PEOPLE is a festival founded by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and the Michelberger Hotel going into its second year.
It is all about the people, creative people at that with over 160 artists coming to work together in collaboration for a week in residency with the final two days of the gathering allowing the public in to look at the results in Funkhaus in Berlin. It now alternates yearly with Cork’s Sounds From A Safe Harbour.
All of the artists involved are listed by their individual names rather than their bands, and the festival has no timetable, billing or program. It takes place August 18th and 19th and tickets are €120 for a weekend pass.
The festival aims at taking a different view and approach into the process of creating music and collaborating, so that basically involves having a front-row seat at the cusp of creativity.
And to that end, here are the 160 artists who will be participating including a lot of familiar faces like Feist, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Rice (yes, at the same festival), Zach Condon of Beirut, Rusangano Family, Aaron and Bryce Dessners (The National), Ahmed Gallab of Sinkane, Young Fathers, Polica, Slow Moving Clouds, Fionn Regan, Dustin O’Halloran, The Staves, Erland Oye, Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Parcels, Jenny Lewis, Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Woodkid and Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire also.
Last month, they debuted an online platform featuring music from the artists participating and it includes a lot of music previously unheard like Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon’s Big Red Machine.
Here’s the full list of who is playing in August:
- Aaron Dessner
- Ahmed Gallab
- Aki Aro
- Albert Elmore
- Alex Ridha
- Alex Somers
- Alexei Casselle
- Alexi Murdock
- Alloysious Massaquoi
- Anais Mitchell
- Anatole Serret
- Andi Toma
- Andre de Ridder
- Andrew Barr
- Andrew Broder
- Andrew Christopherson
- Andrew Fitzpatrick
- Angel Deradoorian
- Arone Dyer
- Ashley Fure
- Astronautalis
- Awir Leon
- Azar Kazimir
- Ben Ivascu
- Ben Lanz
- Ben Sloan
- Bert Cools
- Brad Cook
- Bryce Dessner
- Camilla Staveley Taylor
- Cantus Domus
- Carmen Camerieri
- Casper Clausen
- Channy Leaneagh
- Chefket
- Chris Bierden
- Chris Egan
- Christof Van der Ven
- Clarice Jensen
- Colin Stetson
- Corbin
- Damien Rice
- Daniel Diamond
- David Chalmin
- David Cohn
- David Kitt
- DJ Delish
- Dustin O’Halloran
- Dustin Zahn
- Earl Harvin
- Eirik Glambek Bøe
- Elizabeth Meyers
- Emilly Staveley Taylor
- Emma Broughton
- Eric D. Johnson
- Eric Timothy Carlson
- Erlend Øye
- Erwan Castex
- Fionn Regan
- Francesco Donadello
- Francis Starlite Farewell
- G Hastings
- Gabrielle Sedita
- Gaspar Claus
- Godknows Jonas
- Graham Tolbert
- Greg Fox
- Greg Saunier
- Gyða Valtýsdóttir
- Havels
- Heather Broderick
- Helado Negro
- Helga Davis
- Henning May
- Heval Okçuoğlu
- Holly Blakey
- Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė
- Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdóttir
- James McAllister
- Jan St Werner
- Jason Treuting
- Jenny Lewis
- Jeremy Black
- Jeremy Ylvisaker
- Jerome La Perruque
- Jessica Dessner
- Jessica Moss
- Jessica Staveley Taylor
- Joel Wästberg
- John Anthony Lillis
- Jon Low
- Jón Þór Birgisson
- Jonas Aberg
- Jonas Verwijnen
- Jonny Pierce
- Josh Berg
- Josh Kaufman
- JT Bates
- Jules Crommelin
- Julien Colardelle
- Justin Vernon
- Kate Ellis
- Kate Stables
- Katia Labèque
- Kayus Bankole
- Kevin Murphy
- Kimberly Katz
- Kjartan Sveinsson
- Klāvs Liepiņš
- Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir
- Kurt Wagner
- Kyle Resnick
- Laurel Sprengelmeyer
- Leslie Feist
- Lisa Hannigan
- Louie Swain
- Lucky Paul
- Mads Brauer
- Marcus Hamblett
- Mariam Wallentin
- Mark McGee
- Mateus Aleluia
- Mathieu Geghre
- Matt McCaughan
- Mawuli Boevi
- Melissa Laveaux
- Mike Lewis
- Moira Cappilli
- Naeem Juwan
- Nick Rayner
- Nick Zinner
- Noah Goldstein
- Noah Hill
- Olivier Marguerit
- Oscar Ahlgren
- Patrick Hetherington
- Pauline Delassus
- Philip Weinrobe
- Philippa Neels
- Priscilla Telmon
- Rabih Beaini
- Ragnar Kjartansson
- Rasmus Stolberg
- Raury Tullis
- Richard Reed Parry
- Robyn Byrne
- Rodrigo Amarante
- Rosalind Anna Leyden
- Rozie Jordan
- Ryan Olson
- Sam Amidon
- Sarah Neufeld
- Sean Tillmann
- Selina Gin
- Shahzad Ismaily
- Shara Nova
- Simon Psy
- Sophie Payten
- s t a r g a z e
- Stephen Lewis
- Steve Hassett
- Tatu Rönkkö
- Tim Fain
- Todd Dahlhoff
- Trever Hagen
- Vincent Moon
- Woodkid
- Zach Condon
- Zoë Randell
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