Stage Europe Network will be present at Westerpop 2023 and host an exchange between acts from 5 different countries. As usual the acts will perform on Saturday at the festival, but also spend time together, with masterclasses and creating music. Acts joining this years’ edition are: The Nemesis (France), SSTO (The Netherlands), Suncraft (Norway), FÓKUS (Iceland), Space J (France), Krapka;KOMA (Ukraine).
After a few Corona-years Stage Europe Network and Westerpop have joined forces again to host an exchange between acts from 6 different countries. As usual the bands will perform on saturday at the festival, but also spend time together, with room for workshops and creating music. Bands joining this years’ edition are: Historian, Absurd Heroes, Mali, Zbaraski, KUSK, Law of All and Marei Debertin.
Stage Europe Network is realising this year residencies between all partners in the network. The first residence is between Norway and The Netherlands. The band from Norway Way Down The Rainbow and the Dutch band Feral Tides will cooperate during a week in Leeuwarden. See the Facebook event.
Starting from 2020, each SEN partner will host every year a band/ act in a cooperative residence with a local band/ act for a week. The hosting partner will arrange and finance a program on basis of own possibilities/ knowledge, with the questions/ wishes of the participating bands/ acts as a starting point.
‘I am the other’ is the sixt Dutch multilateral exchange project as a result of SEN. This project involves young people from seven European countries creating an intercultural and European experience with pop culture as a tool. They will travel, live and work together for seven days based on the theme: Tolerance of cultural differences. The tendencies to nationalism, exclusion and polarization in Europe, with a strong focus on our differences in stead of our similarities as a human being, nurtured by fear, gives us the urge to incorporate this topic into our exchange project. This exchange will take place in the European Capital of Culture 2018: Leeuwarden!
Home is where…is the fifth Dutch multilateral exchange project as a result of the Stage Europe Network; a partnership of seven cultural organizations from Germany, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Iceland and Estonia. Aim of the network is to connect the experience of young musicians, and to promote talented young bands in Europe. The Popunie is the Dutch partner in the Stage Europe Network.
SEN will be present at the Breminale in Bremen for a showcase. (Read more…)
The Dutch partner in the Stage Europe Network offers in cooperation with art initiative id11 a residence for bands/ acts connected with one of the other partners in the Stage Europe Network. (Read more…)
Eins, Zwei, Drie, Fjouwer! is a special German-Dutch project with young musicians, photographers and video makers.
From July 18th till 25th the exchange project Stage Europe Network will be in Bremen for the first time. Eight newcomer bands from Norway, Iceland, Poland, France, The Netherlands and Germany will work and live together for one week themed Stadtmusikanten republished!.
The partners in the Stage Europe Network gather from 21 to 24 February 2014 for a meeting on a farm near Rutten in The Netherlands.
Purpose of the meeting is matching and discussing the planned exchanges and showcases in 2014 and planning new projects. During this meeting a new partner from Estonia will join, with which the network extended to seven cultural organizations that work with young bands.
Stage Europe Network was attending the Eurosonic Noorderslag Festival 16-18 January Groningen The Netherlands. Eurosonic Noorderslag is the key exchange and networking platform for European music, with a proven track record for helping new acts break into the international music scene.
Stage Europe Network participant Death Letters (NL) performed at Eurosonic Noorderslag some years ago and this year Hunting the Robot (NL) had a showcase at the festival. In the showcases organized around the festival other SEN bands like Starcatcher (NL), Roufaida & Pluck (NL), Fexet (NL), Twice the Same (NL), Kreatones (NL), Démira (NL) and Close Up (NL) had showcases over the last years. This year Wolf in Loveland (NL) was present for a showcase. Stage Europe Network proves to be a good preliminary phase for upcoming bands.
An exclusive concert just for 4 persons a time in a driving school bus with the bands from SEN that will perform the next day at the Westerpop 2013 Festival in Delft. Send us an mail with the concert you would like to attend. Bus stop will be announced when you are invited.
