It was in 2015 that DIY had its first European partnership with ESNS (then Eurosonic), with our first DIY showcase stage on a (frozen!) Dutch barge in 2016. With the support of ESNS and Reeperbahn Festival we have since established strong relationships with the European music industry partnering lead countries, export agencies, ETEP, and marketing festivals and label artists across Europe to our global 1m+audience. Europe is a key market for UK music export as well and, despite Brexit, we will continue to help build even stronger relationships going forward.
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Case Studies
UAME Music Ambassadors Platform – lecture announcement
Alongside its ongoing humanitarian aid, The UAME – Music saves Ukraine – initiative, is continuing its support by organising a series of online lectures to benefit the Ukrainian music industry, unable to travel to overseas showcase and educational events during the ongoing crisis. A series …
More and more European festivals sign up to help support Music Saves Ukraine, but not from the UK.
The festival summer in Europe is coming to an end. In the third year of the full-scale invasion, support for Ukraine in the European music industry remains high, and more and more European festivals are joining in to help by directing their social action and …
Reeperbahn Festival continues to deliver for Europe while keeping an eye on the future
Spielbudenplatz provides an ideal location for socializing and relaxing at the heart of the festival This was DIY’s 9th year of media partnership with Reeperbahn, over which time the Hamburg festival (now in its 19th year) has established itself as one of the foremost conference …
Positivus Festival is an example of what can be achieved for good against all the odds – past and present.
Jason Derulo's outstanding routine brings the two day Positivus festival to a close Your first impression of the beautiful Latvian capital Riga, is that it’s a thriving European capital, both steeped in history, and boasting a young vibrant, modern and welcoming society. Your second is …
Music Ambassadors Tour 2024: Witnessing Ukraine Through the Eyes of European Music industry representatives – A Riveting Documentary
In March 2024, twelve of Europe's influential festival organizers, music journalists, artists, and cultural figures embarked on a profound journey to Ukraine as guests of charity Music Saves UA (Ukraine). DIY was honoured to be among the delegation. For five days, they explored Kyiv, Borodyanka, …
Cover stars Soft Play launch DIY Magazine’s most successful Festival Guide to date
SOFT PLAY ARE THE COVER STARS OF DIY’S 2024 FESTIVAL GUIDE! With over 25 festival partners and advertisers, from 12 countries, all supporting this our ninth festival issue, we are delighted that we can introduce so many local UK and international festivals to our 1m+ …
DIY to partner Spain as lead country partner at The Great Escape 2024 – explore the packed programme.
Spain has been chosen as the lead country for The Great Escape 2024 and DIY has once again been appointed as media partner to their packed programme. The Spanish Wave has a great mission to promote Spanish musical talent – artists and industry – across …
The latest Estrella Galicia x DIY brand partnership brings Hackney alive with a two day music event “Soundhood Hackney”- two nights of music, beer culture, food and sustainability.
LIVE MUSIC, BEER CULTURE, STREET FOOD & POSITIVE IMPACT WERE ON OFFER AT PAPER DRESS VINTAGE & TWO PALMS Having hosted a number of events in London and, more recently, Brighton (see below), Son Estrella Galicia announced plans for a two day event in the …
DIY joined International Music Ambassadors Tour to Ukraine organised by UAME
Founded in March 2022, Music Saves UA is a non-profit fundraising initiative created by Ukrainian Association of Music Events (“UAME”) Founded in March 2022, Music Saves UA is a non-profit fundraising initiative created by Ukrainian Association of Music Events (“UAME”) and is the largest association of …
ESNS delivers on its promise at 2024 showcase conference.
Leaping into action with Christmas barely in the rear view mirror, if you’re looking to sniff out new artists before they go fully above ground, ESNS is the first stop on the trail: a four-day fiesta of buzz bands, stomping a path through the quaint streets …
DIY celebrates 20 years of ESNS Exchange supporting new artists
Idles Dua Lipa Ellie Goulding ESNS Exchange, the European Talent Exchange Programme formerly known as ETEP, traces its roots back to 2003 when it was established in response to the significant challenges faced by European pop music in the realms of international promotion and distribution. …
Reeperbahn Festival 2023 – intimacy at scale
2023 was the eighth year of DIY’s partnership with the globally renowned, German, Reeperbahn festival. Despite the number of delegate attendees, speakers and performing artists from around the world, centred around the infamous, and ever packed, Reeperbahn strip in Hamburg, there was a special atmosphere …
DIY makes its first inroads into Slovenia with MENT showcase Festival
MENT festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia DIY magazine's editorial team made its first visit to this multi venue city conference and showcase event, now in its ninth year, to review the showcase of international artists which included from countries as diverse as Estonia, Latvia, Croatia, Netherlands, …
DIY Festival partnerships hits a record high in 2023
And DIY Festival Guide sells out in record time, expanding to 72 pages Rina Sawayama is the 2023 DIY Festival Guide cover star 2023 saw an encouraging uplift in DIY's festival client base, both amongst advertisers looking to increase ticket sales to our 1m+ following …
DIY kicks of 2023 with a Focus on Spain
Literally……over the course of a week DIY is supporting Spain as lead country at ESNS 2023, and Spanish Wave artists as part of the Spanish music export initiative, and are speakers at Berklee Valencia's Global Career Summit 2023. This strengthens our involvement with Spanish music's …