Lebanon's Aegis Festival Announces 2025 Edition July 11th-13th
May 13, 2025
Lebanon's Aegis Festival, one of the region's highly-anticipated electronic music festivals, has just announced the dates for its 2025 edition, taking place in the idyllic forest-capped village of Arnaoon Village from July 11th to July 13th.
Last summer in 2024, Aegis Festival welcomed a spattering lineup of local, regional and international electronic acts across three open-air stages, such as Seth Troxler, The Blaze, Rolbac, Nesta, Hiroko Yamamura, Aless & Chirak, Gene On Earth, Janeret, Rita, and 3lias B2B Fare, just to name a few, with a series of epic showcases from Lebanese-born collectives, Retrogroove, Somewhere… and Fantome De Nuit, alongside Saudi label WTR and Egypt's Nacelle.
This year's edition of Aegis Festival promises to be bigger than ever, connecting the scene together at such a critical time with a slew of special showcases with regional collectives the likes of Factory People, Fantôme de Nuit, Nacelle, Somewhere…, Retrogroove, Soult, SceneNoise and more.
Discounted Early Bird tickets for Aegis Festival 2025 edition are now on sale via ticketing.ageisfestival.com.
Stay tuned to SceneNoise for the full lineup announcement.
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