Just Announced category interest

WIRE Festival proudly returns to Knockdown Center for its fourth edition. Building on the core principles set out from its inaugural edition, WIRE Festival continues to highlight the very best of the techno/house underground, representing both international leaders and some of NY's most exciting voices with an emphasis on community-building and vital, irrepressible music at its most cutting edge. This year, however, sees the festival launch into its most ambitious form to date, with 50 hours of nonstop music across four stages. From 8pm Friday until 10pm Sunday, WIRE's programming will be run uninterrupted, delivering a world class experience beyond anything else in New York today.

As with previous years, the indoor stages will be split between Stage 1, in the Main Hall, with both international and local talent and Stage 2 dedicated to crew takeovers. For this edition, Berlin's Pornceptual and Amsterdam's Spielraum are handed the keys to the coveted second stage, on Friday and Saturday night respectively. Both collectives are raising the bar for modern queer clubbing in their home cities, with consistently exceptional lineups and visionary approaches to worldbuilding.

The collaborative spirit extends to the Ruins as well: on Saturday, iconic WHOLE Festival takes over the outdoor stage for a full day of programming. In addition to two open-air daytime sessions on Saturday and Sunday, the all-night Ambient Stage will once again return, offering an opportunity for some of the festival's favorite artists to stretch out into fresh sonic territory. And, of course, WIRE will host incisive and thoughtful panel discussions, in collaboration by RA, that tackle some of the most pressing issues in electronic music today.

WIRE has consistently foreground striking lighting installations, commissioning original works from some of the most inventive lighting artists in the field. A to-be-announced lighting collective will craft a bespoke work for the festival grounds.

Finally, Friday evening also features an industry meet-up directly following the final panel discussion. Offering an opportunity for artists, promoters and agents to mingle, this further develops WIRE's staunch ethos of community building and mutual empowerment.

The now-sold-out Weekend Pass holders will have access to the entire program, start-to-finish. Four individual tickets are now on sale for standalone day/night programming. These are:

 

Friday Night, doors 8pm

Stage 1, Stage 2, Ambient Stage

Saturday Day, doors 8am

Whole Festival stage

Saturday Night, doors 8pm

Stage 1, Stage 2, Ambient Stage

Sunday Day, doors 8am

The Ruins

 

WIRE's program this year continues its unwavering commitment to excellence. The lineup is as follows:

 

FRIDAY NIGHT, doors 8pm

3 indoor stages: Stage 1, Stage 2: Pornceptual and Ambient Stage

 

Annie Lew

Boris

Bryan Kasenic

CRYME

D.Dan

DJ Nobu

DJ Stingray 313

DJ TOOL

Juana

Juliana Huxtable

KI/KI

Mos

Pornceptual

Rachel Noon

Rose Kourts

Ultrathem

Volvox

Wata Igarashi

 

SATURDAY DAY, outdoor stage in The Ruins, doors 8am

 

WHOLE Festival Stage:

Dee Diggs

fka.m4a

Jacob Meehan

Kevin Aviance

Kilopatrah Jones

Roi Perez

Ron Like Hell

Ryan Smith

Sedef Adasï

Shaun J. Wright

WHOLE Festival

 

SATURDAY NIGHT, doors 8pm

3 indoor stages: Stage 1, Stage 2: SPIELRAUM and Ambient Stage

 

BASHKKA

Chlär

Concrete Husband

Cotton

DVS1

Faustin

Freddy K

Lydo

Makadsi

Mama Snake

Markus

MORENXXX

NDRX

Ne/Re/A

Newa

Nørbak

Planetary Assault Systems live

Quelza

RÆZA

Roza Terenzi

SPIELRAUM

TWIENA

Wata Igarashi

 

SUNDAY, outdoor stage in The Ruins, doors 8am

 

Eris Drew

Freddy K

Funk Assault

Massimiliano Pagliara

Mike Servito

Octo Octa

Schacke

The Carry Nation