Fifth year in a row, at Uptown district, in the city of Vilnius, the one and only urban music and art festival „Loftas Fest“ this year invites with the slogan „Creative City in the City“. A city in the city will be placed in the territory of a huge, in the past and currently working, industrial factory. During the days of the festival, which are 2-3 of September, the visitors will be welcomed with plenty of concert and entertainment floorshows which will be divided into three categories – AUDIO, URBAN and VISUAL. Read futher for each of this year’s festival components FULL PROGRAMME: FESTIVAL TICKETS:
WWW.LOF TASF EST.LT
LO FT AS ST AG E
EURO PA VO X ST AG E Piotr Bejnar PL
18:30
Fernando Lagreca ESP
19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30
LT
NoUsIn This UKR Monika Liu LT JPTR CHE
22:00 22:30
Oligarkh RU
23:00
Formation UK
00:30
G&G Sindik atas LT
01:30
Manfredas DJ Set LT
02:30
Gesaffelstein DJ Set FR
04:00
Roe Deers LT
05:00
T.b.a. DJ Set
The Academic IRL
ST AG E Local Blood LT
SO FA K OJ A ST AG E
18:00
Sasha Boole UKR
19:00
Umiko LT
20:00
Mixophrygian ISL/ DEU
Triangle BLR
21:00
MinistryOfEchology LT
Jama & W LT
22:00
Melvit ronica UK
23:00
Alexei De Bronhe BLR
00:00
Fernando Lagreca ESP
01:00
Black Water LT
02:00
Piotr Bejnar DJ Set PL
03:00
Silent Melody DJ Set LT Occult DJ Set UK T.b.a. DJ Set T.b.a. DJ Set
04:00
Alise Joste LV
05:00 06:00 07:00
LO FT AS ST AG E 18:30 19:00
Alise Joste LV Basi LT
19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00
Argo Vals EE Ba. LT Sekuoia DNK Tatran ISR Embassy of Israel
Sara Hartman DEU
23:00
Lola Marsh ISR Embassy of Israel
00:30
Daughter UK
JPN
03:30
Kero Kero Bonito UK
04:30
Stereo Beaver Tropical Soundclash DJ Set
05:30 07:00
Repetitor SRB
Erica Jennings LT
22:30
02:00
EUROP AV OX ST AG E
Lsar DJ Set LT T.b.a. DJ Set
Music Factory ShowcaseSWE
Take The Cookies BLR
SO FA K OJ A ST AG E
17:00 18:00
D'Mask LT
19:00
Teleport BLR
20:00
Coals PL Despotin F am LT Argo Vals EE
Solo Ansamblis LT
21:00
Z on A LT
22:00
SIlly Cut LT
23:00
Deep Shoq LT
00:00
Oligarkh RU
01:00
Mesijus Vs Münpauzn new programme LT
02:00
Sekuoia DJ Set DNK Justicious LT E-Roott GrooveTribe LT NO DJs Bass-Eina Set LT Doctah Jahngle LT Fantas b2b S T LT
02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00
CINEMA TH EATRE
03:15
Documentary USA
FAMILY KINGDOM
FASHION AV EN U E
FINLANDIA 20:00
KAMANIŲ ŠILELIS
LT
Kamanių Šilelis is among the most original acts in the current Lithuanian music scene. The duo consists of Kamile Gudmonaite and Mantas Zemleckas, two young multi-instrumentalists who draw their inspiration from both Lithuanian folk music and world music with a twist of indie pop. 21:00
MONIKA LIU
LT
Monika Liu, native of Klaipeda, Lithuania, now a London-based musician. Monika Liu continually gets raving reviews from the Lithuanian music critics not only for her amazing vocal abilities, but also for the ability to bring something entirely different and new to Lithuania’s “modern-pop”music scene.. 22:00
OLIGARKH
RU
Oligarkh’s crashing collages of sound, images and words draw from disparate musical and visual sources to create surreal juxtapositions of contemporary urban culture, deep folk memory and decades of popular expressions of the national character
23:00
FORMATION
UK
South London duo Formation enthralled audiences with their energetic and furious live performances while on tour with Foals, as well as at festivals including Latitude, The Great Escape, Field Day, Midi Festival and Calvi On The Rocks in Corsica.
