EMERGE Belfast is the only festival in Northern Ireland to be nominated for the prestigious Ticketmaster Awards 2023.
EMERGE launched last summer at the Boucher Road Playing Fields and brought some of the biggest names in dance music together for a two-day music event.
Brought to you by the teams behind Shine and Belsonic festival, the annual multi-stage outdoor event combines the cutting edge of world-class international electronic artists, and the wealth of new talent consistently coming out of the Irish market.
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The Ticketmaster Awards gives the public the chance to vote on the live experiences that made the past year special - with a range of categories such as Sport Event of the Year, Intimate Gig of the Year and Comedy Event of the Year.
In its first year, EMERGE has beaten out a number of fantastic festivals both across Northern Ireland and the south to reach the top eight in the Festival of The Year category.
The full nominees for Festival of the Year are:
- All Together Now
- Electric Picnic
- EMERGE
- Forbidden Fruit
- Indie 22
- Kaleidoscope
- Longitude
- Sea Sessions
To vote for EMERGE as Festival of the Year for 2023 at the Ticketmaster.ie Awards, see here.
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