Presentator en programmamaker Bahram Sadeghi ontwikkelt in samenwerking met LiteSide een maandelijkse serie gesprekken met prominente Nederlanders uit de wereld van cultuur, media en politiek. Op het LiteSide Festival isopzaterdag 30 juni (18:00 -19:00 uur) Ik…. Petra Stienen te zien, een preview op een reeks van zes gesprekken die in december 2012 van start gaat. In de gesprekken gaat Sadeghi vooral in op persoonlijke drijfveren  en motieven van zijn gasten en de positie die zij innemen afgezet tegen hun culturele achtergrond en etnische afkomst.

The seventh edition of the LiteSide Festival, (Saturday June 30 and Sunday July 1 at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam) will introduce the culture of the 'Chaikhana, the name of the Central Asian tea houses found all along the legendary Silk Road from China through the Central Asia and the Middle East. Travelers availed themselves of meals and many different kinds of refreshing tea but also music, song and stories. In 2012 the LiteSide Festival will expand its innovative mix of oriental and western art to include crossovers with cultures from the Silk Road to be experienced through music, theatre, visuals, art, food and tea ceremonies.

The British hip-hop artist ANTIX will give a concert on Sunday 21st August at the LiteSide Festival in Amsterdam. Artistic Director Gail Pilgrim, who already programmed the now celebrated singer-songwriter-pianist Karsu Dönmez some years ago, is confident that ANTIX will develop into the next extraordinary music talent.

The sixth edition of the LiteSide Festival opens with a special version of Labyrinth, the well received choreography of the Flemish-Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui which he recently created on behalf of Het Nationale Ballet. Musical multi-talent Karsu Dönmez also will be present at the opening on Friday, August 19 at Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam where the LiteSide Festival takes place till August 21.