DATES ANNOUNCED FOR goNORTH 2013

We are pleased to announce that goNORTH 2013 will take place on the 5th and 6th of June next year. The thirteenth edition of Scotland’s premier creative industries festival will again be held across several venues in Inverness City Centre.


The conference element of goNORTH 2012 attracted over 700 delegates to the Highland capital and boasted the broadest range of creative industry activity in the event’s history. The showcase schedule saw over 60 emerging acts perform and over 50 short films screened across two nights. We also launched Radio goNORTH, a dedicated radio station established to broadcast exclusive sessions and interviews throughout the festival.

“We are delighted to confirm the dates for next year’s goNORTH”, said Festival Director, Amanda Millen. “Last year’s event proved our most ambitious and successful to date, with a significant increase in both audience figures and range of creative content. We are really looking forward to delivering another world class event in the Highlands of Scotland and are excited to be starting our 2013 campaign.”


Last years goNORTH Festival Tour also saw us programming new music and films across some of the finest independent festivals in the country, including Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, The Wickerman Festival, Tiree Music Festival, Loopallu, Summer in the City 2012 and B-Fest.


We were also delighted to develop fresh opportunities for emerging talent across the wider UK, Mainland Europe and the US- with partners including MUSEXPO (US), Yellow Phone (US), SPOT Festival (DK), Freeze Festival (NL), PLAY Festival (BE) and London FolkFest (UK). We were also thrilled to project manage the delivery of new artists to the world’s largest music festival, Summerfest, in Milwaukee.


As always, all panels, workshops, screenings and live showcases will be free and fully open to the public.


For full details on GoNorth 2013: WWW.GONORTHFESTIVAL.CO.UK


Radio goNORTH: WWW.RADIOGONORTH.COM

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Alan Galbraith VP International, Wind Up Records
“Simply put, goNORTH gets it right. They put the music first and it’s just the right size to participate in everything”.

John Robb
“goNORTH is great on many levels, great line up of bands that goes beyond the usual dustbin indie fare, a beautiful city to hang out in and a surprisingly diverse cross section of people attending making it one of the best of the music conference circuit”.

Sat Bisla: Musexpo Founder
“Events such as goNORTH are essential to give buyers and sellers a broader understanding of the opportunities that lie within the market place. There is always a hidden gem at goNORTH, be it a new act or a new business opportunity”.

Keith Harris: Director for Performer Affairs, PPL
“goNORTH is a much more open seminar. A lot of conferences are expensive, which makes them exclusive. goNORTH makes it easy for the people who really need the information to get it”.

Stewart Cruickshank FRSA: Senior Producer BBC Radio Scotland
“goNORTH continues to be one of the UK’s benchmark A&R event and the many attendees at the well-subscribed panels and evening gigs bear witness to that”

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