Festival Hub: Le Guess Who

The Scene: It doesn't get any more undground hipster than Le Guess Who, which brings a curated selection of artists to the Dutch college city of Utrecht. More than a hundred acts take place in venues like clubs, theaters, churches, galleries, and warehouses. If you're wondering where the indie scene is heading, Le Guess Who is the barometer.

Le Guess Who? 2024: November 7-10, 2024

This lineup has not been posted yet.

Le Guess Who? 2023: November 9-12, 2023
  • 3Phaz
  • African Head Charge
  • Afrikan Sciences
  • Ahya Simone
  • Ak’chamel
  • Al Nather
  • Alan Sparhawk (of Low)
  • Ale Hop & Laura Robles present Agua Dulce
  • Alessandro Cortini
  • Amina Alaoui
  • Ana Frango Elétrico
  • Armand Hammer
  • Arp Frique & Family
  • Attila Csihar, Void ov Voices
  • Ava Mendoza
  • aya
  • Backxwash
  • Bala Desejo
  • Baskot Lel Baltageyya
  • Bengal Chemicals
  • Bill Orcutt & Zoh Amba
  • Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet
  • Bitchin Bajas
  • BITOI
  • Bixiga 70
  • Bombino
  • Brìghde Chaimbeul
  • Camgurl
  • Cami Layé Okún
  • Caterina Barbieri + Space Afrika with MFO
  • Chris Pattishall
  • Coffintexts
  • Colleen
  • Contour
  • Cool-Aid
  • Crystallmess
  • Damsel Elysium
  • Dawuna
  • Decisive Pink
  • Deena Abdelwahed presents Jbal Rrsas
  • DIORA
  • DJ Fitz
  • DJ Stingray 313
  • Domenico Lancellotti
  • dragonchild x Sunken Cages
  • Ebun Sodipo
  • El Kontessa
  • El Volcán
  • ESG
  • FACS
  • Faiz Ali Faiz
  • Faten Kanaan
  • Greetje Bijma & Oceanic
  • Hagop Tchaparian
  • Holy Tongue
  • Irreversible Entanglements
  • James Holden
  • Jarak Qaribak’ by Dudu Tassa and Jonny Greenwood
  • Joanna Sternberg
  • Josephine Foster
  • Joy Guidry
  • Julmud
  • Kali Malone’s ‘Does Spring Hide Its Joy’ ft. Lucy Railton & Stephen O’Malley
  • Kamilya Jubran
  • Keenan Mundane
  • Kelman Duran
  • Khorshid Dadbeh
  • LA Timpa
  • Layla Rutherford with Ensemble Insomnio
  • Le Cri du Caire
  • Lee Gamble DJ
  • Library Card
  • Lost Girls
  • Lunetten Shadow Banking
  • Mark Leckey
  • Maroulita de Kol
  • Marta Salogni & Valentina Magaletti
  • Marta Salogni performing Pauline Anna Strom
  • Maya Ongaku
  • Mayssa Jallad
  • MC Yallah
  • MEMORIALS
  • MHYSA
  • MIKE
  • Model/Actriz
  • Moin
  • Mong Tong 夢東
  • NAH
  • Nala Brown
  • Nala Sinephro
  • Ndox Electrique
  • Neighbours Burning Neighbours
  • Nihiloxica
  • Niño de Elche
  • Nok Cultural Ensemble
  • Nusantara Beat
  • Nyokabi Kariūki
  • O Ghettão
  • Pankisi Ensemble
  • Pedro Ricardo
  • Phantom Wizard
  • Phelimuncasi
  • Purling Hiss
  • Rachika Nayar
  • Rahill
  • Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective
  • Randall Dunn
  • re:ni
  • Rəhman Məmmədli
  • Rhys Chatham
  • Richard Dawson
  • Roger Damawuza
  • Rose City Band
  • Ruhail Qaisar
  • SANAM
  • Selvhenter
  • Sereias
  • Shake Chain
  • SHERELLE
  • Shy One
  • Slauson Malone 1
  • Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka present Languoria
  • Soft Break
  • Sophie Nzayisenga
  • Special Interest
  • Stereolab
  • Sydney Lowell
  • Tayhana
  • The Cromagnon Band
  • The Good Ones
  • The Harvest Time Project: A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders
  • The Homesick
  • The Necks
  • The Phantasmagoria of Jathilan
  • Tom Skinner
  • Ustad Noor Bakhsh
  • Vessel (live)
  • Voice Actor
  • W.I.T.C.H.
