For its 14th edition taking place between 3 and 6 April 2025, Rewire will return to the city centre of The Hague across 20+ cultural venues. As ever, Rewire will be showcasing genre-traversing and forward-thinking music, special projects, multidisciplinary performances, and much more across four days of sonic experimentation. Book tickets via rewirefestival.nl/tickets
The entire Rewire 2025 line-up and timetable has been shared, it includes, among many more: a focus programme dedicated to iconic sound artist Alvin Curran; pioneering artist in experimental music, performance, and technology Laurie Anderson; Dutch premieres and exclusives by Panda Bear; Anna von Hausswolff; Lyra Pramuk; Kali Malone with Stephen O’Malley, Macadam vocal ensemble, and a brass ensemble; Billy Bultheel's new performance A History of Decay; Kianí Del Valle Performance Group, Hamill Industries &Tayhana's CORTEX; more eaze & claire rousay; Nyokabi Kariũki & Cello Octet Amsterdam; and Sébastien Robert & Mark IJzerman’s Another Deep.
Also on the line-up: vocal virtuoso Joan La Barbara; supergroup Osmium (Hildur Guðnadóttir, Rully Shabara, Sam Slater, James Ginzburg); Eiko Ishibashi; Matmos; caroline; AKA HEX (Aïsha Devi & Slikback); JASSS & Ben Kreukniet’s new audiovisual project; Holy Tongue meets Shackleton; Yellow Swans; Nala Sinephro; Two Shell; Seefeel; Colin Stetson; Good Sad Happy Bad; Olivia Block; Cortical; Moin ft. Sophia Al-Maria & Olan Monk; and interdisciplinary performances by Forensis & Bill Kouligas; Alessandro Cortini; Animistic Beliefs & Jeisson Drenth; and Colin Self. Rewire 2025 also hosts acts like Oklou, Erika de Casier, Arooj Aftab, Matana Roberts, Maria Somerville, Fennesz, billy woods, Wendy Eisenberg, and many more.
The festival hosts the next iteration of Proximity Music, a joint exhibition programme by Rewire and iii, exploring the intersections of music, architecture, technology, ritual, and play through immersive, multisensory installations. Taking as a theme the thin boundary between order and chaos, visitors can expect resonant sonic environments, kinetic sculptures, and tactile interactions at Proximity Music: Echoes of Entropy.
The context and film programmes have been announced, featuring conversations, audio walks, workshops, and listening sessions from a wide range of artists, thinkers, musicians, and practioners. Read the full announcement here.
This is just a taste of the many exploratory and inventive artists you can expect to see at Rewire 2025.