Tehran Contemporary Sounds Festival 2025

Tehran Contemporary Sounds is proud to announce the sixth edition of the TCS festival. It takes place from 23rd to 30th of November 2025 in our Betonhalle at silent green and the Kino Moviemento. 

As a Berlin-based platform, TCS serves as a vibrant hub for Iranian musicians, sonic and visual artists, and creative collectives from both the Iranian diaspora and within Iran. The festival aims to unite and amplify the diverse voices within Iran’s contemporary and experimental art and music scenes, which span across the globe.TCS is committed to showcasing the unique talents of Iranian artists and musicians, fostering cross-border collaborations, and facilitating an interdisciplinary artistic dialogue.

In the six days of the festival we’ll have, a number 15 AV-performances plus a multi-disciplinary exhibition at Betonhalle and three days of film screenings curated by Experimental Film Society at Kino Movimento.

The following artists are part of the lineup:

9T Antiope
Anousha Nazari & Antoine Morinière
Atena Eshtiaghi
Amir Torangan X Gaetha
Fløi Zāprūz
Gisou Golshani
Hjirok
Kimia Koochakzadeh
Navid Afghah
Quartet Diminished
Saba Alizadeh & FARZANE
Scream Manifesto
Sadaf H Nava
The Sleep of Reason Creates Monsters

More information and details to be announce soon!

Friday, October 28 until Sunday, October 30
Betonhalle
Tickets