LO F TA S
S TA G E G&G SINDIKATAS
LT
00:30
Lithuanian hip hop/rap band. Many times they received numerous music awards and went on an international concert tour in 2003, giving concerts in LV, EST, UK and PL
MANFREDAS DJ SET
LT 01:30
DJ and producer from Vilnius in Lithuania. His debut single Pink Industry was released by Les Disques De La Mort label, founded by the acclaimed French electronic music producer Ivano Smagghe. Performances in Paris, London and Berlin are already becoming Manfredas’ routine and this is just the beginning of a new chapter.
GESAFFELSTEIN DJ SET FR 02:30 Gesaffelstein, AKA Mike Levy, the Paris-based DJ-producer who reconnected hard techno to its industrial roots and now expands it into a rich and intriguing universe of its own. With the dark, yet subtle French grace GESAFFELSTEIN (DJ set) is the first to enter the list of artists at LOFTAS FEST 2016.
ROE DEERS LT Roe Deers is a Lithuanian-based audio-visual project led by Liudas and Oskaras, two besties, often mistaken for brothers. The two met while clubbing in their teenage years and eventually developed a shared taste for what’s right on the dance floor. On the Independence Day of Lithuania they picked an oddly folkloric name and that was the start of the Roe Deers project.
04:00
FINLANDIA 19:00
BASI
LT
Lithuanian band from Elektrėnai, currently living in Vilnius. BASI was formed in 2012 and brings rock, rock’n’roll, jazz and pop music sounds. The band creates all of the songs in Lithuanian language. 20:00
BA
LT
This new generation electro indie rock artist stormed into the world of Lithuanian music in 2012. Since then the band kept growing Ba. played in the biggest Lithuanian festivals. 21:00
TATRAN
ISR
An eclectic instrumental power trio, with musical influences that range from experimental jazz, rock, classical music, avant-garde, postrock, experimental and electronic, combining to produce an ecstatic musical experience.
22:00
ERICA JENNINGS
LT
A love of different musical genres is a key part of her writing and performance and has become her signature style. She has won every possible award many times over, both as part of a collective with “SKAMP”, “The Ball & Chain” and as a solo artist featuring on the “Living Theatre” compilations.
LO F TA S
S TA G E ISR 23:00 LOLA MARSH Since Yael Shoshana Cohen and Gil Landau formed Lola Marsh just a few years ago, the Tel Aviv-based indie pop band has experienced a remarkable—and distinctly 21st Century—rise. Supported by
DAUGHTER
UK
00:30
Daughter is an indie folk band from England. After playing the local London circuit, they toured supporting Ben Howard around Europe and have since played headlining tours around North America, Europe and Australia.
THE FIN.
JP
02:00
The fin. is very much a word-of-mouth band and the domestic fan base has shied away from Western music in recent years in favour of the more Japanese sound of idol groups
KERO KERO BONITO UK 03:30 Kero Kero Bonito are a British band from London. The band’s music is influenced by J-pop, dancehall, and video game music. They write many of their songs using a Casio SA-45 mini-keyboard and Perry raps in both Japanese and English.
STEREO BEAVER
LT
Tropical Soundclash DJ Set
LSAR DJ Set
04:30 05:30
SEP 04
starts from
01:00 AM
SubaÄ?iaus str. 2, Vilnius
KALNAPILIS 18:30
PIOTR BEJNAR
PL
Producer, live-performer, DJ, soundman, owner of Otake Records and definitely one of the most eccentric figures of the Polish clubbing scene playing under Techno, House, Folk, Electronica, Comedy, IDM, Ambient genres. As a live performer, he experiments with various innovative techniques, presenting a generous spectrum of sounds, making Piotr’s live-acts a truly unique experience. 19:30
FERNANDO LAGRECA ES Fernando Lagreca is one of those persons who kept an integrity and personality for an entire life… his music too. His compositions are a wide palette of tempting sounds. To name a few characteristics: sharpness in the melodies, warbled beauty, modernity vs classic… Every song is a feeling.
20:30
NOUSINTHIS
UKR
Post-rock band formed in 2009, Kiev, Ukraine. Nousinthis is usually described as a contrast mix of mighty strong guitars and intimate sensual voice. The band itself describes its music as a “songs of the long journey”. 20:30
JPTR
CH
JPTR, from the Jupiter Moon Europa, explore the depths of space in pursuit of unknown perspectives on the human condition. Their mission is to bend the fabric of convention, form and formality, and fight against the indifference of introspection. JPTR is blunt, unambiguous, explicit and ambitious. Everything that meets the eye.
