incubator
Next Dates
📆 1 November – 13 December 2025
🎭 Live performance in Lisbon, 13 December 2025
🎟 €900 – but Founding Members join for free
Only 8 creators. You in?
A 6-week launchpad for experimental electronic music
There’s music inside you that the world is waiting for. We get it — life moves fast, and it’s not always easy to give your artistry the focus it deserves.
The WOW Incubator is a 6-week journey to give full power to your creativity — with structure, expert support, and a circle of artists who push you to go further.
It all culminates in ELECTRONAUT — a live showcase in Lisbon where you’ll take the stage alongside other boundary-pushing artists.
5 Innovation Tracks
It’s no longer just about the dancefloor. Electronic music today is about new ways of creating, new spaces of experience, new forms of performance, and new purposes for sound. The WOW Incubator is calling artists who want to explore these frontiers and push the culture forward.
Live Show performances
AI & New Sound Tech
Innovating how music is created — experimenting with AI, live coding, and emerging tools that expand what’s possible.
Innovating how music is performed — blending DJing with instruments, visuals, storytelling or interactivity for multisensory shows.
Unusual Venues & Formats
Innovating where and how music is experienced — from boats to forests to digital spaces, reimagining music’s social and spatial settings.
Music as Therapy
Innovating why music exists — shifting sound from pure recreation to transformation, healing, and deeper connection.
The Surprise Track :)
The one we didn’t think of — your chance to bring in ideas that break categories and rewrite the playbook.
The program
1:1 Buddy Matchmaking
Each week, you’ll connect one-on-one with a fellow artist from the cohort. These calls are your safe space to exchange feedback, share progress, and reflect on wins or challenges. Together, you’ll stay accountable, problem-solve creative or technical hurdles, and keep your momentum alive.
~60 min per week
✓ Weekly accountability
✓ Honest peer feedback
✓ Fresh perspectives
Collective Mentorship
Once a week, the full group gathers for a live session that blends mentorship, collaboration, and collective intelligence. You’ll clarify your goals through vision work, set weekly milestones, and present works-in-progress for structured feedback. Curated discussions dive into topics like bookings, branding, visibility, or creative blocks — sometimes with guest artists and industry pros joining in. It’s where shared experience turns into shared growth.
~90 min per week
✓ Clear artistic direction
✓ Expert guest input
✓ Expand your network
Demo Day
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The program culminates in a live showcase in Lisbon — your moment to step on stage and debut your project alongside other innovators. Every participant has a confirmed performance slot, with professional photo and video capture for your portfolio. The event is hosted in one of Europe’s leading creative hubs, livestreamed to a wider audience, and promoted through local partners, bookers, and industry networks.
Demo Day on 13 December in Lisbon
✓ Confirmed performance slot
✓ Pro photo & video
✓ Industry exposure
What to expect
Over 6 weeks, you’ll move through a journey designed to sharpen your artistry, expand your network, and put your music in the spotlight.
Community & Support to fuel your artistic growth.
Structure & Momentum to bring your project to life.
Come make some WOW!
Come make some WOW!
Live Performance & Visibility to step forward as a unique artist.
How to Join
1. Apply with your project
Tell us what you want to work on during the incubator. It can be a hybrid performance, a creative concept, or a new direction you're exploring. We want to hear your vision.
2. Let's talk
We’ll hop on a quick call to meet face-to-face, and chat about your project. No pressure, no pitch — just a real conversation to see if the fit feels right.
3. Confirmation
If it clicks, we’ll lock in your spot, send the onboarding materials, and add you to the private group to meet your future co-creators.
4 Founding Members Spots
You’ll be part of the first-ever WOW Incubator for free. In exchange, you’ll play a key role in shaping the experience from the inside — providing structured, thoughtful feedback on the format, flow, and impact of the residency. Your insights will directly help us evolve into a game-changing incubator for the next generation of electronic music artists.
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4 Early Believers Spots
You’ll be part of the launch story, lock in a price you’ll never see again, and shape an experience built by and for electronic music creators.