First 39 Acts Announced for Lowlands Festival
Billie Eilish, Florence + The Machine, Nothing But Thieves, Charlotte de Witte, Underworld
‘A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise’ drops the first 39 names for Lowlands 2023 including Billie Eilish, Florence & The Machine, Nothing But Thieves, Charlotte White, Underworld, Bicep (live), Foals, Girl In Red, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Moderat, Yungblud, Dry Cleaning, Jayda G, Jessie Ware, Nia Archives, Sherelle and many more.
Ticket sales start Saturday 4 February at 11:00 AM CET / 10:00 AM GMT
https://www.ticketmaster.nl/artist/lowlands-festival-tickets/877267
You will need to be fast as Lowlands is always a sellout!
Taking place from 18 to 20th August in Biddinghuizen, A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise is Holland’s biggest and most adventurous cultural outdoor event, that maintains an intimate vibe and friendly atmosphere as a township with thousands of inhabitants arises for the festival.
Easily accessible by plane or Eurostar and just under an hours train journey from Amsterdam ‘A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise’ is exactly what it promises to be: a Garden Of Eden with an extensive program with a cutting edge choice of only the best in alternative music, film, stand-up comedy, visual arts, literature and street theatre. Lowlands has no less than twelve stages (among which a cinema and theatre), going by the names of Alpha, Bravo, Heineken, Lima, Juliet, X-Ray, Echo, which are all covered too, so you can enjoy all the music and entertainment come rain or shine.
In addition to the music and entertainment, there’s a wellness village with saunas, hot tubs and sports facilities, dozens of restaurants from all corners of the earth, food and drink stalls, a large market with everything from clothes and vinyl stores to a barber’s shop, its own currency, a local radio station, a daily newspaper and last but not least: seven luxury campsites with flushable toilets, hot showers and dressing tables. You really can have it all and camp in comfort and style.
First 39 Acts Announced (A-Z)
Amyl And The Sniffers, Beartooth, Bicep (live), Billie Eilish, Bombay Bicycle Club, Charlotte de Witte, Dimension (DJ Set), Dry Cleaning, Ezra Collective, Fever Ray, Florence & The Machine, Foals, Franc Moody, Girl In Red, Gladde Paline, Heilung, Jayda G, Jessie Ware, Joost, Jyoty, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, L'Imperatrice, Loyle Carner, M83, Moderat, Nia Archives, Noord Netherlands Orkest, Nothing But Thieves, Palms Trax, Rema, Sherelle, SPFDJ, Steve Lacy, Tamino, Turnstile, V///0 $#£[[, Underworld, Viagra Boys, Yungblud,
More names will be announced soon. A detailed description of the announced acts can be found on lowlands.nl and via the official Lowlands 2023 Spotify playlist you can already listen to who is coming to Lowlands this summer.
Ticket sales
Ticket sales start Saturday 4 February at 11:00 AM CET via Ticketmaster
https://www.ticketmaster.nl/artist/lowlands-festival-tickets/877267
A festival ticket for the entire festival (three days and four nights), including a place at the tent campsite with your own tent, transport by shuttle bus to and from Lelystad or Dronten train station and tourist tax costs €290 (excluding €10 service costs). Day tickets are not sold. Information about all ticket types, including group tickets and the possibility of paying in instalments can be found on lowlands.nl.
Lowlands is working with mobile-only tickets this year, which is why it is important to put your ticket directly in the Ticketmaster app on your phone after purchase. That way you will have the ticket at the wristband tent in August even without mobile internet and you can enter faster.
Camping and Glamping
Your festival ticket includes camping at the seven luxury campsites with flushable toilets and hot showers. There are also plenty of affordable camping and gllamping options from basic tent packages to teepees, wooden huts or caravans. Perfect if you don’t want to carry all your camping gear with you and for a stressfree festival experience Book now here: http://gllamcamp.nl/en
You can order a 100% circular festival mattress that you can collect upon arrival at Lowlands via Zzz. That way you do not have to carry your own air mattress, you sleep wonderfully and you are sustainable.
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LOWLANDS
18 + 19 + 20 August 2023
www.lowlands.nl
CONTACT
For further information or to enquire about press accreditation please contact Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
First panels sessions and more speakers announced for Green Events & Innovations Conference
Green Events & Innovations Conference (GEI) is presented by AGF in partnership with the International Live Music Conference (ILMC)
With just 4 weeks to go until The Green Events and Innovations Conference (GEI15) opens its doors, the foremost conference for sustainable events is delighted to announce a new batch Of Climate-Busting Sessions And Speakers Including Jane Healy (Glastonbury/Boomtown Festival), Artur Mendes (Boom Festival, Portugal), Abena Fairweather (Legacy Marketplace), Jonathan Overend (BBC / Ninetyfour1) and many more.
