Request for Applications: SUNS EUROPE Festival

Suns Europe is a performing arts festival focusing on European minority languages which will be held in Udin/Udine and other locations of Friûl/Friuli between November and December 2025.

Costs Covered

• The organization will cover all travel, accommodation and catering costs for selected artists.

Eligibility Criteria

• This call is for the music section only and is intended for bands and singers-songwriters whose music production is in one of the accepted minority languages.
• All artists from minority language communities of Europe (geographical meaning) are eligible to participate, for Regional or Minority Languages.

Selection Criteria

• The participating artists will be selected by the Artistic Committee of SUNS EUROPE. The festival reserves the right to select other participants outside the present call.
• The selection will be carried out within 15 June 2025.
• The selected artists will be invited to perform live during the final event of the festival, taking place in Udin/Udine (Friûl/Friuli) on 6 December 2025. The organization will do its best to give the participating artists the opportunity to showcase their music production during other events of the festival.
• The location and format of such performances will be defined according to the artists’ availability and in compliance with their logistic/organizational needs.
• During the registration process, artists will have to confirm the availability of each member of the band to travel between 24 November and 8 December 2025.
• They also ask participants for the permission to use the submitted songs for promotional purposes, i.e.: promoting the festival and the participating artists as well as producing promotional material and free gifts.

Application Requirements

• CV of the band/solo singer in PDF format;
• A high-resolution picture of the band/solo singer in jpeg format;
• Two songs in mp3 format;
• Original lyrics of the songs and English translation in Word format;
• Data Use Agreement according to the terms and conditions indicated on the official web site of the festival.

For more information, visit Suns Europe.