Festival for unsigned bands
Emergenza Location(s) Worldwide (began in Rome ) Years active 1992–present Website Emergenza.live
Envy from Oslo, Norway at Emergenza Barcelona 2011 Knuckles of Frisco on Emergenza Benelux 2011 TBA from Prague, Czech Republic at Emergenza Barcelona 2009 Yaseede from Padova, Italy at Emergenza Barcelona 2009 Emergenza is an annual music festival for unsigned bands . Its concerts have been held in more than 150 cities around the world.[ 1]
Annually, a series of global elimination rounds takes place in various countries. Advancing bands are selected based on audience reception of their performances, with the ultimate winners determined by Emergenza judges during regional and final concerts.[ 1]
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.
International finals [ edit ] Year Finalist Band City/Country Place 2023 The Rock Boy France — 2023 Afternoon Astronauts Finland — 2023 Grell Germany — 2023 Indra Italy — 2023 Oscar Kusko Sweden — 2023 Catch The Fox Norway — 2023 Wojtek Denmark — 2023 TRAinnovation Japan Winner
Year Finalist Band City/Country Place 2018 MELANCHOLIA Italy 1 2018 COAST DOWN Germany 2 2018 PANACHE! France 3 2018 TAYLOR BEADLE-WILLIAMS Australia 4 2018 MAGGIE PETKOVIC Norway 5 2018 ART IN CRIME Germany 6 2018 THAN Japan 7 2018 I REVOLT Finland 8 2018 TAM TEPLO Russia 9 2018 NERD CONNECTION South Korea 9 2018 MASSFACE Russia 11 2018 DJOCY SANTOS The Netherlands 12 2018 SAINT CITY ORCHESTRA Switzerland 13 2018 THE KLETS Belgium 14 2018 ALFA MARTIANS France 15 2018 YESTERDAY IS HISTORY Switzerland 16 2018 PETTY THINGS Germany 17 2018 VEIRA Poland 18 2018 TROPIC ACID Spain 19 2018 BREAK UP LINES Canada 20 2018 RAIN Denmark 21
Year Finalist Band City/Country Place 2017 THE AGENCY Denmark 1 2017 VOSEM PO GRINVICHU Russia 2 2017 THE TREUEMEN Germany 3 2017 SNARE COVER Japan 4 2017 FRANK E LE FORME SONICHE Italy 5 2017 OAKS ABOVE Canada 6 2017 AMOLI Norway 7 2017 DELIRIOUS MOB CREW Switzerland 8 2017 ANVILED Poland 9 2017 UNDERWOODS Italy 10 2017 INTERIEUR NUIT France 11 2017 CALLUM CHYNOWETH BAND Australia 12 2017 61 MINDS Belgium 13 2017 WALKING AFTER U South Korea 14 2017 SEMPERFIELD Germany 15 2017 HUANASTONE Sweden 16 2017 STILL AWAKE Germany 17 2017 TIME FOR ACTION Spain 18 2017 BEATS UNLIMETED CREW The Netherlands 19 2017 PLEINS PHARES France 20
Year Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize 2016 Gain Eleven Sweden 1 2016 Ku.dA Italy 2 2016 Noeazy South Korea 3 Best Drummer 2016 Lady Moustache Germany 4 2016 Tri-Hidden Panic France 5 Best Singer 2016 Orjazzmic Spain 6 Best Bassist 2016 Skizzoidman Japan 7 2016 Owing to the Rain Germany 8 2016 Earthist Italy 9 2016 Hometown Lights Canada 10 2016 Rooftop Sailors Switzerland 11 2016 Sno Norway 12 Best Keyboard 2016 Kellem France 13 2016 Octavian Australia 14 2016 Enter Rana Finland 15 Best Guitarist 2016 Kressi Russia 16 2016 Jack Rabbit Netherland 17 2016 Madmagus Belgium 18 2016 Antiplan Poland 19 2016 Demian Germany 20 2016 Sweet Sleep Japan 21
Year Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize 2015 Ninja Beats Japan 1 2015 Green Light District Finland 2 2015 Casablanca Drivers France 3 2015 Pravada Russia 4 Best Drummer 2015 Love Cream Australia 5 Best Singer 2015 Iréne Sweden 6 2015 Cedric Germany 7 2015 Candy Robbers Belgium 8 2015 Alfen Denmark 9 2015 Death Koolaid UK 10 2015 Lee Youn Chan Band South Korea 11 Best Guitarist 2015 Syndicate Germany 12 2015 Schoko Germany 13 Best Bassist 2015 Pora Wiatru Poland 14 2015 Siren Italy 15 2015 The II Romans Switzerland 16 2015 The Plugs France 17 2015 Pop James Italy 18 2015 Les Funktionnaires Canada 19 2015 To By Four The Netherlands 20
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 2013 Obsolete Radio France 1 2013 Goldmouth Germany 2 Best Guitarist 2013 Ordinary People Italy 3 Best Bassist 2013 Cuervo Australia 4 2nd Best Bassist 2013 Shout Finland 5 2013 Taro & Jiro Japan 6 2nd Best Guitarist 2013 Finalstair Germany 7 Best Drummer 2013 Hey! Elizabeth Italy 7 2013 Collect Call From Mars Netherland 9 2013 Cities Lullabies France 10 2013 Straight Jack Cat Poland 11 2013 Noyze Canada 12 2013 Rocco Russia 13 Best Singer 2013 Awesome Arnold Switzerland 14 2013 Flowers in Syrup Germany 15 2013 Black Orchid Empire UK 16 2nd Best Drummer 2013 Negative Nancy Sweden 17 2013 Vucaque Spain 18 2013 Kaos Turkey 19