Bringing together leaders and innovators in the global live and events sector to network and accelerate environmental and social best practices. The first sessions announced include an exclusive presentation from research project ACT 1.5, which is supported by the renowned trip-hop collective Massive Attack and the Arts Council of England (ACE). The session will explore the practical challenges of addressing emissions in the live music sector and how technical innovation and behavioural change can transition touring to a low-carbon future. The Platinum Jubilee Pageant Case Study will review the sustainability actions put in place and the takeaways from this huge and iconic event while the Carbon Offsets The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Case Study highlights the minefield in the current carbon ‘offset’ market with so many ambiguous impact claims. The Adapting to a New Climate Panel explores the impact of climate change on creating and delivering events and how we can adapt to a “new” climate and the Creative Climate Communication Presentation will discuss how brands should take responsibility for the planet, featuring examples of poster campaigns created for Greenpeace and WWF.
GEI 15 brings together leaders and innovators in the global live and events sector to network and accelerate environmental and social best practices, and to inspire collective action in the fight against climate catastrophe. Sessions will cover events adapting to climate change impacts and risks, transport, energy, food & beverage, academia working with industry, calculating, reducing and removing CO2 emissions, climate justice, design & materials usage for circularity, green innovation technology, and more. The event closes with the International AGF Awards celebrating achievements of the greenest festivals, arenas and events in 2022.
Full Info on Sessions Announced...
ACT 1.5 Exclusive Research Presentation
Supported by the hugely successful trip-hop collective Massive Attack and the Arts Council of England (ACE), ACT 1.5 is a research project that explores the challenges set out in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research’s Live Music Roadmap.
The research – carried out by Mark Donne and John O’Sullivan in partnership with a multiplicity of super-low carbon providers to the sector, and featuring newly commissioned expert research from Tyndall Centre analysts – explores the practical challenges of addressing Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions in the live music sector and how technical innovation and behavioural change can transition touring to a low-carbon future.
This session will share the critical learnings from ACT 1.5’s exclusive research.
Speakers
Mark Donne (ACT1.5 / Writer & Producer)
Carly McLachlan (Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research)
The Platinum Jubilee Pageant Case Study
Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant (PJP) took place 5 June 2022, telling the story of the British monarch’s 70-year reign and how society has transformed during that era. The PJP was determined to leave a positive legacy, for both communities and the events industry, including a clear commitment to minimise carbon emissions and waste. The event was 100% vegan, used 100% renewable energy, and 100% carbon removed, to name just a few notable achievements.
In the first part of this panel, PJP CEO Rosanna Machado will review the sustainability actions put in place and the takeaways from this huge and iconic event.
Speakers
Rosanna Machado (Zebra/Platinum Jubilee Pageant)
Carbon Offsets The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Case Study
Even if we do everything else right on reducing emissions, the world still needs to remove up to 220 gigatonnes of carbon from the atmosphere by 2050. In the current carbon “offset” market - a minefield of potential greenwash accusations and ambiguous impact claims - how do we discern and support projects that draw the carbon down durably, quickly and reliably?
In this second presentation, Mark Stevenson of CUR8 explains carbon removals using the Platinum Jubilee Pageant as a case study.
Speakers
Mark Stevenson (CUR8)
Adapting to a New Climate Panel
Extreme weather including floods, prolonged heat waves, and violent storms are now impacting the risk management, safety, operations, and site viability of events. So, how are events responding and adapting to these early stages of climate change, and how are they striving to curtail further climate-related havoc going forwards?
In this panel, we explore the impact of climate change on creating and delivering events and how we can adapt to a “new” climate.
Chair
John Overend (BBC / Ninetyfour19)
Speakers
Artur Mendes (Boom Festival)
Ric Robins (The MET Office)
Jane Healy (Glastonbury / Boomtown)
Creative Climate Communication Presentation
Zed Anwar is a deeply passionate creative who believes that brands should take responsibility for the planet. Not only do major brands deplete the planet’s resources, but they also have a huge and deleterious impact on wildlife; an impact so great that many species have already been wiped out.
A series of viral campaign posters that Zed created raise the question: What would car manufacturer logos look like if the animals they use in their logos disappeared, thanks to humanity’s use of fossil fuels?
