Emergenza

Festival for unsigned bands

Emergenza is an annual music festival for unsigned bands. Its concerts have been held in more than 150 cities around the world.

The Emergenza Festival had its origins in 1992 when a group of musician friends organized its inaugural event in Rome, Italy, with an initial audience of 245 attendees. Over the course of five months, attendance grew significantly, reaching three thousand. During the same year, the festival released its first compilation album. From 1993 to 2003, Emergenza produced a total of 54 albums, including both live and studio recordings. In 1995, the official Emergenza logo was introduced. The festival expanded beyond Italy on January 7, 1996, with its first concert held at the Gibus Club in Paris, France, attracting 113 participating bands. The following year marked the debut of the Emergenza European Final at the London Astoria in the United Kingdom, drawing an audience of 2,500. In 2001, the festival crossed the Atlantic Ocean and landed in Montreal, Canada. By 2002, Emergenza had expanded to five cities, and in 2003, it featured over 700 bands across 190 events during its first U. S. season. The following year, 2,876 musicians participated in the United States, and an impressive sixteen thousand performed for audiences in Europe and Canada. By 2005, the festival had reached seventy North American cities. Emergenza continued to grow, extending its reach to Japan and Australia in 2006, with shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Tokyo. Later, Perth in Western Australia and Brisbane were included in Australia's roster. From 2008 to 2010, the festival expanded its presence to the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Russia, and New Zealand.

Year Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize2016Gain ElevenSweden 1 2016Ku. dAItaly 2 2016 Noeazy South Korea 3 Best Drummer2016 Lady Moustache Germany 4 2016 Tri Hidden Panic France 5 Best Singer2016 Orjazzmic Spain 6 Best Bassist2016 Skizzoidman Japan 7 2016Owing to the RainGermany 8 2016EarthistItaly 9 2016Hometown LightsCanada 10 2016Rooftop SailorsSwitzerland 11 2016SnoNorway 12 Best Keyboard2016KellemFrance 13 2016OctavianAustralia 14 2016Enter RanaFinland 15 Best Guitarist2016KressiRussia 16 2016Jack RabbitNetherland 17 2016MadmagusBelgium 18 2016AntiplanPoland 19 2016DemianGermany202016Sweet SleepJapan21

Year Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize 2014 The Scheen Norway 1 2014 The Kitchies France 2 2nd Best Drummer 2014 Shata QS Poland 3 Best Singer 2014 Mercury White Australia 4 2014 Achille's Family France 5 Best Drummer 2014 Oak and Willow Italy 6 2nd Best Bass 2014 The Shouting Men Germany 7 Best Bass 2014 Mr. Serious and Groove Monkeys Germany 7 2nd Best Guitar 2014 Guesstimate Spain 9 2014 Blue Machine Denmark 10 Best Guitar 2014 Face Switzerland 11 2014 Roadcrew The Nederland 12 2014 Thekenpoet Germany 13 2014 The Asphere's Japan 14 2014 Swim Russia 15 2014 Carlos Candido Band Canada 16 2014 David Pear UK 17 2014 Yabanci Degiliz Turkey 18

Year Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize 2011 Envy Oslo, Norway 1 Winning Band 2011 LSD on CIA Copenhagen. Denmark 2 2nd band, best bass player 2011 Ruby Cube Toulouse, France 3 Best guitar player 2011 S. H. E. Tokyo, Japan 4 2011 LeBelle Melbourne, Australia 5 Woodbrass prize 2011 Emmecosta Gothenburg, Sweden 6 2nd best drummer 2011 Cafe Jazz Dresden, Germany 5 Best drummer 2011 Cours Toujours Montreal, Canada 8 Best singer 2011 Rag Dolls Basilea, Switzerland 9 2011 No Comment Band Minsk, Belarus 10 2nd best bass player 2011 Downhill Bratislava, Slovakia 11 2011 Filthy Whisky London. UK 12 2011 Mathieu Neil Paris, France 13 2011 Knuckles of Frisco Arnhem, Netherlands 14 2nd best guitar player 2011 Kerouac Dublin, Ireland 15 2011 Professor Grabowski Munich, Germany 16 2011 Cyrene Barcelona, Spain 17 2011 F. O. O. S. Turin, Italy 18

Year Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize 2010 Hanatochiruran Tokyo, Japan 1 Winning band, 2nd best bass player 2010 Waldo & Marsha Århus, Denmark 2 2nd band 2010 Barton Fink Montreal, Canada 3 2nd best drummer 2010 Modern Error Sydney, Australia 4 2010 Phases Cachés Paris, France 5 Best bass player 2010 Factory Brains Stockholm, Sweden 6 Best guitar player 2010 Waste Bayreuth, Germany 7 Best singer 2010 Pop Porn Prague, Czech Republic 8 Best drummer 2010 Sir James Tilburg, Netherlands 9 2nd best guitar player 2010 Manolo Panic Zurich, Switzerland 10 2010 C. A. N. Paris, France 11 2010 Stepanov's Starlings St. Petersburg, Russia 12 2010 Brothorst Oberursel, Germany 13 2010 Stardust Florence, Italy 14 2010 Envy Assured London, UK 15 2010 The Melillo Brothers New York, USA 16 2010 Wednesday Fall Barcelona, Spain 17

Year Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize 2005 Rock Hard Power Spray Århus, Denmark 1 Winning band, best electric guitar player 2005 Natives of the New Dawn Detroit, USA 2 2nd band, best singer, best performance, best guitar arrangements 2005 LIK ID Paris, France 3 2005 Echovalve Chicago, USA 4 Best bass player 2005 Kimono Berlin, Germany 5 2005 Indra Manchester, UK 6 Best drummer 2005 Pummel Edinburgh, UK 7 2005 The Naives Madrid, Spain 8 Best original song 2005 Band Called Pharisee Chicago, USA 9 2005 Sixteenth Solid Spread Barcelona, Spain 10 Best rhythm guitar 2005 Stonefield Cologne, Germany 11 2005 The Perfect Guardaroba Ancona, Italy 12 2005 Blush Basel, Switzerland 13 Best acoustic guitar player 2005 Seven Stories Montreal, Canada 14 2005 Ska'n'Ska Stockholm, Sweden 15 2005 Kill the Nice Guy Florence, Italy 16 2005 Lazuright Lindau, Germany 17 2005 Fast Friday Luxembourg, Luxembourg 18 2005 Hindoslem Vienna, Austria 19 Best bass player 2005 Chugga Chugga Paris, France 20

Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize Altzheima Karlsruhe, Germany — Zen Rome, Italy — Big Bang Paris, France — L. D. C. Luxembourg, Luxembourg — The Oujia Problem London, UK —
No places were awarded this year.