Online contest results
Swinging Europe contest's jury is glad to announce the results of the contest.
Warmly thanking all the 42 participants for joining the competition and recognizing the great level of all the bands and artists the jury decided to equally assign the four prizes to the following swing bands:
- Bratislava Hot Serenaders
- Dómisol Sisters
- Kind of Dukish
- Reverent Juke
The winning bands will perform in the following festivals:
- Bratislava Hot Serenaders : SevillaSwing (2019 edition) - Spain
- Dómisol Sister: Marckolswing (2020 edition) - France
- Kind of Dukish : Swing on the beach (2019 edition) - Italy
- Reverent Juke: Sofia swing (2019 edition) - Bulgaria
Congratulation to all the winners!
Next European Swing Fair in Sofia
Swinging Europe is glad to communicate that the next European Swing Fair will take place in Sofia the 28th and 29th of May in the framework of Sofia Swing Festival.
More details coming soon.
Save the dates and don't miss it!
The online contest is now open for entries!
European Swing Online Music Contest
The Swinging Europe Music Contest is open to all the European Swing musicians, bands and singers from European Union countries. The contest is part of the Swinging Europe project financed by the Creative Europe programme. The contest aims at contributing to one of the main project’s goal which is increasing the international mobility of swing musicians.
The participation is free of charge. The artists and band interested in taking part to the competition can just register on the Swinging Europe Portal, complete their profile and upload a video of their best song.
The contest will assign four prizes. One of them will be specifically dedicated to Manouche genre.
The winning bands/artists will be awarded of 3000 Euro gross to perform in one of the next editions of the Festival Marckolswing (France), Seville Swing Festival (Spain), Sofia Swing (Bulgaria) and Swing on the Beach (Italy).
The deadline for the entries is the 31st of October 2018.
Zazoo Magazine is out
In the framework of the VI Sevilla Swing festival we present you the first bilingual magazine (English-Spanish) about European Swing culture, which is called ZAZOO! A place which reflects swing music and dance but also other topics as well -politics, literature, sociology, gender- in order to make us reconsider our cultural identity.
This is the first publication, which will be available for purchase in the Sevilla Swing Festival, including reputable brands such as Manuel Recio, Marta Caballero, Chema García Martínez and Fernando Mansilla, along with an interview with the band Dizzy Birds and the wonderful design graphic by Zazou Zah.
First European Swing Fair in Seville
Thursday 5th of April – h 9.30 – Convento Santa Clara, Seville
9.30 Welcome remarks by the Municipality
ICAS (Instituto de culturas y de las artes de Sevilla)
10.00 Presentation of the fair and the Sevillaswing Festival
Ivan Pivotti (Marmaduke)
10.30 Coffee Break
11.00 Exchange of experiences.
Each festival/company/organization will have 10 minutes to present and share with the group its activities, methodologies, collaborations, present and future challenges.
Discussion on the added values and potentialities of the European Swing Network
13.30 Presentation of the Zazoo magazine
Marcos Padilla (O’sister!)
14.00 Lunch
15.30 Presentation of the European Swing Portal Swingingeurope.eu
Caterina Amicucci (Marmaduke)
16.00 The swing in our time, music & dance – Open discussion
Swing Music comes from the ’20-’30 of the last century. Why is our interest focused on this style now, after almost 100 years? What’s the reason of this revival in our times? Several bands are playing swing music all over the world during the last decade at least. They are influenced by different bands from the past with an eye on modern music. What are the influences from the past and what the innovations of the music they create? Is there room for professionalization of those new band with old repertoire? What are the challenges and the opportunities of the Swing music sector? What kind of systematic events are organized at European level (dance concerts, clandestinos, ecc)? Are there any difference between south and north of Europe? Functioning of the schools and different swing style. What are the challenges and the opportunities of the Swing music sector?
Kick off contributions: Samuel Rigal (Sevilla Swing Dance), Joseph Sewell (JiveSwing), Ivan Pivotti (Marmaduke), Camilo Bosso (O’sister!), Maurizio Meterangelo (Swing on the Beach/ Billy Bros Swing Orchestra)
19.00 Aperitive and bilateral chat
21.00 Sevillaswing Festival opening: Concert of Tamal
In the Sala Chicarreros Plaza San Francisco 1
22.30 Dinner