In this presentation, Zed will discuss the posters he created for the Greenpeace campaign and also an upcoming campaign he created for WWF featuring major brands and football teams: World Without Nature.
Speaker
Zed Anwar
More Speakers Announced
Artur Mendes – Boom Festival, Portugal
Jane Healy – Glastonbury Festival / Boomtown Festival, Uk
Ric Robins - Met Office
Sangeeta Waldron - Serendipity PR
Abena Fairweather - Legacy Marketplace
John Robb - The Membranes
Jonathan Overend - Bbc / Ninetyfour19
Join pioneers, activists and leading collectives in the space of greener events, festivals, tours, venues and entertainment, to tackle the key questions in an industry in the midst of transformation.
More info and tickets here.
More information at agreenerfestival.com / @agreenerfestival
Deki Alem, The Haunted Youth, eee gee, Duo Ruut, and Tramhaus among the highest-ranking artists in the first selection of ESNS Exchange 2023
Deki Alem, The Haunted Youth, eee gee, Duo Ruut, and Tramhaus among the highest-ranking artists in the first selection of ESNS Exchange 2023
Every year at ESNS, the ESNS Exchange team gathers the wishlists of ESNS Exchange festival bookers to see which ESNS23 acts stood out the most and will most likely be booked a lot in the summer.
Photo: Deki Alem at ESNS23 by Ronnie Zeemering
First selection
As ESNS Exchange starts its twentieth year of existence, and with ESNS 2023 just behind us, the first selections are in. With 672 votes from 110 different ESNS Exchange partners from 31 countries, here is a top five of the acts with the most votes and a top five of the acts with the most votes per country;
ESNS Exchange Artist Chart
Deki Alem – 20 votes
The Haunted Youth – 19 votes
Bolis Pupul – 13 votes
eee gee – 12 votes
Duo Ruut – 12 votes
Tramhaus – 11 votes
ESNS Exchange By Country Chart
Deki Alem (Sweden) – 20 votes
The Haunted Youth (Belgium) – 19 votes
eee gee (Denmark) – 12 votes
Duo Ruut (Estonia) – 12 votes
Tramhaus (Netherlands) – 11 votes
Árný Margrét (Iceland) – 10 votes
Heartworms (United Kingdom) – 10 votes
ΣTELLA (Greece) – 10 votes
Find a full overview of the first selection of ESNS Exchange 2023 at https://esns-exchange.eu/en/selection-results
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.
Sold out edition of ESNS brings industry, artists and audience together
The 37th edition of ESNS, the showcase festival and conference, has come to a close. Celebrating the return of a live event, ESNS23 (18 to 21 January) welcomed over 40,000 festival visitors and over 4,250 industry professionals from over 50 countries for a fully sold out festival and conference. The 38th edition of ESNS will take place from 17 to 20 January 2024.
Dago Houben, Director of ESNS says: “The past week has been exceptional. The sector has been struggling and is still recovering from the pandemic, and we see our role as the platform for the European music sector as more important than ever. This edition addressed so many related topics and presented such a diverse and outstanding line-up of European talent. We came back stronger than ever with so many first-time visitors and a sold-out edition of the festival and conference.”
ESNS23 took place live in Groningen for the first time in two years, reinforcing the mission of the showcase festival and conference: connecting the sector, artists and audiences. The music line-up presented 315 emerging artists from 39 European countries. Robert Meijerink, Head of Programme, on ESNS Exchange: “Looking at the first bookings results of ESNS Exchange, the European Talent Exchange Programme, we are seeing a beautiful country spread. With most mentions for artists like Bolis Pupul, Deki Alem, Heartworms, Aime Simone, Club Makumba, eee gee, Monikaze, Alina Pash, Gurriers, Duo Ruut and Marina Herlop. We look forward to seeing how emerging European acts show up in the coming festival summer.”
The conference programme presented over 150 panels, keynotes and networking opportunities; including keynotes with Scott Cohen, Dugi and Dua Lipa, Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Everrett (Sub Pop) and panels on hotly debated topics including diversity, sustainability in the music industry.
This year, ESNS took big steps towards increasing sustainability, diversity and inclusion. Among others, ESNS introduced an advisory board for diversity and inclusion, launched ESNS Green Touring support and a partnership with green travelling start-up Choo Choo.