EUROPAVOX
STAGE THE ACADEMIC
IRL
22:30
Forming in their early teens, The Academic have been building quite a reputation for their live shows and with the band still in their teens, the future looks bright for this new indie outfit from Ireland. Creating an infectious blend of indie rock/pop, this young band has an astonishing ability to craft scores of songs that make people want to sing and dance.
ALISE JOSTE
LV
Alise Joste is a singer-songwriter from Riga. Alise started writing songs when she was 20 years old as a means of self-expression. She has since recorded and released two critically acclaimed albums, toured around Europe, while her approach of creating music has remained just as effortless and honest as when she started.
18:30
ARGO VALS
19:30
EST
Argo Vals is a composer and guitarist from Estonia. His live setup consists of electric guitars, a drum machine, looper and effect pedals. The emerging unique architecture of sounds resembles at times post-rock, nordic jazz, Steve Reich, math rock and idm.
SEKUOIA
DNK
Combining the organic with the electronic in a dreamy meltdown are the words, which describe young Danish electronic musician. Inspired by the magnets on his parent’s fridge and Sequoia national park, he came up with his stage name Sekuoia. As he says, his stage name fits because of nature elements in his music and his tall appearance with red hair, which are a little bit similar to trees.
KALNAPILIS EUROPAVOX STAGE 21:00
REPETITOR
SRB
Repetitor is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. The band’s early performances gained them public attention, and their debut album “Sve što vidim je prvi put” was met with positive reactions by both the audience and the critics, making them one of the most 18:30 prominent bands of the most prominent bands of the so-called New Serbian Scene. 22:30
SARA HARTMAN
DEU
Sara Hartman is an aspiring singer songwriter who plays and lives on long island. She is just full of surprises. This frizzy haired and funny 20-year-old with a huge voice had never left New York, but a year ago, she jumped on a plane by herself to Berlin, Germany in order to pursue a dream of making music
BACARDI 21:00
TRIANGLE solo project
BLR
22:00
JAMA & W
LT
Hip-hop/Funk/Jazz/Rock band from Vilnius. The band consists of Rokas ‘Jama’ Grajauskas, Arūnas ‘W’ Blažys, Karolis Levarauskas, Deividas ‘Špakis’ Jakavičius, Jonas ‘Džionis’ Lengvinas, Kęstutis ‘16 colių’ Balčiūnas, Dovydas Grajauskas, Kipras Pugačiukas, Adomas ‘MadAdaM’ Gurstis and Vytenis Gurstis. 23:00
UK/LT MELVITRONICA Melvitronica was formed in 2000 and includes sounds of Hip-Hop, Trip-Hop, Down-tempo, Dub, Electronic, Breaks & Beats, Glitch. Minimal breaks and beats with progressive synthesized and live instrumentation culminating in an exciting trance inducing modern insight into the way we can make music today.
00:00
ALEXEI DE BRONCHE BLR FERNANDO LAGRECA BLR LT BLACK WATER
01:00 02:00
Black Water are the rare ones, who follow their inspiration and vision since we know them. The duo’s intense, imaginative and exciting tracks, which are influenced by the Cologne electronic sound smithy (Kompakt Records), immediately transport you to a thrilling dance floor that echoes with the sounds of romantic electronica, minimal, techno and house in a way that can only be conceived in the shadow dripping heads of BLACK WATER. 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00
PIOTR BEJNAR DJ SET PL SILENT MELODY DJ SET LT UK OCCULT DJ SET TBA DJ SET TBA DJ SET
SOFA KOJA
S TA G E SOLO ANSAMBLIS
LT
21:00
Experimental post-punk / electronic /sad dance band. Solo Ansamblis stands out in the Modern Lithuanian music scene with overlapping electronically pulsating, low-fi sound and the sound of live instruments.
Z on A
22:00
LT
Last year life really went with the swing for the band Z on A – debut album XYZ was released, a few songs was heard on the radio, the concerts were held in the biggest music festivals. Z on A was nominated in the biggest Lithuania’s music. awards event M.A.M.A. LT SILLYCUT For music lovers SillyCut is known as Berta Timinskaitė and Artiomas Penkevičius. Because of its music this duet is very various in their style and can not be put in any category or genre.
