Sound Waves festival announces first names for 20th anniversary edition

Sound Waves has announced the first artists for its 20th anniversary edition, taking place in Esmoriz, Portugal, this July.

OGUZ, blk., Jazzy and Onlynumbers have been confirmed for the event, which kicks off at 5pm on 5 July and wraps up at 2pm the next day – a full 20 hours of raving to mark the milestone.

This year marks the 18th hosting of the festival, which first took place in 2005, and is renowned for its techno and hard techno – more names are due to be announced in due course.

This weekend, Sound Waves kicks off 2025 with the second hosting of its Winter Edition, taking place on 8 February in Lisbon, which will feature performances from 999999999, Bad Boombox, Fantasm, Hades, Lee Ann Roberts and Ornella.

This will be followed on 8 March by Sound Waves Invites at Hard Club, which will feature Winson, Fernanda Martins, Tanja Miju, Negitiv, Ornella and Pestdokter.

More information and tickets can be found here.

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