Svara Fest 2025 is Ready to Be Held! Featuring Maliq, Okin with L.Y.O.N, and a Special Surprise from Gekrafs

Kapanlagi.com - The music and creativity event, Svara Fest 2025, will be a new magnet for entertainment lovers and creative economy players in the country. This festival is initiated by the National Creative Economy Movement (Gekrafs) and will take place on July 19–20, 2025, at the Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Stadium in Jakarta.

This event will not only feature renowned musicians like Maliq & The Essentials, Raim Laode, L.Y.O.N, and Sal Priadi, but will also showcase 17 subsectors of the creative economy through a bazaar, innovative exhibitions, and community activations.

"The focus is indeed to become an inclusive platform for Gekrafs to the public, so they know what the ecosystem in Bekraf is like and can also serve as a platform for expression," said Lutfi Dipa, a representative of Gekrafs and the Festival Director, during a press conference in the Gatot Subroto area, South Jakarta, on Monday (June 23, 2025).

1. Support Government Programs

According to Lutfi, Svara Fest is here as an effort to support the government's program in making the creative economy a new engine for national economic growth.

"The government is now declaring that the creative economy must become the new engine for economic growth. Because indeed, the rising contributor is from the creative economy," he continued.

One of the enthusiastic performers on the Svara Fest stage is Niko Al Hakim, also known as Okin, along with his band, L.Y.O.N. He positively welcomed the festival concept that emphasizes inclusivity and the exploration of the five senses through various performances.

2. L.Y.O.N's Debut Performance

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"It's interesting because young people can come to this festival and all five senses can experience everything that is presented. I really like the concept; if we come, there will definitely be a lot of inspiration," said Okin.

Svara Fest 2025 is also the debut performance of L.Y.O.N after they officially made a comeback a month ago. Okin mentioned that they are preparing new arrangements to present a fresher performance.

"There will be some songs that we usually perform and some new arrangements. With L.Y.O.N, we will probably perform songs from when Onad was still with Killing Me Inside like 'Let It Be'," Okin explained.

3. Special Surprise

Although they have announced a number of line-ups, Lutfi admitted that they are still preparing a special surprise to complement the festival lineup. He also reminisced about one of the musicians who was scheduled to perform.

"We send Al Fatihah to Gustiwiw because he was supposed to perform as well, but he has passed away. So please pray for him, there are 1-2 additional special ones, just wait for it," concluded Lutfi.

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