Ugress at the Festspillene i Bergen

Ugress is back! And not only do they have a new livestream scheduled on youtube for June 23rd, they will also be performing tomorrow, Wednesday May 24th at 12:30 CEST for the Festspillene i Bergen, “What is the City but the People?” at the royal opening ceremony, Festplassen, city centre. If you happen to be in Norway, admission is free, go pay a visit. If not, it will be livestreamed by the festival at fib.no!

Gisle Martens Meyer from Ugress says:

"This is a one hour long performance of real people of a city and their stories, narrated through a media-heavy large-scale production of live music, video-walls, text and photography. I've composed the music, which will be performed live by me and my long time collaborator Nasra Ali Omar.

The music will be released as a stand-alone soundtrack later this summer. You can also expect an expedition report afterward ;)"

Drop by if you have the time tomorrow, let's support Gisle!

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