Nooriyah, Ajukaja & Mart Avi and more to join the line-up for the Station Narva festival
Following the announcement of headliners James Lavelle, Acid Arab and Deki Alem, nine new acts, including Nooriyah, Ajukaja & Mart Avi and Tovarish Astronom join the Station Narva festival from the 7th to 10th of September in Estonia’s easternmost city of Narva.
Station Narva 2023 festival passes and day tickets are on sale via the TMW webshop and Piletilevi.
Taking place from the 7th to the 10th of September, the 6th edition of Station Narva presents music from near and far and explores the hidden gems of post-industrial Ida-Viru County. From ultra-modern alternative RnB to the 21st Century takes on ska and grunge, and a melange of left-field hip-hop, house, art pop and Arabic sounds– the line-up at Vaba Lava Narva and Art Club Ro-Ro on the 8th and 9th of September unites the heritage and future fusions of dance music from around the world.
Born in Saudi Arabia, raised in Japan and now based in the UK, Nooriyah, known for her work as DJ, producer and presenter, has spent the past decade championing sounds of the Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) region. She’s a founder of Middle of Nowhere, a project that merges unlikely musical worlds together. Her Boiler Room debut in 2022 achieved over 1,000,000 streams in the first 3 months and included an amalgamation of Arabic music, trap, Brazilian funk and dozens of other genres. Nooriyah has built a following that not only celebrates what she is creating but wishes to build it with her.
Ajukaja is the longest-serving slinger and shaker of the Estonian underground and the figurehead of the weird and wonderful Porridge Bullet label. Mart Avi is the swiftest-moving twilight samurai of avant-pop and a chap with a golden voice. Their combined joint takes pop and sends it off the beaten path with their very own brand of adventurous disco-not-disco.
An Istanbul-born multi-talent GØK2 will fill Art Club Ro-Ro with a heady mix of punk-hop, big beat and breakbeat. Indie supergroup Masha Ye’s goal is to “gift the audience an eternal summer” whilst Tovarish Astronom will treat Narva with nocturnal post-punk tunes. Completing the line-up is Analogue Quattro, the crew of four friends from Sillamäe, a former “closed town” and top secret uranium producer.
These artists will join the line-up of previously announced Mo’ Wax impresario and UNKLE founder James Lavelle from the UK, French electronic dance music crew Acid Arab, Swedish hip-hop-meets-grunge sensation Deki Alem, Ukrainian pop star Ivan Dorn and Dutch ska-rock band Bazzoookas, as well as Estonian RnB and pop, acts YASMYN, manna and IVI.
Station Narva 2023 festival passes are on sale at 45 euros via TMW webshop and Piletilevi. The day tickets for 8th and 9th September are on sale at 25 euros.
Station Narva festival is organised by Shiftworks in cooperation with the Narva team. The festival is supported by the City of Narva, Ministry of Culture, Cultural Endowment and Integration Foundation. Station Narva collaborators include Vaba Lava Narva, Narva Art Residency (NART), Art Club Ro-Ro, creative incubator OBJEKT, discussion day BAZAR, Narva Museum, Ida-Viru tourism cluster, Ida-Viru Creative Cluster, non-formal education centre VitaTiim and regional song contest Virumaa Suvesaund.
Station Narva’s media partners are Raadio 2, Postimees and Põhjarannik.
Station Narva 2023 programme overview
Thursday, 7th September
Festival opening, art exhibitions, tours.
Friday, 8th September
- 2 pm – 6 pm: Business Day at the creative incubator OBJEKT (Linda 2)
City festival in various locations across Narva, incl. art exhibitions and tours - 6 pm – 12:30 am: music festival at Vaba Lava Narva (Linda 2)
Deki Alem (SE), Ivan Dorn (UA), James Lavelle (UNKLE) (UK) DJ-set, manna (EE), IVI (EE) - 12 am – 4 am: afterparty at Art Club Ro-Ro (Jõe 3)
DJs Työmik Bassofsky (EE), Fake Versace (EE) and others - 00.00–04.00 Jätkupidu Ro-Ro klubis (Jõe 3)
GØK2 (EE/TR), Tovarish Astronom (EE); DJ-d Työmik Bassofsky (EE), Fake Versace (EE) jt
Saturday, 9th September
- City festival in various locations across Narva, incl. city stage gigs, art exhibitions, public talks, tours
- 4.30 pm BAZAR public talks
- 6 pm – 12:30 am: music festival at Vaba Lava Narva (Linda 2)
Acid Arab (FR), Bazzookas (NL), Ajukahja x Mart Avi (EE), YASMYN (EE - 12 am – 4 am: afterparty at Art Club Ro-Ro (Jõe 3)
DJ Raul Saaremets and others
Sunday, 10th September
- 11 am: Narva-style breakfast in the non-formal learning centre VitaTiim (Tuleviku 7)
- Exhibitions and tours across the city
The whole Station Narva 2023 programme and performers will be revealed during July and August.