Solar Festival 2025 - Amazon Edition

The Solar Festival, which has been celebrating Brazilian culture every year since 2019, is expanding its program from 2025. The Amazon Edition focuses on the climate crisis and combines art, culture and a change in consciousness. The program includes performance and video mapping on Schiffbauplatz as well as traditional and modern sounds at Moods. Highlights include indigenous music, Amazonian pop and Brega funk rhythms that reflect the cultural diversity of the rainforest. The festival promotes exchange between contemporary artists and sends out a strong signal for environmental protection and cultural diversity.

Here, performance art merges with cultural forms of expression to address the urgency of the climate crisis and the importance of the Amazon. With "Ponto final, Ponto seguido", Uýra Sodoma will unearth the life that has been buried by materialism and colonial ideologies.

A visual spectacle that brings the beauty and vulnerability of the Amazon to life through impressive light art and projections.

This set celebrates the musical heritage of the Huni Kuin indigenous people of the Amazon with traditional instruments and songs that honour their rich cultural legacy. The foundation is laid by the traditional chants and sounds of the Huni Kuin, presented with the warmth of acoustic guitars. However, Kayatibu dare to do more: the addition of electric guitar and bass gives their music unexpected power and versatility. The band themselves describe their sound as 'rock from the forest'.

Aíla is currently one of the most captivating musical voices to emerge from the Amazon region. In her songs, she interweaves personal experiences with significant themes such as love, gender, and feminism. Her sound fuses the rich musical traditions of her homeland with contemporary influences. It is an energetic fusion of popular Amazonian rhythms and modern pop music. Carimbó and calypso bring tropical, danceable vibes, while pisadinha and pagodão emphasise the region's rhythmic diversity.