ARTISTS & SPECIAL GUESTS 2027
26.08.2027 – 03.09.2027
Every year, ELLA Festival brings together an inspiring and diverse community of artists, activists, performers, DJs, creatives and changemakers from around the world.
For our 11th edition in Mallorca, we are preparing a vibrant programme celebrating queer culture, creativity, freedom and connection. Throughout the week, our artists and special guests will bring their voices, stories, music and energy to the different ELLA experiences across the island.
Discover some of the incredible people who will be joining us for ELLA Festival Mallorca 2027. More names will be announced soon.
JOIN US, HAVE FUN AND ENJOY THE SUN OF THE MEDITERRANEAN WITH LIKE-MINDED QUEER WOMEN & NON-BINARY PEOPLE!
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ROCIO SAIZ
SINGER, ACTRESS & WRITER
SPAIN
A voice shaped by rebellion, emotion, and raw honesty, Rocío Saiz has become one of Spain’s most charismatic and distinctive artists. Moving between music, performance, and storytelling, her work explores desire, identity, relationships, and the complexities of modern life with intensity and humor. With generational anthems that blend pop, vulnerability, and provocation, Rocío creates spaces where the dance floor becomes both emotional and political. Alongside her music career, she continues to develop her work as an actress, writer, and filmmaker, expanding her artistic universe across disciplines.
LADY PHYLL
ACTIVIST AND COMMUNITY BUILDER
GHANA / UK
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, widely known as Lady Phyll, is the co-founder and CEO of UK Black Pride, Europe’s largest Pride celebration for LGBTQ+ people of colour. She famously declined an MBE to protest Britain’s colonial role in anti-LGBTQI+ laws.
A longtime activist, she has served as Executive Director of Kaleidoscope Trust, patron of Micro Rainbow and Albert Kennedy Trust, and ambassador for lesbian visibility. With over two decades of advocacy, Lady Phyll is a respected strategist, speaker, and advisor to global LGBTQI+ movements, working at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and justice.
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MARTINA BENVENUTTO
PRESENTER OF THE ELLA OPENING
URUGUAY
Presenter and multidisciplinary artist with a distinctive vision rooted in fashion and art. Founder of a multidisciplinary studio that brings together national and international social events. A familiar face on Mallorca's social scene, driven by a passion for beauty, creativity, and the unexpected. I believe every story deserves to be told beautifully.
DABA SEYE
SINGER
SENEGAL
Daba Seye is one of Senegal's most celebrated traditional singers, renowned for her powerful voice and deep roots in West African musical heritage. Born into a griot family, she began performing at a young age and has collaborated with some of Senegal's most respected artists throughout her career. With several solo albums and international tours, Daba Seye has become a cultural ambassador for Senegalese music, captivating audiences with performances that celebrate tradition, rhythm and community.
At ELLA Festival 2026, Daba Seye will perform alongside her live band, bringing the vibrant spirit, energy and musical richness of Senegal to our Opening Ceremony.
GISELE PALMA
INFLUENCER & SEX EDUCATOR
BRAZIL
Gisele Palma is a sex educator, lesbian advocate and proud native of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. With a strong background as a journalist and content creator in the field of sexuality, she is dedicated to empowering women who love women to prioritise their freedom, pleasure and sexual fulfilment.
Her work is guided by a deep commitment to celebrating female happiness and promoting lesbian visibility. Through her content, education and advocacy, Gisele has helped thousands of people (re)discover the power within themselves — and find the confidence to put that power into action.
DJ MINA
DJ
IBIZA / ARGENTINA
Argentine DJ based in Ibiza, DJ Mina moves effortlessly between house music and the most futuristic Latin sounds. Her style is fresh, sophisticated and groove-driven, blending the visceral with the elegant through sets filled with rhythm, tension and sensitivity. Creating immersive musical journeys where energy flows naturally, she transforms every dancefloor into a unique experience.
In 2025, she was awarded the Ibiza DJ Award for Best Balearic DJ, recognising her distinctive contribution to Ibiza's vibrant music scene and her ability to capture the essence of the island's iconic Balearic sound.
OLENA VASYLEVSKA
SINGER & SONGWRITER
UKRAINE
A voice woven from stories of journey and belonging, Olena brings her heartfelt blend of soul, folk, and indie-pop to the sands and sea of ELLA’s Beach Day. With roots in Ukraine and a new chapter in the UK, her songs explore identity, resilience, and the freedom of starting anew. Expect gentle melodies, honest lyrics, and moments of connection that linger long after the tide has come in.