12:30 Drive by concert Wolf in Loveland (Netherlands)
13:00 Drive by concert Moving Houses (Germany)
13:30 Drive by concert Les Dynamic (Norway)
14:00 Drive by concert Kjurr (Iceland)
14:30 Drive by concert A.JAM (France)
15:00 Drive by concert Vok Iceland)
15:30 Drive by concert Enchanted Hunters (Poland)
This year`s edition of the Soundrive Fest 2013 (16th – 18th of August) promised to be impressive. Its locale was changed and moved to Gdańsk. The event was supposed to last two days at first, but finally we decided to stretch the Fest to three days – it is going to take place in a new music venue – B90 Club, situated within the brownfield site remained after the historic Gdansk Shipyard, throughout the Soundrive Fest 2013, about 30 bands from Poland and abroad are going to perform, inter alia.
Confirmed artists:
iamamiwhoami (Sweden), CONNAN MOCKASIN (NZ), THE SOFT MOON (USA), 2:54 (UK), STILL CORNERS (UK), EGYPTIAN HIP HOP (UK), TOY (UK), RAINBOW ARABIA (USA), HOLOGRAMS (Sweden), TURBOWOLF (UK), COLD PUMAS (UK), WALL OF DEATH (France), GIRLS NAMES (UK), THE FAMILY RAIN (UK), SVPER (Spain), THE HICKEY UNDERWORLD (Belgium), TEAM GHOST (France), THE JANITORS (Sweden), SPECTRAL PARK (UK), DIGNAN PORCH (UK), ESBEN AND THE WITCH (UK), THE EXPERIMENTAL TROPIC BLUES BAND (Belgium) and others.
Moreover, the music website Soundrive.pl held a band contest “Playing in B90” and selected four Polish bands, which are to stage during the Soundrive Fest 2013. These are: Karate Free Stylers, Little White Lies, Sjón and Izes .
The last bands of this year`s line-up of the Soundrive Fest include artists presented by Stage Europe Network: Branches (Poland), Ulster Page (France), Enchanted Hunters (Poland) , The Sweet Release of Death (Holland).
The Stage Europe Network is based on collaboration of organizations from France, Germany, Iceland, Norway and Poland, committed to developing long-term projects for young artists. Its actions focus on arranging workshops, trainings and concerts – a wide range of offers supporting young artists, who have not signed with record labels yet.
http://www.stagenetwork.eu / www.facebook.com/StageEuropeNetwork/
Information on artists on the official website of the Fest: http://festival.soundrive.pl/en/
From June 15th till 22nd there will be an exchange project in France with young bands involved from the Stage Europe Network. They will work and live together for one week. The name of this exchange is called Are U Aixperienced?
This exchange, in coproduction with Marseille Provence, European Capital of Culture 2013 and Youth In Action Program aims at promoting creativity and musical practice amongst young musicians and making a meeting between young European and Euro Mediterranean young musicians possible. Participants from 8 countries will attend this meeting: Poland, Germany, The Netherlands, Iceland, Norway, Tunisia, Morocco and France.
Next event from the Stage Europe Network is the project Tuned In For UTUNE (TIFU) in Drammen, Norway from September 30th till October 7th 2012.
Young upcoming bands from The Netherlands, Iceland, France, Germany Poland and Norway will meet in Drammen and perform at UTUNE. Stage Europe Network was earlier this year already hosted by France, Germany, Poland and The Netherlands, and connected with different local festivals.
Stage Europe Network in Delft The Netherlands from August 23rd till 26th 2012 with bands from Iceland, Norway, France, Poland, Germany and The Netherlands.
Check Westerpop and Car Art pre party when the bands will perform.
De jonge band Twice the Same uit Castricum treed op tijdens het Flader Festiwal 2012 in Gdansk in Polen. Na het behalen van de finale van de High School Music Competition van de Popunie wordt Twice the Same beloond met deelname aan het Stage Europe Network.
