goNORTH Music Festival 2011

Don't miss your LAST CHANCE to submit to goNORTH, highlighting the best emerging talent from Scotland and all over the world.

At least 34 performance slots are reserved for Sonicbids artists. Selected artists are compensated for their performance.

All acts selected to showcase at goNORTH 2011 will also get the opportunity to showcase at one or more additional independent festivals, including Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Wickerman Festival, Loopallu Festival, Summer In The City 2011 and Wizard Festival.

Selected artists could also be included on the goNORTH 2011 Compilation CD released directly to industry via MUSICWEEK./n/ngoNORTH is Scotland’s largest music industry event featuring over 60 bands across two nights. The fest highlights the best emerging talent from Scotland, the rest of the UK and a selection of international contenders. goNORTH is guaranteeing at least 34 performance slots for Sonicbids members.



Selected Artists Receive:

• Compensation with a small payment for their performance.
  
• A chance to perform in front of close to 5,000 attendees.
  
• As a part of the new goNORTH Festival Tour (more info below), all acts selected to showcase at goNORTH 2011 will also get the opportunity to showcase at festivals such as the award-winning Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Wickerman Festival, Loopallu Festival, Summer In The City 2011 and Wizard Festival.
  
• Exposure to a series of seminars, workshops and Q&A sessions aimed at all levels of experience, and covering all aspects of the music industry.
  
• A chance to be included in the goNORTH 2011 Compilation CD released directly to industry via MUSICWEEK.
  
  
  

About goNORTH:

Launched in 2001, the fest provides a platform for artists from the north of Scotland to showcase for music industry and media representatives on their own patch. Originally hosted in several venues on Aberdeen’s Belmont Street, it briefly relocated to Dundee, before settling in Scotland’s most northerly city, Inverness. goNORTH features acts across all contemporary music genres, with the line-up split equally between artists from the Highlands and Islands, other parts of Scotland, the UK and the rest of the world. In recent years, the event has brought acts from the USA, Russia, Scandinavia, Australia and the Basque Country to the north of Scotland. All goNORTH showcases, seminars and workshops are free and open to the public, music industry and media are requested to register.

About goNORTH Festival Tour:

goNORTH have also made some exciting changes to this year's event. After five successful years supporting new music at RockNess, goNORTH will go back to its roots in 2011 and support new music across a series of independent festivals, including those mentioned above.