DJ DELVA
DJ
ARGENTINA
Born in Argentina, but she's spent her entire life in Spain.
Since coming of age, she has worked in nightlife. Interestingly, her career took an unconventional path:
before becoming a DJ, she was the CEO of her own event promotion companies, organizing huge parties in over 7 Spanish cities — all by the age of 20.
Being constantly surrounded by DJs sparked her curiosity, and she decided to train with one of the most experienced and renowned names in Spain’s DJ scene: Óscar Romero.
Since then, she’s spent the last 3 years performing on some of the best stages and touring all across Spain.
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DJ PAMELA
DJ
SWEDEN / CHILE
Pamela, a Swedish artist with Chilean roots, has been lighting up dance floors and creating safe, vibrant spaces for the queer community for over 30 years. She moved to Sweden from Chile at the age of 6 and has since dedicated her life to music as a powerful tool to bring people together.
A long-time DJ at ELLA Festival Mallorca, Pamela has earned the love and admiration of the audience year after year, not only for her talent but also for her energy and warmth. Present throughout the week, her music has become an essential part of the ELLA experience.
KARLYN IMAYA
SHAMANIC FACILITATOR & THERAPIST
FRANCE
Karlyn Imaya is a shamanic facilitator, trauma-informed therapist, plant medicine integration coach and trainer for holistic practitioners. Inspired by the dream of a harmonious world, her passion lies in the intersection of individual transformation and collective change. She believes that as we each journey towards healing and wholeness, we organically contribute to the broader shift towards peace, unity, and harmony, on our planet Earth.
NATALIE ZEITUNY
ENSOULMENT FACILITATOR
GREECE
Natalie Zeituny is a medicine woman, soul whisperer, international facilitator, and creator of the Ensoulment books and seminars. As a teacher, speaker, facilitator, and counselor, she has worked with thousands of individuals and business leaders around the globe.
DANIELA VALLEJO
MODEL AND ACTIVIST
SPAIN
Daniela Vallejo was born with the soul of a woman and an unbreakable spirit. After overcoming challenges that pushed her to the limit, she emerged stronger than ever, becoming the woman she always dreamed of being. Currently, she is Miss Spain Trans and continues to fight for visibility and empowerment of the trans community, inspiring others with her story of resilience and transformation.
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DJ ALX
DJ
NETHERLANDS
Before playing festivals like Vienna rainbow parade and ELLA, DJ ALX arrived on the Amsterdam underground gay scene in 2005. She later hosted monthly parties, spotlighting female DJs. Now living back in Mallorca, she will bring us Nu-disco-electro-80's-90's sounds.
AISHA SHAIBU-LENOIR
ENTREPRENEUR
UK
Aisha Shaibu-Lenoir is an award-winning queer social entrepreneur building inclusive, social justice-driven communities through travel, culture, and community spaces. She is the Director of The Common Press, London's queer home for literature, arts, culture, and community. She’s also co-founder of Queer Travel Club with her wife and part of the Board of Directors for International LGBTQ+ Travel organisation (IGLTA)..
Through her work, Aisha has led campaigns and partnerships with leading brands and institutions..Alongside her leadership roles as Co-Deputy Director of UK Black Pride and Trustee at GiveOut, Aisha provides and champions opportunities for BIPOC and queer women to thrive culturally, socially, and economically.
ANNETTE SAHARA
SPIRITUAL TEACHER AND THERAPIST
DENMARK
Annette Sahara Horning (ASH) is the creator of the spiritual podcast "The Lonely Queers". Her mission is to inspire other women to find inner peace and self-empowerment. Based in Denmark, she runs her own dance studio and works as a spiritual yoga teacher and sex therapist. Her experience includes intuition, healing, self-awareness, and mindfulness.
At ELLA Festival 2025, ASH will offer her spiritual workshop “Intuition & Self-Empowerment” during the Spiritual Day, and lead a Ballroom Fitness Dance session at ELLA Beach — a fun, energizing and freeing class designed to reconnect with body and spirit through movement.
LEXIE SHAIBU-LENOIR
ENTREPRENEUR
UK
Lexie Shaibu-Lenoir is the Founder and Wedding Planner at Queer Weddings and an accomplished events professional with 20 years of experience in hospitality and high-end event management across London and the UK. She has successfully delivered luxury weddings, conferences, cultural events, and brand activations at prestigious venues. Lexie recently co-founded the Queer Travel Club with her wife, Aisha, bringing greater diversity and visibility to the travel industry, and she continues this commitment as Co-Deputy Director at UK Black Pride and as a member of the LGBTQ+ Advisory Board for Belmond.
