Le Guess Who? reveals full 2022 festival program
73 new program additions, including Oumou Sangaré, Mourning [A] BLKstar, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Estrella Morente, and Yaya Bey, along with programs hosted by Batu, Nyege Nyege & more

From 10-13 November, Le Guess Who? returns to Utrecht for its 15th Anniversary Edition. The forward-thinking festival platforms underrepresented sounds that have the power to enrich lives, and are rarely heard in other places.

Le Guess Who? now reveals the full 2022 program, with new additions joining the likes of Abdullah Ibrahim, Low, Lole Montoya, Nia Archives, as well as festival curators Animal Collective, clipping., and CURL.

General program
Joining Le Guess Who?’s general festival line-up are a.o. Estrella Morente, one of Spain's true flamenco dynasties, who performs with the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra; Mourning [A] BLKstar, a multi-generational, genre-defying collective dedicated to the stories and songs of the apocalyptic diaspora; Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul who are rare tale-tellers in electronic music, funneling the zeitgeist into playful synth concoctions; GRAMMY Award-winning Malian singer Oumou Sangaré; Yaya Bey, one of R&B’s most exciting new talents; Afrofuturistic jazz outfit Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, who will celebrate their 50th Anniversary on stage; Welsh much-lauded musician and producer Cate Le Bon; Columbian-Canadian musician Lido Pimienta who interlocks cumbia with electronic music and art pop; eco-friendly-Afro-punk-collective Fulu Miziki Kolektiv and Amsterdam-based indie rock crusaders Personal Trainer who premiere their new album ‘Big Love Blanket’ live.

Noori & His Dorpa Band have been added to the program presented by Ostinato Records; Groupe RTD unfortunately had to cancel their performance. Noori uplifts the ever-resilient Beja community, whose long history is rife with oppression from the Sudanese government. This will be one of the first artists from Sudan to perform in Europe since the 90s.

Programs hosted by Batu, Nyege Nyege, DJ Fitz, Bong-Ra, and Moonshine
Bristol’s Batu has become a staple of the city’s night sound. Besides performing, he also hosts a program that includes restless sound explorer Kode9, the founder of labels Hyperdub and Flatlines; globe-trotting Parisian DJ Bambounou with a bold approach to UK techno, IDM, and tribal sources and Lena Willikens, challenging convention both on the stage and in the booth.

Le Guess Who? will also feature programs hosted by Kampala-based label Nyege Nyege focusing on African high tempo electronic music; DJ Fitz, who has been a part of each festival edition for the last 15 years; post-border, multi-disciplinary collective Moonshine, who focus on African and electronic club culture; and Dutch pioneering musician Bong-Ra.

COSMOS presents
COSMOS is Le Guess Who?’s hybrid platform for collaboration with international partners to present their local scenes through audio-visual content. LGW Embassies are broadcast from Slemani, Kurdistan-Iraq; Goa, India; Cairo, Egypt; Pernambuco, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Khartoum, Sudan; China and Palestine. COSMOS can be accessed for free from 10-13 November via leguesswho.com/cosmos.

Tickets
Limited Day Tickets for Le Guess Who? 2022 remain and are available via leguesswho.com/tickets. 4-Day Festival Passes are now sold out.

Le Guess Who? collaborates with The Dutch Council for Refugees and NewBees for the ‘Grant an Entry’ initiative, which gives visitors the option to buy an additional day ticket (at 50% of the regular price) for people who are also interested in visiting the festival but don’t have the financial means to do so.

Full line-up
The full line-up for Le Guess Who? 2022 can be found below (new additions in bold):