23:00
DEEP SHOQ
00:00
LT
Producer of so called urban-electronic beats scene, always searching for the best proportion between future beats, contemporary electronica and r&b flavours. His sound sits in the beat-laden, post-dubstep territory with a very chilled, almost hip-hop vibe that rattles with optimistic synth lines and chopped soulful vocals intermittently.
OLIGARKH
RU
MESIJUS VS MÜNPAUZN New programme LT
01:00 02:00
BACARDI
SOFA KOJA
04:00
JUSTICIOUS
05:00
LT E-ROOTT Erik Berežok, who calls himself E-Roott, is one of the strongest reggae standard-bearers in Lithuania. This artist promises to bring to the dance an unforgettable and colorful fusion of roots, reggae and all kinds of dub flavas which can also be heard in his all vinyl recorded mixes.
06:00
NO DJ’S
LT Electronic musician/DJ from Vilnius-Kaunas, Lithuania, host of DEWFORANIMALS radio show and event series, producer and music production student. Until now, Justicious has performed in tons of gigs and festivals all over Lithuania and Baltics, released two EPs and a few remixes and hundreds of tunes.
LT
NO DJ’s is the project started by Victor Diawara in 2007, in Lithuania. Vee has started the tradition of “mash-up” music in the Lithuanian music scene. The trademark of this artist is his ability to transfer a record player quality sounds via computer, microphone, controllers and other instruments. 07:00
DOCTAH JAHNGLE
LT
Romas aka Doctah Jahngle is one of the first Jungle music DJ in Lithuania. For past 10 years Cr-edit participated in more than ~500 parties all over the middle Europe, Baltic countries also Belarus. The best way to describe his style is – “Jahngle” – from old-school jungle to newschool raga-jungle with lots of energy. 08:00
FANTAS b2b ST
LT
The best drum and bass duo in Lithuania will be rocking dance floor till the last living, smashing uplifted and raw drum and bass beats sometimes traveling to strict techno rhythms. Be prepared to RAVE.
S TA G E
E
NEMOKAMA ZONA
MOKAMA ZONA
WHAT’S NEXT ? 18:00
LOCAL BLOOD
LT
Local Blood was formed in 2014 when the lead singer of the band Šarūnas and drummer Žygimantas rented the studio in Vilnius. Mutual fascination with post-punk and indie-rock music helped them to find their own distinctive sound.
19:00
SASHA BOOLE
UKR
Sasha Boole is a folk-country singer-songwriter. He is one of the brightest performers of the Ukrainian scene (not that one with trousers and kobza, but the one with whiskey, story-telling and touring). Sasha plays guitar, drum-kick, banjo and harmonica. His music is based on traditions of American folk singers (Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Johnny Cash). 20:00
UMIKO
LT
As dreamy vocals of the front-lady are regularly backed by good old fashioned heavy guitars, plus powerful drums. But you can’t name UMIKO rock either. Because right after a panoramic lift of kraut trance, a melodic synth passage may pop out. However, it’s not for dancing. It’s not for listening. One could get the most out of it while doing both.
21:00
MIXOPHRYGIAN IRL, DE
S TA G E
Mixophrygian is the solo project of Daði Freyr Pétursson, an Icelandic electronic music producer based in Berlin. Performing live with synths, drum machines, midi controllers and a voice he plays a kind of 80’s influenced alternative dance synthpop electronica.
MINISTRY OF ECHOLOGY 22:00 Ministry of Echology is a dub/reggae band from Vilnius, Lithuania. Spreading the love with dub and reggae. Fat bassline, upbeat and horns - be sure that you’re invited to dance and have a good time. Keep on steppin’ skankin’ and movin’. LT
ALISE JOSTE
LV
Alise Joste is a singer-songwriter from Riga. Alise started writing songs when she was 20 years old as a means of self-expression. She has since recorded and released two critically acclaimed albums, toured around Europe, while her approach of creating music has remained just as effortless and honest as when she started.