Het Stage Europe Network is een initiatief van de Popunie, waarin zes Europese culturele organisaties in participeren die werken met jonge bands. Via dit netwerk krijgen jonge bands de mogelijkheid om over de grens te spelen, vaak voor het eerst.
Op donderdag 28 juni vertrekt de band naar Polen en op zaterdag 30 juni keren ze terug. Meteen bij aankomst spelen ze in Café Szafa in Gdansk samen met het Noorse Third Season en de Poolse band Bubble Chamber. Deze Poolse band zal ook te zien zijn bij Westerpop op zaterdag 25 augustus in Delft. Op vrijdag 29 juni, de tweede dag, speelt Twice the Same op het Flader Festiwal.
In de afgelopen maand gingen de Kreatones via de Popunie met het Stage Europe Network naar Frankrijk en Fexet naar Noorwegen.
Lieben Sie Musik und Fußball? Kommen Sie zu Bitterballen gegen Bratwürste in WORM! Heben Sie sich in Lederhosen und machen Sie sich bereit für einen Abend unverschämt Krüge Bier trinken und Bratwurst mit Bitterballen zu essen, beim Genießen der Europameisterschaft Spiel Niederlande gegen Deutschland. Abwechselnd mit niederländischen und deutschen Bands auf der Bühne versprach es einen musikalischen und stimmungsvollen Abend zu sein! Ganz Geil!
19.30 – 20.00 TekFu (Pop | Bremen)
20.10 – 20.40 Scarce Age (Rock | Bremen)
20.45 – 22.50 EK-spiel NED-DUI
22.50 – 23.20 De Fofftig Penns (Hiphop/Electro | Bremen)
23.30 – 00.10 Half Way Station (Psycadelic Americana | Rotterdam)
The young punk rock band Fexet from The Hague in The Netherlands is invited to play at the Working Class Hero Festival in Drammen in Norway.
In 2011 they gain the 3rd price in the national Dutch High school Music Competition. As a part of their price they played a gig in Germany and France. This was powered by the Stage Europe Network . The Stage Europe Network foresees the collaboration of six cultural organizations from different European countries. The principal aim is to connect different organizations that work in the music or culture field and to develop long-term projects in which young European bands can be involved. As a result of their performance on the European stages, they are now invited to Norway at the Working Class Hero Festival. The band will travel to Norway on May 23th and return on the 26th. De Popunie will accompany them for support. The Hague Music Export made this trip financially possible. www.fexet.nl
Seven acts from six different countries have visited The Netherlands from the 22th till the 31th of August. They shared ideas, made music and performed at several places, such as Westerpop Festival (Delft), Stadspodium (Rotterdam), Popcentrale (Dordrecht) and the Animathor Boat (Rotterdam).
The exchange program is not only about performing, they also worked in mixed European formations on the theme: “Speak Your Mind”. Each new formation worked on a self made new song with “Speak Your Mind” as its theme. With this theme the musicians will explore what freedom (of speech) means to them. These songs are now available on soundcloud.com/stage-europe-network
The bands that have participated in the Dutch program are: C4030 (Poland), Samaris (Iceland), Fexet and Roufaida & Pluck (The Netherlands), The Strange (France), Memetics (Norway) and Zenith (Latvia).
The participants also volunteered for one day. Volunteering is an important topic in Europe this year. But further more volunteering is also essential within the Dutch cultural field! Without volunteers many festivals, concerts and radio stations cannot exist. The participants of this exchange understood how important volunteers are and also found out that it can be a lot of fun to volunteer!
Besides writing new songs, recording, performing, volunteering, they also made t-shirts & buttons, showed each other songs of their country about freedom and made cover songs of each other. The week ended with a lovely evening boat trip in Rotterdam. The new mixed bands presented their new songs on the boat to each other and family and friends!
