With just over a handful of ESNS Exchange partner festivals left to go this season, 353 shows by 148 emerging European ESNS Exchange acts have been confirmed so far. We’re very happy to say that ESNS Exchange runs a successful comeback season as these numbers are in no way inferior to the numbers from before the pandemic.
Other great news is that UK acts will continue to be part of the ESNS Exchange programme for 2022 and 2023. Even though the UK is not part of the EU anymore, ESNS and the PRS Foundation make it possible for the UK acts to be included in the ESNS Exchange programme for at least 2022 and 2023.
ESNS Exchange results
While British minimalist rock group Yard Act remains a favourite amongst the bookers of European festivals, Swiss R&B singer Priya Ragu managed to catch up. The two artists have been going back and forth for the top position on the ESNS Exchange artist chart but settle for a shared first place for now. Irish singer CMAT, who is also booked to play at ESNS 2023 this January and is nominated for an MME Award, takes second place while both Alyona Alyona and Enola Gay reside at #3.
Here is a top 10 of the most booked acts and a top 10 of the most booked acts per country;
ESNS Exchange Artist Chart
| Priya Ragu (CH) | 11 |
| Yard Act (UK-Eng) | 11 |
| CMAT (IE) | 10 |
| Alyona Alyona (UA) | 9 |
| Enola Gay (IE) | 9 |
| Holly Humberstone (UK-Eng) | 8 |
| Altin Gün (NL) | 7 |
| Go_A (UA) | 7 |
| Joe & The Shitboys (FO) | 7 |
| Wet Leg (UK-Eng) | 7 |
ESNS Exchange By Country Chart [1]
| Priya Ragu (CH) | 11 |
| Yard Act (GB) | 11 |
| CMAT (IE) | 10 |
| Alyona Alyona (UA) | 9 |
| Altin Gün (NL) | 7 |
| Joe & The Shitboys (FO) | 7 |
| Mezerg (FR) | 6 |
| Friedberg (AT) | 5 |
| Meskerem Mees (BE) | 5 |
| Dady Freyr (IS) | 4 |
Find a full overview of the results of ESNS Exchange 2022 at https://esns-exchange.eu/results-2022/
About ESNS Exchange
ESNS Exchange, the European talent exchange programme, formerly known as ETEP was introduced in 2003 to make the ‘exchange’ of European artists across Europe possible on a greater scale than ever before. An initiative of ESNS, ESNS Exchange facilitates the bookings of European acts on festivals outside their home countries and generates extensive media exposure for these artists in cooperation with Euroradio, export offices and local media. This way, ESNS Exchange aims to give a boost to the international careers of European artists.
About ESNS
ESNS is a non-profit showcase festival for European artists, and a conference with panels, keynotes, interviews, and gatherings on the latest developments in the international and European music industry. ESNS’ mission is to stimulate and further promote the circulation of European music, and to give European artists a stepping stone onto international success.
Registrations for ESNS23 are available at a medium rate via https://esns.nl/tickets/
[1] Results filtered by the most booked artist per country
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk