Jenny is back from Eurosonic and in Dublin. Requests welcome as always by text on 51552 or twitter @jennyhuston
and also on 2fm's Youtube channel:
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The Eurosonic Festival is Europe's premier showcase for breaking artists from across the continent.
What started out more than 20 years ago as a one-day festival to promote Dutch bands has grown into a three-day affair with international fame, with more than 180 European bands performing in 20 venues to industry representatives and fans alike. Recorded and offered by NPB-3FM (Netherlands) in collaboration with VRT-Studio Brussel (Belgium), DR-P3 (Denmark), SR-P3 (Sweden) and BBC (United Kingdom), the Eurosonic festival enjoys every year the unique input of the EBU. For this year's edition, no less than 24 EBU Member organizations are supporting 27 acts to perform in Groningen.
What started out more than 20 years ago as a one-day festival to promote Dutch bands has grown into a three-day affair with international fame, with more than 180 European bands performing in 20 venues to industry representatives and fans alike. Recorded and offered by NPB-3FM (Netherlands) in collaboration with VRT-Studio Brussel (Belgium), DR-P3 (Denmark), SR-P3 (Sweden) and BBC (United Kingdom), the Eurosonic festival enjoys every year the unique input of the EBU. For this year's edition, no less than 24 EBU Member organizations are supporting 27 acts to perform in Groningen.
Eurosonic stats for 2012:
Total number
of visitors Eurosonic Noorderslag (sold out) 33,000
Visitors
Conference (sold out) 3,150
Nationalities
41
Acts 293
Media and
journalists 404
European Broadcasting
Union (EBU) radio stations 28
26 bands
nomiated by EBU stations
ETEP
festivals 70
International
festivals 413
Number of
stages Eurosonic 34
Number of
stages Noorderslag 11
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