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MYSTICA VILEILA
DRAG ARTIST · PERFORMER · HOST
MALLORCA
Mystica Vileila is one of the Balearic Islands’ most beloved and long-standing drag and transformist artists. Affectionately known as the “Tutankhamun of Inca’s drag scene,” she is celebrated for her charisma, theatrical humour and unwavering support for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Born in Inca, Mallorca, Mystica is a multifaceted performer who shines as a cabaret host, master of ceremonies, LGBTQIA+ event entertainer and one of the iconic faces of the popular Drabingo.
Her direct humour, spontaneity and commanding stage presence have made her an essential figure in Mallorca’s local queer culture and entertainment scene. Proud of her roots, Mystica playfully describes herself as a true “bona madona mallorquina”, bringing laughter, visibility and community wherever she performs.
SARAH LEXEN
FOUNDER · COLOR YOUR LIFE MALLORCA
GERMANY
Sarah Lexen is a German entrepreneur and founder of Color Your Life Mallorca, a painting and decorating company specialising in exclusive villas and luxury homes. Based in Mallorca since 2014, she combines craftsmanship, creativity and entrepreneurship while helping challenge stereotypes in a traditionally male-dominated industry. A long-time member and collaborator of the ELLA community, Sarah is also passionate about increasing the visibility of LGBTQ+ women entrepreneurs and inspiring more women to enter the trades.
AITOR FERNÁNDEZ
PHOTOGRAPHER, VISUAL CREATOR & CULTURAL ACTIVIST
SPAIN
Aitor Fernández (Aitor Fdez.) is a photographer, visual creator and cultural activist based in Mallorca, with over 20 years of experience.
He is the founder of DraBingo Mallorca, a pioneering travelling project that uses drag art and local entertainment as tools for visibility, pride and community building within the LGTBIQ+ community.
Through his artistic work and social commitment, Aitor connects visual aesthetics with social action, creating safe, inclusive spaces and promoting visibility and community across the island.
VIP ARTIST
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NEW ARTIST
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TABEA KEMME
LADY PHYLL
GISELE PALMA
FOOTBALLER
GERMANY
Tabea played with FFC Turbine Potsdam in the German Bundesliga, then UEFA and World Cup and, if that wasn't enough, the Olympic Games. Her last year, before her retirement, was with English club Arsenal.
ACTIVIST
UNITED KINGDOM
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah AKA Lady Phyll is one of Britain's most prominent lesbian activists, well known for her work on race, gender, and LGBT+ rights. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of UK Black Pride, and the former executive director of Kaleidoscope Trust.
SEX EDUCATOR
BRAZIL
Gisele Palma is a sex educator, a lesbian, and a native of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. With a solid background as a journalist and content creator in the field of sexuality, she works to inspire women who love women to prioritize their sexual freedom and fulfillment. Her mission is guided by the valuing of female happiness and the promotion of lesbian visibility. Through her work, she has already helped thousands of people (re)discover the power they hold within—and to set that power in motion.
ORGANIZER PRIDE VIENNA & DJ
AUSTRIA
Katie Kace is an international DJ, producer & event mastermind from Vienna – with sets in NYC, LA, Manila, Madrid, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Berlin, and beyond.
Her sound? Genre-fluid, high-energy, always on point. From pop and house to electro bangers – she consistently brings the heat.
As the founder of PiNKED Vienna and organizer of Vienna Pride, she stands for pure energy, real connections, and unforgettable moments.
Katie Kace drops hammer beats & full-body vibes – with a presence that catches every crowd. No skips, just sweat.
DJ KATIE KASE
SARA HARRAK
ILDIKO VIRAG
MARTINA BENVENUTTO
FILM DIRECTOR
UNITED KINGDOM
Sara Harrak is a British-Moroccan Director who has been in the industry for over 10 years. Her short film, F**KED, aired live on Channel 4 after winning Best British Short at the Iris Prize 2023 and is in early development for a TV series.
SINGER/SONGWRITER
GERMANY
Ildiko Virag is a artist, singer, songwriter and producer. The enchanting and highly empathic soul translates her thoughts and emotions into moving lyrics, melodies and beats and needs nothing more than her heart, her voice and her technology.
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PRESENTER
URUGUAY
She is fun, creative, authentic, and cosmopolitan. Born in Uruguay and a resident of Mallorca for several years, she is the founder and creative director of her clothing brand "Benvenutto". She is an interior designer, trained for in Barcelona, with a passion for collecting and learning about works of art.
