Founded 5 years ago in Belfast, AVA Festival is an annual festival and conference that aims to celebrate, amplify and develop electronic music and digital visual arts.
This year it returns from May 31st-June 1st and they’ve just announced their day splits and conference line-up as well as ticket releases.
The music line-up is electronically focussed and includes acts like Mall Grab, Krystal Klear, Or:la, DJ Boring and more and the conference line-up is equally strong with Red Bull Music, Resident Advisor and Ableton in attendance.
Conference line-up:
- The Black Madonna
- Horse Meat Disco
- Red Bull Music
- Resident Advisor
- Help Musicians NI
- Pioneer DJ
- Ableton
- RANE DJ
- Akai Professional
- Denon DJ
- Mount Palomar: Modular Synth Workshop
- PRS For Music
- Timmy Stewart
- SARC
- AVA Pro
- Record Fair
Friday music line-up:
- Avalon Emerson
- The Black Madonna
- Blawan
- Horse Meat Disco
- Len Faki
- Mall Grab
- Motor City Drum Ensemble
- Palms Trax
- Cromby
- DJ Boring
- Eclair Fifi
- HAAi
- Holly Lester
- Jasss
- LNS
- Nez
- The Drifter
- Timmy + JM
- Acid Flex
- Bekuz x Influx
- Cait
- Carlton Doom
- DART
- EVE
- Inside Moves
- Jika Jika
- Kessler
- Marion Hawkes
- Misfit
- Pear
- R Kitt (Live)
Saturday music line-up:
- Ben Sims
- Ben UFO
- Daniel Avery
- Honey Dijon
- Randomer
- Rebekah
- Special Request
- Brame + Hamo
- Call Super
- Courtesy
- Hammer
- Krystal Klear
- Myler
- Or:la
- Sally C
- Saoirse
- Skatebard
- Swoose
- Twitch
- Willow
- Brien
- Blark
- Crock
- Daire
- Dallas
- High Hoops
- LOR
- Mark Blair
- Mount Palomar (Live)
- Noah
- Raw Silk
- Twitch
- Venus Dupree
The event will offer a keen insight into the music and arts industry from artists, agents, labels and innovators over the two days of programming. As well as the conference talks, there will be Q&As, workshop, masterclasses and keynotes.
Day tickets are priced at £49.50+ and are available here.
Conference attendance is free but registration is required here.
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