Curators and first lineup names announced for Le Guess Who? Festival 2023 (Utrecht, November 9-12)

From November 9 to 12, the 2023 edition of the Le Guess Who? Festival will take place, one of the most anticipated dates of the year for fans of less conventional sounds, a musical marathon held every twelve months in Utrecht, which this year carries the guiding title "Celebration Of Sound".

For the sixteenth time, the historic Dutch city will become home to much of the new wave of international music and, as usual, the organizers have chosen four curators to give the festival a personal touch. This year's curators, each responsible for a section of the line-up, are sound engineer Heba Kadry, composer and musician Nala Sinephro, performance artist Slauson Malone 1, and the celebrated Franco-British avant-pop band Stereolab.

Alongside them, the first 84 artists on the bill have been announced, among which the names of Jonny Greenwood, Black Midi (who will revisit excerpts from the Beatles catalogue), James Holden, Irreversible Entanglements, Backxwash, Moin, Tom Skinner, Wolf Eyes, Alessandro Cortini, Model/Actriz, Bombino, Kali Malone, Stephen O’Malley of Sunn O))), Vessel, aya and Deena Abdelwahed stand out.

To attend such a stacked line-up, starting May 26 both 4-Day Pass and Day Tickets will be available for purchase at www.leguesswho.com/tickets at the following prices:

4-Day Festival Pass = €175

Day Tickets (for Thursday and Sunday) = €63

Day Tickets (for Friday and Saturday) = €73

Below is the list of the first artists announced, also available at www.leguesswho.com/lineup

Curated by Heba Kadry:

3Phaz

Al Nather

Alessandro Cortini

Amina Alaoui

Baskot Lel Baltageyya

Deena Abdelwahed presents Jbal Rrsas

El Kontessa

Faten Kanaan

Julmud

Kamilya Jubran

Marta Salogni & Valentina Magaletti

Randall Dunn

Vessel (live)

ZULI Omar El Sadek present λ

Curated by Nala Sinephro:

aya

Crystallmess

Model/Actriz

Nok Cultural Ensemble

Nyokabi Kariũki

Shy One

Slauson Malone 1

Zakia

Curated by Slauson Malone 1:

Ahya Simone

black midi performing The Beatles

Chris Pattishall

Crystallmess

Ebun Sodipo

Kali Malone

Stephen O’Malley

LA Timpa

Mark Leckey

MHYSA

MIKE

Nala Sinephro

O Ghettão

Richard Dawson

Curated by Stereolab:

Afrikan Sciences

Bitchin Bajas

Bombino

Irreversible Entanglements

James Holden

Kali Malone

Stephen O’Malley

MEMORIALS

Moin

Nala Sinephro

Price Attack

Rhys Chatham

Shake Chain

Stereolab

The Cromagnon Band

Tom Skinner

Yama Warashi

General Program :

African Head Charge

Ak'chamel

Ale Hop & Laura Robles present Agua Dulce

Ana Frango Elétrico

Armand Hammer

Attila Csihar, Void ov Voices

B. Cool-Aid

Backxwash

Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet

Colleen

Contour

Damsel Elysium

Dawuna

Decisive Pink

Domenico Lancellotti

dragonchild x Sunken Cages

Faiz Ali Faiz

Holy Tongue

‘Jarak Qaribak by Dudu Tassa and Jonny Greenwood

João Donato

João Donato (solo piano)

Josephine Foster

Le Cri du Caire

Maya Ongaku

MC Yallah

Mong Tong 夢東

NAH

Nihiloxica

Niño de Elche

Rachika Nayar

Rose City Band

SANAM

Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka present Languoria

Voice Actor

Wolf Eyes

YL Hooi

Ride the wave of great music

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