„The first evening showed that Kaunas is already ready for „Audra“, but its strongest currents are still ahead. Over the next three days, the festival will constantly change forms: from industrial parties and concerts to performances and art routes through the former factory,“ say the festival organizers.
Read more The Minister of the Interior hopes that the new head of VSAT will be announced in September
On Friday evening, the action will move deep into the „Pergalė“ factory. The spaces of the former metal recycling factory will be filled with powerful sound, light installations, and the main party of this year’s festival.
Its program will bring together the history of Chicago house, the energy of Berlin clubs, and the current European electronic music scene. One of the most important names of the evening will be Chez Damier, who has been shaping house music history for more than three decades.
Alongside him will appear Chloé Caillet, DJ JM, Marija x Mirror Slave, Mario Moretti x Valdagger x Mantas T., Marta, MCR-T, Roe Deers x Pakas, SPFDJ, Tarp Dviejų Aušrų, Tumosa x Roads, and une x Cport Cistema.
On Saturday during the day, „Audra“ will again spill out from the closed factory spaces into its yard and crane track, and part of the action will move to the bar „Upė teka“. Here, two free stages will operate.
On the live music stage in the „Pergalė“ factory yard, „ba.“, „Garbanotas“, „shishi“ and the band „Egzotikka“ will perform. On the „Disco“ stage in the bar „Upė teka“, dancing will be taken care of by Hades x Elboe, Imbrasasm x Eketė, Kikelomo, and Youwin Trax x Greta Margo.
In the evening, the festival will return inside the „Pergalė“ factory. In the industrial space, concerts will be held by two prominent names of Lithuanian contemporary music – Free Finga and „Kamanių šilelis“.
Read more Artificial intelligence has increased the scale of fraud to an unprecedented level
On Saturday night, the musical festival program will conclude with a limited capacity „Dresden Takeover“ party.
For the first time on the „Audra“ stage, the Frenchman Ivan Smagghe and one of the most important figures of Lithuanian electronic music, Manfredas, will perform as a duo. They will be accompanied by the Italian selector Francesco Del Garda, playing in Lithuania for the first time, Saoirse from Dublin, and Aistė Regina x Donatas Chipak.
With music flooding different spaces of Kaunas, the international contemporary art program will continue in the „Pergalė“ factory until Sunday. The exhibition curated by the Berlin curatorial collective „MOLT“ already spreads works by Lithuanian and foreign artists throughout the industrial space.
Visitors to the exhibition can also look forward to two engaging performances – on Friday at 8:30 p.m., British dance artist Adam Russell-Jones will present the performance „Release the Hounds“, and on Saturday at 8 p.m., the program will continue with Berlin-based artist Deva Schubert. She will perform the „Glitch Choir“ together with artist Chihiro Araki.
Sunday will be the last chance to get lost in the art route spread throughout the factory and discover works by Lithuanian and foreign creators. The exhibition in the „Pergalė“ factory will be open until September 6.
The contemporary city festival „Audra“ takes place in Kaunas from September 3–6. Full program and tickets: www.audrafestival.lt
Read more Not just genetics: revealed how modern science stops hair aging