  • Wolf Eyes
  • Yama Warashi
  • YL Hooi
  • Zakia
  • Zohar
  • ZULI & Omar El Sadek present λ
Le Guess Who? 2022: November 10-13, 2022
  • Abdullah Ibrahim
  • Aho Ssan
  • Alpha Maid
  • Anastasia Coope
  • Asher Gamedze
  • Astrid Sonne
  • bar italia
  • billy woods
  • Bint7alal
  • Bohren & der Club of Gore
  • Cheikha Rabia & Esraa Warda
  • Coco Maria
  • Derya Yıldırım
  • Divide and Dissolve
  • Dos Monos
  • Dreamcrusher
  • Dry Cleaning
  • Evicshen
  • EXEK
  • Flore Laurentienne
  • Goat
  • Groupe RTD
  • Habibi Funk DJ Set
  • Hatis Noit
  • Hinako Omori
  • Holy Scum
  • Horse Lords
  • Injury Reserve
  • Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi
  • Jana Rush
  • Jeff Parker
  • Kaito Winse
  • Kee Avil
  • Keeley Forsyth
  • Keiji Haino
  • KOKOKO!
  • Kuunatic
  • Laurel Halo
  • Les Filles de Illighadad
  • Lex Amor
  • Liliane Chlela
  • Liv.e
  • Lole Montoya
  • Low
  • Mabe Fratti
  • Maral
  • Maria Reis
  • Marina Herlop
  • Mary Ocher
  • Moundabout
  • Muriel Grossmann Quartet
  • Myriam Gendron
  • Nancy Mounir’s Nozhet El Nofous
  • Nappy Nina
  • Nia Archives
  • Nkisi
  • OKI
  • Patric Catani
  • Romperayo
  • Slauson Malone 1
  • Son Rompe Pera
  • Sote & Tarik Barri present Majestic Noise (live A/V)
  • Supersilent
  • Talk: Vik Sohonie
  • The Ano Nobo Quartet
  • The Staples Jr. Singers
  • They Hate Change
  • TONE
  • Trees Speak
  • Turner Williams Jr.
  • Tutto Questo Sentire
  • Ustad Noor Bakhsh
  • Valentín Clastrier
  • Wau Wau Collectif
  • Zebra Katz
Le Guess Who? 2021: November 11-14, 2021
  • Aestrid
  • AGF
  • Agi-pii-sii
  • Aksak Maboul
  • Ana Roxanne
  • Angel Bat Dawid
  • Arooj Aftab
  • Arushi Jain
  • Automatic
  • Ayman Maas
  • Bboy
  • Beam the bomb
  • Beatriz Ferreyra
  • Bent Arcana
  • Bertie Marshall
  • Big Hare
  • Blak Saagan
  • BoterBoter
  • burger service
  • BUY OR BURN
  • Cengiz Arslanpay
  • Chúpame El Dedo
  • claire rousay
  • Coco María
  • Collectief Stadswevers
  • Combo Qazam
  • Conjunto Papa Upa
  • Dabke Workshop
  • Daniel Okiror
  • Danifox
  • De Ambassade
  • De Witte Kunst
  • Diaki
  • DJ Fitz
  • DJ Slow Herring
  • DMBQ
  • Don Kapot
  • Don Melody Club
  • Duma
  • Earth Girl Helen Brown
  • Eddie Chacon
  • Etran de L’Aïr
  • Faust IV Live!
  • Felix Kubin
  • FLOHIO
  • Gabriels
  • Galya Bisengalieva
  • Girls in Sythesis
  • Greet & Meet
  • Gustaf
  • Homemade Empire
  • Howart
  • I Think I Think
  • Ichiko Aoba
  • Ikram Bouloum
  • Immen
  • Jean-Luc
  • Jessica Moss
  • Jesu
  • Joëlle Léandre
  • Juan Juan
  • Julián Mayorga
  • Kamiel Thomas
  • Kiko Dinucci
  • Klein
  • Koen Boeijinga
  • Kohti Tuhoa
  • L’Rain
  • Lael Neale
  • Le Feast
  • Lombok Food Market
  • Lori Goldston
  • Loui Lind
  • Lucinda Chua
  • Lycox
  • Lyra Pramuk
  • Marathon
  • Mari Kalkun
  • Mariee Sioux
  • Mazaher
  • Meril Wubslin
  • Mevrouw Tamara
  • Microplaza
  • Model Home
  • Mónika Lakatos
  • Nagasaki Swim
  • Nala Sinephro
  • Near Stoic
  • Nelcon
  • Nicolini
  • Nonsense Note
  • Oren Ambarchi
  • OSEES
  • Otto Kokke
  • OvO
  • Pa Salieu
  • PAINT
  • Paranoid State
  • Parrenin/Weinrich/Rollet
  • Patricia Kokett
  • Petersburg
  • Pink Siifu
  • Plague Organ
  • Reymour
  • Ronald Langestraat & Tim Koh
  • San Leo
  • Sea Urchin
  • Sessa
  • Shannon Lay
  • Shoko Igarashi
  • Siti Muharam
  • Smudged
  • Sound in Motion
  • Space Afrika
  • Speak UP
  • Spill Gold
  • Spirit Fest
  • Stiltecoupé
  • Subhumans
  • Sun-Mi Hong
  • Suuns
  • Taqbir
  • Tara Clerkin Trio
  • Tarta Relena
  • Tenniscoats
  • The Ear
  • The Fire Harvest
  • The Limiñanas
  • Tramhaus
  • TRIGGRRD
  • Turkana
  • Typhonian Highlife
  • U Create!
