The love and generosity of our artists and audience was truly unforgettable. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us in Rixdorf. We’ll be sharing pictures, videos, and memories in the next few weeks- please send yours as well. We hope you had a beautiful weekend and can’t wait to welcome you back next year.
Here are some first impressions of the conference and festival, captured by the incredible Lisa Wassmann:
Sekt, beer, soft drinks and snacks available – no ticket necessary for the reception!
Venue: Böhmischer Kirchensaal, Kirchgasse 14, 12043 Berlin
DICE Conference + Festival is a three-day event including workshops, panels, lectures and live performances featuring female, trans, and non-binary artists and speakers. It will take place from 1-3 November at various venues in the historical Rixdorf village in Berlin-Neukölln. Our two main venues are Arkaoda Berlin, sister venue to the legendary Istanbul club, and the Böhmischer Kirchensaal, a Moravian church built in the early 1700s, and reconstructed in modernist style after World War II.
DICE announces a second round of lineup additions and conference content. New additions to the festival programme are: Planningtorock, Moor Mother, Strip Down, Suutoo and Ah Mer Ah Su, in addition to the previously announced performances from Lena Platonos, FAKA, Ms. Boogie, Kim Ki O and others. The DICE festival programme features risk-taking artists spanning a variety of modes of expression including electro-acoustic composition, rare instrumentation, performance art, hip-hop and pop.
The live performances and DJ sets will be accompanied by a programme of lectures, panels and workshops, such as an “Introduction to Modular Synth” workshop from Schneidersladen, a talk from Dr. Marie Thompson on the topic of “Listening as a form of crucial political labour”, a listening room curated by the team behind the UK’s Sonic Cyberfeminisms festival, and a talk on the topic “Should we get rid of identity politics in order to dismantle systems of oppression?” from the Centre for Intersectional Justice, among many others. Further talks and workshops will be given by Musicians Without Borders, New World Dysorder, Reclaim the Beats, Hoe__mies, and many other organisations and individuals who straddle the borders of music, social justice, and grassroots community building.
Alongside our main events, the Youth Empowerment Programme is organised in collaboration with leading local youth and community organisations including Schilleria, Ruby Tuesday, and Give Something Back to Berlin. The festival will include a day of workshops followed by an all-ages performance programme led by local heroes Adi Amati and Meli.
Day tickets for Friday and Saturday are now on sale
DICE is supported by Musicboard Berlin, Musikfonds, and Bezirksamt Neukölln.
Looking forward to welcoming everyone at our conference venue, the Böhmischer Kirchensaal, next month. We hung out there this morning and took some photos:
Coming this November: DICE Conference + Festival featuring female, trans + nonbinary people in music.
The initial lineup includes Lena Platonos, FAKA, Ms. Boogie, LYZZA, Kim Ki O, Surma, Kiki Hitomi and Sonora Mulata, alongside many more exciting artists still to be announced.
Get your earlybird tickets now!