The event will be held from October 8 to 18 with international artists such as Mette Henriette, Bugge Wesseltoft and Keeley Forsyth.
Lanzarote, October 2, 2025. Presented this Thursday morning, the Festival de Música Visual de Lanzarote (FMVL) celebrates this year its twentieth edition, which will take place from October 8 to 18 in such emblematic scenarios as Jameos del Agua, the Cueva de los Verdes or the CIC El Almacén. Organized by the Cabildo of Lanzarote, with the collaboration of the Government of the Canary Islands, the festival returns with an international lineup and proposals that combine contemporary music, visual arts and the volcanic landscape of the island.
In the words of Jesús Machín Tavío, Minister of Culture of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, “with this twentieth edition, Lanzarote is once again at the international forefront of contemporary creation. The Visual Music Festival demonstrates that our island is capable of offering unique experiences that combine music, visual arts and volcanic landscape, consolidating itself as a first class cultural reference”.
For her part, Migdalia Machín, Minister of Universities, Science, Innovation and Culture of the Canary Islands Government, pointed out that “this is the first time this synergy has been established between the Visual Music Festival, one of the most consolidated in the archipelago, and the Contemporary Festival, now in its fifth edition, giving rise to a high-level cultural proposal. From the Government of the Canary Islands we understand that collaboration between institutions and festivals is the best way to strengthen the cultural ecosystem, bring them closer to new audiences and continue projecting the creativity of the islands abroad”.
Likewise, the artistic director of the Lanzarote Visual Music Festival, Ildefonso Aguilar, stressed that “this year’s program maintains the spirit that has characterized the festival since its origins: to offer innovative proposals that dialogue with the landscape and the sensitivity of the public. Artists from different backgrounds will bring to Lanzarote projects that seek to expand the boundaries of music and aesthetic experience”.
Collaboration with the Contemporary Festival
This edition includes the sound installation TIBATAJE, Afectos aurales de las Islas Canarias by Pablo Sanz, an immersive project that explores the sound ecologies of the Canary Islands. It can be visited in the Cubo room of El Almacén with free admission. The work offers an experience based on field recordings made in several islands of the archipelago, including the Tajogaite area, and proposes an expanded, sensorial and transformative listening of the Canary soundscapes.
This proposal has been the basis of the collaboration agreement signed between the Visual Music Festival and the Contemporary Festival organized by the Government of the Canary Islands. The agreement is a first step towards establishing new avenues of cooperation in the future.
International Poster
The musical program of this twentieth edition features prominent names of the contemporary international scene. Among them is the Norwegian saxophonist Mette Henriette, who will open the festival on October 9 at the Jameos del Agua Auditorium with an intimate and experimental proposal; pianist Bugge Wesseltoft, pioneer of nu jazz and electronic fusion, who will also perform at the Jameos del Agua Auditorium, will participate along with legendary double bassist Arild Andersen and percussionist Sanskriti Shrestha; and the unclassifiable British artist Keeley Forsyth, who will bring her vocal and theatrical intensity to Jameos del Agua.
Also performing will be Shida Shahabi, a Swedish composer of Iranian origin whose minimalist piano pieces have placed her among the great names of contemporary music; the trio Alizulh, formed by Héctor Matacherry and Santi Pérez, who unite sound creation and visual art from an insular perspective; and Lajalada, alter ego of Gran Canaria artist Belén Álvarez Doreste, who explores new electronic and poetic landscapes.
Complementary activities and tickets
In addition to the concerts and the aforementioned Tibataje installation, FMVL 2025 includes the screening of the film “Last and First Men”, directed by musician Jóhann Jóhannsson and narrated by Tilda Swinton, at the Sala Buñuel of the CIC El Almacén. This cult visual and sound work dialogues with the landscapes and conceptual spirit of the festival.
Tickets for all FMVL 2025 concerts and activities are now available, along with all the detailed information about the events, at the festival’s official website: www.festivaldemusicavisualdelanzarote.com.
The Festival de Música Visual de Lanzarote is organized by the Cabildo de Lanzarote and has the collaboration of the Festival Contemporáneo del Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias, the Government of the Canary Islands, Turismo Lanzarote and the Centros de Arte, Cultura y Turismo de Lanzarote.