Nirosta Steel, Martina Camargo and more complete line-up for Le Guess Who? 20th anniversary edition
Le Guess Who? Festival has confirmed the full line-up for its 20th anniversary edition, returning to Utrecht between 5-8 November 2026.
The full line-up reveal follows the announcement of guest curators aja monet, KMRU, Los Thuthanaka and Tropical Fuck Storm, as well as performances by a.o. Yasuaki Shimizu, Dirty Three, Ibex Band, Lillian Allen and Ángeles Toledano.
Announced today are singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nirosta Steel — formerly a frequent collaborator of Arthur Russell, Colombian singer-songwriter Martina Camargo, cellist and composer Okkyung Lee, who will be presenting Korean traditional instrumentation, experimental improvisation and avant-garde composition in her project gyeol, as well as the multi-disciplinary performance Pitch, Pigeon, Puerta from producer and musician Kelman Duran, artistic researcher and composer AGF, movement artist Kiani del Valle and visual artist Theresa Baumgartner.
New additions to monet's curated programme include Palestinian MC, singer and producer Shadia Mansour, R&B and neo soul musician Cody ChesnuTT, who will be presenting his new project MAKING SCIENCE SIMPLE following a thirty-three year hiatus, and Alsarah & The Nubatones, a group exploring Nubian "songs of return", modern migration patterns and the cultural exchanges between Sudan and Egypt through an East-African retro-pop sound.
As part of the 20th anniversary festivities, a number of additional special programmes will be presented at Le Guess Who?, including 24 HOUR DUB, which is a 24-hour session of continuous dub sounds from 4PM on Saturday, 7 November, through 4PM on Sunday, 8 November, at Utrecht's KABUL à GoGo. The line-up includes previously announced artists The Bug vs Ghost Dubs, CARISTA, Greentea Selecta, and more.
Remaining Day passes are on sale now, Friday passes and 4-day passes are sold out. For more information, visit leguesswho.com
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