Submit to NXNE!


2008’s music festival lineup included: We Are Wolves, Redd Kross, Swervedriver, Monotonix, The Death Set, Ladyhawk, Hercules & Love Affair, Evan Dando, Sloan, People in Planes, Bedouin Soundclash, Peanut Butter Wolf, Money Mark, My Morning Jacket, The Stills, Bran Van 3000, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Great Lake Swimmers, Hidden Cameras, Sheek Louch, Brant Bjork, James Pants, Cormega, Oholics, The Besnard Lakes, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Semi Precious Weapons, The High Dials, Lightspeed Champion, Platinum Pied Pipers, Rough Trade, The D’Urbervilles, Statik Selectah, The Carps, Hugh Cornwell, Alex Cuba, The Wet Secrets, Grand Analog, Small Sins, Matthew Barber, The Coast, Teenage Head, Julie Doiron, Donzelle, Winter Gloves, Arkells, .moneen., These New Puritans, Two Hours Traffic, Laura Barrett, The Meligrove Band, The Pack A.D., Kid Cudi, Black Diamond Bay, Hey Rosetta, Rebekah Higgs, Slim Twig, Shawn Hewitt…plus over 500 other great artists.

BE PART OF IT IN 09!

Submissions are accepted ONLY online, and ONLY through Sonicbids. The early ($25) submission deadline is December 31. From January 1until January 31, each NXNE submission goes up to $35, so get your EPK in now and save ten bucks for better things. Remember–SUBMISSIONS CLOSE JANUARY 31.

NXNE’s guarantee on all festival submissions: we PROMISE that your music will get a fair and full hearing from our programming team–regardless of who you are, where you’re from, or what you play.

Performers selected to appear at NXNE will have their artist information and web site links featured at www.nxne.com (the site has received over 4.5 million hits in 2008). Please make sure your electronic press kit (EPK) is complete and up-to-date; we can’t accept EPKs that do not have audio clips, bios or photos.

NXNE is also now open for Film Submissions. To submit your music-related feature, documentary, or short to the world’s most eclectic underground music-themed film fest, please click here.


Death Set at the Bovine


The Death Set at the Bovine Sex Club, NXNE 08. You had to be there…and if you weren’t, there’s always Vimeo.

NXNE heats up January

NXNE presents underground U.S. hip hop artist El Da Sensei (below) and East Coast rapper Ghettosocks in the first of two January hip hop showcases. See show sponsor NOW Magazine after the holidays to enter a contest for tix to the gig–Fri Jan 16 @ the Silver Dollar.

New Jersey's El Da Sensei

Buy 5-day June wristbands online…now

fine jewellery for all seasons

fine jewellery for all seasons

NXNE makes it easy for you to live up to that no-more-procrastinating new year’s resolution. For just $50, the 5-day NXNE Festival Wristband gives holders access to the biggest party of the year. So if you know you’re going to be coming, why not grab your wristbands now? That way, come June, all you’ll have to worry about is how to work it so you can be in 50 places at once.

Click the wristband image above to buy now. Our Tickets page has more info for the detail-minded.

From Streets to Airwaves

Need another reason to apply to play NXNE 09? How’s this: every NXNE performer is eligible to be added to the NXNE TOP 60 TIP SHEET, a one-of-a-kind pipeline to national radio that gets the music of the best Canadian NXNE musicians straight out to over 250 influential music and program directors across the country. The NXNE TOP 60 TIP SHEET plugs homegrown artists directly into Canada’s broadcast network, from commercial radio to campus and indie stations.



Music News

Nov 11’s NXNE Kick-off Showcase featured four great 08 festival alumni (like Toronto’s Spiral Beach, above). A packed Horseshoe Tavern was treated to some of the best Canadian talent around, brought together to help kick off NXNE 09’s festival submission period.





Music News

NXNE 08 World Premiere: Global Metal
Directors Scott McFadyen and Sam Dunn reveal the underbelly of the extreme music scene in Asia, South America, and…wait for it…the Middle East, exploring metal’s effect on society. Throws the horns in a dozen different languages!




Music News

NXNE 09 tickets will arrive soon. There’ll be 2 ways to access next June’s NXNE Conference–plus all music and film during the 5-day festival:

VIP SUPER PASS: our top-of-the-line, get-out-of-my-way-you-riffraff-type pass. Entitles the holder to pre-book guaranteed guest-list access at 10 NXNE showcases, plus get priority access at all other shows, film screenings, and NXNE Conference [...]