23:00
WHAT’S NEXT ? 17:30
MUSIC FACTORY SHOWCASES
18:00
TAKE THE COOKIES BLR
SWE
New dance project created by music producer and singer Tania Haroshka famous for the band Tanin Jazz. The original music a mix of nu-disco, deep house and lounge styles in combination with bright and catchy lyrics. 19:00
D’MASK
LT
The band, which builds its selfhood from the music sounds. Every time it surprises the listener with its otherness, the discovery of something new. From melancholy to madness... From nothing to infinity... 20:00
TELEPORT
BLR
Formed in 2013. In August of 2015 the band released their debut album “Maukliva” (“Silently”), an explosive mixture of psychedelic blues-rock and classical music, generously flavored with Belarusian authenticity. 21:00
COALS
PL
Coals is a young duo from Poland under the leadership of Katarzyna Kowalczyk and Łukasz Rozmysłowski. The name of the band is connected to the region they come from Silesia which is famous for coal mines. Music critics define their music as folk linked with electronic sounds. 22:00
DESPOTIN FAM
LT
Lithuanian hip-hop long distance runners 23:00
ARGO VALS
EST
WHAT’S NEXT ? This year‘s international music industry innovations and opportunities conference „What’s Next in Music?“ is dedicated to music sales, fan attraction, showcase festival’s themes, it will cover music band‘s image widely speaking and on the stage, also - music creativity process specificities, opportunities for the Lithuanian artists in the foreign market and even more frequently discussed music festivals tendencies and their future in Lithuania. The conference will take place 2-3 September in C O R N E R H O T E L (T.Ševčenkos g. 16, Vilnius). Entrance is for free but prior registration is needed. More info: www.loftasfest.lt.
MEET THE SPEAKERS 10:00
REGISTRATION
11:00
OPENING TALK
11:10 SAULIUS BARADINKAS + MESIJUS Ž.Kudirka ABOUT: TOP 5 CASES IN ASSOCIATION WITH MUSIC INDUSTRY Saulius Baradinskas and Mesijus will present TOP 5 trending cases based on their craft (video, graphic desing, digital promo, etc.) in association with music business. 11:50
BEISSOUL + ERICA JENNINGS + ALGIRDAS KAUŠPĖDAS + MISS SHEEP
ABOUT: STAGE PRESENCE AND ARTIST IMAGE Experienced stage professionals will tell us about their search for the image and will share their advices on how the band should look on the stage, in order to attract not only the ears of the listeners but the eyes too. 12:30
BREAK
13:10
ADAM RYAN The Great Escape, UK + MATJAŽ MANČEK Ment Festival Ljublijana, SI + KATIA GIAMPAOLO Botanique Bologna, IT
ABOUT: APPROACHING INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE FESTIVALS The festivals ‘The Great Escape’, ‘Ment Ljubljana’ and other representatives will discuss the value and benefit of this type of festivals to the bands, which seek for the international recognition. Also they will reveal the main principles which have to be followed those, who are planning to participate at the festivals like these.
CONFERENCE 13:50 MARIUS TUMŠYS Karklė Live Music Beach + VIKTORAS DIAWARA Loftas Fest + ALGIRDAS BARNIŠKIS-BLĖKA Roko naktys, Galapagai, Bliuzo naktys ABOUT: WHAT’S NEXT FOR LITHUANIAN FESTIVALS? Participants will be introduced to a currently highly topical discussion about music festivals situation and future in Lithuania. During this discussion, Lithuanian festivals organizers and representatives will participate by openly raising Lithuanian festivals issues and will search for the solutions.
BREAK JEAN PAUL WALL Composer for commercials and films | Music Factory Sweden
14:30 14:50
ABOUT: COMPOSING FOR FILM AND TV Swedish production company ‘Music Factory’ representative Jean Paul Wall will tell us about the composers creating soundtracks for movies, difference between being a film composer and a commercials composer and how to earn money from creation. His experience and advices will be invaluable for all those who have ever dreamed of hearing his/ her works in the movie screens.
NIS BØGVAD Music superviser | Copenhagen Film Music 15:30 ABOUT: MUSIC AND THE MOVIES Representative of the Danish company ‘Copenhagen Film Music’ Nis Bøgvad, whose job is to select music, which is going to play within movies or advertisements will reveal what kind of music advertising clients need and how to come to their notice.
NIS BØGVAD + JEAN PAUL WALL Copenhagen 16:30 Film Music + DOVYDAS BLUVŠTEINAS Events organizer + DONATAS ULVYDAS Film director ABOUT: TIPS ON HOW TO PUSH YOUR MUSIC ON TO BIG SCREEN Discussion will answer the question what music is the most saleable in the Lithuanian advertising and movie world. In addition to that, participants will try to find the answer to question how Lithuanian artists can present their works to the movie industry in Lithuania and abroad more successfully.
WHAT’S NEXT NEXT ??
