Rewire 2025’s second day is behind us, and we hope you’ve all had a moment to rest after all of yesterday’s offerings. Before you look ahead to the final day of the festival, join us in looking back at some of the highlights from Saturday, as captured by our photographers.

Saturday began with the influential experimental musician, vocalist, and composer Joan La Barbara, who performed for the first time in the Netherlands in 13 years at Amare’s Conservatoriumzaal. A few hours after that, the renowned composer, musician, and singer Arooj Aftab took to Amare’s concert hall and shared a wonderful set of her boundless songs, which move across jazz, folk, alternative, pop, blues, and South Asian classical music with ease. 

The same stage hosted a spectacular performance from singer, pianist, organist, and composer Anna von Hausswolff, who performed an anthemic set of songs from her forthcoming album.

Ego Death – the new collaboration from electronic musician and artist Aho Ssan and composer and cellist Resina – brought their cinematic music of crackling noise, field recordings, and expansive synthesis to Koninklijke Schouwburg. While elsewhere, at Korzo, Ex-Easter Island Head’s ambient- and kraut-rock-infused music left the audience in a hypnotic trance.

In the historic Grote Kerk of Den Haag, Kali Malone performed her groundbreaking album All Life Long on the church’s organ, accompanied by vocal ensemble Macadam, a brass ensemble, and SUNN O)))’s Stephen O'Malley. 

While at PAARD I, the experimental supergroup Osmium – Hildur Guðnadóttir, Rully Shabara, Sam Slater, James Ginzburg – played an incredible improvised set upon their augmented, custom-made instruments. After Osmium’s performance, JASSS & Ben Kreukniet presented a world premiere audiovisual performance of techno-laden industrial pop on the same stage. 

Meanwhile, the rafters of Grote Kerk were filled with the echoing and angelic choral compositions of NYX, who performed a lush set of music from their newly released eponymous album.

As the night developed, PAARD slowly morphed into a club setting, hosting the sci-fi maximalist audiovisual world of Cortical in PAARD II, while in the next room, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U’s genre-bending set moved feet and removed shirts. Back in PAARD II, Tayhana brought a special South American flavour of percussion and club to the dancefloor.

Photos by Alex Heuvink, Alicia Karsonopoero, Esmée de Vette, Jan Rijk, Joris van den Einden, Justine Ellul, Maurice Haak, Parcifal Werkman, Pieter Kers, Rogier Boogaard.

Check out what’s on today by reading our feature here.