The rainy days
F stival

The festival for new music in Luxembourg and the Greater Region
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25 , editions and key themes giving rise to countless new pieces and projects

50 + , events in just a few compact days every year

100 % , of the Philharmonie’s stages and spaces in use

Today’s music is overly intellectual? The 2025 festival rainy days grabs this cliché by the throat, choosing «bodies» as its theme. Bodies and physicality have always interested the arts. Especially in music, the subject is ambiguous, the idea that the body cannot do without spirit, nor the spirit without the body, more than a bon mot. The multitude of approaches to the body and bodies is reflected in the festival’s programme, once again designed for diehard fans of contemporary music and those who are simply curious alike, offering something for almost all age groups.

  • A performer in a white and pink dress stands on stage, gesturing with both hands. Large shadowy hand images are projected behind her. Musical instruments and props are visible on the dark stage.
  • Two people in white martial arts uniforms spar on a blue mat on stage, while a seated group of musicians plays in the background. The screen above reads Sans les armes, Ago-tsuki.
  • A group of young musicians carrying saxophones walk along an indoor curved walkway with tall vertical windows and modern architectural features in the background.
  • Two women sit at a table lined with potatoes; one arranges them, while the other raises a potato and holds up her hand, both wearing black shirts against a plain blue background.
  • Four musicians closely grouped on stage, each playing different instruments including violin, cello, and clarinet, with dark background and dramatic lighting.
  • A person with long, multicolored hair holds up a wooden instrument and a mallet in a softly lit room, with other seated and standing people blurred in the background.
  • A person draped in a sheer, iridescent fabric stands on stage cradling a bundle, with a marimba and projected background behind them. Nearby, a chair, table with a patterned cloth, and small objects are visible.
  • Five men and one woman in black sit at a table on stage with white napkins tucked into their collars, holding utensils and plates, with a mirrored reflection below. Musical instruments, including a Yamaha drum, are in the background
  • A person stands in front of a table with electronic music equipment, adjusting controls. The background is dark with graffiti on the wall, including the word HORROR in large letters.
  • People are seated on the floor and standing along the walls of a spacious, modern building with high ceilings, gathered around audio equipment in the center for a performance or event. The lighting is soft and ambient.

Throwback to rainy days 2025

54 events, 49 concerts, 5 installations. The 2025 rainy days festival turned the Philharmonie, Mudam and the Grand Théâtre into one vast, breathing organism. Bodies vibrating, bodies resisting, bodies becoming sound itself. Huge thanks to all musicians, artists, performers and composers who gave this edition its pulse. See you at the next edition of the festival!

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