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WHAT IS YOUROPE? BECOME A MEMBER

Yourope was founded in 1998, and has evolved into the most OF YOUROPE important Association of European Festivals. Besides discussing trade topics and sharing best practices with its over 100 festivals and associated members, Yourope has founded dedicated Join Yourope and be amongst 100 of the most well established groups dealing with health & safety (YES Group), green operations European festivals, companies and events. (GO Group) and marketing & communication (EMAC Group). Founded in November 1998, its members are dedicated to • You will be featured on our website with a detailed profile improving the European festival scene in terms of: • Three member meetings per year: Groningen (NL) in January, • working conditions ILMC London (UK) in March and Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg • health and safety issues (GER) in September • sustainability and environmental awareness • Special invitations and discounts to conferences, seminars and • exchange of knowledge and information member festivals (for example Primavera Pro, IFF, MaMa) • promoting the cross-border exchange of live music talent in Europe The yearly membership fee for Yourope is Euro 1500.00. If you pay within the first three months, it is only Euro 1200.00. The overall aim of the association is to collaborate, share Yourope also operates an Associated Members’ scheme for experiences and to pinpoint areas that would benefit from companies working within the European festival scene, enabling a joint approach. Having gained respect within the industry them to contribute to the industry and collaborate with festival and at government level, Yourope has the power to lobby for promoters. The Associated Membership fee is the same price all legal and industry issues relating to the European festival as the regular Festival Membership (but without a voting right). industry on behalf of its members, and in conjunction with other Companies promoting more than one festival per year will get associations in the live music business. Yourope also focuses special membership rates if they join Yourope with more than on other key issues for festivals, such as exchange of information one festival. regarding marketing and sponsorship, contracts, production riders, radio/TV/internet rights and more. The association laun- Contact: Christof Huber | +41 71 223 41 01 ched its own Yourope standard terms for artist contracts and a [email protected] standard agreement for use. www.yourope.org (online application)

YOUROPE HAS 100 MEMBERS FROM 26 COUNTRIES OF EUROPE! SOME OF THEM ARE LEADING EUROPEAN FESTIVALS LIKE:

Exit Fest Open’er Festival Primavera Sound Spain Lollapalooza Berlin Germany Øya Festival Norway Hungary The Paléo Festival Rock en Seine France Wacken Open Air Germany Nova Rock Austria Pinkpop The Netherlands Belgium YOUROPE EVENT SAFETY GROUP EUROPEAN MARKETING &

Founded: 2006 COMMUNICATION GROUP YOUROPE has organized 26 health & safety seminars for festival security staff from all over Europe. The seminars and workshops The EMAC Group was designed to support and inspire profes- have had a big impact on YOUROPE and the festival sector in sionals of the industry. It is a platform within recent years. The YES Group also launched the Professional Yourope, but not limited to its members. The main goals are Certificate in Event Safety and Security Management. sharing knowledge, best practices and promoting • 26 YES group Seminars goals in four main areas of interest: • 1000 participants • Sponsorship • Professional Certificate • Marketing and product development The 27th YES Group seminar will take place at Eurosonic • Communication Noorderslag, Groningen (NL) on 16 & 17 January 2019. • Broadcasting The Group hosts meetings, workshops, seminars and also drafts guidelines and proposals with the aim to create a more efficient and professional marketing and communication environment in the festival sector.

GO GROUP GREEN OPERATIONS EUROPE

Yourope co-founded GO Group (Green Operations Europe) in EUROPEAN TALENT 2011. It is an independent, cross industry think-tank to inspire EXCHANGE PROGRAM people in the music, festival and events industry to run their operations greener, smarter and more sustainable. GO Group Founded: 2003 stimulates exchange and leads the discussion about social ETEP was introduced in 2003 to make the ‘exchange’ of and ecological responsibility. Within its seven years of existance European artists across Europe possible on a grater scale than GO Group delivered 5 international conferences with up to 180 ever before. YOUROPE is a founding partner of ETEP, which participants, 10 international two-day workshops and festival stimulates the circulation of European artists within Europe field trips as well as 45 conference contributions (such as by performing at selected festials. panels, presentations, keynotes) in 14 European countries. Numbers 2003 – 2018: The 8th international GO Group workshop will take place on • 3991 shows 1 & 2 April 2019 in Prague • 1415 European artists from www.go-group.org • 32 countries at • 122 ETEP festivals www.etep.nl

EUROPEAN FESTIVAL AWARDS

Yourope and Festival Awards Ltd. worked in co-operation with Eurosonic Noorderslag to launch the TAKE A STAND in October 2009. The 10th edition of the Festival Awards Europe (with 15 categories) takes place in January 2019 in the context of In 2015, Yourope drafted a mission statement declaring the role Eurosonic Noorderslag at Groningen (NL). of festivals in turbulent times such as the present one. Given eu.festivalawards.com the current political situation, this statement has become more important than ever, prompting Yourope to go a step further and launching the campaign TAKE A STAND in early 2017. Today it is the most important independent awareness campaign for the music and creative sector that aims to strengthen the awareness for the European values such as openness, cultural exchange, social cohesion, tolerance, humanism and peaceful dialogue. Within two years it gathered more than 105 supporting festivals EUROPEAN FESTIVAL CONFERENCE and promoters from 24 countries as well as 16 associations and partners. Yourope‘s bi-anual European Festival Conference (EFC) was www.take-a-stand.eu created as a gathering and summit of festival promoters in a new conference format related to all festival topics. The concept of a travelling event brought the EFC to Kals (A) in 2015 and Larvik (NOR) for the second edition in 2017, which was fully dedicated to the «future of festivals». The 3rd edition of the European Festival Conference will take place from 20 – 22 November 2019 in Vallromanes, Barcelona, Spain. www.europeanfestivalconference.com