Viva Sounds – International club festival
Viva Sounds is an international club festival, a music conference, and a gathering place for music lovers. It will be held for the eighth time on November 27–29, 2025. The live program will feature 100 performances and around 80 acts, playing across 15 venues, all within walking distance of each other, with capacities ranging from 50 to 1,000 people. Viva Sounds is all about meeting up and celebrating live music – it’s smiles, concerts, and sticky floors.
Line Up
The artists will be announced continuously at vivasounds.se/line-up.
The festival’s venues: vivasounds.se/venues.
The conference
The conference takes place at four venues along the same street, Andra Långgatan. Instead of locking people into a typical conference environment with notepads, pens, and water jugs filled with floating fruit slices, we host all discussions in bars and restaurants – places where people actually meet. Last year, we welcomed 232 delegates from 22 different countries, putting together an incredible program of panels, interviews, keynotes, workshops, and speed meetings – all while keeping that relaxed networking vibe. More than anything, we’re building a community; locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Viva Sounds 2025
Viva Sounds 2025 marks the eighth edition, organised by Westside Music – a platform of 55 local indie labels based in Gothenburg. The program is built in three parts: one third from the local scene, one third through national collaborations, and one third via international connections. Selection is based on relationships rather than titles, creating a close and accessible atmosphere.