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4“Be there. Or lose out”

“Forget Glastonbury! Hello Denmark!

SPOT – an altogether nicer kind of rock festival”

[Kieron Tyler | Mojo Magazine | UK]

“I was not prepared for the quality of the commotion that hit me at SPOT.

The festival had everything I like about the concert experience: a dynamite

setting (Denmark in the spring), convenience (multiple stages within spitting

distance of each other), down-to-earth hospitality (a great crew running the

whole a!air); and jubilant, knowledgeable and inquisitive audiences...

Be there. Or lose out.

[David Fricke | Senior Editor | Rolling Stone Magazine | US]

“The vast majority of music I heard at SPOT

massively exceeded my expectations”

[Neil McCormick | The Daily Telegraph | UK]

“This two-day (but more like four-day) showcase of Danish music and

choice international acts is like a musical Narnia: around every corner

and behind every tent-"ap an eye-opening new discovery awaits”.

[Simon Hawkins | Clash Magazine | UK]

“Our main lesson from this year’s SPOT is to run from show to

show because we frequently heard from other attendants that we'd

just missed something great”.

[Hans Vrijmoed | Alternative Blog | NL]

Aarhus | Denmark | 20-22 May | 2010spot festival

1SPOT is a music festival that is held yearly in the centre of

Aarhus city with a focus on new Danish and Nordic music.

With over 100 concerts during a three-day period, SPOT is

a unique opportunity to experience the di!erent movements

unfolding in rock, pop, indie and electronic music.

The festival o!ers the possibility of combining intense

live concerts with seminar participation and meeting the

musicians and people from the international music business.

All the concert and seminar locations are easily accessible,

and lie within a 5-minute walking radius from one another.

Our ambition is to bring the quality of the booked music

to the forefront. That is why the festival is for ALL music

enthusiasts – the avid and inquisitive audience, the music

business professional and not least the hopeful artist.

The aim of SPOT is to o!er sublime concert experiences and

to provide a platform for the ongoing music debate. In this

regard SPOT wishes to be the main showcase and pivot of

development in new Nordic popular music.

Be the first to hear what’s new SPOT Festival presents the new and exciting Danish and Nordic music, from all the niches of popular music, as it is breaking through and becomingthe trend of tomorrow’s music scene…

International IntermediarySPOT Festival attracts international music business and media

professionals, and presents them to the crème de la crème

of new Danish and Nordic music in collaboration with

MXD – Music Export Denmark. Moreover, the SPOT

Festival (and SPOT organizers ROSA – The Danish Rock

Council) and MXD, collaborate with these international

professionals to organize the SPOT On Denmark mini-

festivals in several European capitals in the months following

the festival. The Danish SPOT highlights according to French,

Swiss, German, Austrian and Belgian journalists, bookers and

managers have thus far visited capitals like Berlin, Paris and

Brussels as well as festivals such as Montreux Jazz Festival

and the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg.

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SPOT Festival isA festival founded in 1995 and focusing on new music

An urban-based music festival that gathers up to 6000

spectators, musicians and business/media representatives

An easily accessible festival - despite boasting a dozen scenes.

All the venues are within walking distance, centered in and

around The Concert Hall in Aarhus (Musikhuset Aarhus).

Target Groups• Music enthusiasts

• The international media and music business

• The trend-aware youths

• Designers, fashion companies, other organizations and

businesses, which take interest and "nd inspiration in the

youth and the new music, with ambitions for new and

future collaborations.

• Danish media and music business

• Political decision-makers, culture political

associations – national and local