  • Ulu Moskee Tours
  • University Challenged
  • Wu-Lu
  • ZALM
  • Zeldzame
  • Zwangere Guy
Le Guess Who? 2019: November 7-9, 2019

  • 破地獄/Scattered Purgatory
  • Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
  • Acid Rooster
  • AEAEA
  • Aldous Harding
  • Ami Dang
  • Angel Bat Dawid & The Brothahood
  • Arp Frique presents Improvised Suites For Analog Machines
  • Asha Puthli
  • Ayalew Mesfin & Debo Band
  • Bremer/McCoy
  • Casper Clausen
  • Cate Le Bon
  • Deerhoof & Tigue play ‘Friend Opportunity’
  • Deerhunter
  • DJ Fitz & DJ Quesadilla
  • dj. flúgvel og geimskip
  • DJINN
  • Doug Hream Blunt
  • Dur-Dur Band
  • Ed Dowie
  • Eiko Ishibashi
  • Empath
  • Faten Kanaan
  • FOKN Bois
  • Föllakzoid
  • Girl Band
  • Grimm Grimm
  • Group Listening
  • Gruff Rhys
  • Grupo Pilon
  • Gyedu-Blay Ambolley & His Sekondi Band
  • HHY & The Macumbas
  • Italia 90
  • Joseph Shabason
  • Khana Bierbood
  • Ko Shin Moon
  • Lalalar
  • Lifafa
  • Los Pirañas
  • Los Siquicos Litoraleños
  • Love Supreme
  • Loving
  • Makaya McCraven
  • Mega Bog
  • Melissa Laveaux
  • Minyo Crusaders
  • Mohamed Lamouri
  • Mythic Sunship
  • Negativland
  • Nosedrip
  • Not Waving + Dark Mark
  • Oiseaux-Tempête & Friends
  • Petbrick
  • Prison Religion
  • Quelle Chris
  • Sarah Louise
  • Shortparis
  • Stranded FM
  • The Raincoats
  • The Sweet Release of Death
  • Tropical Fuck Storm
  • Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano
  • Vivien Goldman
  • Vladimir Ivkovic DJ
  • Xylouris White
  • YĪN YĪN
  • Yves Jarvis
Le Guess Who? 2018: November 8-11, 2018
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago
  • Anoushka Shankar & Manu Delago with MO Strings
  • Devendra Banhart
  • The Breeders
  • Future Feminism
  • Joe Coleman
  • Kojey Radical
  • Vashti Bunyan
  • Circuit des Yeux presents ‘Reaching For Indigo: Gaia Infinitus’
  • Shintaro Sakamoto
  • Kadri Gopalnath
  • Hailu Mergia
  • Mudhoney
  • Escape-Ism
  • Saul Williams & King Britt present ‘Unanimous Goldmine’
  • Serpentwithfeet
  • FRKWYS: Ka Baird & Pekka Airaksinen
  • Sons of Kemet XL
  • Irreversible Entanglements feat. Pat Thomas
  • ONCEIM & Stephen O’Malley present ‘Gruides’
  • Beverly Glenn-Copeland
  • Cüneyt Sepetçi
  • Judith Clijsters: Bored To Death
  • Chihei Hatakeyama
  • Emel Mathlouthi
  • DJ Noss
  • Joe Cardamone
  • GAIKA
  • Maja S. K. Ratkje
  • DRINKS
  • King Ayisoba
  • DJ Haram
  • Crack Cloud
  • Kelman Duran
  • Hello Skinny
  • AMMAR 808
  • Lucy Railton
  • Pan Daijing presents: ‘Fist Piece’
  • Joan Of Arc
  • Psychic Ills
  • Sun Foot
  • The Scorpios
  • Maria Chavez
  • SASAMI
  • Richard Fearless
  • Paddy Steer
  • Sibusile Xaba
  • Lucrecia Dalt
  • Eartheater
  • Georgia Anne Muldrow & The Righteous
  • STUFF.
