“A force for good, bringing us together and
changing our minds.�
Le Guess Who? 2018 | A Celebration of Sound
- The Quietus
Le Guess Who? Festival 2018 Facts & Figures Art Ensemble of Chicago - photo by Jelmer de Haas
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Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers - photo by Erik Luyten
“What the Dutch festival really excels at is diversity, show-
a celebration of sound
casing artists who have been blurring boundaries for deca-
a better world is possible.”
des and reminding us that
- BUST Magazine
8 – 11 november 2018 Utrecht, The Netherlands leguesswho.com
2 Le Guess Who? 2018 artwork by Nick Liefhebber
18.126 visitors + tickets sold in 50 countries 196 performances + artists from 30 countries 90 partners &22 venues 198 volunteers
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Satellite Events*
7.955 activities: 99 venues: 51
visitors:
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Untitled, Le Mini Who?, Lombok Festival, Le Feast
“I guess the best feeling I had (rather than a special moment) was just walking around town. Going from one venue to the other. Knowing
I’d see
something interesting there (even if I didn’t like it, I knew I’d find it interesting); that was the most special thing.” - Quote from visitors survey
Lombok Festival - photo by Melanie Marsman
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Le Guess Who? 2018 Most important reasons to visit Le Guess Who?: 52% of 4-Day Passes sold abroad
The quality of the program as a whole; To discover new artists/bands; Atmosphere of the festival and respectful audience; The character & atmosphere of the city of Utrecht.
22% is a new visitor of the festival
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48% sold in NL
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Most important changes in festival audience: younger & more female: - The group between 20 & 29 years is twice as large among new visitors (as opposed to long-time visitors). - Balance between female/male among first-time visitors: 43%/57%.
78% is a returning visitor of the festival
Circuit des Yeux presents ‘Reaching For Indigo: Gaia Infinitus’ - photo by Erik Luyten
ONCEIM - photo by Tim van Veen
“Denken in genres is volgens de programmeurs van Le Guess Who? beperkend en iets van vroeger. En die boodschap doet het wereldwijd goed: de internationale muziekkritiek vindt het festival baanbrekend en een
voorbeeld voor het
Tickets sold in 52 countries: Albania
Finland
Macedonia
Slovakia
Australia
France
Malta
Slovenia
Austria
Germany
Martinique
South Africa
Azerbaijan
Greece
Montenegro
Spain
Belarus
Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique
Sweden
Belgium
Hungary
Netherlands
Switzerland
Brazil
Iceland
Netherlands Antilles
Turkey
Canada
Ireland
Norfolk Island
Ukraine
China
Israel
Norway
United States
Côte d’Ivoire
Italy
Poland
United States Virgin
Cyprus
Japan
Portugal
Islands
Czech Republic
Latvia
Russia
Denmark
Lithuania
Saudi Arabia
England
Luxemburg
Serbia
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wereldwijde festivalcircuit.” - de Volkskrant
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Are you going to visit the festival again? Yes/most likely: 81%
Would you recommend Le Guess Who? to friends?* Promoters: 65
Detractors: 8 Maybe/neutral: 18%
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Overall grade for festival experience: 8,4
Passive: 27
10/10: 17% 9/10: 32% 8/10: 35% 7/10: 9% other: 5%
*Net Promoter Score: 57 (average for festivals = between 30 & 40)
“It all feeds into four days of sensory overload, fulfilling
there’s always something amazing just around the corner.” Le Guess Who?’s one enduring truth:
- FACT Magazine
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Anoushka Shankar & Manu Delago with MO Strings - photo by Tim van Veen
“Le Guess Who? still stands out as one
free-thinking, diverse and genreblurring festivals. And that’s to of the best in
be endlessly praised.” - The Line of Best Fit
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JPEGMAFIA - photo by Jelmer de Haas
Saâdane Afif: Black Chords - photo by Jan-Kees Steenman Colin Stetson - photo by Tim van Veen
Jerusalem In My Heart Orchestra presents ‘Don’t Say The Moon Has Set’ - photo by Ben Houdijk
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Lombok Festival - photo by Tim van Veen
“There is also plenty going on beyond the main event. The ‘Untitled’ satellite
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program that runs throughout the festival featured everything
from art exhibitions and documentary screenings to two separate fringe festivals: Le Mini Who, showcasing the local underground scene, and Lombok, a celebration of North African and Middle Eastern music that is both based in and takes its name from the city’s most multicultural district.” - MusicMap
Would you also like to visit Utrecht outside of Le Guess Who? Yes: 64%
Maybe: 25%
Words most used to describe the city of Utrecht (from visitors survey: Friendly; atmospheric; hospitable; high-quality; open-minded; a trusted surrounding. 8
Irreversible Entanglements feat. Pat Thomas - photo by Ben Houdijk
Through The Eyes of Lonnie Holley - photo by Tim van Veen
“Strolling around Lombok gigs at small bars. square and church was like a
delightful fairy tale adventure into another beautiful culture and welcoming community.”
“A multispace, all-inclusive four days of joyful musical provocation
Make the trip once and you’ll never look back.”
in inviting Utrecht (…)
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- MOJO Magazine
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- Quote from visitors survey
In 2018, Le Guess Who? received the award for Best
Festival during the ‘IJzeren Podiumdieren’ awards at Eurosonic Noorderslag, as voted by colleagues of Dutch music venues & festivals. 9
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“Bringing a friend who had never been to Utrecht or the festival before and now understands why
I go every year.” - Quote from visitors survey
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LGW x Corderius College:
students experience the music of festival artists Video portrait: Lucrecia Dalt: → grasping the spontaneity of drawing for Centraal Museum’s 10
‘De Line Up’
“Le Guess Who?’s idea of musical adventure is all about compelling live performances and unexpected
an open-minded, open-hearted festival.” cultural collisions;
- Uncut Magazine
BCUC - photo by Ben Houdijk
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Swamp Dogg - photo by Jelmer de Haas
Le Guess Who? might very well be the most interesting festival in Europe (…) The celebration of sound
“It’s clear, by now, that
that takes place in Utrecht is a rousing feast. Leaving TivoliVredenburg, you can read the same phrase in everybody’s eyes.” - Shindig! Magazine Paddy Steer - photo by Erik Luyten
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The Comet is Coming - photo by Tim van Veen