEO and founder of Delamaison Productions, who pitched the format to Zamna in late 2024.
How to get in
Pit Red Energy ticket holders: free, both pre-party and afterparty included on every show date. Weekend Pass holders (4 + 5 July): free pre-party access on each date, GA arena entry. Single-night GA ticket holders: pre-party access included with same-day arena ticket. Walk-up entry to the pre-party only: €25, available at the gate or via the festival app, capped at 3,000 walk-ups per day. The afterparty is a separate ticket for non-Pit holders — €20 with arena entry, €35 walk-up.
Doors of the pre-party: noon. Doors of the arena: 17:00. Doors of the afterparty: 00:30. The festival does not end at the gate. See you on the lake.