waking life

a not-for-profit annual festival held beside a lake in rural alentejo, running since 2015 and founded by a collective of friends. it operates at a deliberately contained scale, with music programming spanning techno, experimental, and electronic across multiple stages, alongside visual art, film screenings, and workshops.

the festival is built around participatory culture, active ecosystem restoration on its site, and sustainability as a guiding framework, running as a community project rather than a commercial production. it holds a consistent place in the european underground circuit and returns each summer to the same rural site.