Luvcat leads European Talent Exchange for 2025

English acts are leading the way on Eurosonic Noorderslag’s (ESNS) European talent exchange programme in 2025, securing festival slots across the continent this summer.

So far in 2025, Exchange has presented a total of 84 shows featuring 55 artists from 18 countries, booked by 45 festivals across 21 countries.

British band Luvcat are currently the most-booked act on the ESNS Exchange chart, with seven festival bookings outside their home country. Next is Alessi Rose (UK) with six bookings, followed by Judeline (ES) and Big Special (UK) with four apiece.

We Hate You Please Die (FR), Cliffords (IE), Loverman (BE) and Soft Launch (IE) have all secured three bookings through the programme. Lucy Dreams (AT), Kara Delik (DE), Paula Dalla Corte (DE/CH) and Antony Szmierek (UK) have received two.

British band Luvcat are currently the most-booked act on the ESNS Exchange chart

The festivals to have booked the most ESNS artists in 2025, meanwhile, are Slovenia’s Ment Ljubljana (9 bookings), England’s The Great Escape (5), Estonia’s Tallinn Music Week (4), Germany’s Maifeld Derby (4), The Netherlands’ Best Kept Secret (3), Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival (3), Spain’s Mad Cool (3), The Netherlands’ Lowlands (3), Germany’s Orange Blossom (3), Slovakia’s Sharpe Festival (3) and Switzerland’s Zermatt Unplugged (3).

In collaboration with YOUROPE and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the initiative connects artists to a network of around 130 partner festivals and benefits from the support of 31 media partners to amplify their promotion.

Additionally, European Talent Exchange unites 23 members and five associated partners, including 26 export offices, to create a powerful network for talent development.

The platform is coordinated by ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag). European Talent Exchange is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

ESNS will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026, which will take place from January 14–17 in Groningen, the Netherlands.

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