As the dust settles on another incredible Rewire festival, we take a moment to look back on our final day of performances, talks, and screenings, captured by our photographers. From world premieres to special commissioned performances and audiovisual collaborations, Sunday was an extraordinary end to the festival. Check out our highlights below!

The Conservatoriumzaal of Amare was moved by the stirring music of Ben Vida with Yarn/Wire & Nina Dante. The humorous mundanity and sparkling magic realism of Vida’s lyrics were brought to life through Dante’s bewitching harmonisation and Yarn/Wire’s unparalleled instrumental backing. Another concert of incomparable instrumental tightness was goat (jp), who took to the stage of PAARD I to weave their flawless, playful experimentations in tempo and rhythm.

Koninklijke Schouwburg was graced with three exceptional performances. First, Cello Octet Amsterdam & Nick Verstand performed the world premiere of Cocon. Then, rising star Astrid Sonne brought the building to an attentive silence before delivering her ever-evolving experimental pop. Finally, Titanic performed their riveting debut live show, filling every centimetre of the room with their poppy orchestral experimentations.

At Koorenhuis Laura Ortman brought listeners into her spectral world of noise-encrusted violin flourishes. Later that evening, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters took to the same stage to play an unforgettable set of jazzy, noisy wonder.

At Lutherse Kerk, Shovel Dance Collective performed for the first time in the Netherlands with an engrossing set of imaginative folk and traditional music. For anyone who caught Brìghde Chaimbeul’s solo performance the day before, it came as no surprise that her collaboration with Maëva Berthelot & Temitope Ajose, Where the Veil is Thin, performed at Theater aan het Spui, was an exquisite highlight of the day. After night fell, Lolo & Sosaku took to that same stage to perform The End – a grizzly, blistering performance of machinic mischief which flung sparks across the room.

What could we possibly say about SUNN O)))’s set that could do it justice? Delivering upon their promise of physical sound, fog, and glacial maximalism, they shook the entire foundations of the building and probably half of Prinsegracht itself. Performing in their original form as a duo, adorned in robes before a wall of amplifiers, this set of spectral harmonics, distortion, and volume was an awe-inspiring physical experience unlike any other.

Maya Shenfeld’s collaboration with artist Pedro Maia was a stunning opus that lit up Amare’s Danstheater with the beautiful tones and colours of its music and visuals. Later, at Amare’s Concertzaal, the room bubbled with eager anticipation before Oneohtrix Point Never’s set. As part of this extraordinary show, Freeka Tet shrunk Oneohtrix Point Never and the venue down for a one-of-a-kind alternate reality puppet show – laced with scrambled VHS montages and sci-fi futurity. These mesmerising visuals wove beautifully with the music of Oneohtrix Point Never – who dug deep into his diverse catalogue of releases to gift the packed auditorium with something truly unforgettable. This spectacular performance closed out a weekend of joyful, experimental, and cutting-edge music across The Hague. As another Rewire festival edition draws to a close, we thank all of our visitors who made the weekend so special.

Photos by Alex Heuvink, Arianna Cavalensi, Baroeg Mulder, Esmee de Vette, Jack Parker, Jan Rijk, Maurice Haak, Mees Trouwborst, Parcifal Werkman, Pieter Kers, en Rogier Bogaard.