The basics
A music conference and showcase of new music near Amsterdam
The festival
Eurosonic Noorderslag is a festival in Groningen, Nether lands Land. The festival cum conference is famous for helping new acts break onto the music scene, such as Milky Chance, Royal Blake and James Blake, cousin of former Bolton striker Nathan Blake. Only an hour or so from Amsterdam, it's well worth a trip to Northern Holland if you fancy something a little different than the delights of the capital.
Eurosonic is more than just a festival, it doubles up as a conference attracting 3,900 professional (and very attractive delegates) from over 432 international festivals, which is a very specific number for their website to use. With top speakers, workshops and delicious din dins, it's just as attractive (there's that word again) as the festival itself, unless you're planning a rave up, in which case you might want to stick to one of the clubs. You never know though, those delegates can throw some mad vicious shapes when they want to.
Our tip
“Ik ben apetrots op je” translates as "I am monkey proud on you," and is a common dutch expression to express pride, which is nice.
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Lineup
- La M.O.D.A
- Ocellot
- SG Lewis
- Vant
- John Coffey
- HÆLOS
- Lost Frequencies
- Frances
- Hvob
- Stormzy
- Rat Boy
- Barns Courtney
- SOAK
- MURA MASA
- Alice on the Roof
- Seinabo Sey
- FAKEAR
- Oscar and the Wolf
- Jeanne Added
- Shake Shake Go
- C Duncan
- Oscar
- Rationale
- Marc O’reilly
- NOTHING BUT THIEVES
- JONES
- The Big Bluff
- Momend
- BLACK HONEY
- Rag n Bone Man
- The Academic
- Aurora
- Otherkin
- Axel Flovent
- Alina Orlova
- DAGNY
- JAMES GRUNTZ
- Charlotte Oc
- Nao
- Hooton Tennis Club
- The Big Moon
- Jett Rebel
- Afterpartees
- Kid Simius
- Typhoon
- Sef
- Alex Vargas
- Alle Farben
- Scarred
- POSTAAL
- My Baby
- Guts
- Vuurwerk
- Dream Koala
- Mugwump
- It It Anita
- The K
- Broken Back
- DE STAAT
- Forever Pavot
- Ninos Du Brasil
- Populous
- Steve 'n' Seagulls
- Jonathan
- Violet Skies
- Tout va Bien
- Tourist LeMC
- Go March
- BLOSSOMS
- DOLORES HAZE
- Yung
- Charlie Cunningham
- Dubioza Kolektiv
- Soom T
- Fre4KNC
- Ciaran Lavery
- Inheaven
- Antilopen Gang
- Muck
- Pink Street Boys
- beGun
- The Parrots
- Aosoon
- Grandbrothers
- Colm Mac Con Iomaire
- Seafret
- The Common Linnets
- Leyya
- Honne
- Fallgrapp
- Fugu Mango
- Fews
- Samm Henshaw
- White
- Weval
- Ary
- Bastian Baker
- Da Chick
- De Underjordiske
- Elias
- Holographic Human Element
- K-ross
- Kovacs
- Ocho Macho
- Pauw
- Sacri Cuori
- The Chikitas
- Ti
- Tom Fire
- Trad.attack!
- Vr/nobody
- Blaue Blume
- Kontinuum
- June
- Bokka
- Middlemist Red
- Smerz
- When Airy Met Fairy
- AND THE GOLDEN CHOIR
- BETTER PERSON
- BIRTH OF JOY
- BRIQUEVILLE
- BRANKO
- BRODKA
- CAUSES
- CHARL DELEMARRE
- CHLOE MARTINI
- DEPRESNO
- DEWOLFF
- DOUWE BOB
- FAI BABA
- ERIK & THE WORLDLY SAVAGES
- FJAAK
- FRESKU
- GERSON MAIN
- GRAHAM CANDY
- HASTA
- HAEVN
- INDIAN ASKIN
- INGRID LUKAS
- JAIN
- JODIE ABACUS
- JOSEFIN OHRN & THE LIBERATION
- KATEA
- KELJET
- KENNY B
- KENTON SLASH DEMON
- KLYNE
- KOALA VOICE
- LISS
- LOWLY
- LUCAS HAMMING
- LUDOVIK MATERIAL
- MANDRAKE'S MONSTER
- MANTAR
- NURIA GRAHAM
- OAKTREE
- OIJ
- OKAY KAYA
- PLEASURE BEACH
- RONDE
- SARA HARTMAN
- SARAH P.
