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Update — 30 September 2025

Save the date!

Diaries out! We’re pleased to say we’ll be returning on the 9-12 of April 2026 for another edition of Counterflows Festival in Glasgow. We’re currently deep in work on it and can’t wait to see you all there. Festival passes and further information will be revealed in early November.

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Counterflows 2025

As the 2025 edition of Counterflows fades into the distance we just wanted to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone that made this edition such a joyous occasion.  All the artists, the wonderous audience and the whole Counterflows team were magnificent. Each venue and their teams played a huge role in making the festival run […]

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Update — 21 January 2025

Counterflows / Cove Park Residency 2025

Counterflows is delighted to announce a new residency for 2025 with our friends at Cove Park this March. Cove Park is an international residency based on Scotland’s west coast for artists and creative practitioners working in all art forms and every career stage. The residency will host Saigon and Hanoi based musicians Vũ Hà Anh […]

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Arika & Counterflows present Chuquimamani-Condori | Rashad Becker | Sunik Kim | Nat Raha and Ailie Ormston
17 November 2024, 18:30

Very pleased that we will be collaborating with our friends at Arika as part of their upcoming festival: Episode 11 – To End The World As We Know It For the event will be welcoming performances from Chuquimamani-Condori, Rashad Becker, Sunik Kim and a new collaboration with Nat Raha & Ailie Ormston. Episode 11 brings […]

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Counterflows at Cafe OTO

Scotland’s longest running festival of experimental music, Counterflows, lands in London’s cauldron of creativity that is Café Oto for 3 days of exciting performances. Featuring Scottish and Scottish-based artists either in solo or in collaboration, the mini festival gives a snapshot of the wide-range of innovative music being made today from the land of haggis, […]

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Still House Plants album launch show + Ailie Ormston + Tom Mudd
19 April 2024, 19:00

There might be no Counterflows Festival this year, but we’re super pleased to announce this special show for one of our long-term Counterflows friends: the mighty Still House Plants! Opening for them on the night will be Ailie Ormston, who will be presenting new work for guitar, cello, electronics and double bass. And Tom Mudd, […]

Update — 23 October 2023

A Change for Counterflows Festival 2024

Hello from Counterflows HQ! After 13 years of Counterflows we feel it is time to secure our future and embrace a new model that allows us the finances and resources we need to do what we do and do it better. With that in mind, we have decided to apply for transitional funding in 2024, which will […]