10:00
REGISTRATION
11:00
OLYA MOLDAVSKAYA Senior Client & Marketing Manager, Russia, CIS & Eastern Europe | The Orchard
ABOUT: MUSIC DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION in Easter Europe. Olya Moldavskaya will answer how to promote yourself through social media. Since she meets hundreds of talents at her work every day, she knows the best which mistakes are usually made by musicians and what every band should know before contacting record label representatives. 11:50
KATIA GIAMPAOLO + PASCO PEZZILLO Music managers
ABOUT: INDIE MUSIC MANAGEMENT Katia Giampaolo and Pasco Pezzillo are producers, who works with many music bands, including Italian band ‘Joycut’, will talk about independent music band management. ‘Joycut’ and similar bands’ stories of success Katia Giampaolo, Pasco Pezzillo know the best because they managed to climb in the Olympus of popularity by themselves. 12:30
ETHAN JORDAN + ROBERT INGVARSSON VP of Creative Development (Xylo) | Content Producer (Xylo)
ABOUT: Xylo- Shoot. Mix. Share. Xylo is a multi-track music video co-creation platform in a fun, fast and easy to use mobile app. Available to download right now, Xylo is positioned to be the dominant platform where musicians can directly engage audiences and brands through their musical creations. 13:10
BREAK
CONFERENCE
BERNARD LÖHR Producer, engineer at Riksmixningsverket for Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA) | Music Factory
14:00
ABOUT: MUSIC PRODUCTION Swedish company‘s ‘Music Factory’ representative Bernard Löhr is a producer who had worked with many popular Swedish musicians, including ABBA, Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys, Westlife and so. He is going to talk about the challenging and not boring producer‘s job with the most popular celebrities ant the debuting beginners, also about music producing for growing gaming industry.
ROBERT SINGERMAN Entrepreneur, agent, manager, label executive, consultant, producer, music supervisor
14:40
ABOUT: MONETIZING MUSIC AND ENGAGING FANS THROUGH EXHIBITING LYRICS AND LYRIC TRANSLATIONS IN SEARCH Google, Bing, STREAMING Deezer, Pandora, YouTube DISCOVERY Shazam and other new ways” New Yorker Robert Singerman, whose biography includes records about the work with the bands such as R.E.M., James Brown and many more, will tell about their creative process and even the monetization of lyrics. What do the listeners need, how to sell song lyrics and similar topics – a Singerman daily routine.
BREAK
15:20
Demo listening session offer an unique opportunity for musicians to get direct feedback from music professionals (promoters, media, producers), those who listen to demos as a part of their job.
15:40
DEMO LISTENING SESSION
ART STAGE 20:00
PLAYTRONICA Playtronica is a platform that bridges the entertainment, education and experimental art through interactive musical experiences. It is an open-source toolkit that allows to create sensory interactions with objects and space through embedded cutting-edge haptic and sonic technology.
21:00
TRINTUKAS PRIEŠ TIKROVĘ
The team of artists called „Trintukas prieš Tikrovę” (allusion to Bruno K. Öijer „My eraser against Your reality”) presents their new work - „Radviliškio bliuzas” (Gintaras Grajauskas poetry). Performance lovers, tireless experimenters offer to play blues differently. There is no mandatory set of chords. 22:00
MINDAUGAS ANCEVIČIUS and GROUP It is a company of guys, who try to comprehend men’s poetry through the music. A little bit of war, love and a few steps from the desert of soul to the inner peace and quie.
18:00
BAD RABBITS Wide range arts syndicate steet theatre performers was established in 2012 and immediately started to produce street theatre performances and theatre productions in non-traditional spaces and by doing that making Lithuania’s name a bit more known internationally.
GRAŽI IR TA KITA
19:00
Six young music-loving actresses from Klaipėdos jaunimo teatras realised they have a lot of womanly problems and sadly not so many ways to resolve it. They all united and found out one solution for their problems: musical performance – concert “Graži ir ta kita”.
WHALESOUNDS
21:00
WhaleSounds was formed in 2015 by five Lithuanian actors. The main factor which triggered the group members to form the band was the story about a lonely whale who is not able to communicate with other whales. The mission of the band is to pass on the lament of the whale.
ART STAGE + NIGHT GALLERY 21:00 - 01:00 It is a project based on a traditional exhibition model of visual art. Temporarily, in a specific place, framed blank works of art will be placed and visitors will decide what should be in these frames by using different kinds of available light sources. Exhibition is augmented not only by interactivity but also with the experience of music.
