Festival Insights NEWS: ESNS Exchange Secures Success for Emerging artists

Just six weeks after showcasing at ESNS, emerging artists have secured more than 100 spots on the line-ups of the best summer festivals across the continent, taking full advantage of the benefits of the ESNS Exchange programme.

With already 111 confirmed shows by 65 acts from 23 countries, playing at 45 festivals in 23 European countries – excluding their home country, new talents are making their mark on the European festival summer. The ESNS Exchange results also show a balanced gender distribution of artist bookings based on the Keychange standard, with a 50/50 gender split.

Thanks to the ESNS Exchange programme, promising European talents such as Catt (de), Chalk (ie), Fat Dog (uk-en), UTO (fr), CMAT (ie), YĪN YĪN (nl), English Teacher (uk-en), and more have been booked to play multiple shows at festivals outside their home country this summer, creating…