Yourope was founded in 1998, and has evolved into the Join Yourope and be amongst 90 of the most well estab- most important Association of European Festivals. lished European festivals, companies and events. Besides discussing trade topics and sharing best • You will be featured on our website with a practices with its over 90 festivals and associated mem- detailed profile bers, Yourope has founded dedicated groups dealing with • Three member meetings per year: health & safety (YES Group), green operations (GO Group) Eurosonic Noorderslag Groningen (NL) in January, and marketing & communication (EMAC Group). ILMC London (UK) in March and Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg (GER) in September Founded in November 1998, its members are dedicated • Special invitations and discounts to conferences, to improving the European festival scene in terms of: seminars and member festivals • working conditions (for example Primavera Pro, IFF, MaMa) • health and safety issues • sustainability and environmental awareness The yearly membership fee for Yourope is Euro 1500.00. • exchange of knowledge and information If you pay within the first three months, it is only Euro • promoting the cross-border exchange of live 1200.00. music talent in Europe Yourope also operates an Associated Members’ sche- The overall aim of the association is to collaborate, me for companies working within the European festival share experiences and to pinpoint areas that would be- scene, enabling them to contribute to the industry and nefit from a joint approach. Having gained respect within collaborate with festival promoters. The Associated the industry and at government level, Yourope has the Membership fee is the same price as the regular Festi- power to lobby for all legal and industry issues relating to val Membership (but without a voting right). Companies the European festival industry on behalf of its members, promoting more than one festival per year will get speci- and in conjunction with other associations in the live al membership rates if they join Yourope with more than music business. Yourope also focuses on other key issues one festival. for festivals, such as exchange of information 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 [email protected] and a standard agreement for use. www.yourope.org (online application) YOUROPE has over 90 members from 26 countries of Europe! Some of them are leading European festivals like: Exit Fest Serbia Open’er Festival Poland Primavera Sound Spain Roskilde Festival Denmark Lollapalooza Berlin Germany Øya Festival Norway Pukkelpop Belgium Sziget Festival Hungary Lowlands The Netherlands Paléo Festival Switzerland Rock en Seine France Wacken Open Air Germany Nova Rock Austria Pinkpop The Netherlands Rock Werchter Belgium Way Out West Sweden Yourope Event Safety Group European Marketing & Communication Group Since 2006, the YES (Yourope Event Safety) Group has organised many European Health & Safety Seminars for The EMAC Group was designed to support and inspire professionals working in security, crowd management, professionals of the music festival industry. It is a plat- health, safety and production. form within Yourope, but not limited to its members. The Supported and facilitated by a steering committee, Pro- main goals are sharing knowledge, best practices and fessor Chris Kemp (Mind Over Matter Consultancy) and promoting common goals in four main areas of interest: Henrik Bondo Nielsen (Roskilde Festival), developed a • Sponsorship focused event and festival education programme which • Marketing and product development is delivered through seminars and workshops. • Communication Delivering their seminars in a dynamic and innovative • Broadcasting way has ensured pan-European dialogue has been able The Group is involved with organizing meetings, work- to develop. By creating a safe environment for any issues shops, seminars and also draftsguidelines and proposals experienced by festivals to be discussed, dissected and with the aim of creating a more efficient and professional solved. The YES Group enables those working in the in- marketing and communications environment in the fes- dustry to deliver a first-class service in health, safety and tival sector. crowd management for both staff and customers. The YES group also provide, panels, conference keynotes and education across Europe. European Talent Exchange Programme GO Group Yourope is a founding partner of the European Talent Ex- Green Operations Europe change Programme (ETEP) and has been active during Euro sonic Noorderslag for many years. ETEP stimulates Yourope co-founded GO Group (Green Operations Europe) the circulation of European artists within Europe pro- in 2011. It is an independent, cross industry think-tank viding performance opportunities at selected festivals to inspire people in the music, festival and events indus- throughout Europe. The result is impressive: Every year try to run their operations greener, smarter and more more than 400 confirmed shows by over 160 unique Eu- sustainable. GO Group stimulates exchange. It organizes ropean artists and bands from at least 20 countries at the workshops, curates conference contributions and leads now 110 – and counting – ETEP festivals! Since the start the discussion about social and ecological responsibility. of the ETEP programme in 2003 a total of 3518 shows by Yourope awards member festivals committed to sustain- 1254 European artists from 31 countries were presented ability issues with the prestigeous Green’n’Clean Award at 100 ETEP festivals (2003 – 2017). based on the association’s own up-to-date newly revised assessment. Take a Stand European Festival Awards In 2015, Yourope drafted a mission statement declaring the role of festivals in turbulent times such as the present The European Festival Awards is an illustrious celebrati- one. Given the current political situation, this statem- on of the continent’s most vibrant live events and all of ent has become more important than ever, prompting those who make them happen. It is widely considered to Yourope to go a step further and launching the campaign be the premier event for recognising the industry’s collec- Take A Stand in March 2016, which encourages live enter- tive achievements. Established in 2009 as a collaborative tainment professionals, who believe in peace, inclusion venture between Festival Awards Ltd, Yourope and Euro- and dialogue, rather than fear and exclusion, to do just sonic Noorderslag, the European Festival Awards takes that: take a stand for the European idea and its values. place every January in Groningen, The Netherlands. Ye- Until the end of 2017, Take A Stand has already gained ar-on-year the event garners millions of votes and enjoys over a dozen associations and close to 100 festivals, clubs participating from approximately 350 European festivals. and companies! European Festival Conference YOUROPE launched the first European Festival Conferen- ce (EFC) in December 2015 in Kals, Austria. A conference, a gathering and summit of festival promoters in a new conference format related to all festival topics. The se- cond EFC took place in November 22–25, 2017 in Larvik, Norway with over 70 participants..