ESNS announces Night Programme and publishes Timetables

ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag), the key exchange for emerging European music talent, announces a night programme for the first time and publishes its festival timetables.
 
ESNS will take place from 18 to 21 January 2023 in Groningen, the Netherlands. The festival has proven essential in breaking new European acts into live music scenes throughout Europe and beyond. With a line-up of 291 emerging European artists, ESNS23 is the place to discover new breakthrough acts before they make it big. You heard it first at ESNS!

Photo: Siese Veenstra

ESNS@night:
For the first time since its founding in 1986, ESNS is organising a night programme for three consecutive nights. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday after the end of Eurosonic and Noorderslag, the festival will move to a number of venues in the city for a night programme that will give the stage to emerging electronic acts.
 
On Thursday night, a Vision label night will take place in Smoke under the name VISION x ESNS with various artists on the bill from midnight to 05:00. On Friday, a varied night programme will take place on several stages in the city of Groningen. On Saturday, Joost van Bellen and St Paul will close the festival week at EM2 from 23:00 to 04:00.
 
Acts added to the ESNS@night programme are;
Buunshin (nl), Former (nl), Fre4knc (nl), Gladde Paling (nl), Holly (pt), IMANU (nl), Intercity 106 (nl), Posij (nl), The Caracal Project (fr), and Thys (nl).
 
Separate tickets for the night programme on Saturday will be available at esns.nl/tickets for €15.

A ticket for the night programme is already included in regular tickets for ESNS23.
 
Timetables:
The timetables for ESNS23 were published today. Check them out at esns.nl/festival/timetable
 
ESNS23 Line-up:
To see the complete festival line-up of ESNS23 go to esns.nl/festival/artists
 
ESNS23 tickets
Tickets for the festival are available here: esns.nl/en/tickets

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.

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.

Note for press: Press Accreditation
Press are required to request press accreditation to attend the festival. Find out more for press at ESNS23 here. The accreditation form is available until 6 January 2023.