A total of over 350 bands and acts from over 31 European countries are expected to perform at the showcase festival.

The Irish acts already lined up to perform at the festival are 22 year old Cavan native Aine Cahill, folk/electronic duo Saint Sister, Dublin singer Bry and rising pop rock stars Picture This.

Eurosonic Noorderslag has grown as a key exchange and networking platform for European music, with a track record for helping to break new acts on to the international live music scene.

The 88 new acts confirmed today are:

ALA.NI (fr), Altrego (be), Amber Arcades (nl), Aries (es), Barbagallo (fr), Beach Beach (es), Bearoid (es), Betsy (gb), Black Oak (nl), Brian Deady (ie), Brutus (be), Buvette (ch), Cadenza (gb), CC Smugglers (gb), CUT_ (nl), DaGamba (lv), Dardust (it), DJ Firmeza (pt), Dool (nl), East of My Youth (is), Echo Beatty (be), Elephant9 (no), Exmagician (ie), Farewell Dear Ghost (at), Flavien Berger (fr), Fleddy Melculy (be), Francobollo (se/gb), Ghost of you (cz), Giant Rooks (de), Gidge (se), Giungla (it), Gli Sportivi (it), Glints (be), Goat Girl (gb), GoldFFinch (be), Guillaume Perret (fr), Gundelach (no), HER (fr), Holly Macve (gb), It's Everyone Else (si), J.C. Satan (fr), Jacle Bow (be), Jacques (fr), JATA (de), Jett Rebel (solo performance) (nl), Kid Flicks (gr), L.A. Salami (gb), La Jungle (be), Let's Eat Grandma (gb), LTGL (be), Magic Island (de), Me + Marie (ch), Mikko Joensuu (fi), Moonshiners (pt), Mother's Cake (at), Mozes and the Firstborn (nl), Navarone (nl), Newmoon (be), Olde Gods (es), Otzeki (gb), Petit Biscuit (fr), Rats on Rafts / De Kift (nl), Sauropod (no), Skott (se), SLØTFACE (no), Sonars (it), St. Tropez (nl), TAU (de), Teksti-TV 666 (fi), Teleman (gb), The Courettes (dk), The Eskies (ie), The Happy Mess (pt), The Magic Gang (gb), The Moonlandingz (gb), Thomas Azier (nl), Thundermother (se), Tommy Cash (ee), Torus (nl), Trupa Trupa (pl), Tsar B (be), URSINA (ch), Wandl (at), White Wine (de), Wucan (de), Yes I'm Very Tired Now (ch), Youngr (gb), and Yuma Sun (no).

Ticket sales for the festival commence on October 29th, 12.00 (CET). Tickets will only be available online through Ticketmaster.nl .