Electronic music, light art, and an abandoned thermal power plant—the INOTA Festival is back!

Between August 28 and 30, life will once again return to the former turbines: the musical and visual program of the 2025 INOTA Festival will retune all our senses.

Since its debut in 2023 as part of the Veszprém-Balaton European Capital of Culture program, the INOTA Festival has attracted attention not only in Hungary but also internationally. The post-industrial spaces of the decommissioned Inota thermal power plant evoke the past and dream of the future at the same time, and the festival makes the most of this contradictory character.

Looking through this year's lineup, it's clear that this is not just a music festival. The performers include artists who not only follow the developments in contemporary club music, but also set the direction for it.

The walls of the Turbine Hall will resound with the sounds of Actress, the alchemist of electronic sounds;nbsp;Mary Lattimore, who creates dreamlike soundscapes on the harp; and Aka Hex, featuring Swiss-Nepalese Aïsha Devi &and Kenyan Slikback form a scientific-fantastic vision of sound.

The energy of the dance floor is guaranteed by names such as Pablo Bozzi (Berghain favorite Italo house),nbsp;Curses (darkwave romanticism), and techno titan Planetary Assault Systems (Luke Slater). The groove also comes from Berlin, with trance and techno hybridnbsp;DINA, or in the interpretation of DJ Tool, known for his eight-hour sets. LDS will be making his Hungarian debut, having quickly gained fame for his psychedelic, fast-paced musical world.

And, of course, there are also more experimental performers who push the boundaries:Krista Bourgeois, for example, brings her own modular synthesizer design to the hardcore techno 2.0 scene, while the domestic scene features such exciting acts as Jazzbois, Törzs, and the masters of ritualistic electronic experimentation, Decolonize Your Mind Society.

One of INOTA's most unique attractions is its light art program, which promises impressive experiences in 2025 as well. Installations that blur the boundaries between nature, technology, and perception reinterpret the spaces of industrial heritage.

It explores the relationship between sunlight and perception.Andrea Sztojnovits and Gergely Álmos's work (Much Closer to the Sun), while Gábor Karcis and Liliane Spielmann's living flower clusters evoke an organic ecosystem.nbsp;Dmitry Morozov's installation operates with real-time lightning data, while the floating columns of Spain's SpY and the"breathing sculptures" challenge our perception of space.

Domestic artists also approach the space with particular sensitivity: Violetta Vigh shapes inner storms into light,Zoltán Varga (EPER) composes digital calligraphy, and László Bordos Zsolt Bordos builds a transcendent connection between light, man, and machine.