3.9.2010


The biggest music festival in Scandinavia for upcoming bands!

THE RUNDOWN
All registered bands will be able to perform in some of their own country's best venues. The INTERNATIONAL FINAL, to be held in Germany at the TAUBERTAL OPEN-AIR FESTIVAL, will see Emergenza Festival regional winners playing alongside major international acts. In some regional finals the best bass players and the best guitar players will be awarded customized HAGSTRÖM instruments. In addition to this are SABIAN handmade cymbals and MAPEX PROSERIE drumsets that will be awarded to the best drummers in the international final. SENNHEISER wireless microphone systems, MARSHALL amps, KONIG & MAYER stands and hardware, TKL professional flight cases will also be awarded to the best bands and musicians in the international final.



FESTIVAL FORMAT
In Oslo and Bergen (see Swedish and Danish pages by clicking the flag at the end of the concert list) the festival will be held in 3 steps. The festival will be held in the same format in Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham AL, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, El Paso, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, NY Brooklyn, NY Manhattan, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Tucson, Washington D.C., Wien, Antwerp, Brussels, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Bordeaux, Lyon Marseille, Nancy, Paris, Toulouse, Berlin, Donaueschingen, Frankfurt, Göteborg, Hamburg, Hannover, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Koblenz, Köln, Leipzig, Malmö, Mannheim, Marburg, München, Nürnberg, Regensburg, Ruhrgebiet, Saarbrücken, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Trier, Ulm, Würzburg, Dublin, Milano, Padova, Roma, Torino, Treviso, Amsterdam, Tilburg, Barcelona, Granada, Madrid, Valencia, Basel, Bern, Luzern, St Gallen, Zurich, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Budapest, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Tokyo!



Each band will play a 20-25 minutes set. Technical support will be provided by EMERGENZA FESTIVAL.

The two winning bands of the Scandinavian final as selected by a professional jury will represent the Scandinavian countries at the EMERGENZA FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL FINAL, to be held at the TAUBERTAL OPEN AIR FESTIVAL in Germany, in August. FLIGHTS, MEALS, HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS and TECHNICAL SUPPORT for the bands shall be provided by EMERGENZA FESTIVAL.



The band who will win the EMERGENZA FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL FINAL will receive, as their prize, a tour in the U.S.A. or Europe (as chosen by the winning band itself).

The inscription fee guarantees the band's participation in the Elimination round of the Festival in their city. The participants will under no circumstances whatsoever be required to pay further inscription fees to the organization during the season they are participating in.



Check out the FAQ HERE.


WHAT EMERGENZA FESTIVAL PROVIDES (Check the details by clicking the pictures)
VENUES
Emergenza Festival is the largest international concert organizer for unsigned bands and the concerts are held in the world's most exclusive clubs and venues.
COMPILATION CDs
Get your demo ready! Your song may end up on one of the Emergenza Festival's International compilation CD's.
THE INTERNATIONAL FINAL
An unforgettable event: 20 international winners gather to compete for the title of the best band on the planet.
PRIZES
1,000,000$ in instruments, gear and services offered by our sponsors and partners.
B.E.S.T. TOUR
The most talented bands are chosen to play in the B.E.S.T. across Europe and North America.
TRACK1
Worldwide scouting, management and artist development for festival participants.
EMERGENZA RADIO
Emergenza Radio features the enrolled bands. Participating in the Festival? Upload your best song and stay tuned!
PHOTO ARCHIVE
See yourself online right after the show.
FREE TICKETS
Wanna attend the shows? Find out how to obtain your free tickets as a participating band! (only for musicians that play in the festival!)
MUSICAL CLASSIFIEDS
Exchange concert dates - Find a band - Find a musician
BERGEN - HØST 2010
PÅMELD DERES BAND NÅ!

