Eurosonic Noorderslag sells out with more international delegates
On the night of Saturday the 12th to Sunday the 13th of January 2013, the 27th edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag came to an end. During the four day event, 304 promising European acts and bands presented themselves to an audience of 35,000 music lovers and professionals in Groningen. The number of international delegates attending the music conference increased from 1,100 to 1,500 compared to last year and music lovers from around the world were able to follow Europe’s leading conference and showcase festival through radio, television and internet.
Festival
The media praised Eurosonic Noorderslag for it’s strong programme, which consisted of 204 European acts and 100 Dutch acts. Despite the growing international character of Eurosonic Noorderslag, the event anchors to the city of Groningen more and more each year and for the first time the Museum of Groningen was part of the festival venues. As a part of the Focus, on Finland, Finnish acts, also performed at public spaces, such as shops and the movie theatre.
The tenth anniversary of the European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA Awards) kicked off the opening night of the event on Wednesday 9th January with a tv-show hosted by BBC legend Jools Holland. This was then followed by the European Festival Awards and after party.
Media
Music lovers from all over the world were able to discover the best up and coming acts through radio, television and Internet. Radio and television channels broadcasting from Eurosonic included; BBC Radio 1 (UK), DR Musik (Denmark), YLE (Finland), RTBF Pure FM (Belgium), Le Mouv’(France), RUV (Iceland) , RTE (Ireland), Radio Belgrade (Serbia) and WDR (Germany). In the Netherlands NOS, NTR, 3FM, Radio 6, 3voor12 and de Volkskrant presented comprehensive reporting on radio, television and the Internet. The EBBA Awards were broadcast live on YouTube and recorded for TV. The EBBA Awards ceremony can also be seen on TV in many European countries this year.
Conference
The growing amount of international delegates was remarkable on the sold out conference. While music remains the heart of the day programme, the conference addresses more and more themes from other closely linked business areas, including creative policy and new technologies.
Official figures
The official figures of Eurosonic Noorderslag 2013 are as follows:
Total number of visitors Eurosonic Noorderslag: 35,000 (sold out)
Visitors Conference: 3,250 (sold out)
Nationalities: 45
Acts: 304
Media and journalists: 404
EBU radio stations: 31
ETEP festivals: 78
International festivals: 417
Number of stages Eurosonic: 36
Number of stages Noorderslag: 12
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