About

NRMAL is an arts collective and annual festival dedicated to supporting art and music that exist outside of the mainstream, with a focus in equating Latin American arts with that of their Anglo-European contemporaries.

 

background

NRMAL was born in 2007 in the city of Monterrey, Mexico out of a need to be part of a thriving community of people that celebrated emerging art, music, and other cultural expressions. In 2015, the festival relocated to Mexico City.

The festival is also well known for its commitment to championing diversity across sounds, geographies, gender, and more. It has the highest female representation (50%+) in Latin America’s festival circuit and has equated Latin American artists with that of their Anglo-European contemporaries. Many of these artists play for the first time in the region.

Artists such as Mac DeMarco, Grimes, Psychic TV, Kelela, Kali Uchis, and Death Grips have played next to their Latin-American contemporaries such as Juana Molina, Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, Clubz, Little Jesus,  Buscabulla, and Föllakzoid. We like to keep it fun and experimental.

In 2020 we celebrated the 11th edition.

 

 

artists

ALUMNI SNAPSHOT

INTERNATIONAL
A Place to Bury Strangers (2016)
Acid Mother Temple (2016)
Battles (2016)
Beach Fossils (2011)
BEAK> (2019, 2021)
Blood Orange (2014)
Caribou (2010)
Cornelius (2018)
Cuco (2017)
Daedelus (2010)
Dan Deacon (2012)
Death Grips (2019)
Deerhunter (2016)
Diplo (2008)
Disclosure (2014)
DJ Rashad (2014)
Empress Of (2015, 2016)
HEALTH (2016)
Explosions in the Sky (2018)
Future Islands (2015)
Grimes (2012)
HEALTH (2016)
Helado Negro (2011, 2015, 2016)
Jaakko Eino Kalevi (2016)
Jenny Hval (2016)
Julianna Barwick (2010)
Kali Uchis (2014)
Kelela (2014)
Kode9 (2023)
La Femme (2015)
Laurel Halo (2013)
Liturgy (2012)
Mac DeMarco (2013, 2018)
Mazzy Star (2019)
Mumdance (2011)
Mykki Blanco (2013)
Parquet Courts (2013)
Pictureplane (2013)
Princess Nokia (2015)
Psychic TV (2017)
Sébastien Tellier (2008)
Sky Ferreira (2013)
Slowdive (2016)
Sinjin Hawke (2014, 2019)
Spiritualized (2019)
Swans (2015)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre (2017)
The Black Angels (2015)
The Rapture (2007)
Thee Oh Sees (2011)
TOPS (2014)
Toro y Moi (2010)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra (2012)
YACHT (2010)
Yves Tumor (2018)
Zora Jones (2019)
Latin America & Spain
Alex Anwandter (2012, 2013)
Algodón Egipcio (2011, 2013, 2015, 2021)
Álvaro Díaz (2018)
Ava Rocha (2017)
Bocafloja (2015)
Brujería (2013)
Buscabulla (2015)
Chancha vía Circuito (2015)
Coiffeur (2016)
Columpio Asesino (2012)
Clubz (2013, 2014, 2021)
Ela Minus (2016)
El Último Vecino (2015)
El Shirota (2019)
Extraperlo (2014)
Föllakzoid (2016)
Fumata (2020)
Gepe (2013, 2015)
Girl Ultra (2017)
Hidrogenesse (2014, 2021)
Jesse Baez (2017)
Juan Cirerol (2011, 2012, 2014)
Juana Molina (2020)
Juan Wauters (2014, 2015, 2020
La Banda Bastön (2014)
Little Jesus (2013, 2014, 2019)
Los Dug Dug’s (2022)
Los Mundos (2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020)
Los Wálters (2015, 2016, 2021)
Mabe Fratti (2020)
Margaritas Podridas (2021, 2022)
Matias Aguayo (2013, 2014)
Mint Field (2017, 2019, 2021)
MULA (2018, 2020)
Mueran Humanos (2013, 2017)
NAAFI (2013, 2022)
Oxomaxoma (2014, 2015)
Pional (2014)
Porter (2015)
Tayhana (2017)
Rebolledo (2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015)
Rubio (2019, 2020)
San Pedro el Cortez (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Shiro Schwarz (2014, 2015, 2019, 2021)
SGT Papers (2022)
Toy Selectah (2008, 2010, 2011)
Triángulo de Amor Bizarro (2015)

“NRMAL celebrates Latin otherness in a way few organizations do – providing spaces and platforms to emerging, unconventional Latin talent to showcase their work.”

― Remezcla