Skaņu Mežs has finalised the lineup for its 2025 edition, which gets underway this weekend.
Marking a change to the previously announced festival programme, British improvising saxophonist John Butcher will play a solo set at this year’s festival. It was previously announced that guitarist Bill Nace would join Butcher onstage, but the former will no longer be able to play at the event due to unforeseen circumstances.
The Riga-based festival has also revealed that Palestine-based artist Muqata’a will no longer be able to perform as scheduled due to the Israeli border closures in Palestine this week amid the country’s ongoing military assault on Gaza.
This year’s Skaņu Mežs will take in sets from the likes of These New Puritans; Shabaka Hutchings & Hamid Drake; Joan La Barbara; Sega Bodega; Fatboi Sharif; and Kilbourne.
Revisit tQ’s review of last year’s festival here.
Skaņu Mežs will take place from October 3 to 4, 2025. Find more information here.
