The music and city festival Station Narva returns for its 7th edition to the easternmost Estonian city of Narva from the 5th to the 8th of September. Station Narva presents music from near and far, invites to discover the hidden gems of the border town and to explore the past, present and future of post-industrial Ida-Viru County. The heart of this year’s music festival is the Narva Museum in the historic Hermann Castle, where three stages will be set up on the 6th and 7th of September.

Line-up: Spiritualized (UK) | Puuluup (EE) | Sven Grünberg and The Ensemble of Estonian Electronic Music Society (EE) | maria kallastu (EE) | Belle Chen (UK); more TBA

Pioneers of British space rock, Spiritualized fill the historic fortress’ North Yard with echoes of lost Americana’s gospels and spirituals; hypnotic drones and mini-symphonies. Led by J Spaceman aka Jason Pierce, Spiritualized are the ultimate masters in reconciliating extremes: minimalism, maximalism; lush atmospheres and sad-hearted beauty, captured most memorably on iconic LP Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997) as well as on the latest album, Everything Was Beautiful (2022), a hypnotic mixture of savage intensity and benzodiazepine drift.

Among the international performers is also British contemporary music star Belle Chen, who enchanted Estonia already at this year’s Tallinn Music Week.

The line-up presents also a potent cross-generational selection of Estonian artists. The Ensemble of the Estonian Electronic Music Society will perform a decoded concert programme from Estonian electronic music pioneer Sven Grünberg‘s landmark albums Hingus (1982) and OM (1988) as well as fron the sci fi film The Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel (1979). Puuluup’s talharpa revival with a quirky Veisson-dance will be counterbalanced by the 21st century electropop and alternative R&B of maria kallastu as well as young local DJs Työmik Bassofsky and itsmebruh.

Afterparties and special performances will reach also the beloved riverside hub Art Club Ro-Ro on both nights. Additional performers and full festival programme will be announced during July and August.

Station Narva offers also free city stage concerts, BAZAR public debates, Future Day at the OBJEKT creative centre, tours ocross the city and its outskirts, art exhibitions and a traditional Narva breakfast.