MIL has finally unveiled the full line-up for the 2025 edition, with an artistic programme that reinforces the festival’s plural identity and points to emerging and urgent music. More than 56 names from different latitudes and longitudes will be performing at Beato, in Lisbon, from 8 to 11 October.
Another edition of MIL, another year of the desire to show the pulse of new Portuguese and international music, with bridges built with Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Spain, Belgium, France and many other countries. MIL continues to be the Lisbon festival that is the place for new sounds and talents that will soon sell out venues all over the world. So get to know all the artists on the official website (millisboa.com) and get ahead of the game.
The festival kicks off on Wednesday 8 October with a performance by Cape Verdean singer Maria Alice, known for her interpretations of mornas and coladeiras. On the same day, Maria Beraldo, a Brazilian singer-songwriter and clarinettist, will be premiering her new album, Colinho. On Thursday 9 October, the line-up welcomes Belgian Julie Rains, with a show where jazz, soul and electronica intersect, and the duo Accou & Marjolein, also from Belgium, who bring their four-handed clubbing to the festival.
Also on Thursday, Sila Lua, from Spain, presents her new album Danzas de Amor y Veneno, deepening the fusion between pop and electronica. MAR premieres the live project Cuica, sung in Portuguese and full of emotional intensity. From Portugal, YANG brings to the stage a proposal where traditional music meets electronica, while Pedro da Linha debuts his new live project in Lisbon, in anticipation of the album that will be released next year.
On Friday 10 October, the line-up takes on a new shape with Saeira, a Franco-Portuguese artist currently based in France, who makes her live debut in Portugal. Also making their debut, the Portuguese duo 7777 の天使, linked to the Berlin collective Soul Feeder, joins Swan Palace and DRVGジラ in a performance where electronics meet an intense and immersive visual aesthetic.
Brisa Flow is a Maroon artist from Abya Yala Brazil, with her Mapuche origins, and presents a show where rap, jazz and electronica intertwine with ancestral chants. From Belgium, Gros Coeur brings his raw garage-punk energy, while Ão combines emotional electronica with alternative pop. Making their Lisbon debut, the Portuguese-Brazilian project Asa Cobra mixes electronic beats, organic pulses and lyrics that invite reflection. While rapper Tixa, who hails from Portugal, performs in Lisbon for the first time.
Vanyfox presents a live AV show in which Lisbon and Angola meet over innovative beats. The RS Produções collective, from Rinchoa, takes the stage with a B2B set full of kuduro, beat and suburban house. Finally, the collective 1111, from Madrid, challenges electronic music formats with an immersive and unpredictable performance.
On Saturday 11 October, Romeu Bairos, from the Azores, joins the line-up, presenting an intimate songbook rooted in Portuguese music traditions. Mano Jio, born in Angola and raised in Portugal, proposes a fusion between African rhythms and contemporary sounds, in a musical language marked by personal experiences and identities. From Spain, mariagrep brings her universe of introspective electronic pop, while La Valentina, a Colombian-French artist, experiments with tropical rhythms and modern production in a fresh approach to Latin music.
Saturday’s diversity extends even further with the debut of The Zawose Queens from Tanzania, who present a show in which the tradition of the Gogo people creates a spiritual and overwhelming experience. Also coming to MIL is Rislene, a French-Caboverdian singer-songwriter who moves between French and Creole with a voice marked by soul and jazz. The duo miaw, from Denmark and the Netherlands, with a hybrid and deconstructed clubbing sound, and Margô, a Portuguese artist who shares stories of everyday life through songs that invite catharsis and dance. The Belgian scene also features JAWHAR, a producer and DJ who mixes global bass with dancefloor music. And from France, DalaïDrama presents a unique universe of Arabic folk-pop.
Tickets for MIL 2025 are already on sale on the DICE platform, with different options available. Designed for different audience profiles, these tickets guarantee a flexible and accessible experience for anyone who wants to discover the new music that is marking the present and shaping the future.
From 8 to 11 October, Beato, in Lisbon, will once again be the stage where emerging and established artists meet, in an environment of sharing and discovery that promotes artistic circulation, cultural exchange and dialogue between different musical perspectives.
More information at: https://millisboa.com/