Photo Credit: Juri Hiensch
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.
Festival Poster
2016 Artist Lineup
Wilco
- 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