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PSYCHOTHERAPIST
UNITED KINGDOM
Nailah Logan is a BACP-accredited psychotherapist with a background in psychoanalytic and psychosocial studies. Her relational approach centres emotional nuance, identity, and healing. She supports adults and adolescents through individual and group therapy, using frameworks like Intersubjectivity and Attachment Theory.
With experience at Relate, the NHS, and BUPA, she creates inclusive spaces where clients feel safe and understood. As a Black gay woman, she champions affirming care for BAME and LGBTQI+ communities, placing identity at the core of the therapeutic process.
NAILAH LOGAN
ENIOLA FALADE
NICOLE FARADAY
ACTIVIST
NIGERIA
Nini is a long-time activist for LGBTQ+ rights in Nigeria and ELLA's own community manager in this country where being ourselves is sadly still incriminated until this day, worsening in recent years.
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Ils graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Geel, Belgium and lives in Basel, Switzerland. Ils loves painting deep layers of love - and innate female beauty, wisdom and power, and will be bringing a series of exclusive artworks to the festival.
ACTRESS & SINGER
UNITED KINGDOM
Nicole Faraday is best known for her TV role as Snowball Merriman in two series of ‘Bad Girls’. She was also a regular on UK soaps Casualty and Emmerdale. She has starred in feature films including ‘Kill Kane’, ‘Top Dog’ and ‘Bad Girls the Musical’ – for which she won a TMA for Best Performance. Nicole was delighted to win Best Actress for her leading role in the British comedy feature film Not By the Book at the Marbella International Film Festival 2022.
DANCER & PERFORMER
UNITED KINGDOM
Maya Matriarch is a London-born, Afro-Caribbean dancer making waves in Barcelona's party scene at popular club nights like DROP Dance Society, Disco Marisco & Sweetie Darling. A self-proclaimed "body mover," she channels her love of music and dance into a dynamic mix of styles, leaving a unique mark on every stage she graces.
Maya thrives on captivating and energising her audience, inspiring them to let loose and fully express themselves. With her infectious energy, she proves the party truly begins when Maya Matriarch hits the dance floor!
MAYA MATRIARCH
LAURA ENCINA
NATHALIE PRIETO
OLENA VASYLEVSKA
FINANCIAL EXPERT
SPAIN
Laura is trained in finance, personal development, NLP and much more. She is the director of OVB Allfinanz Spain, one of the largest European multinationals in the sector, which has allowed her to fulfil her dream and professional objectives.
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PSYCHIATRIST & FORENSIC DOCTOR
FRANCE
Nathalie is specialised in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She has always worked in public hospitals. Very interested in crisis situations, she has been involved in emergency services with the most complex and psychologically distressing cases.
SINGER & SONGWRITER
UKRAINE
A voice woven from stories of journey and belonging, Olena brings her heartfelt blend of soul, folk, and indie-pop to the sands and sea of ELLA’s Beach Day. With roots in Ukraine and a new chapter in the UK, her songs explore identity, resilience, and the freedom of starting anew. Expect gentle melodies, honest lyrics, and moments of connection that linger long after the tide has come in.
SHAMANIC FACILITATOR
FRANCE
Karlyn Imaya is a shamanic facilitator, trauma-informed therapist, plant medicine integration coach and trainer for holistic practitioners.
Inspired by the dream of a harmonious world, her passion lies in the intersection of individual transformation and collective change. She believes that as we each journey towards healing and wholeness, we organically contribute to the broader shift towards peace, unity, and harmony, on our planet Earth.
KARLYN IMAYA
COLETTE HEBERT
KATERINA MILVIDSKAIA
DJ DELVA
TANGO DANCER
USA
Colette is one of the most respected and sought-after tango performers and instructors in North America. She believes that while technique in tango is important, it is the human connection that makes it a unique dance.
TANGO DANCER
USA
Katerina’s love affair with tango in Paris, while at the Trocadero plaza she heard sounds of unfamiliar music that reached her heart. Completely captivated, she watched as couples navigated the floor lost in each other's embrace.
DJ
ARGENTINA
Born in Argentina, but she's spent her entire life in Spain.
Since coming of age, she has worked in nightlife. Interestingly, her career took an unconventional path:
before becoming a DJ, she was the CEO of her own event promotion companies, organizing huge parties in over 7 Spanish cities — all by the age of 20.
