Between 12 and 18 September we’re welcoming thousands of visitors for the seventh edition of Incubate. The Fall, Battles, Glen Hansard and Health are a few of the more than two hundred cutting edge artists that bring music, film, art, debate and dance to Tilburg.

Artistic director Vincent Koreman: “I am incredibly proud of this program. Every year, we show that we continue to innovate and grow at the same time as a festival. This year’s highlights for me personally are the enormous amount of applications for the open source program, the great three-day dance program curated by XLR8R and getting The Fall to Incubate.”

Among the large number of artists that perform during the week in Tilburg are British (post) punk legends The Fall and Steve Ignorant (Crass), next to upcoming artists like EMA and Austra. There are special appearances at the Nature Theatre in Oisterwijk, on Friday, September 16 with Oscar winner Glen Hansard, known from his band The Frames and on Saturday, September 17 Battles. Psychedelic rock band Wooden Shjips will play a unique concert on Saturday the 17th in collaboration with video artist Wineke Gartz.

For lovers of dance music, there’s a lot to enjoy to as well. Among others, Jackmaster, Loefah, Theo Parrish and Silkie will be behind the turntables that weekend. Music publication XLR8R curates a three day program with what they view as the most important artists at the moment. Next to the XLR8R curated program, there are several dubstep, moombahton and breakcore events and collaborations between dj’s from all over the world.

Punk legend Steve Ignorant curates a program at one of the Incubate venues, just like jazz drummer Chris Corsano. Both programs provide exciting collaborations between artists. Collaboration is the main theme of this years Incubate.

We have also received much response to the call to public to present their own work for the open source programs. More than one hundred people will present their own works at the open source expo, twenty-five people will produce seven days of non-stop radio, loads of films are submitted for the film program plus we’ll serve our own open source dance show. All these programs are filled by people from the Incubate audience itself.

Besides the music program, Incubate presents the Do It Yourself conference. During this conference author Michael Azerrad will give a keynote speech, artist Bill Drummond performs his The17 project and punk legend Steve Ignorant will be interv iewed. Besides, there are several discussion panels throughout the day. Visitors of the conference can determine the price for the conference themselves through the pay-what-you-want-principle.

On Monday, September 12, a member of the city council of Tilburg will open Incubate along with fifty children from the Tilburg music school Factorium who will be playing on the dozens of pianos in and around Tilburg which are part of the Play Me, I’m Yours project by New York based artist Luke Jerram. Omar Souleyman, The War on Drugs and Megafaun also perform at the first evening of the festival. The weekdays music program also contains artists like Health, Nosaj Thing and Aura Noir.

Incubate is taking place in Tilburg, the Netherlands between 12 and 18 September. Tickets are available via our website, at Free Record Shop in the Netherlands and Belgium and at Sounds Music Store and the 013 box office in Tilburg.