ESNS 2025: FROM 15 TO 18 JANUARY THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON ITALY

After months of preparation, we are ready to go!

Destination Groningen, the small town in the Netherlands that every year hosts the most important showcase festival and conference in Europe.
From 15 to 18 January, ESNS offers the opportunity to get in touch with the most important players in the European music system and trendsetters in the sector, as well as attend the showcases of the most interesting emerging musical projects.

This edition puts the spotlight on Italy, selected as Focus Country in 2025. This means greater attention to the music market of our country within the daytime program of the conference and a greater presence of artists on the stages in the evening program of the festival in front of an audience of professionals in the sector, media and music lovers.

Representing Emilia-Romagna there will be: Daniela Pes, nominated for the Music Moves Europe Awards as best emerging artist, James Jonathan Clancy, R.Y.F. and España Circo Este.

Now, let’s find out in detail what the Focus on Italy program has to offer, who the Emilia-Romagna delegation is made up of, which panels our operators are involved in and the dates, times and locations of the showcases of our bands and artists.

→ CATALOGUE OF COLLECTIVE PARTICIPATION IN EUROSONIC 2025 (ICE Agency)

→ THE DELEGATION OF EMILIA-ROMAGNA

→ OUR ARTISTS AT ESNS 2025

• Daniela Pes
  Thursday to Friday night 17 JAN – Stadsschouwburg – 00:00-00:40
• España Circo Este
  Thursday to Friday night 17 JAN – Huize Maas Main – 01:30-02:10
• James Jonathan Clancy
  Fri 17 JAN – AA-Theater – 19:00-19:40
• R.Y.F.
  Friday to Saturday night 17 JAN – All Round – 11.50pm-12.30am

FOCUS ON ITALY PROGRAM

→ ALL ITALIAN ACTS

→ ITALIAN RECEPTION
Wed 15 Jan – 5pm-5.30pm – Kleine Zaal Foyer

→ ITALIAN SHOWCASE with Post Nebbia e Kyoto
Wed 15 Jan 16:20-18:50 – Marathonzaal

→ PANELS PRESENTED BY FOCUS ON ITALY
Thu 16 Jan – 15:00-16:00 – Oosterpoort – Bovenzaal 1
Growing internationally in your native language
English spoken
Vanessa C. Hurst, Musixmatch / Clementine Bunel, Wasserman Music / Daniele Citriniti, The Goodness Factory / Alexandre Davidson, Nada booking & management / Eefje de Visser, artist / Carlo Pastore, MI AMI Festival

Fri 17 Jan – 10.30-11.30 – Oosterpoort – Grijze zaal
The rising costs of live music: is the live concert becoming an elite experience?
English spoken
Katia Giampaolo, Estragon / Damir Ivic, Soundwall / Veronica Clarizio, Coolclub/SEI Festival / Erica Romero, Live DMA/Rocknrolla Producciones / Ide Koffeman, Mojo Concerts

Thu 16 Jan – 13:00-14:30 – Oosterpoort – Grote zaal
Speed ​​Meeting – Meet the Italians
English spoken
Mario Gulisano, Associazione Culturale Darshan / Antonio Conte, FARM Festival / Simone Manchisi, Django Music / Giovanni Amighetti, Grande Evento srls/Arvmusic / Cesare Liaci, Società Cooperativa Coolclub / Enrico Gambadoro, Ortigia Sound System APS / Gaianè Kevorkian, KeepOn LIVE / Matilde Cavalli, Panico Concerti / Valeriano Seminara, GoMad Concerts / Silvia Calogiuri, Zero Nove Nove srls / Marco Ligurgo, Robot Festival / Rita Zappador, Assomusica / Lucrezia Muscianisi, Mosaico Cultural Association / Piero Mantengoli, acieloaperto

Thu 16 Jan – 10:00-11:30 – Oosterpoort – Small square
Good morning! The Italian Listening Breakfast
English spoken
Carlo Pastore , MI AMI Festival

Thu 16 Jan – 12:00-13:00 – Oosterpoort – Marathonzaal
Everything you need to know about the Italian Music Market
English spoken
Rita Zappador, Assomusica / Nur Al Habash, SIAE / Federico Rasetti, KeepOn LIVE / Alessandro Ceccarelli, Tridentmusic srl / Bpmconcerti srl / Gianluca Giusti, ATER Fondazione/Emilia-Romagna Music Commission / Francesca Trainini, Peer Southern Productions, IMPALA / Cristina Fina, Puglia Sounds / Medimex

→ PANEL PRESENTED BY ESNS
Thu 16 Jan – 12:00-13:00 – Oosterpoort
Boutique festivals: how to stay true to your roots without getting squashed
English spoken
Chris Angiolini, Bronson Produzioni / Luc Favié, Doomstar Bookings / Sarah Jones, FOCUS Wales / Clara Heuermann / Event Fokus GmbH / Waldo Volmer, Stad als Podium

The Italian participation in Focus on Italy at ESNS25 is a project funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, organized by ICE – Agency for the promotion abroad and the internationalization of Italian companies, in partnership with: SIAE – Italian Society of Authors and Publishers; Puglia Culture, as part of the actions of Puglia Sounds, the project for the development of the regional music system created in collaboration with the Puglia Region; Emilia-Romagna Region as part of the music export activities carried out by Emilia-Romagna Music Commission in collaboration with Ater Fondazione; Assomusica; and in collaboration with: Sicilian Region; Music Innovation Hub; Italian World Music Network; Sicily Music Conference.