Being constantly surrounded by DJs sparked her curiosity, and she decided to train with one of the most experienced and renowned names in Spain’s DJ scene: Óscar Romero.
Since then, she’s spent the last 3 years performing on some of the best stages and touring all across Spain.
LGTBQ+ ACTIVIST
SENEGAL
AISHA FALL
Diary Bodian
Mame Pouye
DIARY BODIAN
LGTBQ+ ACTIVIST
SENEGAL
LGTBQ+ ACTIVIST
SENEGAL
LGTBQ+ Activist
Senegal
LGTBQ+ Activist
Senegal
Mame Pouye
ENRI JOTA
ENGRACIA GRACE
AMANDA CURRIE
LITERATURE & POETRY AUTHOR
MALLORCA
Enri Jota is a multifaceted woman who combines her work as a teacher with her great passions: poetry and painting.
She has recently published a book and had been nominated for an award.
PHOTOGRAPHER
VENEZUELA
Engracia graduated as a Photography & Digital Imaging Specialist in 2008 and has been taking photos ever since. Her passion for photography lies in telling your unique story through images you can treasure for a lifetime.
PRISON GOVERNOR
UNITED KINGDOM
As Prison Governor & LGBT Advisor in prisons, with over 20 years experience of working within the UK Prison Service, Amanda was instrumental in implementing key strategies to improve the lives of LGBT staff and prisoners alike.
DJ
NETHERLANDS/MALLORCA
Before playing festivals like Vienna rainbow parade and ELLA, DJ ALX arrived on the Amsterdam underground gay scene in 2005. She later hosted monthly parties, spotlighting female DJs. Now living back in Mallorca, she will bring us Nu-disco-electro-80's-90's sounds.
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DJ ALX
ENRI JOTA
ENGRACIA GRACE
GEE GALVÃO
LITERATURE & POETRY AUTHOR
MALLORCA
Enri Jota is a multifaceted woman who combines her work as a teacher with her great passions: poetry and painting.
She has recently published a book and had been nominated for an award.
PHOTOGRAPHER
VENEZUELA
Engracia graduated as a Photography & Digital Imaging Specialist in 2008 and has been taking photos ever since. Her passion for photography lies in telling your unique story through images you can treasure for a lifetime.
PHOTOGRAPHER
SAN PAULO, BRAZIL
GEE GALVÃO is a Brazilian photographer and visual artist, born in Bahia and based in São Paulo. Her work engages with sociocultural dynamics, gender, and identity through an investigative and documentary approach. She creates images that connect body and landscape, navigating between the real and the poetic. Her visual practice also includes lifestyle photography and the documentation of festivals, with a focus on cultural expressions and collective experiences.
SPIRITUAL TEACHER AND THERAPIST
DENMARK
Annette Sahara Horning (ASH) is the creator of the spiritual podcast "The Lonely Queers". Her mission is to inspire other women to find inner peace and self-empowerment. Based in Denmark, she runs her own dance studio and works as a spiritual yoga teacher and sex therapist. Her experience includes intuition, healing, self-awareness, and mindfulness.
At ELLA Festival 2025, ASH will offer her spiritual workshop “Intuition & Self-Empowerment” during the Spiritual Day, and lead a Ballroom Fitness Dance session at ELLA Beach — a fun, energizing and freeing class designed to reconnect with body and spirit through movement.
ANNETTE SAHARA HORNING
VICKY MORTON
IRENE ATERIDO
ELLA DANCERS
VIDEOGRAPHER
UNITED KINGDOM
A filmmaker of prodigious talent, over 15 years experience in the film industry and credits at BBC and Netflix, she's worked extensively across fiction and documentary, including co-writing and directing the critically acclaimed "The Dragon on my Shirt".
SOCIOLOGIST & SEXOLOGIST
SPAIN
Irene is a Sociologist, Sexologist and Consultant in sexuality, health and gender. Dedicated to Training and Coaching, she also specialises in the experience of sexuality in chronic diseases and sexual diversity and gender.
SOCIÒLOGA I SEXÒLEGA
ESPANYA
Irene és Sociòloga, Sexòloga i Consultora en sexualitat, salut i gènere. Dedicada a la Formació i al Coaching, també està especialitzada en la vivència de la sexualitat en malalties cròniques i en diversitat sexual i gènere.
SOCIOLOGIST & SEXOLOGIST
SPAIN
Irene is a Sociologist, Sexologist and Consultant in sexuality, health and gender. Dedicated to Training and Coaching, she also specialises in the experience of sexuality in chronic diseases and sexual diversity and gender.