Peace & Love Festival 2011

The deadline is coming soon to submit to the Peace & Love festival, Sweden’s biggest music festival. In 2010 42,000 people visited Peace & Love and it has around 5,000 volunteers who help every year. 2011's festival will take place on June 28th-July 2nd, 2011 in Borlänge, Sweden. They are looking to book at least 6 Sonicbids artists to perform live at the festival.

Confirmed performers for 2011 include Kings of Leon, Social Distortion, Foreigner, 30 Seconds To Mars, Sage Francis, The Haunted, and many more. Submissions are only open to artists based in Sweden./n/nSince 2009, Peace & Love has been Sweden’s biggest music festival. In 2010 42,000 people visited Peace & Love and it has around 5,000 volunteers who help every year. 2011's festival will take place on June 28th-July 2nd, 2011 in Borlänge, Sweden. They are looking to book at least 6 Sonicbids artists to perform live at the festival, and are accepting a wide variety of genres. Submissions are only open to artists based in Sweden.

This year's festival has already booked artists such as Kings of Leon, Social Distortion, 30 Seconds To Mars, Foreigner, CunninLynguists, Sage Francis, Soilwork, The Haunted, Doctor Midnight & the Mercy Cult and many, many more. Selected artists will play alongside these artists on the main festival showcase stage.



Selected artists will play alongside these artists on the main festival showcase stage, which will be curated by Nemis, Musik i Dalarma, and Almost Famous on different days. See below for information on these organizations, as well as their submission criteria. During the submission process, artists will be able to choose which organization you want to submit to.



Nemis: June 30, 2011



Nemis is known for showcasing new music in Sweden, and is Studiefrämjandet´s Showcase stage.
Nemis is arranged in such clubs as Brygghuset in Stockholm, Inkonst in Malmö and Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg. Nemis also hosts stages at several city fests and festivals in Sweden for example, Arvika, Siesta, Umeå Open, Sweden Rock Festival and of course, Peace & Love.



At the Nemis Peace & Love stage there will be 7 acts performing which 6 of these will be selected through Sonicbids. Studiefrämjandet is the largest organization who gives unsigned bands an opportunity to reach out with their music. There are around 4000 bands within Studiefrämjandet.



Criteria for application: To be able to submit to the Nemis stage at Peace & Love 2011, bands cannot be signed to a major record or booking company. Otherwise there are no limits regarding genre.



For more information, please visit the Nemis Website and the Studiefrämjande Website.

Almost Famous: July 1, 2011

Almost Famous is the music publishers' club for up-and-coming artists. It has been hosted by SMFF, Swedish Music Publishers Association, for more than ten years. Almost Famous host a monthly club at Lilla Hotellbaren in Stockholm. The club has become a popular occasion for the music industry to meet, network and discover new artists which gives the acts on stage a unique showcase opportunity.



This summer Almost Famous will host their own stage at Peace & Love in Borlänge for the 4th time and is now looking for artists to this event.



Criteria for application: Almost Famous prioritize artists who are signed to, or have an ongoing dialogue with, any of the publishers connected to SMFF. The artists should have reached a certain level in their careers before playing at the Almost Famous scene. Playing on this stage is suitable if the artists have released some material on their own or through a small label, to start building their fan base. The artists mustn’t be signed to a major label in Scandinavia.



For more information on Almost Famous, please visit the Almost Famous website and the Swedish Music Publishers Association website.



Musik i Dalarna: July 2, 2011

The mission of Musik i Dalarna is to bring music, theater and other live entertainment to the communities in Dalarna, music. Musik i Dalarna stimulates the local music life and supports culture in Dalarna.



Musik i Dalarna has two sections; Musik Barn & Ungdom and Dalasymfoniettan. Musik Barn & Ungdom gives all schools in Dalarna a music program of high artistic and educational quality and Dalasymfoniettan provides a rich and varied concert choice in the county.



Criteria for application: To be able to submit to the Musik i Dalarna stage at Peace & Love 2011, bands cannot be signed to a major record or booking company. They must be registered as a resident in the county of Dalarna. Otherwise there are no limits regarding music genre.



For more information, please visit the Musik i Dalarna website.

About Peace & Love


Peace & Love was formed as an association in 1999 in connection with the first Peace & Love festival. Initially, we worked to combat violence and racism in Borlänge and Dalarna. This work evolved into creating events with a positive message of diversity, fellowship and understanding. Peace & Love is not attached to a particular religious or political institution.



Its vision is to be more than just a regular festival. It sees Peace & Love as something much larger and more important than that. Peace & Love will be a five day long festival with a forum, and an annual meeting place for people of all ages and of all cultures and nationalities. Peace & Love is also working to create conditions for change and development. It cooperates with various organizations such as Greenpeace and Amnesty. Its aim is to support them financially when possible.



Apart from the festival, Peace & Love also consists of the non-profit organization Peace & Love Foundation, the artist agency Peace & Love Artists and our very own café, Café Peace & Love.