ESNS 2027 runs 13-16 January in Groningen. Delegate pass prices, the under-28 rate, how Eurosonic Noorderslag works and the AI on the conference programme.
Getting in Open registration. The Delegate Pass covers the conference plus fast-lane festival entry; under-28s pay less.
Checked against the published programme. Struck-through items are confirmed absent, not merely unlisted.
Where the European music industry starts its year.
Same event, three names, all still in circulation.
More than conference access — the data tools are a large part of the value.
Most showcase festivals promise exposure. ESNS runs a programme that books the shows.
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Six panels out of 212 — and I can give you that number precisely because ESNS tags its own programme.
That copyright panel is the giveaway. Getting a sitting MEP, a collecting society and a composers’ body onto one stage is a legislative conversation, not a technology showcase — which fits, because European copyright is being rewritten around exactly this question and the Dutch and German rights bodies are at the front of it.
For a named AI track, The NAMM Show is still the clearest case. For the deepest single slate, IMS Ibiza ran five in 2026 including a Deezer keynote.
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Get directions →Four days. Ireland is the focus country for 2027, and artist applications to play were open when this page was written. First conference speakers announced include Shain Shapiro of the Center for Music Ecosystems and Music Declares Emergency Netherlands.
212 conference panels across the week, tagged by subject, with over 300 emerging European artists showcasing. This is the edition the AI rating on this page was assessed against.
13 to 16 January 2027 in Groningen, the Netherlands. It opens the European music industry calendar each January, which is part of why the booking year effectively starts here.
Yes. Eurosonic Noorderslag is the original name — Eurosonic for the European showcase programme and Noorderslag for the Dutch one — and the event now brands itself simply as ESNS. Both names still return it in search.
480 euros at the Medium rate for the standard Delegate Pass. Anyone aged 28 or under at the time of the event pays 395 euros for the YOUNG Delegate Pass. Rates rise as the event approaches, so the earlier tier is meaningfully cheaper.
Full access to the conference, fast-lane entry to more than 300 showcases, networking lounges, the ESNS Delegates Database and ESNS Analytics, which carries streaming and airplay data on every alumnus of the past three years.
A support programme that books ESNS artists onto European festivals. For the most recent cycle it confirmed 256 shows for 115 artists across 73 festivals, which makes it the most concrete outcome attached to any showcase festival in this directory.
Ireland. ESNS picks a focus country each year and builds showcases, panels and delegation activity around that scene, so it materially changes who is in the room.
