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 Popkomm
Oct 8-10, 2008, Berlin, Germany |
Countdown for Popkomm Festival begins
 International meeting place for the music and entertainment industries, from 8 to 10 October 2008 – Popkomm Festival relies on maintaining consistent quality
Berlin – Ten, nine, eight, seven, six – the countdown for the Popkomm-Festival began on Thursday (28 Feb.). Labels, management, publishers and artists have until 23 May to submit their applications to attend the prestigious, marathon sequence of concerts. The first place to start is the Popkomm website at www.popkomm.de or www.popkomm.com. Popkomm is registering applications received online by using the same system as last year, in collaboration with the Sonicbids portal.
The festival programme for 2008 is being drawn up in a collaborative process involving an international musical network that has been developed over the past four years and has  proved highly effective. The names of the first participants in the festival will be announced in April.
Popkomm’s own Metal Festival at Rockclub K17 will be one of this year’s new features. Participants will be eagerly awaited from Turkey, home of Europe’s most innovative music scene and this year's partner country. Introduced for the first time in 2007, the DJ Showcase Night will be taking place again this year, taking place on 11 October. Dirk Schade, Festival Manager of Popkomm: “Despite a steadily growing demand, the number of clubs and showcases is not being increased because Popkomm continues to focus on quality not quantity.”
As an international platform for the music and entertainment industry Popkomm attracts thousands of trade visitors from all over the world. The integrated concept of this event makes it unique. Popkomm is the only industry meeting place in the world that combines a trade show with a convention and a festival. Consequently Popkomm is a major attraction not only for its core business of music but also brings the representatives of other sectors such as concerts, the movies, mobile entertainment, fashion and advertising to the exhibition halls in Berlin. In 2008 Popkomm will be staged in the German capital for the fifth time. It is organised by Popkomm GmbH, Berlin.
Popkomm
www.popkomm.de |
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