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 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 played for the first time in the region.

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

In 2020 we celebrated the 11th edition.

artists

ALUMNI SNAPSHOT

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

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

― Remezcla