AFRICAN DRUMS 21:30 No needs for words – you will hear everything.
DONATAS NORUŠIS The author of lights instalations will create instalations of art sculptures specialy for Loftas Fest.
PEN GALLERY
M4 artists are creators of the artistic, spatial
installations. Creativity is not limited by one word or stylistics and the installations submission locations vary from the surface of water to the treetops. Form, light, colour – the platform through which the artists seek to convey the emotion and new thinking in the dark.
COLLAB It’s includes 5 young international designers currently studying and creating in The Hague. Together they come as a strong team who fulfil each other in order to surprise the viewer.
2V3 - visual artists. By manipulating the
latest technologies, they take various types of information and make visual imagery out of it. They make information visible to the naked eye. During the nightlife, 2v3 are transmitting audio-visual experience – creating illusion of visuals coming from sound.
FEEL THE LIGHT Creative Light Painting Photography and Video. Unique photo session which provides the opportunity to take a picture with a background drawn with the light. In order to successfuly hold the photoshoot, the darker the environment, the better quality of the pictures will be.
URBAN COPENHAGEN Photo exhibit is a reflection of Gintarė ir Artūras beloved city through their eyes. They try to reveal their sense of space and minimal fragment’s meanings by using architecture and photography. This urban city experience talks about silence, minimalism and the peace of space.
CO.CHOC Open creative collective carrying a vision of collaborative artistic culture. Working with light art, music, video, photo and digital art projects all connected by concepts or ideologies seeking to deliver imaginary and surreal environments into reality.
LAZERIŲ PROJEKTAI.LT This team are crazy about the lasers, devoted to their job and the realization of their ideas. The team presents their installation “Kontūras” Those innovations, which merge with the decades old surfaces revives them and forces us to feel the future.
TAURAS KENSMINAS The artwork consists of two elements. One of them is an acoustic horn speaker welded from iron, the other – a voice recording played through the loudspeaker. It is a short narrated tale (voiced by Loreta Jankauskaitė) which resembles the Surrealist tradition.
ŽILVINAS DEGUTIS We all like to have fun and many of us are captured in the galleries of parties, weddings, concerts. In this exhibition, I wanted to show the moments before or after cakes and ales.
THE DEEP SPLASH SEP3 19:00 The Deep Splash is an online art platform that aims to introduce contemporary Lithuanian émigrés who work in the Arts.
SKIRGAILA ŽYMANTAS Experimental music creator, music producer which will take care of music within all of the art zones and installations.
FAMILY The spacious square of the festival where everyone is welcomed, but especially families with children. Here you will be welcomed with an actual CIRCUS, in addition to that - interactive performances, creative workshops for children and other entertainment.
19:00
TEATRIUKAS TEATRIUKAS THEATRE SHOW THEATRE SHOW Short stories about a person, who asked everything inside – out and a boy, who wanted to create his own language, which would be understandable only for himself, a vendor, who sells comets, which can reach stars! In these short stories every kid will hear well known songs.
20:30 22:00
AMBER CIRCUS This year for the first time LOFTAS FEST will include an amusing circus troupe. The show will feature magnificent acrobatic performances without animals.
KINGDOM YUCCIES BUS STOPS A respite to the fans of computer games. Virtual reality and other interactive entertainment will be available to try at the old buses.
AUKSO ŽUVYS
15:00
Creative interactive workshop about Middle Ages that won’t let your kids get bored!
PLAYTRONICA WORKSHOP In 2 years Playtronica have run over 250 workshops and developed a method where children learn through making and play. We use art, music and humour to teach design, engineering and physics.
17:00
FASHION In the space of FASHION AVENUE festival visitors will find leather accessories designers THE DARK DESIGN workshop, where everyone will be able to create accessories by themselves. Men will be invited to change their appearance in the BARBERSHOP and MAKE UP FOREVER makeup artists will do the makeups for ladies. Famous Lithuanian STYLISTS will create their imaginary image of LOFTAS FEST which will be shown trough installation of mannequins.
FASHION COLLECTIONS SHOWCASE: LIUCIJA KVAŠYTĖ GOD SAVE the PUNKS Collection is an aspiration to earn society’s attention to the importance of religion and to strengthen religious community image.