The Popunie is the Dutch partner in the Stage Europe Network. The exchange is sponsored by the Youth In Action program from the European Union, where working with and learning about young people from different cultures is of great importance.
After a great week in The Netherlands the bands from Norway, Iceland, France, Poland and Latvia went home. What remains is an wonderful experience, remarkable performances and five great new songs composed by the mixed bands during their stay. The song where performed live during the final presentation on a boat. You can listen these songs on this website at media…..and you definitely should do this.
Check out the livestream below!
Line-up Popcentrale shows:
19.30 – 19.50 Samaris (IS) – trip hop
20.00 – 20.20 Zenith – postrock
20.30 – 20.50 Roufaida & Pluck (NL) – singer songwriter
21.00 – 21.20 C4030 (PL) – freaky jazzpop
21.30 – 21.50 Memetics (NO) – indie pop
22.00 – 22.20 The Strange (FR) – blues / rock
22.30 – 22.50 Fexet (NL) – pop punk
The Stage Europe Network foresees the collaboration of six cultural organizations from different European countries. The principal aim is to connect different organizations that work in the music or culture field and developing long-term projects in which young European bands can be involved in.
If the livestream-player above doesn’t work properly, you can use this link:
Unfortunately the band We Set The Sun had to cancel their participation in the Dutch exchange. Zenith (LV) will replace them! Zenith is a Latvian band formed in Riga who place themselves within genres as Alternative / Psychedelic / Rock.
You can check Zenith out at www.myspace.com/zenithlv
Unfortunately the band Klubs had to cancel their participation in the Dutch exchange due to school. We Set The Sun (DE) will replace them! We Set The Sun is a young band that combines metal, hardcore and pop. Their breakdowns are brutal, but their choruses are poppy as hell. Sounds a bit like: Enter Shikari. Check them out: https://www.facebook.com/wesetthesun
The Netherlands welcomes young European musicians!
Seven acts from six different countries will visit The Netherlands from the 22th till the 31th of August. They will come together to share ideas, make music and perform. You can see them perform at Westerpop (Delft), Stadspodium (Rotterdam) and Popcentrale (Dordrecht).
You can now check out the videoclips of the mixed bands that participated in the exchange “Rock Beyond Borders” in France. Click here
Tomorrow four out of six partners are coming to Bremen! Norway, France, The Netherlands and of course Germany will go the Breminale Festival in Bremen.
Last week was the first exchange of 2011. The following bands went to La Roque d’Anthéron: Lovers in Uniforms (PL), Samaris (IS), Anthony Hope (NO), The Dashwoods (DE), Fexet (NL) and Monkey Peeler (FR).
Participation in France from Roufaida & Pluck; two young singer songwriters from The Netherlands is cancelled at last minute. Roufaida & Pluck where very disappointed by the decision made by their parents based on their school results. For the young punk rock band FEXET; 3rd price winner in the Dutch High School Music Competition, it is their opportunity to join the band exchange in France.
We are preparing for the SEN exchange in France from June 15th till 22nd. We will continue in Germany from July 6th till 8th. The SEN exchange in The Netherlands is approved by Youth in Action and will be from August 22nd till 31st. First names of bands that will participate in one or more of the exchanges are Roufaida & Pluck (Netherlands), Samaris (Iceland), Dashwoods (Germany), The Strange (France), Anthony Hope (Norway) and Lovers in Uniforms (Poland). Check the website for more information about the bands.
From October 30th till November 6th Stage Europe Network will continue in Iceland. From the Netherlands the band Hunting the Robot will be involved. More to come soon….
From August 27th till September 5th there were bands in Holland from Germany, Norway, Iceland, France and Poland. Six young European bands came to Rotterdam to exchange ideas, make music together and perform. (Read more…)
Six young European bands are coming to Rotterdam from August 27th till September 5th to exchange ideas and music and to perform at different festivals and venues. (Read more…)
