This year’s SPOT festival saw an increase in both music-loving audience and international delegates.

More than 330 representatives from international labels, booking agencies, festivals, magazines, newspapers, TV and radio stations came to Århus, where the sunlit festival grounds invited to musical discovery, concerts, debates, seminars and networking. SPOT thanks all of you for travelling here. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

The first international reactions to the musical programme are rolling in, and they are predominantly positive. In the weeks to come, juries and curator groups from many countries will discuss their experiences and come up with ‘wish lists’ and recommendations, which are crucial for us in our efforts to promote and export Nordic bands.

We wish you a happy summer and hope to see many of you for the next SPOT Festival in 2011.


Gunnar Kloppenborg Madsen
SPOT Festival leader