Year Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize 2012 Hurricane Love Sweden 1 2012 The Joking France 2 Best bassist 2012 Rhys Crommin & The Toms Australia 3 2012 Avaivartika Japan 4 2nd-best bassist 2012 The Blennies Italy 5 2nd-best drummer 2012 Mari!Mari! Russia 6 2nd-best guitarist 2012 Dudes Norway 5 2012 Odette Spain 8 Best drummer 2012 The Carnabys UK 9 Best guitarist 2012 Jimmy Dee Netherlands 10 2012 Disconnected Blind Canada 11 2012 Alcapell Germany 12 2012 Wellbad Germany 13 2012 Chico Poland 14 2012 Buddies France 15 2012 I Come From the Sun Germany 16 Best singer 2012 Caffeine Czech Republic 17 2012 Mono Band 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 2009 Kid Galahad Gothenburg, Sweden 1 Winning band, best drummer 2009 Werner Krauss Leipzig, Germany 2 2nd band 2009 YaSeeDee Ferrara, Italy 3 Best bass player 2009 The Wallpapers Paris, France 4 2009 The Reefs Melbourne, Australia 5 2nd-best drummer 2009 Guru Guru Tokyo, Japan 6 2nd-best guitar player 2009 The Excess Munich, Germany 7 Best guitar player 2009 Back Pocket Memory Los Angeles, USA 8 2009 Lily Sparks New York, USA 9 Best singer 2009 Year of the Dog Helsinki, Finland 10 2009 The Vlegels Tilburg, Netherlands 11 Best Drummer 2009 Kaodic Montreal, Canada 12 2nd-best bass player 2009 Leet Hamburg, Germany 13 2009 The Winter Kicks London, UK 14 2009 Gorodskaya Kultura Moscow, Russia 15 2009 TBA Prague, Czech Republic 16 2009 Clock N' Works Paris, France 17 2009 Susan's Red Nipples Barcelona, Spain 18
Year Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize 2008 Gloria Cycles Brighton, UK 1 Winning band 2008 The Mad Trist Maastricht, Netherlands 2 2nd band 2008 A Match for the Curious Toronto, Canada 3 2nd-best guitar player 2008 Auregan Paris, France 4 Best performer 2008 The Vandolls Sydney, Australia 5 Best guitar player 2008 Temple Hill New York, USA 6 Best bass player 2008 Tako Lako Copenhagen, Denmark 7 Best drummer 2008 Crossed Keys Los Angeles, USA 8 2008 The King Size Treviso, Italy 9 2008 Namaste Paris, France 10 2008 The Ran Helsinki, Finland 11 2008 Tash Stuttgart, Germany 12 2008 Die Fischer Munich, Germany 13 2008 Drowning Fate Frankfurt, Germany 14 2nd-best drummer 2008 Aerial View Nancy, France 15 2008 PXR Budapest, Hungary 16 2008 Katarsick Barcelona, Spain 17 2008 Dizastro Chicago, USA 18
Year Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize 2007 Fire Flies New York, USA 1 Winning band, best drummer 2007 The New Hotness Los Angeles, USA 2 2nd band 2007 Für Kerstins Letzte Munich, Germany 3 3rd band 2007 La Tête Ailleurs Paris, France 4 2007 McGoozer London, UK 5 Best singer 2007 Park Avenue Milan, Italy 6 Best guitar player 2007 The 101's Tilburg, Netherlands 7 2nd-best drummer 2007 Monorev Bern, Switzerland 8 2007 Thalamus Stockholm, Sweden 9 Best bass player 2007 Sunset Drivers Montreal, Canada 10 Mentioned guitar player, mentioned bass player 2007 The Jerks Stuttgart, Germany 11 2007 Furykane Paris, France 12 2007 Metro Vox Chicago, USA 13 2007 Mirramaze Oslo, Norway 14 2007 No One Cares Barcelona, Spain 15 2007 4th Street Traffic London, UK 16 2007 Stillroom Dublin, Ireland 17
