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Under the Radar headed to Station Narva earlier this month for a feast of Eastern European music, arts and culture.

The fifth edition of the annual music and city festival Station Narva took place on September 8-11. The festival, which attracted a total of 2,222 visitors, filled the border town with music, art and communal gatherings. It also showed Narva from lesser-explored angles, including through the examination of local identities and opportunities for co-creation.

Narva has had to live in a state of constant change, and change isn't always good. Hence also Narva residents' mistrust of new things, of swift decisions and of "strangers." In the meantime, however, a fragile "common" has been sought and also carefully built in Narva as well, Anna Markova writes.

The music program for this year's Station Narva has been announced. The now annual music and city festival, which this year takes place for the fifth time on September 8-11 in Narva, will include live performances from Ukrainian electro-folk band ONUKA, British instrumental acid jazz trio Red Snapper, alongside recently reformed Estonian hip-hop legends A-Rühm and prog-rockers Mahavok.

Ukrainian electro-folk group Onuka, British acid jazz pioneers Red Snapper and Estonian legends Mahavok and A-Rühm to perform at Station Narva festival in September The music and city festival Station Narva is returning for its fifth consecutive year to the easternmost Estonian city Narva from 8th to 11th September

The dates have been set for this year's Station Narva festival, which will take place from September 9 to 11 in the city's historic Kreenholm quarter.