N*RDS Festival 2025
What is N*RDS Festival 2025?
Egyptian-bred collective N*RDS has confirmed the full lineup for its 2025 festival, running from 9–11 October.
According to Scene Noise, the festival is designed as a 48-hour experience of non-stop electronic beats, created in collaboration with:
Brich – an Italian events series
Kinetic – a Montreal-based collective
Trou – a crew coming in from Lebanon
Rather than a fixed public venue, N*RDS Festival 2025 takes place at a private location, with the exact spot revealed only after registration. Ticket and location details are handled directly via @nerds.collective on Instagram.
For Cairo’s electronic heads, that “if you know, you know” approach is part of the appeal: a festival built from the ground up by a local collective, not a global brand.
The N*RDS Festival 2025 lineup: local heroes + regional allies
Scene Noise’s announcement confirms a stacked roster of regional DJs and producers.
Cairo and regional regulars
The 2025 lineup includes local favourites such as:
Amr
Yellow Tape’s Saif (linked to Cairo’s independent record store and art space Yellow Tape Records & Culture)
Azzouni
OT
These names sit at the centre of Cairo’s underground party circuit, frequently appearing on Scene Noise event listings and Yellow Tape showcases, which positions them as core voices in the city’s club ecosystem.
Extended family from across the region
The festival also features a wider circle of DJs and producers:
Alessio Gallea
Jad Kadi
Astral
Adam
Melhem Makhlouf
Khaled.Aiff
Jool
Mo Ezaby
Jorg
Xehx
Taken together, the lineup leans into house, techno and experimental club sounds, with artists drawing from scenes in Egypt, Lebanon and beyond. The collaborations with Brich, Kinetic and Trou underline that this is not just a local party, but a cross-Mediterranean exchange built around electronic music.
Why N*RDS Festival matters for Cairo’s new-gen crowd
While the official announcement is brief, a few things are clear from how the festival is being framed across Scene Noise and social media.
1. A 48-hour space built by a collective, not a corporation
N*RDS is described by Scene Noise as an “Egyptian-bred collective”, not a promoter or brand.
That matters in a city where many of the most interesting nights still come from crews rather than big sponsors. A 48-hour continuous experience is ambitious for any organiser; the fact that it is being delivered by a home-grown collective places N*RDS Festival alongside other DIY-rooted events shaping Egypt’s nightlife.
2. A bridge between Cairo and wider underground circuits
By teaming up with Brich (Italy), Kinetic (Montreal) and Trou (Lebanon), N*RDS positions Cairo as a node in an international network of small, focused electronic crews rather than a passive tour stop.
For artists like Amr, Saif or Azzouni, playing a festival that already includes partners from Europe and North America creates organic routes for future bookings and collaborations, helping Egyptian talents circulate beyond the local circuit.
3. A festival tailored to the way young Cairenes actually go out
The private-location model — details on request, DM for tickets, coordinates dropped closer to the date — is already standard in Cairo’s underground. N*RDS Festival simply scales that logic up to a full weekend.
For young fans who follow Scene Noise, Yellow Tape and N*RDS on Instagram, this feels natural:
you discover the lineup in your feed, message for access, then show up at a space that is more community gathering than corporate festival ground.
How to frame it for Niche Magazine ME
For Niche readers, N*RDS Festival 2025 can be positioned as:
The weekend where Cairo’s DIY collectives, record-store residents and regional guests turned a private location into a 48-hour electronic micro-universe.
Structurally, your piece can run like this:
Intro – Set the scene: Egyptian-bred collective N*RDS, 9–11 October dates, 48 hours of non-stop electronic music, private location, collaborations with Brich, Kinetic and Trou.
Lineup spotlight – Short mini-paragraphs on Amr, Yellow Tape’s Saif, Azzouni, OT and a few of the regional guests, always anchored in what Scene Noise confirms (no invented backstories).
Why it matters – Emphasise that it’s a collective-driven festival, it connects Cairo to international underground crews, and it mirrors how Gen-Z audiences in Egypt actually experience music: via collectives, pop-up venues and tightly curated lineups rather than mega-sponsorship stages.
Service box – A short closing note: dates, how to follow N*RDS (@nerds.collective) and Scene Noise, and the fact that location is shared on registration.
