The Whole Wide World's Got Talent

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Nouvelle Prague has been in the pipeline since last year when we realised there was a lack of a showcase festival focused on overseas bands in Europe. Preparation began in spring this year. With its central European location, terrific flight connections and fascinating history, Prague as a city of over 1 million with a large student population, is an ideal place for a boutique, exclusive and targeted showcase event. We were inspired by other showcase events in Europe, but this is our own version because we want to adapt the whole concept to the local conditions and practices.

Our aim, in year one, is to partner with up to 5 export offices in terms of presenting artists and staging activities relevant to their objectives in the market and introduce up to ten talented overseas artists who can be the future festival headliners to the Czech crowd. In the long term we want to support and develop the local Czech music sector and provide a platform to exchange business, ideas, networks and activities and build a new kind of music festival for the Czech audience. The conference is for music professionals, booking agents, promoters and anyone who is interested to know more about the music industry. The festival is for all people who are interested in new, trendy music!

The team is made up of people who have many years experience in festival management, PR and artist booking. Most people are recruits from Ameba Production, the production company known for organizing Rock for People festival, one of the most important open air events in the Czech Republic, with an annual attendance of over 30,000 visitors. The PR manager has more than 8 years experience with D Smack U Promotion, Grape Festival and Rock for People festival. We also have a really important partnership with Sound Diplomacy, an international company based in the UK with experience organizing showcase festivals in many countries.

We are very proud that we have attracted some very prestigious panelists for the first edition of the event. We invited people who we think they are truly important in the music industry. We have Martin Elbourne, programmer from Glastonbury festival, Fruszina Szep from Hungarian Sziget festival, Angus Baskerville, agent from 13 artists agency, representing artists such as Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys, Block Party etc. and other very experienced and important music professionals. The full list of panelists can be found on the Nouvelle website at