Le Guess Who? has revealed its full 2025 line-up, and once again the festival in Utrecht proves why it remains one of the most adventurous and forward-thinking gatherings in the world. Running from November 6th – 9th, the festival continues to champion unclassifiable music and voices from the margins, creating a space for discovery, experimentation, and collective wonder. Back in May, the first announcement already had us buzzing, with eight daring guest curators – Amirtha Kidambi, Asher Gamedze, Edna Martinez, gyrofield, Lonnie Holley, Tianzhuo Chen, Valentina Magaletti and Ziúr – helping to shape stellar programmes that span the globe. Early highlights included Saul Williams & Carlos Niño, SUNN O))), Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force, Lido Pimienta, DJ Haram & Aquiles Navarro, and Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, amongst many more.

Now, with the full line-up revealed, Le Guess Who? promises even more discoveries. Among the guest-curated programmes, Asher Gamedze brings Cairo-based trio Dwarfs of East Agouza, who have been blowing our minds since their debut Bes dropped in 2016. With their new album Sasquatch Landslide landing this October, the outfit of Sam Shalabi, Maurice Louca, and Alan Bishop are set to mesmerize audiences with their “signature trance-inducing explorative energies”. Gamedze will also host The Vocal Museum by Masello Motana, a recital that journeys through collective memory and township childhoods in South Africa, with Masello’s commanding voice backed by a live band.

Fresh additions to the general lineup include Hania Rani, introducing her alter-ego Chilling Bambino, blending piano, synth, and voice in a quietly mesmerizing mix of classical and contemporary textures, Ata Kak, the Ghanaian artist whose mix of highlife, early hip-hop, and funk turns every track into a dancefloor adventure, Bhajan Bhoy, the project of Lancashire-born, Netherlands-based Ajay Saggar, who brings his meditative organ works, first performed in a 15th century church in Yorkshire, and London-based producer Djrum, who explores piano, harp, and electronic textures in Under Tangled Silence, balancing intimacy with rhythmic energy. From the outskirts of Rio, singer songwriter Caxtrinho brings his debut album Queda Livre, a bold fusion of Brazil’s experimental Vanguarda Paulista tradition, Devendra Banhart returns with a stripped-back solo set that moves through his psychedelic, acoustic, and folk-inspired repertoire, and Daniela Pes and IOSONOUNCANE join forces for a live collaboration that fuses Pes’s ethereal vocals and instrumental fluidity with IOSONOUNCANE’s finely sculpted electronic textures. Vocalists Lamisi, Gavina, and Maria Alice bring Afro-fusion pop, Panamanian folklore-infused grooves, and Cape Verdean mornas and coladeras, respectively, each shaping a vivid and global soundscape. Experimental performances also include Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko, whose Гільдеґарда pairs modular synths with Ukrainian vocal techniques, and Tunisian and Dutch composer, audiovisual artist, curator, and science educator Skander Jaïbi, who blends classical composition, choral textures, and ambient soundscapes in his debut album Who Has the Right to Closure?. Gina Birch, co-founder of The Raincoats, brings her solo record Trouble, merging post-punk, dub, and experimental rock into an introspective yet fiery statement, augmenting a lineup that cements Le Guess Who? 2025 as a festival of curiosity, boldness, and musical discovery.
Other electronic and experimental innovators also expand the festival’s palette, from the genre-defying collages of Smerz to Valentina Goncharova’s inventive mix of violin and electronics in Every Growing Tree, alongside Montreal trio Yoo Doo Right, whose krautrock-tinged post-rock grooves hypnotize and pull audiences in. Fresh additions also include tribal-psych trio KUUNATIC, Dutch hardcore punk band Forbidden Wizards, and British post-hardcore band Mclusky.

Among the highlights in this year line-up is Sounds of Places: Cremisan Valley, an immersive residency-based project that transforms one of the last green spaces near the city of Bethlehem in Palestine into a living soundscape. Over several days, artists, designers, and local participants collaborated to create site-specific sound sculptures that respond to wind, rain, and movement, blending composed pieces with the natural environment. The resulting performance captures the valley’s layered history, its ecological and cultural struggles, and its resilience, turning listening into an act of reflection and connection with a place shaped by both memory and resistance.

Beyond concerts, Le Guess Who? remains a meeting place for communities and ideas. On Friday, November 7th, BATEKOO x Los Angles presents a club night at De Helling celebrating queer communities, with performances by Brazilian singer, actress, and presenter Linn da Quebrada,  trans-femme DJ and founder of Club Stamina Mina Galán, along with Miranda, Juju ZL, and smother b2b YoungWoman, collectively creating a vibrant, joyful space for marginalized voices.

With the full programme now unveiled, Le Guess Who? reaffirms its status as a festival like no other: a gathering where boundaries blur, traditions are honoured and reshaped, and discovery is paramount. From November 6th –9th, Utrecht will transform into a privileged playground of sound. Festival passes are now sold out but day passes are still available at leguesswho.com/tickets so be quick to catch this monumental lineup, and countless other names waiting to be discovered across the city.