During the festival, 40 awards were presented, including the Popprijs 2022 which went to Goldband and Dua Lipa receiving The ESNS Excellence Award, celebrating her success as an ESNS Exchange artist. The MME Awards were presented to Schmyt, July Jones, Oska, Kids Return, and Queralt Lahoz are the winners of the Music Moves Europe Awards 2023. The prestigious MME Grand Jury Prize was awarded to Sans Soucis and the MME Public Choice award was won by Jerry Heil. At European Festival Awards, The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Atlas Festival & Music Saves UA.
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, MeskeremMees, 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.
Dua Lipa receives Excellence Award at ESNS23
ESNS presented pop sensation Dua Lipa with The ESNS Excellence Award during the keynote with Dugi & Dua Lipa. The award celebrates her success as an ESNS Exchange Artist. Visiting Groningen for a third time, the keynote interview with the Lipas explored Dua's career since her first performance at ESNS and their work on the Sunny Hill Foundation and Festival.
The Excellence Award recognizes Dua Lipa for being the most successful act to benefit from the ESNS Exchange scheme (which was previously named European Talent Exchange Programme). The ESNS Excellence Award celebrates acts that positively represent European culture through their music (worldwide). Acts that function as strong ambassadors for European music and as role models for European acts dreaming to make it big.
The keynote interview, hosted by Gordon Masson from IQ magazine, was attended by hundreds of international representatives of the music industry. Dua & Dugi Lipa discussed the release of the Future Nostalgia album during the pandemic, her massively successful world tour and the success of Sunny Hill Festival in Prishtina which was shortlisted for the European Festival Awards and which they hope will not only help put Kosovo on the cultural map, but also raise funds to develop the country’s arts and cultural sector.
Dua Lipa first performed at ESNS at Vera in 2016, returning in 2017 as a winner of the European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA), which is now the Music Moves Europe Awards (MMEA). The talented singer-songwriter was also named ‘Newcomer of the Year’ at the European Festival Awards 2016 and won the converted EBBA Public Choice Award which was voted for by fans in 2017.
Dukagjin Lipa is CEO of London-based Mercy & Wild PR and Communications Agency, as well as executive director of Republika Communications, a creative communications agency in his native Kosovo. Dugi is also the founder of the Sunny Hill Festival and the co-founder of Sunny Hill Foundation with his daughter and foundations patron Dua Lipa
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 from Thursday to Saturday 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.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
These are the winners of the 2023 MME Awards
These are the winners of the 2023 MME Awards!
Schmyt (Germany), July Jones (Slovenia), Oska (Austria), Kids Return (France), and Queralt Lahoz (Spain) are the winners of the Music Moves Europe Awards 2023. The prestigious Grand Jury Prize was awarded to Sans Soucis (Italy) and the Public Choice award was won by Jerry Heil (Ukraine).
The annual EU prize for popular and contemporary music (co-funded by the Creative Europe programme) celebrates emerging artists who represent the European sound of today and tomorrow. The Music Moves Europe Awards ceremony was organised on 19 January in Groningen (NL) at the ESNS showcase festival and conference. Previous winners of the awards include Rosalía, Dua Lipa, Stromae, Hozier, Meskerem Mees, Blanks, Pale Waves and Christine and the Queens.
The Music Moves Europe Awards are organised by ESNS and Reeperbahn Festival, supported by Liveurope, Yourope, Live DMA, IMPALA, Digital Music Europe, ICMP-CIEM, International Music Managers Forum (IMMF) and European Music Exporters Exchange (EMEE).
Quotes from the jury report:
“Sans Soucis is an unique artist with a unique sound and something to say. Really love this artist. Something really special here. She wins the MME Grand Jury Prize”
“Schmyt is putting himself right in the mix with his emotional, down tempo electro pop. I was impressed with his talent.”
“July Jones is about as “fresh and current” as you can get, mixing pop, hip-hop beats, polished production and songs that are statements about personal identity.”
“The international potential is there, Oska has a lovely voice, something very sweet about it.”
"I love soft, soulful, psychedelic rock sound of Kids Return. It is timeless and new at the same time! Fresh!
“Great international potential! Queralt Lahoz’ vocals are slick. Cool vibe in general. Love her attitude and energy that’s being brought in each track.”
Prize package
Out of 15 nominees, five Music Moves Europe Award winners will receive €10,000 each. The winner of the Grand Jury Award will receive €10.000 and a green touring voucher worth €5,000. The winner of the Public Choice Award will receive €5,000, and a Deezer session. All fifteen nominees were invited for the education programme, with best practices in the music industry to strengthen their knowledge for their careers.