  • Kikagaku Moyo
  • Ancient Shapes
  • Bo Ningen
  • Katey Red
  • Jerusalem In My Heart Orchestra presents ‘Don’t Say The Moon Has Set’
  • Lydia Lunch’s Big Sexy Noise
  • Kate NV
  • Meridian Brothers
  • JPEGMAFIA
  • BCUC
  • 700 Bliss
  • Martin Bisi plays BC35
  • Please The Trees
  • FAKA
  • Colin Stetson
  • FACS
  • The Comet Is Coming
  • Vera Sola
  • Jozef van Wissem
  • ONCEIM & Éliane Radigue present ‘Occam Océan’
  • Greg Fox Quadrinity
  • Orchestra Of Spheres
  • Rizan Said
  • Jessica Pratt
  • Oliver Coates
  • Shannon Lay
  • Roger Eno
  • Eleanor Friedberger
  • LYZZA
  • Takuro Kikuchi
  • Islam Chipsy & EEK
  • Ras_G & The Afrikan Space Program
  • Beverly Glenn-Copeland
  • Nicole Mitchell
  • Ill Considered
  • Rodrigo Amarante
  • Gigi Masin
  • RP Boo
  • The Mauskovic Dance Band
  • FRKWYS: Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz
  • Swamp Dogg
  • Neneh Cherry
  • Lonnie Holley feat. Nelson Patton
  • Yves Tumor
  • Tirzah
  • Cass McCombs
  • Deep Fried Grandeur with Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo
  • Midori Takada
  • Kelsey Lu
  • Senyawa
  • Seefeel performing Quique
  • Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers
  • Hot Snakes
  • Alabaster DePlume
  • Soichi Terada
  • Hilary Woods
  • Madeline Kenney
  • Boogarins
  • Linafornia
  • Negro Leo
  • Miho Hatori
  • Virginia Wing
  • Eli Keszler
  • Vive la Void
  • King Champion Sounds
  • Michael Rault
  • Sourakata Koite
  • Cindy Lee
  • Art Feynman
  • Black Midi
  • Urochromes
  • Islaja
  • Mark Wynn
  • The Avonden
  • Howie Lee
  • Tim Koh
  • Kaja Draksler & Terrie Ex
  • Ora Cogan
  • Luke Cohlen
  • Dekmantel Soundsystem
  • Sarah Hennies & Jessica Sligter
  • Cinema Perdu
  • Philipp Bückle
  • DNMF
  • Valley Maker
  • Thet Liturgiske Owäsendet
  • Olan Mill
Le Guess Who? 2017: November 9-12, 2017
  • Abdel Karim Shaar
  • Ahmed Fakroun feat. Altin Gün
  • Alanis Obomsawin performing ‘Bush Lady’
  • Aldous Harding
  • Ben Frost
  • Black Power Tarot Exhibition by King Khan & Michael Eaton
  • Brötzmann/Leigh
  • Dark Buddha Rising
  • Dedekind Cut
  • Derya Yıldırım & Grup Simsek
  • Ekin Fil
  • Farida & The Iraqi Maqam Ensemble
  • GAS (Wolfgang Voigt)
  • Greg Fox
  • Grouper & Paul Clipson
  • Han Bennink Trio
  • ICP Orchestra
  • Jambinai
  • James Holden & The Animal Spirits
  • Jane Weaver
  • Jenny Hval
  • Julianna Barwick
  • Julie Byrne
  • Keiji Haino
  • Keiji Haino & Han Bennink
  • Kelly Lee Owens
  • Klein
  • Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
  • Les Amazones d’Afrique
  • Liars
  • Lili Boulanger – ‘Du fond de l’abîme’ performed by Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Linda Sharrock
  • Linton Kwesi Johnson
  • Liu Fang
  • Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelksi duo
  • Marisa Anderson
  • Matana Roberts
  • Meredith Graves
  • Moor Mother
  • Mount Eerie
  • Mozart’s Sister
  • Nadah El Shazly
  • Natasha Kmeto
  • OCnotes
  • Oiseaux-Tempête
  • Oumou Sangaré
  • Perfume Genius
  • Peter Brötzmann & Han Bennink
  • Pharmakon
  • Pharoah Sanders
  • Pissed Jeans
  • Protomartyr
  • Prurient
  • Richard Youngs
  • Sarah Davachi
  • Shabaka & The Ancestors
  • Shabazz Palaces
  • Sun Kil Moon
  • The Bug vs Dylan Carlson of Earth
  • The Como Mamas
  • The Soft Moon
  • Tom Rogerson
  • tUnE-yArDs
  • Visible Cloaks
  • Weyes Blood
  • William Basinski
  • Yves Tumor
  • Zeal & Ardor
Le Guess Who? 2016: November 10-13, 2016
  • 75 Dollar Bill
  • A Dead Forest Index
  • Aine O’Dwyer
  • Alessandro Cortini
  • Anna von Hausswolff
  • Arnold Dreyblatt
  • Beak>
  • Bo Ningen
  • Brian Case
  • Cate Le Bon
  • Circuit des Yeux
  • Container
  • Daniel Bachman
  • Delphine Dora
  • Digable Planets
  • Dinosaur Jr.
