05.03.2025 – 09.03.2025
The Elevate Festival for music, art and political discourse is once again transforming Graz into a hotspot for young, contemporary festival culture. This year’s motto of the Graz Elevate Festival: ‘Trust Issues’ The interdisciplinary programme offers performances, concerts, installations and DJ sets as well as workshops, film screenings, lectures and discussions. The Elevate Festival will once again open at the Orpheum in Graz, this year with the performance Bounce. Bounce is a sonic adventure, a kinetic performance and an immersive journey through undulating waves, resonant metal structures and infectious, powerful beats, blurring the boundaries between music, dance and installation art and creating an experience that vibrates with raw energy and creative innovation. World premiere in the context of the festival opening.
Complete music line-up
A_Phan (AT) | Alex Wilcox (US) | Antonina Nowacka (PL) | Apua (AT) | Atropa (AT) | The Blessed Madonna (US) | The Bug ft. Flowdan & Manga Saint Hilare (UK) | The Dare DJ Set (US) | C.O.R.N. & Vincent Pongracz (AT) | Chloé Ryo (AT) | Christina Vantzou (BE) | Ciao Ciao (AT) | Dan Deacon (US) | DJ DIAMOND (AT) | DJ HYBRIS (AT) | EAERES (AT) | Eli Keszler (US) | Fabian Lanzmaier (AT) | Fat Dog (UK) | Feelx b2b Milès Borghese (AT) | FF2P (DJ VK & Felix Roth) (AT) | François J. Bonnet (FR) | Geostatic (AT) | Gnoomes (SI) | Goldie & Medic MC (UK) | Grace Schella (AT) | Helena Hauff (DE) | Jana Irmert (DE) | Kali Malone (US) | KMRU (KE) | Lord Spikeheart (KE) | Lorenzo Senni (IT) | Lucia Kagramanyan (AT) | Madam X (UK) | Mark Fell & Rian Treanor (UK) | Monique Fessl (AT) | Mopcut ft. MCdälek (AT/FR/US) | [mo:ya] (AT) | Navaridas & Deutinger (AT) | Peter Stiegler (AT) | Pharma b2b Berry Hash (AT) | phloxx (AT) | Poldi (AT) | Pope Sangreta (TW) | Roedelius (AT) | Saugbagger (AT) | Shida Shahabi (SE) | Sofie Royer (AT) | Sun People (AT) | Suzanne Ciani (US) | Takkak Takkak (ID/JP) | Tash LC (UK) | u.r.trax (FR) | utopixel (AT) | Užas! (AT) | Voyage Futur (AT) | Zenker Brothers (DE)
Discourse: Trust Issues
The Heimatsaal in the Graz Folklore Museum will once again be the venue for three days of intensive discussions with national and international guests. In its 21st year, the festival will once again present a varied programme. Discussion rounds, lectures and interactive workshops offer the opportunity to examine pressing issues from different perspectives, to scrutinise them critically and to reflect on them constructively. The topics covered over the course of three days range from journalism and geopolitics to psychology and activism, artistic practice, digital innovations, net politics and climate protection.
Speakers:
Alfred Ongere, Barbara Prainsack, Birgit Bachler, Christoph Weiss, Daniel Drepper, Elisabeth Kury, Emina Saric, Esra Karakaya, Eugenia Stamboliev, Freyja van den Boom, Friedrich Moser, Friedrich von Borries, Georg Renner, Gvantsa Gverdtsiteli, Gyan Prakash Tripathi, Irina Nalis, Irma Mastenbroek, James Bridle, Jens Balzer, Jouanna Hassoun, Julia Herrnböck, Lajla Fetic, Lea Dohm, Lisa Duschek, Lukas Hermsmeier, Mazda Adli, Nadja Hahn, Paul Krisai, Roberta Maierhofer, Samuel Eberenz, Sebastian Kneidinger, Tom Khaled Würdemann,Yilmaz Gülüm
Elevate Festival 2025
05.03.2025 – 09.03.2025
Graz, various locations
www.elevate.at