KAMILĖ PELECKYTĖ ADRENALIN JUNKIE.54 A collection inspired by the sounds of motorbikes, a smell of gas and adrenaline, which overpowers body and brains, and desire to escape from reality.
AVENUE VIRG INIJA VALEIŠAITĖ CIRCUS Inspired by... circus!
LUKAS JUODIS FADING SHADOWS The collection illustrates the parallel between the human, as a person, the world and clothing, as a means of self-expression in everyday life.
JUSTINA SEMČENKAITĖ GIRL POWER It is an experimental clothing collection – a manifesto, which encourages to look at nowadays beauty standards with a splash of irony and to rethink about the influence of media on the perception of beauty.
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Music lovers love good movies. A list of this year’s most interesting movies will be screened in the industrial surroundings under the stars on the big cinema theatre screen.
KINO PAVASARIS project KINO KARAVANAS 23:00 BLACK
01:00 95 min
75 min
HEART OF A DOG
Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah Drama, 2015 / Belgium
Laurie Anderson Drama, 2015 / USA
The city of Brussels, plagued by high rates of youth unemployment, is home to nearly forty street gangs, and the number of young people drawn into the city’s gang culture increases each year. The young couple, is forced to make a brutal choice between gang loyalty and the love they have for one another.
Heart of a Dog is a personal essay film that explores themes of love, death and language. The center of Heart of a Dog is a visual and poetic meditation on the bardo, the forty nine day period after death in which identity is shredded and the consciousness prepares to enter another life form.
INCONVENTIENT FILMS 23:00
01:00
PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW
OFF THE NORTH
Ido Haar Documentary, 2015 / USA / 83 min
The true story of the incredible Princess Shaw and the enigmatic composer Kutiman, who discovers her from the other side of the world.
Dominic Gagnon Documentary, 2015 Canada / 74 min
In this new film that, like its predecessor, draws on amateur films posted on YouTube, Dominic Gagnon shows the descendants of Nanook in the process of making “their own” cinema.
THEATRE 02:30
THE SHOW OF SHOWS:
100 YEARS OF VAUDEVILLE, CIRCUSES AND CARNIVALS Benedikt Erlingsson Drama, 2015 / Iceland, United Kingdom / 77 min
Film tells the story of itinerant circus performers, cabaret acts and fairground attractions. In this film, rarities and never-before seen footage of fairgrounds, circus entertainment, freak shows, variety performances, are chronicled from the 19th and 20th century.
02:30
SHOULDER THE LION Erinnisse Heuer, P. Rebisz Documentary, 2015 USA / 75 min
Using art as the catalyst, this film explores how the human spirit prevails in the face of tragedy. The film features three people; a photographer who becomes blind, a painter/sculptor who loses half her brain in a boxing match, and a musician losing his hearing to tinnitus.
FUTURE 16:00 - 17:30 EGO Nicholas Provost Experimental, 2015 Belgium / 3 min
A trippy journey to the furthest reaches of outer space. SPOETNIK Neol Loozen Drama, 2015 The Netherlands / 10 min
Sam crashes his moped by Gille’s famous food-truck in No Man’s Land. As Sam is put to work in the truck, he is struck by a dazzling beauty across the road. AUDITION Lovisa Siren Fiction, 2015 / Sweden /14 min
Gender roles are challenged as a group of male actors are asked by a female director to do things they may not be comfortable with. AFOWL Ewa Wagner, RCA Animation, 2016 / UK / 4 min
Rooster and Owl meet online and spend the night together. But what happens when reality doesn’t match the expectation?
SHORTS LOVE Reka Busci. Animation, 2016 / Hungary 14 min
Creatures on a distant solar system explore the meaning of Love in three parts. IF MAMA AIN’T HAPPY, NOBODY’S HAPPY Mea Dols De Jong Documentary, 2014 The Netherlands / 25 min
A mysterious pattern emerges as a mother and daughter explore the history of women in their family. TECHNIQUE Reka Busci, Cederuc Richer, Quentin Curtat Music Video, 2016 / 3 min
Mai Lan observes weird human habits in this punchy and sometimes unnerving music video. THE SPECIAL ONE Lamin Oo. Documentary, 2015 / Myanmar / 7 min
A local fishmonger Myint Lwin in San Pya fish market in Yangon, has one passion in life: Chelsea Football Club. OVER John Threfall Fiction, 2015 / UK / 14 min
Reverse chronological storytelling reveals what happened one night in quiet suburban neighbourhood.