ESNS showcases and artist education
After the awards ceremony, all 15 nominees perform in front of music professionals and enthusiasts at ESNS, the world's largest showcase event for European music. Alongside the 2023 nominees, ESNS will feature performances by 2022 winners Blanks (NL), Francis of Delirium (LU) and Alina Pash (UA). Furthermore, an education and professionalisation event was organised for the 2022 and 2023 MME Awards nominees and their representatives. In this programme the attendees will receive training to improve their daily business. The topics include sustainability (how to organise a CO2 friendly show or tour).
Jury Members
The jury of the 2023 Music Moves Europe Awards consists of five people that earned their stripes in the music industry. Each year the Public Choice winner of the previous year joins the MME Awards jury. This year this seat is taken by Jacqueline Baghdasaryan, the singer of Armenian artist Ladaniva who won the MME Public Choice Award last year. The other jury members are: Cindy Castillo (MadCool festival), Gemma Bradley (BBC radio), Bryan Johnson (Spotify) and Kevin Cole (KEXP).
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Winners of the European Festival Awards
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2022 European Festival Awards. This year festivals from over 30 countries participated and 300’000 single votes have been cast by the public. This resulted in 124 shortlisted nominees in 15 distinct categories, not counting the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Here are all winners in the 16 categories of the European Festival Awards 2022:
Presented by: Take A Stand
Atlas Festival & Music Saves UA (Ukraine)
Presented by: eps
Superbloom (Germany)
Presented by: YOUROPE & EFA (European Festivals Association) in connection with 3F – Future-Fit Festivals
Roskilde Festival (Denmark)
Iceland Airwaves (Iceland)
Presented by: IQ Magazine
Hellfest (France)
Presented by: YES Group
Watt en Schlick Fest (Germany)
Josh Javor (X-Ray Touring)
Roadburn (The Netherlands)
Presented by: ESNS
Fred Again (United Kingdom)|
Presented by: EMAC
Wacken Open Air (Germany) & Krombacher
Best Kept Secret (The Netherlands)
Presented by: Go Group
Rock Werchter (Belgium)
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Presented by: See Tickets
kilde Festival (Denmark)
Holger Jan Schmidt
Mojo (The Netherlands)
Roskilde Festival (Denmark)
YOUROPE - The European Festival Association
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AGF Reveal The World's Greenest Festivals
42 festivals and events from 12 countries have achieved the AGF Certification for sustainability in 2022.
AGF (A Greener Festival) is the leader in helping events, festivals and venues globally to become greener. AGF Certification is the world's first and most comprehensive standard for sustainability in the live events sector, for festivals and events reducing waste, emissions and enhancing equality and biodiversity.
Successfully certified events in 2022 include Green Gathering (UK), Strawberry Fields (AU), Das Fest (DE), DGTL (NL), Robin Hood Annual Benefit (USA), Platinum Jubilee Pageant (UK), We Love Green (FR) and Primavera Sound (ES).
Ceremonies will take place at ESNS in Groningen, Netherlands on 19th January, and at the Green Events & Innovations (GEI15) conference on 28th February, London. GEI will host the AGF International Awards where the very best certified events across a range of green categories will be crowned.
AGF CEO Claire O’Neill said:
“After the challenges of Covid and economic instability, we’re so happy that the festival and event sector increasingly fix sustainability at the top of the agenda. Our need to move away from fossil fuels, industrial animal agriculture, and towards clean energy and mobility, enhanced biodiversity and diversity has never been more stark. We congratulate those who are taking responsibility and action, and stress there is much work still to be done.”
Says Ricardo Alves, Boom Festival:
"We are always working towards improving our sustainability and environmental impact. We defined five goals for the 2020/22 edition and we are really happy to have accomplished them fully, with projects including a new wastewater treatment plant, an increased number of eco-toilets, Improved recycling, more plant-based food options and planting native species of trees, shrubs and other plants. Doing Boom is contributing to raising awareness globally, which is why we continue to develop dozens of environmental and social projects and we are proud to be recognised for our activities."
Says Marianne Hocquard, We Love Green:
“Sustainability has been at the heart of WE LOVE GREEN's production and contents since the beginning. We are pleased that our innovations and advances are followed and recognized by international institutions. They require moving the lines, rules, standards, habits, and all the festival teams are involved in this daily work.”
Louise Coles, Creative Youth said:
“Not knowing where to begin, AGF has now provided Creative Youth with the guidance, support and tools we need to track and improve our environmental footprint. Their work, and continued involvement, will ensure we become a responsible role model to all the young artists/companies we support through our Festival, creative space and other programmes”.
