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MME Awards nominees added to ESNS23 line-up

13 October 2022

Yesterday evening, the fifteen nominees for the Music Moves Europe Awards were announced at the MaMa Music Convention and Festival in Paris. Today, ESNS announces all fifteen nominees will play at ESNS 2023 on Thursday, January 19.

MME Awards nominees playing at ESNS

Previously ESNS already confirmed six of the MME Awards nominees for their ESNS23 line-up;

Kids Return (fr),
KOIKOI (rs),
Monikaze (lt),
Queralt Lahoz (es),
schmyt (de),
and The Haunted Youth (be).

The MME Awards nominees that are added to the line-up are;

Amelie Siba (cz),
CMAT (ie),
eee gee (dk),
Goldkimono (nl),
Hause Plants (pt),
Jerry Heil (ua),
July Jones (si),
Oska (at), and
Sans Soucis (it).

ESNS previously confirmed 48 up-and-coming acts for Eurosonic and Noorderslag. Discover the full line-up here. Stay tuned for more acts to be announced in the coming weeks.

The Music Moves Europe Awards

The Music Moves Europe Awards (MME Awards) is the European Union prize celebrating the emerging artists who represent the European sound of today and tomorrow. The annual awards are designed to accelerate the international careers of upcoming European acts. Former winners of the awards include; Stromae, Alyona Alyona, Rosalía, Dua Lipa, Mezerg, Blanks, Ladaniva, Meskerem Mees and Christine and the Queens.

The MME Awards are awarded annually at ESNS. At ESNS23 the awards will be presented on Thursday, January 19. Find out more about the MME Awards

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About ESNS

ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the key exchange for emerging European music talent, with a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Altin Gün, Arlo Parks, Alyona Alyona, Daði Freyr, Dua Lipa, Fontaines D.C., Hinds, Go_A, girl in red, Meduza, Meskerem Mees, MYD, Priya Ragu, Pip Blom, Pongo, Sigrid and Wet Leg.

Each January, ESNS showcases 350 emerging European artists to over 40,000 visitors. The festival and conference attract over 4,000 music industry professionals, including 400 international festivals. By day, the front-running conference hosts over 150 panel discussions, interviews, keynotes and more that take on urgent subjects and the need for social change in the music industry. By night, European acts perform across 40 locations in the heart of Groningen from Wednesday to Friday, and Saturday presents upcoming Dutch artists in concert venue De Oosterpoort.

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