PALCO begins to reveal its program

ByJohn

The first meeting of the Galician music industry, PALCO, will be held in Santiago de Compostela on November 3, 4 and 5, bringing together artists, companies, programmers, entities and professionals in the sector, in addition to offering showcases by Galician Army (in the photo), Antía Muiño, Apolo18, Terrae or Lumedoloop among many others.

BOXthe first meeting point of the music industry to be held in Galicia, begins to reveal the contents of the programming for its first edition, which will take place from November 3 to 5 in Santiago de Compostela and of which Mondo Sonoro Northwest Edition It’s half official. Organized by the Galician Association of Music Companies (AGEM) and the Xunta de Galiciathe meeting will combine live music, sector reflection, training, work tables, professional meetings and project presentations in a proposal designed to strengthen connections and promote new opportunities for the music industry.

The programming will be made up of six lines: ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING, FOCUS BOX, PALCO LAB, MEETING BOX, WORKSHOPS BOX and PITCHINGS BOX. Through them, BOX It seeks to respond to the real needs of the sector, facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experiences and promote new avenues of collaboration between the different agents that are part of the music value chain.

One of the main axes will be the artistic programming (the showcases of BOX), which will allow you to discover a selection of musical projects live in four concert halls in Compostela. Ticket sales for these showcases are now available through Ataquilla, with a price of €5 per concert and a limited number of seats for the general public.

LIVE MUSIC, KNOWLEDGE AND PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS
PALCO’s six lines of programming make up a proposal that combines the presentation of musical projects with the analysis of industry challenges, practical training, collaborative work and the creation of professional networks.

The ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING It will bring together the showcases of artists and musical projects that will present their live shows in different venues in Santiago de Compostela. These are performances conceived in a format that facilitates the meeting between artists and industry professionals, while allowing the diversity, quality and creative moment of current Galician music to be shown. FOCUS BOX It will be the space for talks and conversations around the challenges, opportunities and main lines of reflection that cross the music industry. PALCO LAB It will be dedicated to work tables and shared spaces for analysis and exchange of knowledge, tools and experiences. The programming will address issues that directly affect the development and structure of the music sector.

MEETING BOX It will be articulated through quick and effective meetings, or speed meetings, between professionals from different fields. The objective is to expand contacts, identify common interests and activate new work relationships. WORKSHOPS BOX It will offer professional and practical training on topics of interest and current events for people who work in the music industry. Finally, PITCHING BOXS will facilitate the brief presentation of projects, proposals and services, as well as knowledge of the professional associations that represent the different areas of the industry. This line will be divided into two modalities: PITCH BOX and ASSOCIATION BOX.

These proposals will be led by a series of PALCO Voices: the professionals of the Galician music industry who will participate in the different areas of the program.

SHOWCASES IN PALCO: 17 MUSICAL PROPOSALS IN FOUR HALLS IN COMPOSTELA
PALCO’s first artistic call received a total of 162 proposals, of which 15 Galician projects were selected: Lumedoloop, High Paw, Galician Army, Xan Campos, Raze, Lisdexia, Vimbio, Apolo 18, Tona, Maricarme, Antía Muíño, Néboa, Amoebo, Filloas and Abril. Added to this selection are two projects from collaboration agreements with professional meetings in other territories: Crow Machine, from Portugal, thanks to the agreement between MIL Lisboa and the Xunta de Galicia, and Terrae, a Catalan musical project created by Andreu Peral and Genís Bagés, which will participate within the framework of the collaboration between the Xunta and the Fira Mediterrània of Manresa.

In total, 17 musical proposals will take place on the stages of the Capitol Hall, the Teatro Hall, the Sónar Hall and Riquela on November 4 and 5, in a program that will allow you to discover different languages, styles and creative proposals. Ticket sales are available through Ataquilla, with a price of 5 euros per concert.

Wednesday, November 4

CAPITOL ROOM
• 8:30–9:10 p.m. — Lumedoloop.
• 9:55–10:35 p.m. — High Paw.
• 11:10 p.m.–11:50 p.m. — Galician Army.

THEATER ROOM
• 8:40 p.m.–9:20 p.m. — Xan Campos.
• 10:05 p.m.–10:45 p.m. — Raze.
• 11:30 p.m.–12:10 a.m. — Lisdexia.

SONAR ROOM
• 9:00 p.m.–9:40 p.m. — Vimbio.
• 10:35 p.m.–11:15 p.m. — Apolo18.

RICHELLA
• 9:30–10:10 p.m. — Tona.
• 10:55 p.m.–11:25 p.m. — Maricarme.

THEATER ROOM
• 8:00 p.m.–8:40 p.m. — Antía Muíño.
• 9:25 p.m.–10:05 p.m. — Neboa.
• 10:50 p.m.–11:30 p.m. — Amoebo.