Festivals and Events making the grade in 2022 are:
Greener Festival and Event certifications - ‘Outstanding’
Cambridge Folk Festival (UK)
DGTL (Netherlands)
Green Gathering (UK)
Øyafestivalen (Norway)
Paradise City Festival (Belgium)
Pete the Monkey (France)
Platinum Jubilee Pageant (UK)
Shambala (UK)
We Love Green (France)
Greener Festival and Event certifications - ‘Highly Commended’
American Express presents BST Hyde Park (UK)
Boom Festival (Portugal)
Primavera Sound Festival (Spain)
Robin Hood Annual Benefit (USA)
Sonidos Líquidos (Spain)
Greener Festival and Event certifications - ‘Commended’
Bordeaux Open Air (France)
Cridem pel Clima (Spain)
De Zon Festival (Netherlands)
elrow Town (Netherlands)
Greenbelt Festival (UK)
MadBlue (Spain)
Pleinvrees Festival (Netherlands)
Strafwerk (Netherlands)
walden festival (Belgium)
WECANDANCE (Belgium)
WoNDeRFeeL (Netherlands)
Greener Festival and Event certifications - ‘Improvers’
Bloodstock Open Air (UK)
Brockwell Live (UK)
Das Fest (Germany)
Deer Shed (UK)
FUSE International Dance Showcase (UK)
Leopallooza (UK)
Luno presents All Points East (UK)
Manchester Góbéfest (UK)
Manchester Mega Mela (UK)
MetalDays (Slovenia)
Rosendal Garden Party (Sweden)
Shindig Festival (UK)
Standon Calling (UK)
Strawberry Fields (Australia)
SWR3 (Germany)
Underneath the Stars (UK)
Valley Fest (UK)
Notes to editors
The standards of the AGF Certification have been developed over 17 years in consultation with thousands of events, event services, suppliers and sustainability experts across the key areas assessed. Each application involves a detailed self-assessment, on-site independent audit, post-event supporting evidence analysis, and improvement recommendations. The assessment includes power, transport, material usage, water and sanitation, local ecosystems and community, CO2 emissions, communication, behaviour change and management systems.
To receive a Certification it is necessary for events to apply for an assessment and provide evidence such as fuel or electricity and water usage, waste transfer notes, transport measurements, procurements policies and traceability, and survey data. Applicants also need to address set requirements and based on their performance against these, can be graded Improvers, Commended, Highly Commended and Outstanding. Assessments are completed by trained sustainable event auditors and recommendations are made for improvements year on year.
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Brian Eno and Jacob Collier Keynote at Green Events & Innovations Conference
Green Events & Innovations Conference (GEI) is presented by AGF in partnership with the International Live Music Conference (ILMC).
The Green Events and Innovations Conference (GEI15), the foremost conference for sustainable events is delighted to announce the renowned musician, producer and visual artist Brian Eno will be joining the event for a special Keynote Conversation with Grammy award winning artist Jacob Collier.
Brian Eno returns to GEI after taking part in an inspiring talk with Norwegian pop artist Aurora last year on ‘Directing the energy of music for the benefit of the planet’. This year, he and Jacob will be exploring the concept of 'Music as a social synchroniser’ for the 15th edition which will take place 28th February 2023 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.
The unmissable conversation will see the artists explore the social function of music and how it changes us, how it offers us a local counterpoint to the big things happening in the world and why it is so important in a community. The whole question of where music comes from, and how it arises not just from the minds of individuals, but from whole societies, traditions and living ecosystems, is a way to also connect it to the big question of the climate crisis and music's response to it.
Brian and Jacob join a stellar line-up of speakers bringing passion, expertise, and insights to GEI15. Andy Cato, regenerative farmer, cofounder of Wildfarmed and one half of Groove Armada joins Dale Vince, founder of the world's first green energy company Ecotricity, and chairman of Forest Green Rovers FC, the world's greenest and only vegan football club according to UN and FIFA. Writer and producer Mark Donne and Carly McLachlan, deputy Director of Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, reveal new data from their current Massive Attack & ACE funded research. Hannah Cox from betternotstop, talks getting audiences to take their tents home with Kendal Calling. Major event organiser Rosanna Machado shares the social and environmental actions of HM the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant and Mark Stevenson author, prog rocker and founder of CUR8 deep dives about carbon removals. Award winning creative Zed Anwar shares creative communication of climate issues including his WWF campaign concept about brands becoming extinct. Adrian Bossey, chair of the Association of Event Management Educators (AEME) leads a panel of experts to unite sustainability theory, research and practice. More speakers and the full agenda will be announced soon.
