PHRE Festival Opening: Melina + MAHA + BalkanSistas

In the organizer's words:

This is not a World Music Festival! This is PHRE

With the PHRE Pass you can enjoy 5 evenings of our PHRE Festival. If you want to give our festival extra love, you can support us further with the Support Pass!

With the PHRE Pass, you can enjoy 5 evenings of the PHRE Festival. If you'd like to show some extra love for our festival, you can support us further with the Support Pass!

Melina (France/Greece)

[DE] Melina carries her Greek heritage in her voice. With melismatic vocals and great emotionality, she combines poetry, urban pop and traditional Greek music to create her own cosmos of sound.

[Melina, of Greek origin, carries her heritage in her voice. With rich melismatic expression and emotional depth, she blends poetry, urban pop and traditional Greek music into her own sound.

MAHA (Sudan/Netherlands)

[Using creativity as a form of resistance, MAHA is a protest against oppression, prejudice and pigeonholing while advocating for self-realization and community. She emphasizes that her very existence is political.

[Using creativity as a tool of resistance MAHA rebels against oppression, prejudice and labels, while advocating for self expression and community. Underlining that her existence is already political.

Balkan Sistas

[DE] The BalkanSistas bring the "party & celebration spirit" of the Balkan Peninsula to Munich, a mixture of world beats, gipsy, ethno, punk, klezmer, swing & Greek roots.

[The BalkanSistas bring the Balkan Peninsula's 'festive spirit' to Munich, offering a mix of world beats, gypsy, ethno, punk, klezmer, swing and Greek roots.

Presented by Rausgegangen München and BR/Zündfunk