  • DJ Nigga Fox
  • Don Teel Curtis
  • DOODcast Live Special
  • Duke Garwood
  • Elza Soares
  • Fendika
  • Fennesz
  • Good Sad Happy Bad
  • Guy One & The Polyversal Souls
  • Hannah Peel
  • Heather Leigh
  • Horse Lords
  • I Speak Machine
  • Jackie Lynn
  • Jameszoo Quartet
  • Jerusalem In My Heart
  • Jessica Moss
  • Jessy Lanza
  • Johnny Hostile
  • Josephine Foster
  • Julia Holter
  • JUNUN featuring Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & the Rajasthan Express
  • Klara Lewis
  • Kyoka
  • Laraaji
  • Lau Nau
  • Laurel Halo
  • Lee Ranaldo & El Rayo
  • Lera Auerbach & Netherlands Chamber Choir
  • Lucrecia Dalt
  • Marching Church
  • Marie Davidson
  • Mario Batkovic
  • Maya Dunietz performs the music of Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
  • Nadja
  • Patrick Higgins
  • Patty Waters
  • Phurpa
  • Preoccupations
  • Raime
  • Richard Skelton
  • RP Boo
  • Ryan Sambol
  • Ryley Walker
  • Samuel Kerridge
  • Savages
  • Scott Fagan performing South Atlantic Blues
  • Shopping
  • St. Francis Duo
  • Stara Rzeka
  • Steve Gunn
  • Suuns
  • Swans
  • Tashi Wada & Yoshi Wada
  • The Cairo Gang
  • The Comet is Coming
  • The Dwarfs of East Agouza
  • The Ex
  • The Ex Festival
  • Tim Hecker
  • Tom Carter
  • Tortoise Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba
  • Wand Drinks PITA
  • Wilco
  • William Tyler
  • Wooden Shjips
  • Zerfu Demissie
Le Guess Who? 2014: May 24, 2014
  • Antwon
  • Atactic
  • AUN
  • Big Ups
  • Black Lips
  • Chasing Rainbows.
  • Ed Shrader’s Music Beat
  • Ensemble Economique
  • Future Islands
  • Golden Animals
  • Hallo Venray
  • Hiss Golden Messenger
  • Jeremiah Jae
  • Kristian Harting
  • Laetitia Sadier
  • Laraaji + Sun Araw: The Play Zone
  • Laugh With Laraaji
  • Mutual Benefit
  • Neutral Milk Hotel
  • Paul White
  • Pharmakon
  • Ryley Walker
  • S. Carey
  • Scott & Charlene’s Wedding
  • Sean Nicholas Savage
  • Shonen Knife
  • Sparkup
  • Speedy Ortiz
  • The Entrance Band
  • The Range
  • The War On Drugs
  • Tree
  • Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
Le Guess Who 2013: May 18, 2013
  • Deerhunter
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra
  • DIIV
  • Thee Oh Sees
  • Mount Eerie
  • Mikal Cronin
  • Gary Wilson & The Blind Dates
  • Sam Amidon
  • King Tuff
  • Bleached
  • Merchandise
  • Greg Haines
  • Dirty Beaches
  • The Haxan Cloak
  • Julia Kent
  • Bass Drum Of Death
  • The Intelligence
  • ITAL with Aurora Halal
  • ERAAS
  • Poppy Ackroyd + Le Mini Who?