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International Festivals

Festivals due to take place outside of the UK

Les Urbaines

  • Published 14/11/08
  • From 04/12/08 to 06/12/08
  • Location: Lausanne various venues, Switzerland
  • Links: www.urbaines.ch
Contemporary arts festival including visual arts, dance, theatre and a music arm featuring Pierre Bastien, Shit & Shine, The Group Show (Jan Jelinek/Andrew Pekler/ Hanno Leichtmann), Alog, The Telescopes and more. Lausanne various venues, 4–6 December

State-X New Forms

  • Published 14/11/08
  • From 12/12/08 to 13/12/08
  • Location: Den Haag Paard van Troje, Netherlands
  • Links: www.state-xnewforms.nl
Experimental forms at The Trojan Horse with confirmed artists including Lau Nau, Jack Rose, Rhys Chatham, Black Dog, Ignatz, Red Snapper, Shit & Shine, Jazzsteppa, Peter Broderick and more. Den Haag Paard van Troje, 12–13 December

Madeira Dig

  • Published 14/11/08
  • From 05/12/08 to 07/12/08
  • Location: Calheta various venues, Portugal
  • Links: www.madeiradig.net
Digital arts festival taking place on Madeira Island with live performances by Cluster, Oval, Scanner, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Philip Jeck, Nuno Rebelo and Vitor Joaquim & Hugo Olim plus workshops, a retrospective exhibition of Madeiran video artist Carlos Caires and more. Calheta various venues, 5–7 December

Fr Katz

  • Published 14/11/08
  • From 11/12/08 to 13/12/08
  • Location: Düdingen Bad Bonn, Switzerland
  • Links: www.badbonn.ch
Three nights of progressive sounds with Lau Nau, Dimension X, Mixhell, Azeotrop, Doddodo, Juerg Halter & Julian Sartorius and more. Düdingen Bad Bonn, 11–13 December

Sonic Protest

  • Published 14/11/08
  • From 09/12/08 to 14/12/08
  • Location: Paris various venues, France
  • Links: www.sonicprotest.com
Challenging series of concerts supported by The Wire featuring Ghédalia Tazartès & Reines d’Angleterre, The Skull Defekts, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Leif Elggren, Deerhoof, Parenthetical Girls, Dimension X, Joëlle Léandre, Brainbombs, Noël Akchoté, Shit & Shine, Gol & Charles Hayward and more. Paris various venues, 9–14 December

Akousma(5)

Electroacoustic dedication with immersive concerts from Sébastien Roux, Phroq, Pete Stollery, Jacques Poulin-Denis & Martin Messier, Georges Forget, Christian Bouchard, Darren Copeland and Robert Normandeau. Montreal Monument-National, 10–13 December

Risonanze

A series of concerts mark autumn’s Risonanze event in Venice. Angel (Ilpo Väisänen/Dirk Dresselhaus/Hildur Gudnadottir, 27 November), Mark Stewart & The Maffia (4 December). Venice Teatro Fondamenta Nuove

MEM

A month of music, dance, theatre, film, readings, masterclasses and more in the Basque country. With Signal, Lightning Bolt, São Paulo Underground, Pain Jerk, Die Audiogruppe, Carsten Nicolai, Guy Ben Ner, Le Dernier Cri, Marco Belonzzi & David Casacuberta, Santo File, Juan Lopez and more. Bilbao various venues, 31 October–3 December

All Tomorrow’s Parties: Australia

  • Published 14/10/08
  • From 09/12/08 to 10/12/08
  • Location: Mt Buller Ski Resort, Australia
  • Links: www.atpfestival.com
The ever-expanding ATP empire closes in on the international dateline with this festival down under programmed by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. With Cave & Seeds, Spiritualized, Harmonia, James Blood Ulmer, Afrirampo, Silver Apples, M Gira, The Necks and more. Mt Buller Ski Resort, 9–10 January

Brainwaves

  • Published 15/07/08
  • From 21/11/08 to 23/11/08
  • Location: Boston/Arlington Regent Theatre, USA
  • Links: www.brainwavesfest.org
Longstanding online haven for underground music Brainwashed hosts its second festival, this year supported by The Wire. Participants include Meat Beat Manifesto, Matmos, Strategy, Stars Of The Lid, His Name Is Alive, Gary Wilson, Marissa Nadler, Nmperign plus Jason Lescalleet, Little Annie, Glenn Jones, Lichens, Nudge, Baby Dee, Manorexia, Threshold HouseBoys Choir, DJ Steven Stapleton. There will also be a special day honouring 15 years of Kranky Records. Boston/Arlington Regent Theatre, 21–23 November, $75/festival pass