ESNS launches Radar and Analytics platforms for music professionals and fans

European showcase festival and music conference ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) introduces ESNS Radar and Analytics, a European charts & festivals insights tool developed with the support of Creative Europe. The charts track and show European artists, with the aim to display the impact of the artists’ music outside of their home country. ESNS Radar entails a […]

ESNS completes line-up for digital festival and conference

The European showcase festival and conference ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) in Groningen adds five more acts to the line-up and completes its festival programme. As the programme for the conference is now fully published as well, ESNS is ready to kick off next week. The five newest additions to the festival line-up are Dutch acts MEROL, […]

ESNS Exchange presents 2021 results

As another festival season closed last month and with ESNS 2022 just around the corner, the European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP) presents its 2021 results and rings in the new season under its new name: ESNS Exchange. 2021 results In a year where we still had to deal with a pandemic that had a firm […]

Frans Timmermans confirmed for opening keynote at ESNS 2022

Frans Timmermans is confirmed for the opening keynote speech at the ESNS 2022 conference. As Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Timmermans is responsible for the Green Deal. The Green Deal is one of the topics Timmermans will address in his opening keynote. As ESNS underwrites that sustainability is no longer just a buzzword and […]

Showcase festival and conference ESNS 2022 will take place entirely online

The European showcase festival and conference ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) in Groningen will take place entirely online from 19 – 22 January 2022. The organisation took the tough decision after the recent government announcement with the latest COVID-19 measures. The current measures regarding COVID-19 will not allow ESNS to host all the booked European acts and […]

ESNS completes Eurosonic 2022 line-up

ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) confirms 20 acts for Eurosonic and completes the line-up of the European showcase festival. More acts are to be added to the Noorderslag festival in the coming weeks. Eight acts added to Eurosonic line-up; The festival adds eight up-and-coming European artists to the line-up; Alberta Balsam (nl), Anushka Chkheidze (ge), Claudia Valentina […]

ESNS adds 86 up-and-coming acts to 2022 line-up

ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) announces another 86 artists for the upcoming edition, taking place from 19 – 22 January 2022 in Groningen. Seventy-nine acts are added to the line-up of Eurosonic, seven acts confirmed for Noorderslag Seventy-nine acts added to Eurosonic line-up; The festival adds seventy-nine up-and-coming artists to the line-up; 49th & Main (ie), 52 […]

Music industry entrepreneur Merck Mercuriadis, Sub Pop founders and more speaking at ESNS 2022 conference

Music industry entrepreneur Merck Mercuriades will be interviewed by Helienne Lindvall at ESNS 2022 explaining why songwriters deserve more credit. The European Music platform also presents an exclusive keynote interview by Everett True with Sub Pop’s Jonathan Poneman & Bruce Pavitt. Peter Weening talks about programming Groningen’s underground club Vera for 41 years; and what […]

ESNS expands its 2022 line-up, more acts highlighted in Focus on Spain

ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) announces another sixty artists for the upcoming edition, taking place from 19 – 22 January 2022 in Groningen. Sixty up-and-coming European acts confirmed to play ESNS 2022. New confirmations include ten new Spanish acts for Eurosonic and five Dutch acts for Noorderslag. Focus on Spain; Each year ESNS highlights the very best […]