In 2026, for the first time, FOG expands into two distinct moments of the year: following the first chapter, running from February 27 to April 26, the festival continues in the fall with a program spanning October and November.

Alongside leading figures of the contemporary performing arts scene, the festival offers audiences the opportunity to discover the work of emerging artists who have already captivated audiences at major international theaters and festivals, and who often appear in Italy for the first time thanks to FOG. Artists and companies whose productions address urgent and necessary themes in radical, poetic, and surprising ways.

Highlights of the program include the powerful narratives of the Catalan company Agrupación Señor Serrano, which combine live-streamed video, performance, and physical theater; the participatory experiences of the Belgian collective Ontroerend Goed, in which spectators—invited to open a mysterious box—become the driving force of the action; and the disruptive interplay of reality and fiction that defines the work of Mexican playwright and director Anacarsis Ramos. Also featured are the journey through live music, dance, and testimony created by Lebanese choreographer and dancer Ali Chahrour, and the radical research of the Norwegian company De Utvalgte, which weaves together digital media, absurdity, and social critique.

The name "FOG" is both an ironic and romantic tribute to Milanese imagery and, above all, a symbol of discovery, risk, and surprise. With its ninth edition, FOG once again sketches a landscape where the senses are heightened, vision becomes poetic and uncertain, and each performance opens a space to get lost—and found—again.