Infomøte for alle deltagere:
GARAGE:
Lørdag 11 september kl. 15.00

Innledende runder:
GARAGE:
Onsdag 22 september
Torsdag 23 september
Fredag 24 september
Lørdag 25 september

Semifinaler:
GARAGE:
Torsdag 21 oktober
Fredag 22 oktober
Lørdag 23 oktober

Bergensfinale:
USF VERFTET:
Lørdag 20 november

STAVANGER - HØST 2010
PÅMELD DERES BAND NÅ!

Infomøte for alle deltagere:
FOLKEN:
Lørdag 18 september

Innledende runder:
CHECKPOINT CHARLIE:
Onsdag 6 oktober
Torsdag 7 oktober
Fredag 8 oktober
Lørdag 9 oktober

Semifinaler:
CHECKPOINT CHARLIE:
Torsdag 4 november
Fredag 5 november
Lørdag 6 november

Stavangerfinale:
FOLKEN:
Fredag 19 november

OSLO - VÅR 2011
PÅMELD DERES BAND NÅ!

INNLEDENDE RUNDER:
Revolver, Mars 2011

SEMIFINALER:
John Dee, April 2011

OSLO- / NORGESFINALE:
Rockefeller, Mai 2011

SCANDINAVIAN FINALS:
DEBASER MEDIS, STOCKHOLM
Mai 2011

INTERNATIONAL - 2010
INTERNATIONAL FINAL:
Taubertal Open Air Festival, Germany: 13-15 August

SVERIGE - klicka här
DANMARK - klik her
Europe, North America, Asia
Emergenza Festival bands play abroad!

There's a great chance that you've already heard of the winners of Emergenza Festival Sweden 2008 ROYAL REPUBLIC (S) and maybe you know that their album was released in Germany last week. Now they teamed up with Denon for the new product release video (if you want to see the original music video for "Tommy Gun" just scroll down on this page).
The band will tour Germany (again) this fall - don't miss it if you are in the neighborhood.

Sign up your band for by:Larm 2011. By:Larm is Scandinavia’s largest music conference. By:Larm consists of two parts: a festival and a conference. The conference is a meeting place for the Norwegian and foreign music industries. A series of lectures, seminars and debates are held during the day. The festival concerts take place at night and are open to the public. Their main focus is to present artists that are on the verge of success, either in their homelands or internationally. Click here to go to the inscription site - dead line is 20th of September

As winners of the Swedish, Nordic and International finals of Emergenza Festival 2009 KID GALAHAD (S) got the opportunity to go on tour in Germany and Scandinavia. Here is one of the many interviews the band has done during the tour.

And You're Off from Copenhagen (2nd place in the final) will play a gig at one of Europe's biggest outdoor festivals - Sziget in Budapest. If your band also wants to play at Sziget or get gigs abroad you can enrol your band to the Emergenza Festival and then maybe you will be chosen to play outside your own country.

Viberaft from Malmö was chosen in the 2010 season to play abroad because of their performance at the South Sweden final at KB and the band will play a gig at the club Dingwalls in London.

Before kicking off their European tour in Berlin this week KID GALAHAD (S) was interviewed by Swedish TV4.

After a club tour of 3 gigs in Sweden, 3 gigs in Denmark and one in Norway last years winners KID GALAHAD (S) are now ready to hit the road and go on tour in Europe. If you won't be able to see them at any of the shows on the tour you can check them out here at the final stop on the club tour at Klubben in Stockholm.

Ahall and The ECE's from Gothenburg was chosen in the 2010 season to play abroad because of their energetic live show and the band will play a gig at the club Backstage in Munich.

As a tradition two Danish bands gets to play at the popular club Knust in Hamburg. The bands chosen in the 2010 season is LIPS (Århus) and PAPA STEREO (Copenhagen).

THE MAD TRIST from Holland kicked off their carrier after becoming second in the Holland-final in Amsterdam. Check out their first music video "Pay The Piper".

Swedish Emergenza Festival winners 2008 ROYAL REPUBLIC has released their debut album on Bonnier Amigo and Roadrunner.
Live on Swedish TV4 - LINK
Interview on Swedish SVT - LINK
It's all about live music. Emergenza Festival is the world's largest concert organizer for upcoming bands.
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