NORDLAND ART FESTIVAL 2011 ~ NORDIC MUSIC

Nordland Art Festival is an idea of showcase music festival. By this festival we want to build a music round table of Nordic, Scandinavian and Baltic countries area. In next few years, festival will be involved in promotion activities regarding young bands and musicians which will represent Norway, Estonia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Iceland . By the invitation of music professionals from record labels, music managements, music agents, music media, we will also aim in building a music platform which will be very helpful with contacting music professionals from nordic, scandinavian and baltic countries. Nordland Art Festival is also good occasion for cultural exchange , place where creative young people from Scandinavia And Baltics can show their works in music and film area.

NAF Is also the best place on the map of polish festivals, where you can find music promoters, music agents from music managements, delegates from music labels, film directors, all from scandinavian, nordic and baltic countries, who can share their impressions and experience. During festival we are planning concerts , music showcases, presentation of music promoters, and some film presentation.

NORDLAND ART FESTIVAL 2011

ORGANIZER: Michał Zając

DATES: 6,7,8 October

PLACE:

Country: POLAND, city: ŁÓDŹ

EXPECTED NUMBER OF GUESTS: 3-5 thousand

PROMOTION: Materials sent to the press (3 thousands journalists from all over
Poland), press conferences in Lodz and Warsaw, concerts and shows announcing the festival, media patronage, social media.

Nordland Art Festival is based on two complementary pillars - the festival and music industry meetings.

1. THE FESTIVAL

This year the festival will be more developed and will include:

1. Concerts
We will present concerts of Scandinavian music - electronic, rock, independent, and jazz. Concerts will take place mainly in the Wytwórnia Club and the Philharmonic of Łódź.

2. Screenings
We will screen Swedish, Norwegian and Danish films, these iconic and new ones as well. This event will take place in one of cinemas in Łódź.

3. Club music scene
This is the new part of Nordland Art Festival events. There will be a second music scene - in the clubs, where young Polish artists (including 40% of bands from Łódź) will perform also for music industry delegates from Scandinavian and Baltic countries. The idea is to promote interesting local music projects on the international scene.

4. Photography exhibition
It will be one of planned cultural events, which aims at promoting Scandinavian culture.

5. Other cultural events (as Scandinavian design exhibition)

2. MUSIC INDUSTRY MEETINGS

This part of Nordland Art Festival is all about meetings mainly among music industry delegates from Poland and other European countries. This year NAF invited above 20 delegates. Foreign delegates will conduct seminars about creative music business. Nordland Art Festival is about to become first serious forum of music industry meetings in Poland. The main aim is to promote Polish and Nordic music on the international scene. To fulfill this goal NAF has already built strong international web of connections, which will grow bigger.

This year's line up:

Sleep Party People (DK)