Brian Eno is a renowned musician, producer, visual artist and activist who first came to international prominence in the early seventies as a founding member of British band, Roxy Music, followed by a series of solo albums and collaborations. His work as producer includes albums with Talking Heads, Devo, U2, Laurie Anderson, James, Jane Siberry and Coldplay, while his long list of collaborations include recordings with David Bowie, Jon Hassell, Harold Budd, John Cale, David Byrne, Grace Jones, Karl Hyde, James Blake and most recently with his brother, Roger, on Mixing Colours. Eno is also a founding member of the Long Now Foundation, a trustee of Client Earth and patron of Videre est Credere. In April 2021, he launched EarthPercent, which raises money from the music industry for some of the most impactful environmental charities working on the climate emergency.
Recognised by audiences, critics and fellow musicians alike as one of the most gifted young artists of modern times, 28-year-old Jacob Collier already boasts a seemingly endless list of achievements including five Grammy wins – which saw him become the first British act in history to win four Grammys for each of his first four albums – along with 11 Grammy nominations including Album of the Year in 2021. His roster of collaborators is astoundingly varied and vibrant, recording and performing with UK music icons like Coldplay and Stormzy, American superstars such as SZA, Alicia Keys and John Mayer, to Malian singer Oumou Sangaré and Moroccan Gnawa mâalem Hamid El Kasri. Each artist has sought out Collier’s distinct musical identity, cementing his status as the conduit for a generation’s ineffable creativity.
GEI 15 brings together leaders and innovators in the global live and events sector to network and accelerate environmental and social best practices, and to inspire collective action in the fight against climate catastrophe. Sessions will cover events adapting to climate change impacts and risks, transport, energy, food & beverage, academia working with industry, calculating, reducing and removing CO2 emissions, climate justice, design & materials usage for circularity, green innovation technology, and more. The event closes with the International AGF Awards celebrating achievements of the greenest festivals, venues and events in 2022.
Join pioneers, activists and leading collectives in the space of greener events, festivals, tours, venues and entertainment, to tackle the key questions in an industry in the midst of transformation.
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More information at agreenerfestival.com / @agreenerfestival
About AGF
AGF is a not-for-profit company committed to helping events, festivals and venues around the world adopt environmentally efficient practices. AGF provide certification, education and training, consultancy, resources and green riders, facilitating the exchange of good ideas. They share information about how environmentally efficient methods are currently being employed at events and how the impact on the environment can be limited at future events. They offer independent assessment and verification of events sustainability claims through the AGF Awards for festivals, venues, tours and events. https://www.agreenerfestival.com/
About ILMC
Attracting 2,000 of the world’s top live music professionals from over 40 countries annually, the International Live Music Conference has been the foremost meeting place for live music professionals worldwide for over 30 years. In addition to its main conference, ILMC also produces the ILMC Production Meeting (IPM), the Green Events & Innovations Conference (GEI), Futures Forum, The Event Safety & Security Summit (E3S) and the International Festival Forum (IFF). Full information about the conference including schedule, events and partners is at ttps://35.ilmc.com/
ESNS Gearing up for 2023 Edition
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag), the key exchange for emerging European music talent is gearing up for its 2023 edition, which will be the first in-person event post pandemic. Taking place from 18th to 21st January 2023, the event has proven essential in breaking new European acts into live music scenes throughout Europe and beyond and is the place to discover new breakthrough acts before they make it big. You heard it first at ESNS!
There is so much to discover during the 4 days and nights of the event including the conference, festival, awards shows and much more. Here are some of the highlights…
Conference
By day, the ESNS conference program will include over 150 panel discussions, interviews, keynotes covering a diverse range of topics will be presented in the panels and keynotes, ranging from the current developments in the music industry, its future and current affairs, sustainability, mental health, the Green Deal and inclusivity will be prominently featured.
Keynotes being hosted at the conference this year include learning all about transforming the music industry with Scott Cohen, exploring Spain's music scene with Robert Gríma, deep dive into music history with the exclusive Sub Pop keynote interview featuring Jonathan Poneman, Bruce Pavitt and music journalist Everett True. Looking at the current state and future of the music business, Andrew Melchior will share his view on engaging with audiences in the era of deglobalization and reduced emission lifestyles, Mark Mulligan investigates companies and methods that are building the foundation for a new business counter culture and Dua Lipa and her manager Dukagjin Lipa will be in conversation with IQ Magazine editor Gordon Masson for an exclusive Keynote speaking about their acclaimed Sunny Hill Festival and Sunny Hill Foundation.
