The 18th edition of Out of The Crowd festival is taking place On the 30th Of April. This morning, festival programmer Nicolas Przeor came on the Breakfast Show to chat to Tom about this year's line up.

The Out of The Crowd festival takes place every year at Kulturfabrik in Esch. Since its first edition in 2004 it has played host to names like Battles, Iceage, Beak, And So I Watch You From Afar, Metz, Baths and many more as well as providing an important showcase to local emerging Luxembourgish talent.

Over the course of one day the festival takes place over two stages, meaning that there is no interruption to the music. This year's edition will also host an exhibition and a selection of street food stalls including vegan options for attendees to enjoy.

The Full line up of the festival includes First Mote (LU), The Cookie Jar Complot (LU), Melenas (ES), Penelope Isles (UK), Makthaverskan (SWE), Honey For Petzi (CH), Mdou Moctar (NER), Jonathan Bree (NZ), BODEGA (USA), Nothing (USA) and Holy F (CAN)

Here are three of our personal highlights to look out for:

Melenas - Osa Polar

This all girl guitar band from Spain bring an incredible energy to their live shows and they are sure to get the party started at OOTC. The recently released this brilliant cover of Eisbaer by Grauzone.

Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime

Hailing from a small village in Niger, Mdou Moctar taught himself to play guitar at an early age on a guitar that he had built himself. He quickly gained a name for himself for his fierce and original take on Tuareg Blues which pushed the popular Saharan guitar genre into heavier and more psychedelic ground. We can't wait for his set at OOTC.

Holy Fuck - Deleters

This amazing band from Canada bring the energy of a punk show into electronic music. Their all analog hardware shows are packed full of energy and we're they will blast the roof of of Kulturfabrik as they headline this years edition of OOTC.

More info and tickets can be found at https://www.ootcfestival.com/