We are pleased to announce the list of acts invited to showcase at goNORTH 2013. The thirteenth edition of Scotland’s leading showcase festival for the creative industries will return to Inverness over the 5th and 6th of June, with over 70 acts set to perform across the city centre.

“We are delighted with the quality and range of acts invited to showcase at this year’s goNORTH”, said Director for Music Shaun Arnold. “The A&R process to establish our 2013 list proved particularly challenging as we received a record number of high quality submissions. As goNORTH continues to develop, each year the music element becomes increasingly competitive. We would like to offer a huge thank you to all the acts that applied to play this year and look forward to delivering our most ambitious showcase programme to date”.

2013 SCOTTISH SHOWCASE LIST:

ALARM BELLS

ALGERNON DOLL

ARCHES

ATLAS:EMPIRE

BE LIKE PABLO

BEAR ARMS

BEHOLD THE OLD BEAR

BIRDHEAD

BLACK INTERNATIONAL

BOOK GROUP

CALL TO MIND

CAMPFIRES IN WINTER

CARNIVORES

CASUAL SEX

CLEAVERS

DAVEY HORNE

DONALD MACDONALD & THE ISLANDS

DUNCAN OVERMEER

DYLAN TIERNEY

EUGENE TWIST

FAKE MAJOR

FAT GOTH

FLUTES

FOREST FIRES

FRIENDS IN AMERICA

GALOSHINS

GARDEN OF ELKS

HECTOR BIZERK

HOMEWORK

JEMMA TWEEDIE

JO MANGO

KOBI

LIDH

LIONEL

LITTLE FIRE

MIKE NISBET

MINIATURE DINOSAURS

PINACT

PLASTIC ANIMALS

POOR THINGS

PRONTO MAMA

RED RONSON

ROMAN NOSE

SAINT MAX AND THE FANATICS

SHAMBLES MILLER

SO MANY ANIMAL CALLS

THE BOY WHO TRAPPED THE SUN

THE BROKEN RAVENS

THE DEADLINE SHAKES

THE IMAGINEERS

THE LAFONTAINES

THE MOUSE THAT ATE THE CAT

THE OK SOCIAL CLUB

THE OXIDES

THE RECOVERY

THE SEA ATLAS

THE VELVETEEN SAINTS

THE YAWNS

VASQUEZ

WILLIE CAMPBELL

WOODENBOX

*This list is subject to change.

The goNORTH Festival Tour:

A significant volume of acts invited to showcase will also secure additional opportunities across our Festival Tour schedule. Partners for 2013 are Wickerman Festival, Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival and Loopallu.

We are also pleased to have worked with partners from the Excite network, MUSEXPO, A&R Worldwide, The Playmaker Group, The Bedford and the Welsh Music Foundation to highlight a superb range of wider UK and international artistes.

ALLIE BRADLEY (UK)

COWBOIS RHOS BOTWNNOG (WELSH MUSIC FOUNDATION)

EMMA-JANE THOMMEN (UK)

ICE CREAM CATHEDRAL (DK)

ILONA (UK)

KOF (UK)

MAASK (NL)

PROTECTION PATROL PINKERTON (BE)

SGROW (NO)

SHEZAR (UK)

TERRI WALKER (UK)

THE ENEMIES (IE)

THESE REIGNING DAYS (UK)

We will be announcing full details of our panel programme over the coming weeks.

As always, all elements of goNORTH are completely open and free to attend, although attendees are required to register free online or at the event.

Source: goNORTH