ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag), Europe’s largest showcase festival of emerging European music acts, has announced a three year brand partnership with Marshall. With respectively 37 (ESNS) and 60 (Marshall) years of operating in and for the live music industry, the two join forces in their shared goal of supporting artists, crew and promoters to provide the live music industry with the tools it needs to be successful today.
“We are very proud and happy to team up with Marshall. The live music industry is possibly facing the most important, and challenging times in history. More than ever, ESNS is focussed on providing the best platform for emerging European acts to help them push their careers forward. The partnership with Marshall is very supportive towards this goal, seeing our joint passion for music and focus on supporting artists.” says Dago Houben, Managing Director of ESNS.
Stuart Vallans, Head of the Marshall Live Agency states “We’re delighted to be embarking upon this partnership with ESNS. Live music and supporting emerging artists has always been of the highest importance to Marshall. We feel ESNS embodies the same passion and values as Marshall, when encouraging artists’ creative output and further career development.”
In the next edition of ESNS, from the 18th to the 21st of January 2023, Marshall will focus on connecting with ESNS acts and will mostly be present in the ESNS artist village. Besides that, they will host a side-event showcasing a number of acts listed at Marshall live agency.
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.