Popfest Vienna 2022
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- 04 Jul 2022
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POPFEST WIEN returns to Karlsplatz at the end of July (28th – 31st) with fresh and timely perspectives, new locations and formats, and with over 50 acts. Opening the mainstage on Thursday will be KEROSIN95, EUROTEURO, FRIEDBERG and W1ZE. To discover more about the program, the artists and the curators, keep scrolling!
“After two years, to come together again in the usual form at Karlsplatz and to be able to celebrate and experience together the diversity of the great Austrian pop culture scene, pleases me very much. Especially in economically difficult times, it is important for all Viennese to offer culture with free admission and the Popfest joins the diverse offer in this city with great artistic expressiveness,” says City Councillor for Culture Veronica Kaup-Hasler (note: translated from German original).
After two reduced editions due to the pandemic, Popfest is returning to its roots on Vienna’s central and meaningful gathering space: Karlsplatz. The pop music cards have been reshuffled for the 2022 edition by this year’s curators, music journalist and DJ, Dalia Ahmed (FM4) and musician and author, Andreas Spechtl (Ja, Panik).
EXCITING BLENDS OF DIVERSE, CONTEMPORARY POP
Ahmed and Spechtl position their program “in the gap between representation and agitation”, as they say, and present an exciting genre-mix through current and diverse domestic pop. The fresh line-up ranges from hyperpop (ANTHEA, FARCE), R&B (Aze, W1ZE, XING, Adaolisa), rap (Ebow, Kamp, Kerosin95, Crack Ignaz), indie (DIVES, Friedberg, Earl Mobley, Euroteuro, ZINN), punk (Bipolar Feminin, Schapka), dance music and electronica (salute, Conny Frischauf, Brenk Sinatra, Cid Rim), singer-songwriters (doppelfinger, Liz Metta, Gina Disobey) to experimental projects beyond the fringe of art (Abu Gabi, Jung An Tagen, Kenji Araki, Rojin Sharafi, Voyage Futur). This is just a selection of names from this year’s Popfest program, which shows how far the concept of pop has opened up and expanded in this city in the 12 years of this festival’s existence.
THE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Thursday, July 28
17.00 – 22.00 Open Air Soundsystem: Lituation
18.00 – 18.30 Ambient Pop-Up: Voyage Futur I
18.30 – 23.00 Lake stage: Kerosin95 – Euroteuro – Friedberg – W1ZE
18.30 – 22.00 Künstlerhaus Factory / Vinylograph Live Cutting Sessions: STKS feat. Ernst Lima, KeKe, SOIA, BEX, Skofi & Skyfarmer
23.00 – 02.00 TU Prechtlsaal: Gina Disobey – Adaolisa – Brenk Sinatra
from 23.00 Club U: Sonic Resistance
Friday, July 29
16.00 – 22.00 Open Air Soundsystem: 3gga
17.00 – 23.00 Lake stage: XING – Kamp – Crack Ignaz – Ebow – salute
18.00 – 18.30 Ambient Pop-Up: Voyage Futur II
18.30 – 22.00 Künstlerhaus Factory / Vinylograph Live Cutting Sessions: FARCE feat. Sakura & ANTHEA
22.00 – 02.00 TU Prechtlsaal: Conny Frischauf – Abu Gabi – Jung An Tagen – Tina 303
22.30 – 02.30 TU Ella Briggs Saal: Earl Mobley – Liz Metta – Radian – ZINN
from 23.00 Club U: A Party Called Jack
Saturday, July 30
16.00 – 22.00 Open Air Soundsystem: Femme DMC
17.00 – 23.00 Lake stage: double fingers – Aze – DIVES – Clara Luzia – FARCE
18.00 – 18.30 Ambient Pop-Up: Voyage Futur III
18.30 – 22.00 Künstlerhaus Factory / Vinylograph Live Cutting Sessions:
Katharina Ernst feat. Alen & Nenad Sinkauz
23.00 – 02.00 TU-Prechtlsaal: Zion Flex – ANTHEA – Kenji Araki
23.30 – 02.30 TU-Ella Briggs Saal: Lan Rex – Bipolar Feminin – Schapka
from 23.00 Club U: Rhinoplasty
Sunday, July 31
17.00 – 20.00 Karlsgarten: Tony Renaissance – Mala Herba
21.00 – 00.00 Karlskirche: Sophia Blenda – Rojin Sharafi&Dagmar Schürrer – Cid Rim. Read More...
