The India Music Exchange (IMX) announced ‘India International Music Week 2025’ (IIMW ‘25) at Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) which is presently underway in Groningen, the Netherlands.

IIMW ‘25, to be held in Goa, India in February 2025 is a first-of-its-kind event in South Asia and is scheduled to be a 5- day global music trade conference and showcase festival. This unprecedented event promises to be a global gathering of like-minded artists, event promoters, labels, industry trailblazers, and music enthusiasts. IIMW is committed to a pioneering spirit of encouraging and facilitating international trade to shape how the world interacts with the Indian music industry while defining the position & journey of international artists and music in India and the Indian Subcontinent.

With a focus on emerging artists and talent, the showcase festival will see live performances across multiple stages by diverse artists from around the world and India. The conference will witness insightful panel discussions on market trends, workshops, artists residencies, mixers, dinners, pitch sessions, music production residencies and regional tours for participating professionals, artists and members.

With this inaugural announcement, IIMW also establishes a partnership with ‘ESNS Exchange’ which is ESNS’s global festival partnership program.

ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is a non-profit organisation and independent platform dedicated to the promotion and discovery of new European and Dutch music. Each January, ESNS showcases 350 emerging European artists to over 40,000 visitors. The festival and conference attract over 4,000 music industry professionals, including 400 international festivals. By day, the front-running conference hosts over 150 panel discussions, interviews, keynotes and more that

take on urgent subjects and the need for social change in the music industry. By night, European acts perform across 40 locations in the heart of Groningen from Wednesday to Friday, and Saturday presents upcoming Dutch artists in concert venue De Oosterpoort.

‘India Music Exchange’ (IMX) is an industry-led organisation brought together by key stakeholder representatives of performers, labels, publishers, venues, CMOs, and professionals in the Indian music industry. IMX aims to create and optimise opportunities for exchange that increase Indian artists’ presence and India’s music footprint internationally while making the Indian music market accessible to the world.