ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the key European new music showcase festival that takes place in Groningen in the Netherlands in January 15th to 18th next year.
The first 40 acts have been confirmed for the lineup including acts that traditionally have been selected in collaboration with European national radio broadcasters who are part of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) (more on that below).
On the list are Northern Irish breakthrough rapper Jordan Adetunji who was chosen by RTÉ 2FM, Dutch indie rock band Personal Trainer, Germany’s Cloudy June, KÄSSY from Austria and a host of acts from across Europe:
Acts announced include:
Baby Lasagna (hr, HRT HR1), Boko Yout (se, SR P3), Cloudy June (de, ARD), Colt (be, RTBF Tipik), Dons (lv, Latvijas Radio 5), Ele A (ch/it, RSI Rete3), Erika Rein (sk, RTVS Radio_FM), Fig Tape (no, NRK P3), Glintsal (be, VRT Studio Brussel), Gorgeous (dk, DR P6), IYAMAH (uk-eng, BBC Introducing), Jordan Adetunji (ie/uk-nir, RTE 2FM), Julieta (es, iCat), Käärijä (fi, YLE X), kässy (at, ORF FM4), Luka Rajić (rs, RTS Radio Belgrade), MilleniumKid (de, ARD), MRCY (uk-eng, BBC Introducing), MRFY (si, RTV SLO Val202), Night Tapes (ee, ERR Raadio 2), NNAVY (ch, COULEUR 3), Personal Trainer (nl, NPO 3FM), Raquel Martins (pt, RTP ANTENA 3), Ryvage (lu, LUERSL 100.7), Soft Loft (ch, SRF3), Someone Who Isn’t Me (gr, ERT Kosmos), sunnbrella (cz, Radio_Wave), Superkoloritas (lt, LRT Opus), Supersport! (is, RUV RAS2), Used (be, VRT Studio Brussel), Woomb (bg, BNR), and YAMÊ (fr, Radio France).
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Additionally, ESNS announces seven new acts for Eurosonic:
GIIFT (dk), Liana Flores (uk-eng), LUVCAT (uk-eng), María José Llergo (es), Teo Planell (es), The Pill (uk-eng), and Zimmer90 (de).
Representing this year’s Focus Country, Italian radio broadcaster RAI radio 2 selects okgiorgio (it, RAI Radio 2) for ESNS.
More on the festival line-up here.
More acts in the coming weeks.
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