Year Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize 2006 The Sessions Vancouver, Canada 1 Winning band 2006 The New Brand Copenhagen, Denmark 2 2nd band, best original song, 2nd-mentioned drummer 2006 My Baby Wants to Eat Your Pussy Munich, Germany 3 3rd-best band, best drummer, best singer, 2nd-best bass player, best rhythm, best electric-guitar player 2006 Berto Ramon Chicago, USA 4 Best visual & sound performance 2006 Concubine Tilburg, Netherlands 5 Mentioned drummer 2006 Sujeto K Valencia, Spain 6 Mentioned bass player, 2nd-mentioned guitar player 2006 The Echoes Dallas, USA 7 2006 Verse of Trek Bordeaux, France 8 2006 Son Cologne, Germany 9 2006 Humano Granada, Spain 10 2006 Bawdy Festival Paris, France 11 2006 The Greed Stockholm, Sweden 12 Best rhythm guitar, 2nd-best drummer, best guitar arrangements, mentioned guitar player 2006 Cabiria Milan, Italy 13 2006 Captain Cutthroat Boston, USA 14 2nd-best drummer 2006 Lament Leipzig, Germany 15 Best acoustic-guitar player 2006 Dear Catastrophe Dublin, Ireland 16 2006 Daily Blowjob Florence, Italy 17 2006 Ill System London, UK 18 2006 Vile Conundrum San Francisco, USA 19 Best bass player 2006 Kid at the Back London, UK 20 2006 Flashmob Basel, Switzerland 21 2006 Hellrazor Vancouver, Canada 22
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 Mr Brown Hamburg, Germany 1 Winning band Lexxi Glasgow, UK 2 2nd band Les Breauvachons Paris, France 3 Best acoustic-guitar player, best visual & sound performance Fluttr Boston, USA 4 Pete Möss Montreal, Canada 5 Best rhythm-guitar player, best singer Idioterne Madrid, Spain 6 Best drummer Glasshouse Philadelphia, UK 7 Einshoch6 Munich, Germany 8 Lost Property Office Rome, Italy 9 Mellophone Århus, Denmark 10 Best original song Running Against Radar Toronto, Canada 11 Granvista Gothenburg, Sweden 12 Addicted Milan, Italy 13 Fevertree Bournemouth, UK 14 Best guitar player Ego Barcelona, Spain 15 Best bass player, best keyboard player Alta Pressione Florence, Italy 16 Mē Sages Paris, France 17 Pretty Overdosed Vienna, Austria 18 Best drummer Elfish Zurich, Switzerland 19 Best bass player Klartext Berlin, Germany 20
Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize Nervous Nellie Stockholm, Sweden 1 Winning band Dead by Chocolate Bologna, Italy 2 2nd band, second-best guitar La Suite Mosquito Barcelona, Spain 3 No Radical Change Florence, Italy 4 Third-best drummer Muff Hannover, Germany 5 Sirupop Vienna, Austria 6 Slave to the Squarewave Toronto, Canada 7 Second-best guitar Toupé Southampton, UK 8 Best bass, second-best drummer, best show, best arrangements Klem Paris, France 9 Best drummer Sutrapumo Copenhagen, Denmark 10 Elikan Dew Berlin, Germany 11 Inborn Luxembourg, Luxembourg 12 Revoc On Milan, Italy 13 Jove London, UK 14 Best singer Bist Munich, Germany 15 Best bess player, best keyboard player Inertia Rome, Italy 16 Broken Pictures Montreal, Canada 17 Flangers Montpellier, France 18 BSK Zurich, Switzerland 19 Duke Bordeaux, France 20 Best guitar, second-best bass Crave Madrid, Spain 21 Sleeping Sun Ruhrgebiet, Germany 22 Second-best guitar Toadstool Genoa, Italy 23 Mahout Operator Frankfurt, Germany 24 Adrenalin Cologne, Germany 25 Maechtig Hamburg, Germany 26
Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize Munshy Paris, France 1 Winning band, best guitar, best drummer, best singer, best live show Kerosin Berlin, Germany 2 2nd band, 3rd-best drummer Stone Park Stockholm, Sweden 3 2nd-best drummer, best original song Direct Line Montreal, Canada 4 Third-best drummer Orange Marmalade Zurich, Switzerland 5 Ners Bologna, Italy 6 Uncle Rock London, UK 7 Second-best guitar The Grand Copenhagen, Denmark 8 Verdrengungskuntler Hamburg, Germany 9 Jay Kod Brussels, Belgium 10 Best bass Itchy Poopzkid Mannheim, Germany 11 Desert Rain Dortmund, Germany 12
Finalist Band City/Country Place Prize Willowtree Stockholm, Sweden 1 Winning band Sincere Brussels, Belgium 2 2nd band Morris Copenhagen, Denmark 3 Best song Sore! Hamburg, Germany 4 Best guitar Mindjuice Munich, Germany 5 Best guitar Athenais Montpellier, France 6 Best singer Pimate Pookie Hannover, Germany 7 Best show Thaibnakkel Frankfurt, Germany 8 Best bassist Deadline Munich, Germany 9 Tiger Fernandez Luxembourg, Luxembourg 10 13 Ampsun London, UK 11 Big-Tingsagwan Paris, France 12 Best drummer Free Fall Dortmund, Germany 13 Best bassist 330 Mle Vienna, Austria 14 Zero Tre Florence, Italy 15 Rearview Cologne, Germany 16 Frozen Peas Zurich, Switzerland 17 Introdusco Milan, Italy 18 Variety Karlsruhe, Germany 19 Best bassist Drew Rome, Italy 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.