View the full conference schedule here: https://esns.nl/en/conference/timetable
Festival
By night, over 300 European acts perform across 40 locations in the heart of Groningen in the ESNS Festival. The festival has proven essential in breaking new European acts into live music scenes throughout Europe and beyond. ESNS23 is the place to discover new breakthrough acts before they make it big. You heard it first at ESNS!
View the full line up here: https://esns.nl/en/festival/artists/
Focus of Spain
Each year Eurosonic Noorderslag highlights a different country, showcasing the diverse musical talent across Europe. This year Spain will be the focus country taking centre stage in close collaboration with The Spanish Wave and regions of Spain like Andalucia, Basque Country, Balearics, Catalonia, Galicia, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia and Navarra. It is all about bringing the freshest Spanish talent to the ESNS stages and put these in front of a professional audience, media and music lovers. Artists from 9 different parts of Spain include; Ghouljaboy (Andalucia), Irenegarry (Madrid), Kokoshca (Navarra), Lava Fizz (Balearic Islands), Maestro Espada (Murcia), Mainline Magic Orchestra (Catalonia), Marina Herlop (Catalonia), Marta Knight (Catalonia), Merina Gris (Basque Country), Mundo Prestigio (Galicia), Queralt Lahoz (Catalonia), Shanghai Baby (Madrid), Tanxuguieras (Galicia), Yo Diablo (Valencia), and Zetak (Basque Country).
ESNS Conference will also present all you need to know about the Spanish music sector with a program of panels, workshops, keynotes and networking events. Speakers include; Cindy Castillo (Mad Cool), Sebastian Vera (Mallorca Live Festival), Robert Grima Guallart (Live Nation), Cesar Guisado (Monkey Week), Jordi Anglés (Ticketmaster) ansd many more.
Music Moves Europe Awards
On 19 January 2023, the winners of the 2023 Music Moves Europe Awards will be announced. Fifteen outstanding nominated artists are eligible for this year's MME Awards, including the acclaimed Grand Jury Award, and the Public Choice Award. The 2023 nominees are Amelie Siba (Czechia), CMAT (Ireland), eee gee (Denmark), Goldkimono (Netherlands), Hause Plants (Portugal), Jerry Heil (Ukraine), July Jones (Slovenia), Kids Return (France), KOIKOI (Serbia), Monikaze (Lithuania), Oska (Austria), Queralt Lahoz (Spain), Sans Soucis (Italy), schmyt (Germany), The Haunted Youth (Belgium).
Five Music Moves Europe Award winners will receive €10,000 each. The winner of the Grand Jury Award will receive €10.000 and a green touring voucher worth €5,000. The winner of the Public Choice Award will receive €5,000. The Music Moves Europe Awards Ceremony will be presented by radio host Fernando Halman and Ukrainian singer, and former MME Award winner Alina Pash. The MME Awards are a prize of the European Union, and has previously been known as EBBA and Music Moves Europe Talent Awards. Previous winners include Rosalia, Dua Lipa, Stromae, Hozier, Pale Waves, Meskerem Mees, Blanks and Christine and the Queens.
European Festival Awards
After a forced hiatus due to the pandemic, the European Festival Awards finally return for the 2022 season. And there is a lot to celebrate. Festivals new and old, spectacular line-ups, unforgettable experiences, outstanding activations and innovations as well as the simple joy of seeing music live on stage again. All this and more will be honoured on the 12th edition of the European Festival Awards (EFA), set to take place on January 18th, 2023, at De Oosterpoort in Groningen, The Netherlands.
This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award has already been announced, being awarded to Roskilde Festival, its full team and volunteers in Denmark. They will receive their award at the ceremony along with all the other winners who will be announced on the night.
ESNS Recommended
Each year ESNS asks its international media attending the event which acts will be the ones to watch. Check out the most recommended acts below. This years most recommended acts are; CMAT, The Haunted Youth, Deki Alem, Arny Margaret, Taxi Kebab and Σtella. View all the recommended acts here.https://esns.nl/nl/festival/recommeded-2023/
ESNS23 Playlist
To get familiar with the artists you will be able to discover in Groningen, a playlist has been created with all the confirmed acts for ESNS23. Listen here: https://sdz.sh/9Ja849
ESNS23 Tickets
ESNS conference registrations here: http://esns.nl/en/conference/conference-registrations/
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.