SONAR ROOM
• 8:20–9:00 p.m. — Crow Machine.
• 9:45 p.m.–10:25 p.m. — Filloas.

RICHELLA
• 8:50 p.m.–9:30 p.m. — April.
• 10:15 p.m.–10:55 p.m. — Terrae.

Artistic programming constitutes one of the main ways of opening BOX to citizens, with a concert format that allows them to get closer to musical projects selected from an open call and, at the same time, encourages their presentation to programmers, companies, agents and other professionals in the sector.

PALCO LAB: SIX WORK TABLES ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

The programming of PALCO LAB will concentrate six work tables on November 4 and 5 at the Gaiás Museum of the City of Culture of Santiago de Compostela. The meetings will be dedicated to strategic issues that directly affect the professional activity and development of the music industry, from public procurement procedures to economic sustainability, training and sector coordination. The sessions will address the following contents:

Wednesday, November 4
• 11:00–12:30 a.m. | PALCO LAB 1. Artistic contracting in the public sphere. Procedures, criteria and administrative simplification.
• 12:30–2:00 p.m. | PALCO LAB 2. Contracting of services in the public sphere. Procedures, criteria and administrative simplification.
• 4:00–5:30 p.m. | PALCO LAB 3. Musical circulation. Weave the network between venues and festivals. Concrete prior agreements that guarantee the constitution of a real ecosystem of collaboration.

Thursday, November 5
• 11:00–12:30 a.m. | PALCO LAB 4. Professionalization, training and generational change.
• 12:30–2:00 p.m. | PALCO LAB 5. Shared agenda of the Galician music industry. Priorities and sectoral actions for 2027.
• 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. | PALCO LAB 6. Economic sustainability and financing of the music industry.

These tables are conceived as work spaces around sensitive issues of special relevance to different areas of the industry, with the aim of sharing diagnoses, identifying needs and advancing common proposals and lines of action. Due to its sectoral nature, access to additional information and registration for these sessions is done through the private area of ​​the website. BOXreserved for accredited persons.

PALCO PITCHINGS: PRESENT PROJECTS AND GET TO KNOW THE ASSOCIATE FABRIC

PITCHINGS BOX It will be the space to publicize initiatives, proposals and services linked to the music industry, as well as to discover the work of the professional associations that represent their different fields. The programming is structured in two complementary modalities. PITCH BOX It will allow you to present projects in person through brief five-minute interventions, aimed at generating contacts and opportunities for collaboration. ASSOCIATION BOXfor its part, will offer 20-minute presentations to learn about the professional associations, the sectors they represent, the work they do and the participation possibilities they offer.

Wednesday, November 4

11:15–12:10 a.m. | PITCH BOX. First person projects
Borneo, A3DLABS, Mario G. Cortizo, Pippa Music SL, Miraxe S. Coop – Entre Sons, Esmerarte Industrias Creativas and EMIGRASON will participate.
12:10–2:15 p.m. | ASSOCIATION BOX. Know your sector
The presentations will be given by ACCES – CLUBTURA, MIL, Manresa, ESMUSICA, AGATEC and FMA.

11:15–12:10 a.m. | PITCH BOX. First person projects
Oxio, Tremendo Audio, VASOON – Universo de Artes Vivas e Saúde, Habló Pablo, Gallos del Norte, La SMS Dolby Atmos, Dezdedez and PLAY PLAN will be presented.
12:10–2:15 p.m. | ASSOCIATION BOX. Know your sector
La.RTY, AGPXC, AGEM, MÚSICAS LIVE, TESGAL and FORMA will participate.

With this double proposal, PALCO PITCHINGS seeks to facilitate the visibility of projects and services, promote mutual knowledge between professionals and provide information on the associative structures that contribute to the representation and articulation of the music sector.

MEETING BOX: QUICK MEETINGS TO ACTIVATE NEW RELATIONSHIPS

The MEETING BOX They will offer a format of quick professional meetings, organized by areas of interest, to facilitate direct contact between programmers, management and booking professionals, media and other agents in the sector. This line of programming, within the framework of GALICIA CONECTA, has the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Spain.

The planned programming is as follows:

Wednesday, November 4

• 10:00–11:00 a.m. — Private programmers.
• 12:00–1:00 p.m. — Management and booking.
• 2:00 p.m. — Media and prescribers.
• 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. — Public programmers.

• 10:00–11:00 a.m. — Private programmers.
• 12:00–1:00 p.m. — Public programmers.
• 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. — Management and booking.

This format seeks to optimize the time of the participants, facilitate the identification of common interests and open avenues of contact that can translate into future contracts, collaborations and shared projects.

All programming and additional information can be consulted on the website www.palco.gal.

John
John

With an untamed passion and deep, eclectic knowledge of music, John is the soul of RadioWise UK. Having worked in the music industry for over two decades, his vision was to create a platform that embodies the love and respect for music. John is known for his great attention to detail and insatiable thirst for discovering new talents and music genres.