Ion Ludwig, Vera, Vril, and many more names have been confirmed for the 2017 debut edition of Waking Life, an adventurous arts and music festival located near the medieval town of Crato, Portugal—one of the most deserted regions in Southern Europe.

The fundamental idea of the festival is to “facilitate a spellbinding environment brought about by co-creation,” the organizers say. Spread over the four-day gathering, “humans and non-humans of all walks of life are invited to take part and (dis)connect, contributing to the celebration.” A page dedicated to getting involved can be found on the festival website, be it performance art, ecological or art installations.

The musical program will be co-curated with Giegling, and Return, Solid-AM’s party arm. The three stages by the lake will be the “perfect setting” to indulge in a broad spectrum of sound, not limited to electronic music only. Some artists will make a second appearance at the festival and perform special ambient or slow live sets on the chill-out stage.Several artists from the Portugese label Shhpuma Records will also represent and celebrate the creative and richly heterogeneous moment in the country’s musical history.

More information, including tickets, can be found here.

Lineup

A. Brehme

Aleksi Perälä live

Amir Alexander

AMyn live (+ slow live)

Art Alfie

Ateq live

Audio Werner

Aurora Halal

Bafana

Barem

Ben UFO

Boris Chimp 504 AV live

Bryan Kasenic (+ ambient set)

Cristi Cons

DeWalta

DJ Dustin

DJ Nobu

Dorisburg live

Drama

Edward live

Fennesz live

Frederico Dinis AV live

Ion Ludwig live

Izabel

Jennifer Cardini

Joao Maria

Johnny Lee Johnson

Kassem Mosse live

Kettenkarussell live

Konstantin

KooDoo & Lamaz

Lawrence live

Leafar Legov live

Luigi Tozzi

Manamana

Marcus Worgull

Menica

Mihai Popoviciu

Ninze

Nthng

Nyra

Ö

Och

Parheim live

Patrick Russell (+ ambient set)

Resom

Robag Wruhme

Ross From Friends live

Sammy Dee

Sebastian Mullaert live

Shhpuma Records (Acid Acid, André Gonçalves, LAmA, Tren Go! Sound System, Zentex)

Slick Marcel Rick

Soundwalk Collective

Steve O’Sullivan

Stimming live

Ulf Eriksson

Vendi

Vera

Vlada

Vril live

Youandewan

Zenker Brothers