- SVAVAR KNUTUR
- THE BRAHMS
- THE DEAF
- THE JACQUES
- TOWN OF SAINTS
- WHILK AND MISKY
- YAKUMO ORCHESTRA
- WRONGONYOU
- ZITAKULA
- EERA
- Liima
- GEORGIA
- 99ZERO
- AESTY
- ...AND THE GODS MADE COFFEE
- ABDOMEN
- ALFONSO Y SENOR LEON
- ALL THE KING'S DAUGHTERS
- ALLE FARBEN LIVE CIRCUS
- ALVARO SOLER
- AMBER ARCADES
- AMBIVALENZ
- ANIMAL ANTICS
- ANTHONY'S PUTSCH
- ASTRID S
- APPLESCAL
- AVERY PLAINS
- BANANAZ
- BACHAR MAR KHALIFE
- BASTARD SUGAR
- BAZZOOKAS
- BE FOREST
- BEWILDER
- BLUE CRIME
- BOKKERS
- CANSHAKER PI
- BUDAPEST BAR
- CARNIVAL YOUTH
- CAZZ MAJOR
- CHANTAL ACDA
- CHU BEATS
- CITY OF LIFE
- COMA
- CRAIG GALLAGHER
- CUT_
- DANIEL DOCHERTY
- DE KAT
- DAZZLED STICKS
- DE LIKT
- DE ROOIE NEGER
- DEATH ALLEY
- DESERT MOUNTAIN TRIBE
- DITHER
- DOUGLAS FIRS
- DOOXS
- DRAMALI
- DRICO
- DRUMMAKID
- DUA LIPA
- DUROC
- ECHO MOVIS
- ERIKSSON DELCROIX
- FILOUS
- FRANKY AGE
- GALLOWSTREET
- GO!ZILLA
- GOLAN
- GOLDEN PARAZYTH
- GUADALUPE PLATA
- GWILYM GOLD
- HANS HANNEMANN
- HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE FANE FONDA AEROBIC VHS?
- HATY HATY
- HEXVESSEL
- HOLY STRAYS
- HORNSMAN COYOTE & SOULCRAFT
- HYDROGEN SEA
- HYPHEN HYPHEN
- I WILL I SWEAR
- I AM OAK
- ILLUMININE
- IGUANA DEATH CULT
- ANGE VAN CALKAR
- IVAN AND THE PARAZOL
- IRIS RIJNSEWIJN
- JAMES HERSEY
- JEFTUZ
- JESTER MUNK
- JO GOES HUNTING
- JOHANAN
- JULIAN & DER FUX
- KAREL J. SHEPERS
- KASBO
- KIESLOWSKI
- KIN
- KING CHARLES
- KING DALTON
- KIRA
- KLANGSTOF
- LEA PORCELAIN
- LGHTINNG
- LYDMORE & BON HOMME
- MAARJA NUUT
- MAKEBELIEVE
- MARBLE HEART
- MARBLE SOUNDS
- MAX MESER
- ME AND MY DRUMMER
- MIDAS
- MIEUX
- MONONOID
- MR. MEMOIR
- MYDEARESTDEAR
- MYDY RABYCAD
- NAIVE SET
- NEW RED FADING
- NIKKI LOUDER
- NNENN
- ORANGE SKYLINE
- POLYNATION
- PROJEKT RAKIJA
- PROMISE & THE MONSTER
- PUSHIN WOOD SOUNDSYSTEM
- REVO
- ROELIE VUITTON
- ROME
- ROYCE WOOD JUNIOR
- ROSALIE
- RUM&SKUNK
- RUUD FIETEN
- RUSANGANO FAMILY
- SANTA FE
- SARAH AND JULIAN
- SAVEUS
- SCHMIEDS PULS
- SEVN ALIAS
- SON MIEUX
- ST. TROPEZ
- SURINAAMS GOUD
- SVEN HAMMOND
- STUART MAVIS
- SVPER
- TAMARIN DESERT
- TEARS & MARBLE
- TERZIJ DE HORDE
- THE ANTI D'S
- THE BLACK CULT
- THE BLACK HEART REBELLION
- THE BLIND ROOFERS
- THE BOOMBOX
- THE CHARM THE FURY
- THE GERMANS
- THE HOMESICK
- THE GREAT COMMUNICATORS
- THE HOT SPROCKETS
- THE NEW POOR
- THE SWEET LIFE SOCIETY
- THE TIGHTROPES
- THE YOUNG FOLD
- THEM MOOSE RUSH
- THIJS BOONTJES DANS-EN SHOWORKEST
- TIED LACES
- TINY LEGS TIM
- UITREIKING POPPRIJS
- UMEME AFROFAVE
- VERVEINE
- VIEW FOR A DAY
- VICTORIA+JEAN
- VIKINGS IN TIBET
- WALTER SCHNITZELSSON
- WOODIE SMALLS
- WOLFTONE
- YAST
Getting there
How do I get there?
The city of Groningen is located in the northeast of the Netherlands, about 200km from Amsterdam. The fastest way to travel from London to Groningen is to take a plane to Groningen Airport Eelde. There is a regular train service from Schiphol (Amsterdam International Airport), this journey takes approximately 2 hours. If you plan to use public transport to Groningen you can use this website to sort out your trip. The conference centre (within walking distance of the trainstation).
Tickets
Pricing
Conference
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2016 full conference registration rates and deadlines:
€ 245,- (Early Bird) Deadline June 11, 2015
€ 285,- (Medium) Deadline October 1, 2015
€ 325,- (Late) Deadline December 10, 2015
€ 380,- (Walk Up) from December 11, 2015
Saturday only pass (gives access to the conference on Saturday and Noorderslag):
€ 100,- (Early Bird) Deadline June 11, 2015
€ 125,- (Medium) Deadline October 1, 2015
€ 140,- (Late) Deadline December 10, 2015
€ 150,- (Walk Up) from December 11, 2015
EPIC
EPIC - European Production Innovation Conference. EPIC is accessible with a full conference registration. EPIC tickets are sold separately, but do not grant access to De Oosterpoort or the festivals.
Buy your EPIC ticket here.
Festival
Click here for festival tickets, which will be available sometime soon.
When can I get them?
Tickets on sale now
Where can I get them?
Tickets available here