Revealing the full program for Le Guess Who? 2025

BATEKOO x Los Angles

On Friday, 7 November, Brazilian collective BATEKOO and Amsterdam-based collective Los Angles present a club night at De Helling celebrating queer communities.

BATEKOO is dedicated to creating safe, creative spaces for marginalized LGBTQIA+ and Black communities in Brazil and beyond. Los Angles presents and nurtures the talents of trans artists, showcasing many worlds of queer expression and creativity. Together they present a program featuring Linn da Quebrada, Mina Galán, Miranda, Juju ZL and smother b2b YoungWoman.

Linn da Quebrada

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At the heart of Le Guess Who? is discovery: the act of seeing, finding, and gaining knowledge of something previously unknown to you. Question yourself: how much do you need to know about something to enjoy it? How closely are you listening if you already know what to expect? During each festival day, Le Guess Who? presents a secret performance on one of its main stages. These artists are a surprise, so lean in and listen.

Maria Alice & MAHA

General Program

Joining the Le Guess Who? 2025 program are a.o. pianist, composer and vocalist Hania Rani, introducing her alter-ego Chilling Bambino and taking her listeners on a sonic adventure through dark-tinted electronica and hypnotic rhythms; Ghanaian legend Ata Kak, who takes the stage with his new album, his first new work since 1994; and Italian musician Daniela Pes and composer and producer IOSONOUNCANE, presenting a special collaborative and completely original set.

Ata Kak

Additionally, the festival will feature Le Guess Who? 2018 guest curator Devendra Banhart, who returns to the festival for a stripped-back, career-spanning solo show; also returning is Sudanese multidisciplinary artist MAHA, who delivered a stand-out performance at U? in 2024; Smerz, a Norwegian duo that operates at the intersection of genres, drawing inspiration from classical compositions, DIY pop and the experimental edge of computer music; Tunisian and Dutch composer and performer Skander Jaïbi, presenting his debut album Who has the right to closure?, together with choreographer and dancer Alicia Verdú Macián, Utrecht’s string ensemble Flare Quartet and the Choir Lex et Gaudium; and Maria Alice, an inimitable queen of mornas and coladeras—genres that set the mood of Cape Verdean nights.

Unfortunately, Kankawa Nagarra had to cancel her performance at the festival. 

An overview of the new program additions can be found below. View the full line-up for Le Guess Who? 2025 via www.leguesswho.com/lineup.

Tickets

Remaining Day Passes are on sale now; 4-Day Passes are sold out. We also offer tickets for CJP & U-pas members.

This year, Le Guess Who? offers separate tickets at a reduced price for specific venues. The following Venue Passes are available: BATEKOO x Los Angles at De Helling (Friday, 7 November) and Curated by gyrofield at WAS. (Saturday, 8 November). Tickets are available at www.leguesswho.com/tickets.

New program additions for Le Guess Who? 2025

BATEKOO x Los Angles
Juju ZL
Linn da Quebrada
Mina Galán
Mirands
smother b2b YoungWoman

Curated by Asher Gamedze
The Dwarfs of East Agouza
The Vocal Museum by Masello Motana

Curated by LGW
Ata Kak
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BHAJAN BHOY performing Summer In St Mary’s
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Caxtrinho
Combi Magnetron
Daniela Pes x IOSONOUNCANE
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Devendra Banhart solo
DJ DIE SOON
Djrum
Fatboi Sharif
Forbidden Wizards
Gavina
Geo
Gina Birch
Hania Rani presents Chilling Bambino
Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko present Гільдеґарда
Katayoun
KUUNATIC
Lamisi
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MAHA
Maria Alice
Mclusky
Noise Diva x Sarah Saleh "Neither on the Ground nor in the Sky"
Prostitute
Quinie
rEmPiT g0dDe$$
Skander Jaïbi presents Who Has the Right to Closure?
Sounds of Places: Cremisan Valley
Smerz
Snakeskin
Tonto
Valentina Goncharova presents Every Growing Tree
Yoo Doo Right

Photography of Ata Kak by Ana Viotti