Europavox is a global project entirely dedicated to the promotion of European musical diversity.
Europavox : more than a festival !
Europavox is a global project entirely dedicated to the promotion of European musical diversity.
Since is creation, the festival welcomed 360 bands and artists, 120 000 festival-goers and more than 2 500 professionals.
Its ambition is to talk about Europe in a positive way, with a human approach and prove that «unity in diversity» can apply to young Europeans in creative fields such as music. Since 2006, Europavox has become one of the key actors in the European popular music business, thanks to diversified actions:
1. LIVE MUSIC
A main event bringing together almost 50 concerts and 25.000 people for a festival in Clermont-Ferrand (France) for 3 days, at the end of May.
Other concerts organized for special occasions: 50th anniversary of the Rome treaty, 25th anniversary of ERASMUS program, festivals in other European countries (Sweden in 2009, Belgium in 2010).
Artists from the whole Europe and of all music genres (rock, electro, hip-hop, world…) perform during these events. More than 450 bands, frome 30 countries played in our events :
THE HIVES (SE)/ EWERT AND THE TWO DRAGON (EE) / BLOC PARTY (UK) / AGNES OBEL (DK)/ DE STAAT (NL) / CAMILLE (FR) / DJANGO DJANGO (UK) / AMPLIFETES (SE) / RUBIK (FI) / BOYS NOIZE (DE)/ SOPHIE HUNGER (SU)/ PETE DOHERTY (UK)/ GIRLS IN HAWAI (BE)/ VITALIC (FR)/ ALINA ORLOVA (LT)/ BAUCHKLANG (AT) / GET WELL SOON (DE) / ARNO (BE)/ JJ (SE) / 120 DAYS (NO) / ARCHIVE (UK) / RITA REDSHOES (PT) / THOMAS DYBDHAL (NO) / SELAH SUE (BE) / ZAZ (FR) / POLOCK (ES) / THE NITS (NL) / FUNERAL SUITS (IE) …
2. PROFESSIONALS MEETING
Europavox is also a meeting place where professionals of the whole European musical industry exchange and collaborate with the aim of facilitating the circulation of the European artists.
Founding meetings: during the 2012 edition in Clermont-Ferrand, venues’ managers and had a a specific schedule.
A common platform of conferences and workshops was organized. EuropaClub is the opportunity to share experiences and to set up projects with European partners. Rooms discover new artistic projects: a way to develop some new cultural activities at the European level. The enthusiasm surrounding these discoveries confirmed the envy for the implementation of a tour at the beginning of 2013.
3. A EUROPEAN JOURNALIST CIRCLE
70 musical journalists from 30 countries, exchange all year long and meet during the festival promoting the event and realizing the musical watch on all the European territory.
Partners :
GAFFA (NO, SE, DK) / EDNO MAGAZINE (BG) / SUPER FM (CY) / CESKÁ TELEVIZE (CZ) / SAHTEL (EE) / MONDONOSORO (ES) / METELI.NET (FI) / SONIK MAG (GR) / AVOPOLIS (GR) / RADIO Q (HU) / STATE (IE) / FREEQUENCY (IT) / PRAVDA (LT) / TVNET (LV) / STAGE DIVE (MT) / OOR MAGAZINE (NL) / AKTIVIST (PL) / ANTENA 3 (PT) /METROPOTAM (RO) / DAGGENSKIVA (SE) / GLASNA (SI) / RADIO FM (SK) / THE GAP (AT) / ...
4. BEST OF U!
Best of U! An online music compilation, with the 120 best European bands of the moment, proposed by 200 journalists and professionals from all Europe !
on www.europavox.com !