Oosterpoort rebrands as SPOT Groningen
The operator of the longtime home of Eurosonic Noorderslag has a new name which "fits in better with our mission"
News By IQ | 21 March 2019
De Oosterpoort and Stadsschouwburg Groningen (OPSB), the organisation behind Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) venue De Oosterpoort, has a new name: SPOT Groningen.
The Oosterpoort in Groningen – which has been home to Dutch music industry conference ESNS (then called the Holland-Belgium Festival) since 1986 – merged with the Stadsschouwburg, a Groningen theatre, in 2002. The old name, says the former OPSB, “no longer does justice to who we are and what we stand for.”
“The new name fits in better with our mission: bringing the…