Contest for Emerging Bands

Bring your emerging music project on the stage of WMF

JUNE 15 · 16 · 17, 2023 / RIMINI EXPO CENTRE & ONLINE

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+100.000

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+400

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+60.000

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+100

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+1.000

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+80

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Contest for Emerging Bands

Also for WMF 2023 - June 15, 16 and 17 at the Rimini Expo Centre - the Festival has opened the Emerging Band Contest, dedicated to musical groups and bands composed of young artists.

The winning band of the Contest will have the opportunity to perform and be awarded on the Mainstage, in front of an audience - 60,000 attendees expected - composed of participants, companies and players from all over the world. From the Contest entries, additional bands are then selected who will have the opportunity to perform on the Pool Stage, the poolside stage located in the center of the Expo Area.

Continuing its commitment to organizing opportunities for support and visibility for the music world, through calls and contests made in past editions with various radio stations - Virgin Radio, RDS 100% Greatest Hits, RDS Next and Rete 100 Passi - the WMF organizes the Emerging Bands 2023 Contest.

The call is currently closed. Voting will soon be open to select the bands that will be at WMF23.

TO WHOM IS IT ADDRESSED

The contest is addressed to young bands that want to get involved by proposing:

an original unpublished song;
or a cover of International or Italian song.

HOW DOES IT WORKS

To participate, you just need to fill the form below and upload one video of the song’s performance that you chose. Once the contest is closed, the selection of the winner will take place through two steps:

1. The audience of WMF votes the candidate performances;

2. The winning band will be selected, among the finalists, by the jury.

OPPORTUNITIES AND AWARDS

The winning band will have the opportunity to perform live and be awarded on the Mainstageof WMF2023, in front of the national and international audience composed by attendees, stakeholders and brands at the Rimini Fair and the public connected in live streaming all over the world.

Other bands candidate for the contest will instead be selected to perform live on the Pool Stage, the stage dedicated to live music located in the centre of the Fairgrounds, during the three days of the Festival.

By participating in the contest you have the opportunityto make yourself known both by a young and Italian and international audience, and by an audience of large companies, investors and players in the world of national and international innovation.

The call is currently closed.

Winners of the previous edition

Semi d'Ortica, with their song "Tutto da rifare", are the winners of the Emerging Band Contest, realized by WMF2022 in collaboration with RDS Next.

The band, composed of Chiara, Carmine, Luca and Thomas, performed live on the WMF Mainstage, in front of all the participants that were present at the Rimini Fair and those who followed the event online from all over the world.

Over 80 emerging bands have submitted their candidacy to the Contest, which had the mission to give concrete support to young music projects, giving young musicians the chance to take a challenge and play live on a stage with international resonance.

Congratulations to Semi d’Ortica!