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UPBEAT member and home to top-notch networking events, Budapest Ritmo is about to begin in the lovely Hungarian capital. This year takes Connection as its

We are thrilled to welcome 2 new UPBEAT members and 2 associate partners to the platform, totalling 21 festivals across Europe bent on promoting diversity,

We are just back from MENT, industry hotspot in lovely Ljubljana, where we could meet and share ideas with many professionals from all over Europe.

Celebration time has already started for UPBEAT in the first days of December:  we visited the network’s Macedonian partner festival, PIN Showcase & Conference where

All that glitters was UPBEAT at one of the industry’s biggest global get-togethers, WOMEX. Member of our platform, the worldwide music expo attracts the cream

The UPBEAT Team of Hangvető can’t wait to mingle at the industry’s annual gettogether, WOMEX in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain next week. Many exciting events

IMATERIAL of Évora, Portugal won European showcase platform UPBEAT’s Future Festival Award. Handed over at the sector’s global meetup WOMEX on 27 October 2023, the

UPBEAT announced the winner of the Best New Talent Award 2023 that directs the limelight to Europe’s best upcoming artists! Among the 10 shortlisted nominees

SHIP Showcase Festival & Conference set sail in the beautiful port town of Šibenik, Croatia. A newcomer on the showcase scene, launched by We Move

One of the early joiners to the UPBEAT community, Mercat de Música Viva de Vic held its annual gathering of cross-sector professionals in September. A

UPBEAT’s Best New Talent Award directs the limelight to Europe’s upcoming artists, the hidden pockets where heritage and new talent ferments, the uncharted musical landscapes

A to Jazz festival is setting out with an extended programme thanks to our platform. With Jazz as its main profile, it is only natural

The streets of the charming Czech city of Ostrava were quite literally filled with exciting musical treats and delegates from all over the world between

Here’s a pledge of genuine commitment – we mean it! As we opened up our circle and presented our network the UPBEAT Pledge, our first

Tallinn was a bliss. Our team had the chance to attend Tallinn Music Week, member of UPBEAT where more than 1000 professionals from the culture

UPBEAT, an alliance of European showcase festivals, has already been active since 2022. So  far we have supported 7 festivals, 75 bands, delegated 216 international

Budapest Ritmo, the definitive showcase festival of the CEE region showed the benefits of UPBEAT in action: fresh talent on stage, dedicated professionals networking, new

Meet us in person as we launch the first public tool of UPBEAT, a free database of music professionals active and growing all year round!

Do you want to connect to a global network of likeminded professionals, be the first to hear about and get invited to inspiring events; be

The official kick-off event for UPBEAT members takes place at Waves Vienna

Méra world music festival just started, featuring the first UPBEAT-sponsored acts in the project’s history.

We proudly announce that UPBEAT has won the Creative Europe Platform grant.