BABEL MUSIC XP #3
20 · 21 · 22 MARCH 2025
Mediterranean world music hub

Anchored in the Mediterranean, Babel Music XP lights up the international music scene with its bold and eclectic programming.
From March 20 to 22, 2025, Marseille will pulse to the rhythms of 30 bands from 21 different countries, showcasing the diversity and richness of global contemporary music.

Like a sonic semaphore at the crossroads of local and distant sounds,
Energetic or poetic, traditional or futuristic,
Babel Music XP #3, more than ever listening to the world.

DISCOVER THE 2025 OFFICIAL SELECTION

THURSDAY 20 MARCH

ABLAYE CISSOKO & CYRILLE BROTTO
(Senegal – France) 
BITOÏ
(Sweden – Denmark) 
BRAMA
(France) 
CAAMAÑO&AMEIXEIRAS
(Spain) 
EDREDON SENSIBLE
(France) 
EXPÉKA
(France) 
JAWA
(Syria – Belgium) 
SHKODRA ELEKTRONIKE
(Albania – Italy) 
TRUCS
(France)

FRIDAY 21 MARCH

AZMZ
(Morocco)
BIA FERREIRA
(Brazil)
DARIO MUCI
(Italy)
KIN’GONGOLO KINIATA
(DR Congo)
LA LOUUVE
(Algeria – France)
RAGAPOP
(Ukraine)
ROKH QUARTET
(Iran)
SÉAMUS & CAOIMHE UÍ FHLATHARTA
(Irlande)
THE LAZY JESUS
(Ukraine)
YUGEN BLAKROK
(South Africa)

SATURDAY 22 MARCH

AZIZ KONKRITE
(France – Morocco)
BAB L’ BLUZ
(Morocco)
BOUCS!
(France)
CRAZE
(France)
DAL:UM
(South Korea)
DIVANHANA
(Bosnia Herzegovina)
LA MÒSSA
(France – Italy – Spain)
MARI KALKUN
(Estonia)
MUST ROUSNAM
(Algeria)
POLYPHÈME
(France)
SAMI GALBI
(Morocco – Swiss)