Record-breaking summer for European Talent Exchange Programme

The initiative, now in its 16th year, is celebrating a record 457 shows across the festival season

Half-Egyptian, half-Belgian singer Tamino played 10 shows through this year's exchange © Eurosonic

The European Talent Exchange Programme (Etep), the Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS)-led initiative to promote the spread of music across Europe and the world, is celebrating its busiest season to date, with a total 457 shows played at festivals around the world.

Among the festivals that participated in this years exchange, Hamburg’s Reeperbahn, Brighton’s The Great Escape and Reykjavík’s Iceland Airwaves welcomed the most acts, with 31, 29 and 16 artists respectively. This year also saw the initiative expand further outside of…

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