ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag), an annual new music showcase for European acts, has announced its first wave of artists for 2026.

Next year’s festival, which will take place between 14-17 Jan. in Groningen, Netherlands, will mark its 40th anniversary edition. On Tuesday (Sept. 9), organisers shared additions to the line-up, including British-Indonesian artist Nadia Kadek, French songwriter and composer Léonie Pernet and Coca Puma, a jazz experimentalist from Italy.

Elsewhere, there will be appearances from Latvian duo ZeMe, Scottish soul vocalist Becky Sikasa, Serbian alt-pop band Turbo Trans Turisti and many more. View the bill here.

In a press release, Robert Meijerink, Head of Programme and Booker at ESNS, said: “These artists show the incredible creativity coming from all over Europe,

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